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15 lbs., oats 10 bu. 17 lbs., and rye 14 bu. 7 lbs. Additional data show yields 

 of variety tests of wlieat, barley, oats, and rye, with studies of wheat selec- 

 tions and hybrids. 



Report on variety tests, 19 14, F. Merkel (Arb. Dent. Landw. Gesell., No. 

 2i)8 (1919), pp. .\ IV-j-dUO). — In continuance of previous work, the author 

 presents data on numerous variety tests with oats, spring and winter wheat, 

 winter rye, fteld beets, sugar beets, field peas, and field beans conducted through- 

 out Germany during 1914. 



[Report Oil field crops work in South Australia, 19 19-20], W. J. Sp.a.f- 

 FORD ET AL. (Jour. Dcpt. Ai/r. So. AuHt., 2.i {1920), Nos. 6, pp. 49.i-502; 7, pp. 

 593-602; 8, pp. 762-686; 9, pp. 75J,-756).—\iiv'nity, cultural, and fertilizer tests 

 with wheat conducted at Hammond, Butler, Wilkawatt, and Yeelanna are re- 

 ported in continuation of work previously noted (E. S. K., 41, p. 529). Results 

 of variety, fertilizer, and cultural tests with wheat, and variety tests with oats 

 and barley at Minnippa, work with rotations and root crops at PenoUi, and flax 

 tests at Moorak, Kybolite, and Turretsfield are also given. 



The important legumes. — II, Soy beans, common beans, chick-peas, 

 vetches, bitter vetch, and chickling vetch, C. Fruwirth (Landw. Hefte, No. 

 30-31 (1918), pp. 76, pis. ^, fios. 13). — This is the second part of a publication 

 previously noted (E. S. R., 36, p. 635), and continues the description of 

 legunnnous crops together with a discussion of their food uses and agricultural 

 values. Detailed descriptions with lists of local varieties are given of the fol- 

 lowing: Conunon bean (Phaseolus rw/f/«/'(.s-), scarlet ruinier (P. coccinewi or P. 

 multiflorus), one-flowered vetch (Vicia monantlia), bitter vetch (V. ervilia), soy 

 bean (Soja max), chick-pea (Cicer arletinum), and chickling vetch (Lathyrus 

 sativus). Brief notes are also presented on the outstanding points of the im- 

 ported legumes less commonly cultivated. 



The development of the Peruvian alfalfa industry in the United States, 

 H. L. Westover ([/. 8. Dept. Ayr., Dcpt. Circ. 93 (1920), pp. S, fiys. 2).— The 

 history of the introduction of Peruvian alfalfa into the United States is reviewed, 

 and the development of the culture of this crop in this country is described. 

 The distinguishing characters of the plant are pointed out, and its value for cer- 

 tain sections, particularly in some of the Southwestern States and along the 

 Pacific Coast, is discussed. The author differentiates between the true Peruvian 

 alfalfa, introduced in 1803 under S. P. I. No. 9303, and " smooth-leaved Peruvian " 

 procured from Peru in 1908 under S. P. I. No. 22834, characterized by fewer 

 hairs on the stems and leaves and by slower and shorter growth. 



[Proceedings of the New Jersey Alfalfa Association] (N. J. Dept. .\yr. 

 Bui. 2Jf (1920), pp. 339-369). — ^A report of the annual meeting of the associa- 

 tion held at Trenton in January, 1920. The following papers were presented : 

 Methods of Seeding Alfalfa and Crops Following Alfalfa in the Rotation, by N. 

 Schmitz; Alfalfa — My Experience in Growing It and Crops of Corn and Potatoes 

 After It, by D. D. Solomon ; and Practical Methods of Harvesting and Curing 

 Alfalfa Hay, by W. L. Minch. 



Bahia grass, J. M. Scott (Jour. Amer. Soc. Agron., 12 (1920), No. 3, pp. 112, 

 113). — Bahia grass (Paspalum notatum), recently introduced into Florida, has 

 been shown in tests at the station to possess ability to spi'ead and make a good 

 sod while being subjected to heavy pasturing. This grass is said to be indigenous 

 to South America and northward to Mexico, and to have been introduced into 

 this country by the U. S. Department of Agriculture in 1913. 



A remarkable fodder plant: Shearman's clover (Trifolium fragiferum 

 var.) , E. Breakwell (Agr. Gas. N. S. Wales, 31 (1920), No. J,, pp. 245-250, figs. 

 4). — An account of the origin, habits of growth, methods of propagation, and 

 comparative analyses of Shearman's clover, a promising new fodder plant re- 



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