596 ■ EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Some good books for farmers and others interested in affairs in the 

 country, C. R. Green (Facts for Farmers [Mass. Agr. Col.'], 1 (1910), No. 4, 

 pp y^). — This is a selected list in which the names of the author and publisher, 

 tlie price of the book, and a brief abstract of it are given. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Twentieth Annual Report of Washington Station, 1910 (Washington 8ta. 

 Rpt. 1910, pp. 18). — Tliis contains the organization list, a report of the work 

 and publications of the station during the year, and a financial statement for 

 the fiscal year ended June 30, 1910. 



Twentieth Annual Report of Wyoming Station, 1910 (Wyoming Sta. Rpt. 

 1910, pp. 77, flg. 1). — This contains the organization list of the station, a finan- 

 cial statement for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1910, and reports of the director 

 and heads of departments, the experimental work of which is abstracted else- 

 where in this issue. Variety tests of field peas and potatoes are also included. 



Report of the department of agriculture of Sweden, 1908, M. von Feilitzen 

 (K. Landtbr. Stijr. [Siceden] Underddniga Ber. 1908, pp. 483+VIII, maps 2). — 

 The report contains brief accounts of the measures for advancing Swedish agri- 

 culture and its various branches which are supported by the government. 



Report of the department of agriculture of Norway, 1909, G. Tandbesg 

 (Aarsher. Offentl. Foranst. Landhr. Frcmme, 1909, I, Statsforanst., pp. LXVn-{- 

 GJjl, figs. 22). — The various government measures for the advancement of agri- 

 culture in Norway for the year are described in detail. Of more general inter- 

 est may be mentioned the annual reports of the entomologist, the chemical con- 

 trol stations, at Christiania, Bergen, and Trondhjem, the dairy schools, the 

 milk control stations, and the cow-testing associations, meteorological data, and 

 trials with eradication of weeds. 



Report of Ultuna Agricultural Institute, 1909 (Red. VltUna Landthr. Inst. 

 \Stveden], 1909, pp. 13J!i, pi. 1, figs. 3, chart 1).—In addition to the usual account 

 of the instruction work of the institute, the report contains special articles on 

 the following subjects: The Weather at Ultuna, 1909, by G. Timberg; on De- 

 termination of Humus Substances in Clay Soils, by A. Vesterberg ; Field Trials 

 at Ultuna Farm, 1909 ; Trials Concerning the Increase in Growth of Root Crops 

 and the Influence of Distance of Planting on the Yields Obtained, by A. Sjo- 

 strom; Higher Agricultural Instruction in France and Belgium, with Special 

 Reference to Instruction in Animal Husbandry, by E. O. Arenander ; Report of 

 the Ultuna Substation of the Swedish Seed Grain Society, 1909, by A. Elofson ; 

 and Report of Ultuna Agricultural School and Farm, 1908-9. by W. Melin. 



Foreign literature relating to soils and agronomy, 1906 and 1907, A^ 

 Christensen (Tidsskr. Landhr. Planteavl, 16 (1909), No. 5, pp. 759-816; 17 

 (1910), No. Ji, pp. 6JiO-692). — Extended bibliographies of the subjects of the 

 atmosphere, soils, chemical composition, nutrition, and production of agri- 

 cultural crops, seeds, etc., for the years 1906 and 1907 are given. 



Some observations from a visit to America, B. Boggild (Mcelkeritid., 23 

 (1910), No. 49 b, pp. 1109-1152, figs. 31).— Some of the author's impressions of 

 agricultural and dairy conditions in the United States, gathered during his visit 

 t>o this country in 1910, are given. 



