MISCELLANEOUS. 599 



Twenty-sixth Annual Report of South Carolina Station, 1913 {South 

 Carolina 8ta. Rpt. 1913, pp. 34). — This contains the organization list, a report 

 of the director on the work of the station, a financial statement for the fiscal 

 year ended June 30, 1913, and departmental reports, of which those of the 

 hotanist and entomologist are abstracted elsewhere in this issue. 



[Annual Report of the Rothamsted Experimental Station, 1912], E. J. 

 Russell {Rothanh'itcd Expt. Sta., llarpenden, Ami. Rpt. 1912, pp. 26). — A 

 progress report for the year. 



Third report on the work of the Association of Austrian Experiment 

 Stations for the year ended September 30, 1913 (Ztuchr. Landto. Vcrsuehsw. 

 Osterr., 16 {1913), No. 10, pp. 985-1002) .—The work of these institutions is 

 briefly summarized. 



Agricultural report for Finland, 1911 {Landtbr. Styr. Meddcl. [Finland'], 

 No. 85 {1911), pp. 227). — This reiJort contains accounts of the meteorological 

 and crop conditions in Finland and of the activities of the various state educa- 

 tional and administrative agencies for the advancement of Finnish agriculture 

 during the year. Summarized reports of the agricultural experiment station 

 at Aanils, the agricultural laboratories at Helsingfors, Vasa, and Viborg, and 

 of the seed control stations at Viborg and Bjorneborg are also included. 



The work of the Dominion Experimental Farms, F. T. Shutt {Trans. 

 Canad. Inst., 10 {1913), I, No. 23, pp. 17-J,0).—An account of the history and 

 work of these farms is given. 



The development of the Mbckern Experiment Station under the direction 

 of O. Kellner, J. Volhard {Landiv. Vers. Stat., 79-80 (WIS), pp. 903-922),— A. 

 descriptive account is given. 



The annual register of agricultural experiments with full abstracts, 1913, 

 edited by J. W. Hurst {Ann. Reg. Agr. Expts. [London], 1913, pp. 125). — This 

 publication contains brief resumes of experimental work conducted in England, 

 Scotland, and Ireland. A list of new seeds and plants is appended. 



Report of the Conservation Commission of the State of California, 1912 

 {Rpt. Conserv. Com. Cal., 1912, pp. VIII-\-502, pis. 13, figs. 55).— This is a 

 comprehensive report dealing especially with forestry, irrigation, and the water 

 resources of California. The data pertaining to irrigation have been previ- 

 ously noted (E. S. R., 29, p. 588). 



Agricultural laws of Missouri {Missouri Bd. Agr. Mo. Bui., 11 {1913), No. 5, 

 pp. 35). — The text of these laws, including those enacted in 1913, is given. 



The use of the theory of errors in agriculture and forestry, B. Baule 

 {FUhling's Landw. 7Ag., 62 {1913), No. 24, pp. 852-866, fig. i).— This article 

 deals at some length with methods of estimating the probable errors in ex- 

 perimental work of various kinds in agriculture and foresti-y- 



