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FIELD CROPS. 



Cultivation of crops, M. Hoffmajin and A. Kostlan (Jahresber. Landw., 

 26 (1911), pp. 105-216). — Recent German publications of investigations on this 

 subject are classified and reviewed. 



Addresses on plant breeding- (Bcitr. Pflanzenziicht, No. 3 (1013), pp. VIII -\- 

 216, figs. /f5). — This publication gives the proceedings of the third annual 

 meeting of the Society for the Promotion of Plant Breeding in Germany, and 

 the following addresses with discussions: Rye Breeding, by K. von Riimker; 

 Some Practical Results in Recent Hybridization Work, by E. Baur; Unusual 

 Cereal Hybrids, by E. von Tschermak; Winter Wheat Work at Svalof Farm, 

 1900-1012, by H. Nilsson-Ehle; The Production of Elementary Varieties from 

 Hybridization with Mendelian Segregation, by F. Rosen; The Technique of 

 Grass Breeding, by Fruwirth; The History of Germination with the Sugar 

 Beet, by R. Schander; The Application of Probable Error Formulas in Plant 

 Breeding Manipulations, by H. Quante; and Sex-limited Inheritance in the 

 Animal Kingdom, by F. Pax. 



The storage of vegetable products of agriculture, A. Gr^goire (Rev. Econ. 

 Internat., 10 (1913), II, No. 2, pp. JfU-^59) .—Thifi article surveys the work 

 done in this field on hay, silage, and grain, and discusses the resulting chemi- 

 cal, bacterial, and other changes that take place and the effect on the value of 

 the product. 



[Experiments with field crops], F. Watts et al. (Imp. Dept. Agr. West 

 Indies Rpts. Bot. Sta. [etc.] Antdgua, 1911-12, pp. 6-21). — In continuation of 

 work previously noted (E. S. R., 26, p. 733), this reports the results of experi- 

 ments in progress with sweet potatoes, broom corn, cotton, yams, sesame, green 

 manures, Jerusalem peas (Phaseolus trmervis), pigeon peas, cowpeas. Dwarf 

 Essex rape, castor beans, onions, peanuts, and soy beans. A report is given 

 of special work which is being carried on in the selection and hybridization of 

 cotton. 



Report on the botanic station, St. Kitts-Nevis, 1911-13, F. Watts (I)np. 

 Dept. Agr. West Indies, Rpt. Bot. Stci. St. Kitts-Nevis, 1911-12, pp. 34).— In 

 continuation of earlier work (E. S. R., 26, p. 534), this report gives the results 

 of experiments in hybridizing cotton, and varietal and manurial trials with 

 sweet potatoes, yams, tobacco, cassava, peanuts, pineapples, Guinea corn, onions, 

 Indian corn, and sugar cane. 



Annual report of the demonstration farm, St. Andrew's Colonial Homes, 

 Kalimpong-, for the year 1911-12 (Arm. Rpt. KaUmpong Demon. Farm 

 [India] 1911-12, pp. II-\-25). — This report gives notes on trials of varieties of 

 maize, rice, millet, buckwheat, wheat, barley, cotton, and legumes. 



Annual report of the Rajshahi Agricultural Station for the year 1911-12 

 (Ann. Rpt. Rajshahi Agr. Sta. [Indi<i'\, 1911-12, pp. 7). — This reports experi- 

 mental work with winter rice, jute, and sugar cane. In spacing winter rice it 

 was found that 2 or 3 plants per hill, and the hills 8 in. apart in the row, gave 

 better results than 1 or 4 plants per hill or hills spaced 10 or 12 in. apart. 



Annual report of the Rangpur Farm for the year 1911—12 (Ann. Rpt. 

 Rangpur Farm [Bengal], 1911-12, pp. 10). — ^This report gives brief notes on 

 variety tests of millet, potatoes, sugar cane, jute, and rice. 



Fodder plants of Java, I and II, C. A. Backer (Teysniannia 23 (1912), No. 2, 

 pp. 102-112, pi. 1; 24 (1913), No. 4, PP. 209-229).— This article treats of the his- 

 tory and botannical description of Sesbania grandiflora, Artocarpus integrifoHa, 

 and the various species of Paspalum. discusses their cultivation and value, and 

 gives chemical analyses, coefiicients of digestibility, and yields. 



