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millet or jungle rice, water or everlasting grass, and barnyard grass, gave 

 fair to excellent results. Sorghum and allied species including Jerusalem corn, 

 Kafir corn, and Egyptian corn grew to a height of a foot or so on land oc- 

 casionally flooded, but dried up before reaching maturity. " Their growth 

 should not be attempted except with irrigation." " Root planting experiments 

 were generally unsuccessful and are not recommended under our conditions." 

 The best results in seeding were obtained when seed was sown after disking 

 and before harrowing, but wild oats, Schrader's brome-grass, and other coarse 

 seeds did best when disked in. Very fine seeds must be sown after final har- 

 rowing and saltbush seeds did best when sown a few inches deep and covered 

 with a loose mulch. 



An earnest plea is made for government control over grazing ranges in 

 Arizona and for the leasing and fencing of these ranges as a means to their 

 restoration and permanent use. 



Notes on the winter pasture plants and grasses, H. G. Mundy {Rhodesia 

 Agr. Jour., 8 {1910), No. 1, pp. 106-110, pi. 1). — A stand of Paspalum dilatatum 

 was secured by planting slips from old roots in drills 2* by 1^ ft. apart. A 

 week later 3 lbs. per acre, or one-fifth the normal amount of seed, was sown. 

 In spite of drought, practically all the slips planted on a J-acre plat grew. 



Toowomba canary grass {Phalaris bulbosa) proved inferior to Paspalum in 

 drought resistance, but may prove superior in frost resistance. Sheep burnet 

 {Sanguisorha minor) proved a very hardy, rapid-growing perennial, and almost 

 entirely resistant to frost and drought. The author also reports experimental 

 sowings of cocksfoot, tall fescue, perennial and Italian rye grasses, sheep pars- 

 ley {PetroseUnum sativum), sulla {Hedysarum coronarum.), rescue grass, 

 brome grass, red clover, and sainfoin. 



On the improvement of grasses and clovers at Svalof, H. Witte {Sveriges 

 Vtsddesfor. Tidskr., 20 {1910), No. 6, pp. 317-331, p?s. 2, fig. 1, dgms. 2).— This 

 progress report discusses the work of domestic seed production and states the 

 results so far obtained, with reference to the literature on the subject. 



Report on cooperative trials and investigations of grasses and clover 

 fields, 1905—1909, K. Hansen and IVI. L, Mortensen {Beretning om Forsog og 

 Undersogelser i Grwsmarker, 1905-1909. Lymgby, Denmark, 1910, pp. 108). — 

 The investigations here described were conducted by the Priisto County 

 Agricultural Society, and include a careful inquiry into the condition of mead- 

 ows and pastures in the county, trials of different grass seed mixtures oq 8 

 different farms with botanical examinations of the green crops, tests of soil 

 inoculation for alfalfa, trials of different cover crops and fertilizers for 

 meadows. 



Report of breeding' experiments with grasses, 1909, H. Witte {Sveriges 

 Vtsddesfor. Tidskr., 20 {1910), No: 5, pp. 273-277).— The author reports the 

 results of experiments and variety tests of red clover, alfalfa, timothy, orchard 

 grass, perennial rye grass, meadow fescue, tall oat grass, and other grasses. 



Variety tests during 1908, O. Lemmermann and P. Liebau {Mitt. Agr. Chem. 

 Vers. Stat. Berlin, 1907, pp. 18). — Among the varieties tested, the highest yields 

 were obtained from Petkus winter rye, Crieweu winter wheat, SJichsish Erzge- 

 birgs summer rye, Friedrichswerth bearded summer wheat, Selchow and Svalof 

 Chevalier summer barleys. Svalof Goldrain oats. Green Folger field peas, Hal- 

 berstadt field beans, Jaensch Victrix sugar beets. Yellow Eckendorf fodder beets, 

 Lobberrich Yellow carrots, and White Queen potatoes. The Victoria potato 

 produced the greatest starch yield per aci*e. A brief report is given of the 

 results of sowings of red clover seed from Hungary, Russia, England, France, 

 Bavaria, and other countries. Tables state the precipitation and temperature 



