736 EXPERIMENT STATION EECOED. 



bleached grain." It is tliouglit tliat tlie benefit derived in case of grain handled 

 under commercial conditions will depend upon proper cooling and drying after 

 bleaching. Six days' germination test of bleached and unbleached oats indicated 

 that the germination percentage had fallen from 86.92 to 68.14, while that of 

 barley decreased from 91.72 to 73.45. It was not observed that any of 4 horses 

 fed on bleached oats failed to eat them as readily as the unbleached oats. The 

 net profit arising from the improvement in grade and increase in weight ob- 

 tained from bleaching is estimated to be 2.26 cts. per bushel. 



On measures for the encouragement of a domestic seed production, A. 

 Elofson {K. Landtbr. Akad. Handl. och TidsJcr., Jf9 {1910), No. 5, pp. 408- 

 ^25).— This address discusses the present conditions of seed production in 

 Sweden and methods by which it may be developed to meet the requirements 

 of the country. 



Seed tests, A. J. Ewabt (Jour. Dept. Agr. Victoria, 8 {1910), No. 12, pp. 

 77Jf-780). — Results of tests of garden, grass, clover, and alfalfa seeds are re- 

 ported. Some were home grown, and others were tested after sea voyages of 

 from 6 to 42 days. A table states the place of origin of the seed, the duration 

 of the sea voyage, the percentage of weed seeds, the germination percentage, 

 and the fungus spores found. Descriptive notes report other observations made. 



Seed tests made at the station during' 1910, G. T. Feench {New York 

 State Sta. Bui. 333, pp. 12). — The author presents in tabular form and discusses 

 the results of purity and germination tests of alfalfa, clover, grass, and other 

 seeds. The frequency of occurrence of various weed seeds is indicated and a 

 brief list of bulletins on seeds and weeds appended. 



Dodder was found in 11.13 per cent of the alfalfa samples tested and 3.5 per 

 cent of the red clover samples. More than half of the dodder was of the large- 

 seeded variety — a larger proportion than in preceding years. The frequent oc- 

 currence of the seed of Centaurea repens indicates the importation of alfalfa 

 seed fi-om Asia Minor. 



Are our farm seeds pure?, F. H. Hall {New York State Sta. Bui. 333, popu- 

 lar ed., pp. 4, fig. 1). — A popular edition of the above. 



HOETICULTURE. 



The seedling-inarch and nurse-plant methods of propagation, G. W. 

 Oliver {U. S. Dept. Agr., Bur. Plant Indus. Bui. 202, pp. 43, pis. 9, figs. 15).— 

 In addition to giving full descriptions of the author's improved methods of 

 propagating the mango, mangosteen, and litchi, this bulletin indicates the pres- 

 ent stage of the Department's studies of these fruits and also shows the adapta- 

 tion of the seedling-inarch method of propagation for the rapid flowering or 

 fruiting of seedlings raised from seeds of new and rare trees, shrubs, and vines ; 

 for the rapid production of an abundance of material for propagation by bud- 

 ding and grafting; and for the rapid propagation of rare plants on hardy seed- 

 ling stocks. The inarching of rose seedlings and of the rare finger lime {Citrus 

 australasica) are described as examples of the wide adaptability of the seed- 

 ling-inarch method. The author also reports that he has recently used this 

 method with chestnuts, walnuts, hawthorns, oaks, and many other plants. 



The seedling-inarch method consists, essentially, in inarching on young seed- 

 lings. It has proven far superior in its simplicity, rapidity, and results to the 

 other method of inarching on plants growing in 5 and 6 in. pots. It also has 

 a wider range of adaptability than budding and requires much less skill. The 

 author reports that he has had very few unsuccessful unions and none among 

 those classes of plants where the most suitable stocks are known and in com- 



