494 EXPEBIMEXT STATION RECORD. 



The stations employed 1,852 persons in the work of administration and 

 inquiry. Of tliis number 905 were also members of the teaching staff of the 

 colleges and 590 assisted in farmers' institutes. Dui-ing the year the stations 

 published 1,330 annual reports, bulletins, and circulars, aggregating 25,265 pages, 

 and these were distributed to 1,049,339 addresses on the regular mailing list. 



An index has been added to the report. 



Thirty-fo\irth Annual Report of Ohio Station, 1915 {Ohio Sta. Bnl. 288 

 (1915), pp. XXXIV, pi. 1). — This contains the organization list, a financial 

 statement for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1915, and a report of the director 

 summarizing the work and publications of the station during the year. The 

 text of recent state legislation affecting the station is included. 



Twenty- seventh Annual Report of Texas Station, 1914 {Texas Sta. Rpt. 

 191-i, pp. 3.'t). — This contains the organization list, a financial statement for the 

 federal funds for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1914, and for various state 

 funds for the fiscal year ended August 31, 1914, and a report of the director 

 on the work of the station and the various substations. 



Monthly bulletin of the Western Washing'ton Substation ( Washington Sta., 

 M'est. M'ash. Sta., Mo. Bnl., 3 {1015), Nos. S, pp. 16, figs. 4; 9, pp. 16, fig. 1).— 

 These numbers contain brief articles on the following subjects: 



No. 8. — Experimental Spraying for Blackberry Anthracnose, by H. L. Rees 

 (see p. 445) ; Soils of Western Washington, by E. B. Stookey (see p. 418) ; 

 Selected Potato Seed, by J. L. Stahl; and AVinter School for Farmers, by 

 W. A, Linklater. 



No. 9. — The Winter School, by W. A. Linklater ; Developing the Small Dairy 

 Farm, by H. L. Blanchard ; W^ater Holding Capacity of Soils, by E. B. Stookey ; 

 Hotbeds and Cold Frames, by J. L. Stahl; and Loafing [by Poultry], by Mrs. 

 George R. Shoup. 



Press Bulletins {Ohio Sta. Bui. 228 (1915), pp. 375-^77).— Reprints of press 

 bulletins on feeding cheap wheat, the army worm, preparing for white grubs, 

 the potash supply, and ashes and lien manure. 



Relation of the agricultural college and experiment station libraries to 

 the Library of the Federal Department of Agriculture, Claribel R. Baknett 

 {Bui. Amer. Libr. Assoc, 9 {1915), No. Jf, pp. 156-159). — ^This address explains 

 the general policy of the Library of the U. S. Department of Agi'iculture with 

 reference to interlibrary loans, exchange of duplicates, preparation of biblio- 

 gi'aphical information relating to the literature of agriculture, and assistance 

 in the organization of agricultural libraries. 



The relation between the agricultural college libraries and the extension 

 work of the counti-y as developing' under the Smith-Lever Act, D. W. Woitiv- 

 ING {Bui. A7ner. Libr. Assoc, 9 {1915), No. -J, pp. 153-156). — Tliis address briefly 

 discusses some advantages of cooperation between agi-icultural college libraries 

 and extension workers. 



Yearbook of natural science, 1913-14, edited by J. Platzmann {Jahrb. 

 Naturw., 29 {1913-U), pp. XriII+U5, pis. 19, figs. 45).— This summary of 

 the year's progress includes sections on chemistry (pp. 29-68), by K. Dammann ; 

 meteorology (pp. 89-107), by E. Kleinschmidt ; zoology (pp. 141-166), by 11. 

 Reeker; botany (pp. 167-202), by J. E. Weiss; and forestry and agriculture 

 (pp. 203-238), by F. Schuster. 



A theory of gravitation and related phenomena, W. J. Spillman {Lancas- 

 ter, Pa.: The New Era Printing Co., 1915, pp. 26, figs. 12). — A theory is sug- 

 gested and discussed. 



