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manganese at the rate of 65 lbs. per a<-re. Tlio Ik'juis showed the action of the 

 nian;riinese to be quite favorable. 



The fertilizing- value of ashes, E. Tont (Bui. Mens. Hoc. Cent. Atp:. Jlmt. 

 ct Accliiii. .\u<: 4S ( l<)08), \o. //. pp. J'iS-.i.',,i). — This article briefly summarizes 

 information rej^arding the con)i)osition and fertilizing value of leached and 

 unleached wood ashes and coal ashes. The variation in the coni|)osition of the 

 ashes <»f different kinds of wood, leaves, bark, tobacco, nut shells, and peat is 

 also shown. The average composition of wood ashes is stated to be (i to 7 per 

 cent of potash and 3 to 5 per cent of phosphoric acid. It is stated that coal 

 ashes may contain as high as 5 per cent of potash, but that the percentage is fre- 

 quently much lower than this and that such ashes are always poor in phosphoric 

 acid. 



On the use of bracken as litter, E. J. Kusskll (Jour. Bd. Agr. [London], 

 /."> {1!)0S), Xo. 7, lip- 4.S7-.'/.S7; ahs. in Mark Lane E-rprcss, f)9 (If)OH), No. .',02.',, 

 J). 5').j). — This article discusses briefly the suitability of bracken as bedding for 

 animals and its fertilizing value, particularly as conqKired with straw. It is 

 stated that bracken contains on the average 1.44 per cent of nitrogen, 0.2 per 

 cent of phosphoric acid, and 0.11 per cent "of potash, and is thus richer in 

 fertilizing constituents, especially nitrogen, than wheat straw. It is a better 

 absorbent than straw, but manure made with it decomposes less rapidly than 

 straw-made manure. 



A novel fertilizer industry, L. B. Judson (CornrU Coiinfri/mnn. 6 (I'JOS), 

 No. 3, pp. 7.?-76', pys. ij). — The machinery and methods employed at a place 

 near Hackettstowu, N. J., for preparing peaty soil for use as a fertilizer tiller 

 are described. 



Fertilizer inspection, C. D. Woods and J. M. Bartlett ( Maine Sta. Bui. 

 IGO, pp. 275-310). — This is a report in the usual form of results of analyses 

 of fertilizers collected in the open market in the spring of 1908 by the station 

 representative. 



Analyses and valuations of commercial fertilizers and ground bone, C. S. 

 Cathcart, V. J. Carberry, and C. li. Pfersch (Xcw Jcr.<<eii Ktas. Bui. 211. pp. 

 J/O). — This bulletin supplements a previous bulletin on the same subject (E. S. 

 R., 20, p. 625) and summarizes the complete data for fertilizer inspection dur- 

 ing the year, which involved the examination of 735 samples of fertilizing 

 materials. 



Inspection of fertilizers, L, L. Van Slyke (Xcw York Htate Sta. Rpt. 1907, 

 pt. 3. pp. 221-22Ji). — This is a historical review of fertilizer legislation in New 

 York, including the main provisions of the present law and a brief summary 

 of some of the direct results of fertilizer inspection. 



Analyses of fertilizers, fall season, 1907, and spring season, 1908, B. W. 

 KiuJORK ET AL. {Bill. X. ('. Dcpt. A[ir.. 2!i ilHOS). Xo. 7, pp. 71!). — The names 

 and guaranteed composition of fertilizers registere^l for 1908, and analyses 

 and valuations of about 560 samples of commercial fertilizers and 54 samples 

 of cotton-seed meal, examined during the fall of 1907 and spring of 1908, are 

 reported, with explanations regarding terms used in fertilizer analyses, freight 

 rates, valuation, etc. 



Complete report on commercial fertilizers for 1908, J. H. Stewart and 

 B. H. HiTE ( \V< st Virf/inia Sta. Bui. US. pp. 265-318). — This report gives the 

 results of examinations of 215 samples of fertilizers inspected during the year, 

 with a discussion of the (luality of the fertilizers sold in the State. 



Fertilizer control laws, J, T. Welch (Amer. Pert., 29 (1908), N'o. 6, pp. 

 7-10). — This is a paper read before the Southern States Association of Commis- 

 sioners of Agriculture and Other Agricultural Workers at Nashville in October, 

 1908, and discusses the basis for a general fertilizer law. 



