834 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



the ])lat receiving deep cultivation each season. A plat given shallow culti- 

 vation for only 6 years did not produce as large yields as the one given shallow 

 cultivation for 12 years. 



Beport from the select coniniittee on the hop industry (London, I90><. int. 

 LIV+591, clgms. 2). — This report contains statistics and tables with regard 

 to the acreage of land devoted to hops in England, the estimated yield per 

 acre, and the total home pi'oduction, together with similar data for different 

 hop-growing counties of the country. Tlie report further embodies the state- 

 ments of 42 hop growers, dealers, consumers, and others heard by the committee. 

 It deals mainly with the cultivation of the hop in England, but considerable 

 attention is also devoted to the world's supply of hops and the international 

 trade in the product. 



The German hop crop of 1908 (AUg. Bran. u. Hopfcn. Zig., .'/S (1908), \o. 

 293, pp. 3159-3162). — The acreage, average yield, and total yield of hops for 

 the years 1S7S-190S, inclusive, are tabulated and data concerning the area and 

 yields of the different hop-growing sections of the country in 1908 are reported. 



Duty on hops (San Francisco, Cal. [190S], pp. 20). — This revised report of 

 a hearing given before the Committee on Ways and Cleans, with reference to an 

 increase in the duty on hops, includes statistics concerning the crop. 



The ixtle and its relations, R. Endlicii (Tropcnpflanzcr, BciJicftc, (1908), 

 No. 5, pp. 221-283, pi. 1, figs. 6). — The botanical relationships, culture, and uses 

 of the following species of fiber plants are discussed: Agave Jietcracantlia, A. 

 lophanHia, A. univittata, A. falcata, A. striata, A. tequilana, SamucJa cai'nc- 

 rosana, Hcsperaloe fimifera, Yucca trcciileana. Y. australis, Y. va-lida, Y. 

 schottii, Y. elephantipes, Y. endUchiana, and Y. rostrata. 



The cultivation of ground nuts, H. C. Sampson (Dcpt. Agr. Madras, Bui. .IS. 

 jtp. l-'i5-l.'i9). — This is a popular bulletin on the culture of peanuts in India. 

 The methods of irrigation practiced in connection with the culture of this crop 

 are briefly noted. 



Water culture method for experimenting with potatoes, J. J. Skinnkr 

 (Plant World, 11 (1908), Xo. 11, pp. 2Jt9-2.'JJ,, figs. 3).— This article describes in 

 detail the method used for growing potatoes under water culture for experi- 

 mental purposes. 



Commercial potato growing, A. G. Cbaig (Washington >ita. Popular HuJ. II, 

 pp. 7). — This bulletin describes in a popular manner the culture of potatoes 

 under the climatic and soil conditions of Washington. A list of varieties 

 adapted to the State is given and the methods of growing potatoes in the irri- 

 gated districts are described. 



The cultivation of tobacco in Kentucky and Tennessee, W. H. ScHERFFirs, 

 H. WoosLEY, and C. A. Mahan (U. S. Dcpt. Agr., Farmers' Bui. S'/S, pp. 31, 

 figs. 13). — This bulletin gives general directions with reference to growing young 

 tobacco plants in the seed bed, selecting and preparing ground for a tobacco 

 crop, topping the I'l^^iits, combating insects, selecting seed plants, harvesting, 

 curing, stripping, grading, and marketing. The 4-year rotations and one 8-year 

 rotation, practiced in the tobacco districts of these States, are outlined. 



The production of cigar-wrapper tobacco under shade in the Connecticut 

 Valley, J. B. Stewart (V. S. Dcpt. Agr., Bur. Plant Indus. Bui. 138, pp. 31, pis. 

 5). — A general description of the culture, curing, packing, grading, and mar- 

 keting of shade-grown tobacco is given, and the improvement of tobacco obtained 

 by 'seed selection and the value of sterilizing the seed beds are discussed. A 

 detailed account of expenditures connected with the production of 3 acres of 

 shade tobacco in the Connecticut Valley is reported, together with the proceeds 

 from the sale of the tobacco grown. 



