MISCELLANEOUS. 899 



and to identify readily tlie seeds and plants of 4 or 5 common vegetables; for 

 grades 4, 5, and 6 to ascertain the value of manual dexterity and the money 

 saving effected by owning a garden ; and for grades 7 and 8 to note the reasons 

 for various processes. Grades 4 to 8, inclusive, have individual gardens. The 

 problem of summer care of gardens is solved by the summer school continuing 

 until August 1 and having a man in charge thereafter until the autumn 

 session. 



The North Dakota pork production contest, V. Stephens {Farmer, 32 

 {IDJ.'f), Ko. 8, p. 271, figs. S). — An account is given of a comi)etition entered 

 into by 300 farm boys and girls between the ages of 10 and 18, to secure the 

 largest production of pork at the lowest foetl cost a pound in the shortest 

 period of time. The contest extended from March 10 to November 20 and was 

 under the direction of the Better Farming Association. The 20 jirizes consisted 

 of $340 offered by live stock commission firms, pure-bred hogs by individuals 

 interested in hog raising, and several tool chests by a hardware firm. The 

 IG-year-old winner of the first prize made a profit of $01.0G on his litter of 

 14 pigs in 203 days with pork at 6 cts. a pound, producing 2.903 lbs. pork at 

 a feed cost of 2.8 cents a pound. The second prize was won by a 12-year-old 

 girl who sold her litter of 8 pigs a month after the close of the contest for 

 7 cts. a pound, and produced 2,098 pounds of pork in 218 days at a feed cost 

 of 1.7 cents a pound. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Annual Report of Hawaii Station, 1913 (Ilaicaii Sta. Rpt. 1913, pp. 53, 

 pis. 3). — This contains the organization list, a summary by the special agent in 

 charge as to the investigations of the year, and reports of the entomologist, 

 horticulturist, assistant horticulturist, chemist (including analyses of lava), 

 agronomist, assistant agronomist, and superintendent of the substations. The 

 experimental work recorded is for the most part abstracted elsewhere in this 

 issue. 



Twenty-sixth Annual Report of Louisiana Stations, 1913 {Louisiana Sias. 

 Rpt. 1913, pp. 54). — This contains the organization list, a report by the director 

 discussing the functions and work of the stations, an account of their progress, 

 including brief departmental reports, and a financial statement as to the fed- 

 eral funds for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1913, and as to the state funds 

 for the fiscal year ended November 30, 1913. 



Twenty-sixth Annual Report of New York Cornell Station, 1913 {Xcio 

 York Cornell Sta. Rpt. 1913, pp. CXL[Il+95.'f, pis. 4S, fiys. 2/,,^).— This contains 

 the organization list, reports of the director of the station and heads of 

 departments, a financial statement as to the federal funds for the fiscal year 

 ended June 30, 1913, and as to the state funds for the fiscal year ended Sep- 

 tember 30, 1913, and reprints of Bulletins 321-333, Memoirs 1 and 2, and 

 Circulars 13-20. all of which have been previously noted, and of Bulletins 334 

 and 335 abstracted elsewhere in this issue. 



Director's report for 1913, W. II. Jordan {Xew York State 8ta. Bui. 372 

 {1913), pp. 5^9-57.'f). — This contains the organization list and a review of the 

 work and publications of the station during the year. 



Proceeding's of the fourth general assembly {I)Uit. Intcrnat. Agr. [Rome], 

 Actcs 4. AsscmhUe G6n., 1913, pp. T//-f J7//). — This volume contains the reports 

 to the general assembly of the International Institute of Agriculture concern- 

 ing statistics of agriculture, live stock, and commerce, plant diseases, adultera- 

 tion of seeds, agricultural meteorology, protection of birds, statistics of fer- 

 tilizers, dry farming, farm accounts, statistics of cooperation, and insurance 

 against hail. See also a previous note (E. S. R., 20, p. 1). 



