1919] MISCELLANEOUS. 397 



with their ash constituents, to.iietlior wHli muny changes in the recipes to con- 

 form to the ni<in> thorough application of tlie principles involved and to the 

 nnusual economic; food conditions prevailing. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Annual Reports of the Department of Agriculture, 1918 (U. S. Dept. Agr. 

 Rpts. 1918, pp. yiI-\-520). — This contains the reports of the Secretary and 

 heads of bureaus and other administrative olllcers. The various reports are 

 also issued as separates. 



Annual report of the director of the experiment station on work done under 

 the Local Experiment Law in 1918, J. F. Duggar (Alabama Col. Sta. Circ. 40 

 (1919), pp. 5.'i). — This includes a sununarized report by the director of work 

 in all departments conducted under this law (E. S. R., 24, p. 400) for 1918, a 

 financial statement for the year, and detailed reiwrts of heads of departments, 

 including reports on boys' and girls' club work and other extension activities. 

 Experimental work in beef cattle and pig feeding is abstracted on pages 368 and 

 369 of this issue. 



Twenty-eighth Annual Report of Arizona Station, 1917 (Arizona Sta. Rpt. 

 1917, pp. 387-498, figs. 17). — This contains the organization list, an adminis- 

 trative report by the director on the work and pul)lications of the station, a 

 financial statement for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1917, and departmental 

 reports, the experimental features of which are for the most part abstracted 

 elsewhere in this issue. A brief report on the work and expenditures of the 

 college of agriculture is appended. 



Director's report for 1918, W. H. Jordan (Neiv York State Sta. Bui. 457 

 (1918), pp. 23). — This contains the organization list and a review of the work 

 and publications of the station during the year. 



Twenty-eighth Annual Report of Wyoming Station, 1918 (Wyoming Sta. 

 Rpt. 1918, pp. 65-127). — This contains the organization list, a financial state- 

 ment for the Federal funds for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1918, reports of 

 the director and heads of departments, and meterological observations and 

 two special articles abstracted elsewhere in this issue. 



Quarterly bulletin of the Michigan Experiment Station (Michigan Sta. 

 Quart. Bid., 1 (1919), No. 4, pp. 149-196, figs. iS).— In addition to the usual list 

 of available bulletins, this contains the following articles : Diversified Farm- 

 ing after the War ; The Pure-bred Sire Campaign ; Grading of Milk by Micro- 

 scopic Examination, by G. L. A. Ruehle ; Legume Inoculation, by C. G. Nobles ; 

 Botanical Notes, by G. H. Coons ; Analyses of Insecticides and Fungicides, by 

 A. J. Patten; Machine v. Hand Milking, by F. T. Riddell (see p. 373) ; The Col- 

 lege Jerseys, by J. E. Burnett ; Ox Warbles, by W. L. Chandler ; Periodical 

 Cicada, by R. H. Pettit; Sorghum Sirup Production, by C. R. Megee; Meeting 

 the Hay Shortage, by J F. Cox ; Robust Beans, by F. A. Spragg ; Care of the 

 Tractor and Splicing the Hay Rope, both by H. H. Musselman ; Preservative 

 Treatment of Fence Posts, by A. K. Chittenden ; Thinning the Wood Lot, by 

 F. H. Sanford ; Horticultural Notes, by H. J. Eustace; Cooperative Experi- 

 mental Soil I'rojects, by M. M. McCool ; Culling the Farm Flock, by C. H. Bur- 

 gess ; and Control and Eradication of Rats, by A. C. Conger. 



