MISCELLANEOUS. 93 



Improving' school grounds, R. S. Mackintosh and P. F. Williams {BiiI. 

 Ala. Polytech. Imt., 4 (1909), No. 2, pp. 3-25, flff^. 7, dgms. 8).— Suggestions are 

 given for the planning and planting of school gi-oimds, including several sketch 

 plans for grounds of various areas and notes on the leading desirable trees and 

 shrubs. 



Proceedings of the twenty-third annual convention of the Association of 

 American Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations, held at Portland, 

 Oreg., August 18-20, 1909, edited by A. C. True, W. H. Beal, and W. o'. 

 Thompson (U. 8. Dopt. Agr., Office Expt. Stas. Bui. 228, pp. i2//).— An account 

 of this convention has been given (E. S. R., 21, p. 506). 



Announcement of farmers' short courses in animal industry and veteri- 

 nary science at the University Farm, Davis, Cal. (California Sta. Circ. 57, 

 pp. 13, pi. 1, figs. 3). — An outline is given of the short courses in animal in- 

 dustry and veterinary science held from October 17 to November 4, 1910. 



MISCELIANEOXTS. 



Twentieth Annual Report of Tennessee Station, 1907 (Tennessee Sta. Rpt. 

 1907, pp. 5-16, fig. 1). — This contains the organization list, reports of the di- 

 rector and heads of departments, and a financial statement for the fiscal year 

 ended June 30, 1907. 



Twenty-first Annual Report of Tennessee Station, 1908 (Tennessee Sta. 

 Rpt. 1908. pp. 109-128, fig. 1). — This contains the organization list, reports of 

 the director and heads of departments, a list of the publications available for 

 distribution, and a financial statement for the fiscal year ended June 30. 190S. 

 A report of experiments in beef feeding is abstracted on page 71 of this 

 issue, and work in dairy feeding has been previously noted from another 

 source (E. S. E., 20, p. 672). 



Twenty-second Annual Report of Tennessee Station, 1909 (Tennessee Sta. 

 Rpt. 1909, pp. 93-116, figs. 3, charts 2). — This contains the organization list, 

 reports of the director and heads of departments, and a financial statement 

 for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1909. The experimental work reported is 

 for the most part abstracted elsewhere in this issue. 



Information on work of Purdue Experiment Station and School of Agri- 

 culture (Indiana Sta. Circ. 2-'i, pp. -}8. figs. //3).— This circular contains a brief 

 outline of the work of the various departments of the station and school of 

 agriculture, and of the recent publications of the station available for distribu- 

 tion. 



Experiment Station Work, LVIII, LIX (U. S. Dept. Agr., Farmers' Buls. 

 .'1I2, pp. 32, figs. 6; JfW, pp. 24, figs. 4). — These numbers contain articles on the 

 following subjects : 



No. LVIII.— Fertilizers for pineapples, wart diseases.of the potato, the typhoid 

 or house fiy, rice and its by-products as feeding stuffs, the forced molting of 

 fowls, a portable panel fence, pasteurization in butter making, and milling and 

 baking tests with durum wheat. 



No. LIX.— Tillage v. sod mulch in apple orchards, ear characters of seed corn 

 in relation to yield, seed disinfection and crop production, blackleg of the Irish 

 potato, progress in horse breeding, and sweet potatoes and their preparation 

 for the table. 



