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per cent, produced only crop failures with com, sorghum, and beans. The 

 author prefers the light types of soil for dry farming. Trials of winter cereals 

 proved failures, as the fall and winter rains were exhausted before crop ma- 

 turity, and the dry winds of March, April, and May killed the plants. 



Methods and dates for planting dry-farming crops, with special reference to 

 com, sorghums, and beans, are given. A suggested system of farm practice for 

 Sulphur Spring Valley is described. Milo maize was the best grain crop tested, 

 with tepary beans a close second. Early Amber sorghum was a sure producer 

 of forage even without the use of supplemental water. 



[Field crop experiments] (Nebraska Sta. Rpi. 1912, pp. IX-XI, XII, XIX- 

 XXI). — This briefly summarizes the work with com at the central station and 

 substations in cooperation with farmers, with special reference to the adaptation 

 of varieties to the 6 different corn areas into which the State is divided. A 

 close planting method of seed selection as practiced at the station is described. 

 Notes are included on the work at Scottsbluff Substation on rotation of crops, 

 tests of varieties of wheat, oats, barley, corn, and potatoes, and on methods of 

 irrigation of potatoes and cereals. 



[Field crop experiments], F. W. Taylor {New Hampshire Sta. Bui. 163, pp. 

 13-16). — This notes the improvement made since 1907 in dent and flint varieties 

 of corn by the use of the ear-row method. The results of fertilizer tests on 

 grass land from 1907 to 1912, inclusive, are given in tabular form. Tlie best 

 average yield of hay was 2.39 tons per acre, produced with 200 lbs. nitrate of 

 soda, with 2.3S tons as the second largest yield, produced with 200 lbs. nitrate 

 of soda and 60 lbs. muriate of potash. The average yield from the nonfertilized 

 plats was 1.72 tons per acre. 



There are included brief notes on alfalfa experiments, and cooperative experi- 

 ments with hay and corn. 



Report on the operations of the department of ag'riculture, Punjab, for 

 1911-12, B. T. Gibson et al. (Rpt. Dcpt. Agr. Punjab, 1911-12, pp. 8-\-LXIII). — 

 This report gives the results of continued manurial and other experiments with 

 maize, sugar cane, cotton, wheat and barley (E. S. R., 26, p. 631). 



Report on the agricultural stations in the Central Provinces and Berar 

 for the year 1911-12, F. J. Flymen et al. {Rpt. Agr. Stas. Cent. Prov. and 

 Berar [India'\, 1911-12, pp. 156). — This publication contains the reports of 22 

 agricultural stations, and gives the status of crop cultivations and work with 

 cereals, legumes, cotton, and other crops. 



Agricultural surveys, Yamethin district, A. McKekbal (Dept. Agr. Burma 

 Agr. Surveys, 1912, No. S. pp. 82, pi. 1). — This publication gives descriptions 

 of soil types and their chemical analyses; methods of cultivation of cereals, 

 legumes, and miscellaneous crops, including cotton, maize, hibiscus, tobacco, 

 pepiiers, tomatoes, onions, pineapples, cane, and peanuts; and a list of varieties 

 of rice. 



Concerning the Vermont hay crop, J. L. Hills, C. H. Jones, and C. G. 

 WnxiAMSON (Vermont Bta. Bui. Ill, pp. 166-194). — This discusses hay as Ver- 

 mont's dominant crop, also grass soils, soil preparation, and the choice of 

 several grasses and clovers, which are described. Methods and mixtures are 

 given for seeding and reseeding meadows, methods presented for combating the 

 common weeds, and directions, with formulas, given for manuring for mowings 

 in connection with seeding either with or without nurse crops. 



Report of work on alfalfa at Holly Springs branch experiment station, 

 C. T. Ames (Mississippi Sia. Circ, 1912, Sept. 1, pp. 4, fig. 1). — This circular 

 reports the results of 3 trials on a sUty soil of restricted area overlying sand 

 and gravel. In 1911 6,525 lbs. of good hay was obtained in 4 cuttings. Lime, 



