14() EXPKKIMENT STATION KKCORD. 



slidwiiiii- llio fipc'cit'S well a(l;i|ilcil to ilic ralmisc couiitry ami tlioM- urowiny: well in 

 wet <ir moist iiicailows, on ridi upiainls, ami on dry and sandy snil. The sin'cies of 

 littk' or no xaliic ai(^ also cnnnicratrd. Tlic iiri'atiT j)ortion of tlir publication is 

 dovotfd (ollic (Irscrii)f ions of llic individual species considered. A list of forajje 

 plants ^idwiuji spontaneously in Idaiio, and winch are known to furnish food to 

 cattle and horses, concludes the bulletin. 



Summer forage crops, J. 11. Lindsev {Masmchn/ieUa ,S(<i. Jipl. I'JU,.', jijt. G.i-US). — 

 The results of several trials with a mixture of winter wheat and vetch are reported, 

 together with the com])osition of the jrreen and dried fodder. The yields obtained 

 in ]!I00 and 1H02 were at the rate of 10 and 9.5 tons jier acre respectively. The 1901 

 yield was estimated at 6 to 7 tons \wr ac-re. This season the land was seeded with 

 Longfellow corn inunediately after the removal of the nnxed crop at the end of May. 

 A jield of 17.68 tons of fairly well-eared grei'u fodder per acre was obtained. The 

 total yield of dry matter per acre for the season amounted to 8,622 lbs. The results 

 of digestion trials reported in tables, lead to the conclusion that the mixture of win- 

 ter wheat and vetch, fed green, is as digestible as either fodder corn or oat and pea 

 fodder. The mixture when used as dry fodder, under normal conditions, is consid- 

 ered as digestible as when fed green. 



Corn and soy beans were grown together and were successfully harvestt'd with a 

 corn harvester. Notes are given on the culture of soy beans and cowpeas and on the 

 relative merits of several varieties of these crops. 



Range improvement, J. W. Blankinship {Montana Sta. Ept. 1902, pp. 71-75). — 

 The necessity < >f range improvement in the State is discussed and tlie value of 3 

 species of grasses, Agropyrun spiadum, Bouteloua uUgostacJq/a, and TUilhllisdactyloides, 

 in connection with this work is pointed out. 



The soybean, G. E. Adams {Rhode Island Sta. Bui. 92, pp. 119-127, figx. J).— This 

 bulletin contains a popular account of the soy bean, its uses and culture. In the 

 discussion the results of experiments obtained at the station and elsewhere are restated. 

 For 10 years the Medium Early Green soy bean has produced good crops at the 

 station and has never failed to ripen seed. 



Report of the sugar-beet experiments in Ontario, 1902, R. IIakcourt 

 {Toronto: Ontario Ih'pl. A(jr., 1902, pp. .12, Jigx. 10, iiiojtl). — iSugar-beet experiments 

 conducted on an extensive st-ale are described and the factories in operation in Onta- 

 rio are enumerated. The value of sugar-beet i)ujp as a stock food is discussed and 

 the composition of limestone rock from different points in the province is shown in 

 a table. The results of culture experiments and fertilizer and distance tests here 

 reported have been noted from another source (E. S. R., 15, p. 36). 



The average weight, percentage of sugar, and coefficient of jsurity of beets harvested 

 in September and October by the different experimenters are shown in tables. In 

 general the later harvested samples were the best in <[uality. 



Progress of the absorption of phosphoric acid by sugar beets, A. Gregoire, 

 {Bui. Z'/.s/. Chiiu. et Bad. Gemhlou.v, 1903, No. 73, pp. 22-31; IJIng. Agr. (jcwbloux, 

 13 {1903), Xo. 10, ])p. 425-437).— In these studies it was found that the phosphoric 

 acid content reached 0.78 per cent of the dry substance. The maximum absorption 

 occurred between July 27 and August 24. The phosphoric acid was taken up most 

 rapidly at the beginning of vegetation. 



duality of svreated. tobacco produced by diiferent fertilizer treatments, 

 W. Fkear {Pennnylvaiiid Sta. Rpt. 1902, pp. 34-4S). — These experiments have been 

 previously described (E. S. R., 11, p. 924). A detailed report is here given on the 

 quality of the same crops of Havana leaf for the several years the work w^as carried on. 



An apj)lication of cotton-seed meal, sulphate of potash, and dissolved Ixjneblack 

 gave a better yield of uniform and lighter-colored leaf than horse manure. The sab- 

 stitution of linseed meal for cotton-seed meal in this application apparently imjjroved 

 the flavor of the tobacco. The use of horn meal instead of cotton-seed meal and the 



