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fiber than the close spacing. The total yield was influenced mostly by the 

 weather conditions, for in a wet season the close planting yielded better and in 

 a dry season the reverse was noted. Tabulated data of yields and analyses 

 showing nutritive value and digestibility are given. 



Experiments in the selection of maize in Russia, V. Talanoff {Jux. Russ. 

 fielsk. EJioz. Oaz., 1912, Nos. 10, pp. 10-11,; 11, pp. 1-10; ahs. in Internat. Inst. 

 Agr. [Rome], Bui. Bur. Agr. Intel, mid Plant Diseases, 3 {1912), No. 6, pp. 

 1306, 1307). — This article mentions experiments to acclimatize and improve some 

 American varieties of maize, as well as local varieties that have been conducted 

 in 1911 and the 3 preceding seasons. 



How to manage a corn crop in Kentucky and West Virginia, J. H. Arnold 

 (U. S. Dept. Agr., Farmers' Bui. 5^6, pp. 7). — General directions for the pro- 

 duction of a crop of com in these States are given. 



Report of the secretary, giving a brief history of corn improvement in 

 Nebraska, E. G. Montgomery (Ann. Rpt. Nebr. Corn Improvers' Assoc, 1 

 (1910), pp. 109, figs. 21). — The first part of this report is a history of the 

 Nebraska Corn Improvers' Association, which was organized in 1902, and of its 

 cooperation with the com trains, agricultural press, national corn shows, state 

 board of agriculture, and the state experiment station. The second part gives 

 the proceedings of the January, 1910, meeting and includes the addresses : Oats 

 or What? by A. E. Nelson; The Wheat Crop, by E. G. Montgomery; and Saving 

 the Corn Crop, by G. I. Christie ; also plans for acre corn contests and 5-acre 

 wheat contests, and the constitution and by-laws of the association. 



Second annual report of the Nebraska Corn Improvers' Association, E. G. 

 Montgomery (Ann. Rpt. Nebr. Corn Improvers' Assoc., 2 (1911), pp. 56, figs. 

 2). — This report gives the proceedings of the January, 1911, meeting, and re- 

 lates the work of the association in connection with corn shows and contests. 



Cotton problems in Louisiana, O. F. Cook ( U. 8. Dept. Agr., Bur. Plant 

 Indus. Circ. 130, pp. 3-lJf). — This paper discusses the conditions and methods 

 that would lead to the successful cultivation of long-staple varieties of cotton in 

 Louisiana, and suggests the investigation of new long-staple varieties and im- 

 proved cultural methods, the organization of cotton growing communities, the 

 education of the consumer regarding the value of long-staple cotton, and the 

 acclimatization of other tropical crops, as the chayote and dasheen, which could 

 be used in rotation with cotton. 



Annual report of the imperial cotton specialist, G. A. Gammie {Rpt. Agr. 

 Research Inst, and Col. Pvsa [India], 1911-12, pp. 84-113). — This report con- 

 tains discussions of the status of the cotton industry and of variety tests in 8 

 provinces in British India. Tables give cotton valuations furnished by the 

 Bombay Chamber of Commerce and others for different periods of 1912. 



Selection of flax in Russia, L. Althausen (Zhur. Opytn. Agron. {Russ. 

 Jour. Expt. Landw.), IS {1912), No. 2, pp. 161-18',; abs. in Internat. Inst. Agr. 

 [Rome], Bui. Bur. Agr. Intel, and Plant Diseases, 3 {1912), No. 9, pp. 1964- 

 1966). — In several years of selection of flax with regard to length of stem, 

 height of plant, thickness of stalk, mode of branching, and number of inflores- 

 ences, the lilac color of the petals point to a certain degree of stability in these 

 characters. However, a type of medium height character segregated into high 

 and low in 1909, the former ranging from 59.8 to 67.8 cm., the latter from 47.2 

 to eo.3 cm. 



Hop investigations, H. V. Tartar and B. Pilkington {Oregon Sta. Bui. 11/,, 

 pp. 39).— This bulletin records the results of studies of special points relating to 

 hop culture and ripening. 



In a fertilizer test barnyard manure gave better results than commercial fer- 

 tilizers, the latter proving unprofitable. 



