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clainietl that similar results to those secured from the inoculation of the soil 

 for lof;:uminous crops could he ohtained. Treated and untreated seed was 

 sown on plats of equal size and condition hut no material diffei-ence hetween 

 the plats sown with treated and untreated seed was visible during any part of 

 the growing season. It was concluded that so far as the soil was concerned 

 the application had no value. 



Forage crops in central Washington, M. A. McCall (Washington Sta. Bui. 

 128 (1916), pp. 3-11, fiys. i)). — Brief notes are given on the results of cooperative 

 trials with forage crops, including corn, sorghum, alfalfa, sweet clover, field 

 peas, rye, and wheat. 



Soy bean and cowpea, F. H. Hall (New York State Sta. Circ. J^S (1915), 

 pp. 6). — Notes on the general character of these crops, their culture, uses, and 

 value, are presented with special reference to conditions obtaining in the State 

 of New York. It is reported that in 1915 only did the method of planting soy 

 beans and corn together in the same row produce satisfactory growth of soy- 

 bean forage at the station, and tliat even then the seeds were far from mature. 



Conitesse and Sarah, new French varieties of barley, L. Blabinghem 

 (Assoc. Franc Avanc. ScL, Compt. Rend., //.? (191Jt), pp. 971-974, fiff- i).— The 

 two varieties of barley described resulted from work entered upon in 1903 for 

 the purpose of improving varieties to meet the requirements of the brewery as 

 well as of the farm. Both varieties belong to the species Hordeum distichvm 

 nutans and are of pure line breeding. Comtesse yielded from 32.1 to 43.6 bu. 

 per acre in 1912 and from 2S.7 to 34.4 bu. in 1913 on soils of medium fertility. 

 The variety Sarah yielded from 37 to 44.5 bu. per acre in tlie Champagne region 

 and from 40.1 to 43.5 bu. on calcareous soils in the vicinity of Saumur. 



Alexandrian clover, A. Cakrante (A(/r. Colon [Iloli/], 9 (191.5), Nos. 8, pp. 

 467-480; 9, pp. 546-556; 10, pp. 583-619; 11, 646-680; 12, pp. 725-756; ijIs. 19).— 

 An article discussing the subject under tlie following heads : Origin and botani- 

 cal characters, agronomic and biological characters in their relation to the 

 culture of the plant, varieties, culture in Egj-pt and other countries, climatic and 

 soil requirements, cultivation of the crop, cultivation under irrigation, culture 

 in crop mixtures, utilization of the forage and its feeding value, fertilizing value, 

 adverse conditions and parasites, relation to farm management, and comparison 

 with otiier leguminous crops. 



[Expeiinients with oats], C. D. Woods (Maine Sta. But. 246 (1916), pp. 

 4-14)- — ^ fertilizer te.st indicated that the pho.splioric acid is not a controlling 

 factor in the yield of oats under Aroostook farm conditions. 



Fifteen varieties of oats tested at Aroostook Farm in 1915 gave an average 

 yield of 60.1 bu. of grain and 2,285 lbs. of straw per acre. The two leading 

 varieties, Early Pearl and Sil>erian, yielded 73.7 and 70.6 bu. per acre, respec- 

 tively, and were the two latest maturing varieties in the list. Kherson, a variety 

 ripening aljout 10 days before the varieties of medium matiu'ity, ranked third 

 with a yield of 67.6 bu. per acre. 



A similar test at Highmoor Farm with 11 commercial varieties resulted in an 

 average yield of 73.9 bu. of grain and 3,384 lbs. of straw per acre. Early Pearl 

 ranked first with 86.6 bu. of grain. Banner .second with 83.3 bu., and Minnesota 

 No. 26 third with 81.7 bu. per acre. Those varieties have been tested for three 

 years and the average results place Early Pearl first witli S4.6 bu., followed by 

 Minnesota No. 26 with 83.5, Gold Rain with 81.2, and Banner with 80.3 bu. 

 per acre. 



In a test in 1915 of 12 pure lines of oats originated at Highmoor Farm an 

 average yield of 79.1 bu. of grain and 3.621 ll)s. of straw per acre was secured. 

 The leading strains were Maine No. 340 with 82.8 bu., Maine No. 3.55 with 82.2, 

 Maine No. 281 with 81.3, and Maine No. 247 with 80.2 bu. per acre. The average 



