294 EXPERIMENT STATION EECOED. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Annual Report of California Station, 1915 {California Sta. Rpt. 1915, pp. 

 76, pis. 2, figs. 2). — This contains tlie organization list and a report of the direc- 

 tor on the work and publications dui'ing the year, as well as of the instruction 

 and extension work of the college of agriculture. The experimental work 

 recorded, not previouslj^ abstracted, is for the most part abstracted elsewhere 

 in this issue. 



Twenty-seventh. Annual Report of Massachusetts Station, 1914 (Massa- 

 chusetts Sta. Rpt. 1914, pts. 1-2, pp. IX+69a+n8, pis. 15, figs. 6).— This con- 

 tains the organization list, reports of the director and heads of departments, a 

 financial statement for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1914, and reprints of 

 Bulletins 156-102, previously noted. The report of the assistant agriculturist 

 includes fertilizer tests with oat hay, raspberries, blackberries, rhubarb, as- 

 paragus, potatoes, corn, mixed hay, and soy beans, and variety tests of potatoes, 

 the latter being noted on page 231. The report of the veterinarian is abstracted 

 on page 275. 



Twenty-eighth Annual Report of Nebraska Station, 1914 {Nebraska Sta. 

 Bpt. 191 J/, pp. XXXVI, figs. 5). — This contains the organization list, a report 

 as to the work and publications of the year, a report of the extension service 

 of the college of agriculture, and a financial statement for the period ended 

 June 30, 1'J14. Data as to field crops are abstracted on page 228 of this issue. 



Report of the Eastern Oregon Branch Experiment Station, 1911—12, R. 

 WiTHYCOMBE {Otcgon Std., Rpt. Eaiit. Ovcg. Sta., 1911-12, pp. 60, figs. 19). — The 

 experimental work recorded in this rep<»rt of the superintendent of the Eastern 

 Oregon Substation is for the most part abstracted elsewhere in tliis issue. 

 Plans of the new barn at the substation are also included. 



County experiment farm law (Ohio Sta. Circ. 155 {1915), pp. 4)- — ^The text 

 of the Ohio laws i)ertalning to the establishment and maintenance of county 

 experiment farms is given. 



Monthly bulletin of the Western Washington Substation {^ya^h^ngton 

 Sta., West. Wash. Sta. Mo. Bui., S {1915). X». 7. pp. 19, fig. i).— This number 

 contains brief articles on the following subjects: Developing a Small Poultry 

 Farm, by H. L. Blanchard ; Cover Crops for Berry Fiehls, by J. L. Stahl ; 

 Sprouted Grain as a Poultry Food, by V. U. McBride ; Liming the Soil, by E. B. 

 Stookey ; and Concerning Ground Limestone, by W. A- Linklater. 



