024 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



"Just as boards used as staves are nailed upon the inner surface of the hoops, so 

 weather boarding is nailed to their outer edges. When roofed to suit the owner's 

 taste the silo is completed." 



The cost of construction of such a silo is estimated to be $150.10. 



"Octagonal silos without cemented linings are in use, and one in particular has 

 been tilled three times at least with satisfaction. . . . The lining is made of two 

 thicknesses of chestnut boards with tarred paper between them. . . . The wastes 

 have been moderate and the lining shows few if any signs of decay. The owner is, 

 however, inclined to feel that losses of silage would have been smaller had he . . . 

 used the lath and cement construction." 



The utilization of town refuse in agriculture, Von Kahlden- {Milt. Oekon. 

 (u-xcll. ,Saclixi)i, I'.iO.'-o, j>}>. 1-Sl, d(jin. 1). — A general discussion of the subject with 

 descriptions of methods followed by different municii)alities, tmt especially in Dresden. 



Artificial refrigeration and its industrial, commercial, and agriciiltural 

 applications, J. De Loverdo {Le froid artifidel et ses apj}lications industrieUes, com- 

 vierciales et agricoks. Paris: Vre. Ch. Dunod, 1903, pp. VII+652,figs. 156). — Differ- 

 ent chapters treat of the machines and equipment for mechanical refrigeration; 

 refrigeration plants; applications of artificial refrigeration in the management of 

 foods, fruits, vegetables, and miscellaneous materials, in storage and in transport; 

 and the development of the refrigeration industry. 



Cheap power for cold stores and ice factories, G. D. Hunt [Proc. Cold Storage 

 and Ice Assoc, 4 {1903), No. 1, j)p. 35-41). — A brief paper followed by general dis- 

 cussion. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Fourteenth Annual Report of Delaware Station, 1902 {Delatvare Sta. Rpt. 



1902, pji. 163) . — This includes a financial statement for the fiscal year ended June 30, 

 1902; the organization list of the station; and reports of the agriculturist, mycologist, 

 chemist, horticulturist, entomologist, and meteorologist, abstracted elsewhere. 



Sixteenth Annual Report of Illinois Station, 1903 ( Illinois Sta. Rpt. 1903, 

 pp. IS). — This consists of a list of the publications of the station during the year, 

 mention of the principal lines of work, a subject list of Bulletins 1-88, of the sta- 

 tion, and a dt'tailed financial statement for thr fiscal year ended June 30, 1903. 



Sixteenth Annual Report of Maryland Station, 1903 {Maryhoid Sta. Rpt. 



1903, pp. XXXII-]- 200). — The report of the director includes a brief history of the 

 station; statements concerning the organization, equipment, and work of the station; 

 a discussion of some of the results of station work with special reference to their 

 practical application; a subject list of station publications; financial statements for 

 each year from 1888 to 1903, inclusive; and a summary of observations on tempera- 

 ture and rainfall. Appended to the report are reprints of Bulletins 85-89 of the 

 station on the following subjects: Alfalfa for Maryland (E. S. R., 14, p. 433); the 

 infiuence of preservatives upon the food value of milk (E. S. R., 14, p. 679); the 

 perioilical cicada, and its appearance in Maryland in 1902 (E. S. R., 14, p. 988); eco- 

 nomical methods for improving the keeping qualities of milk (PI S. R., 15, p. 293); 

 experiments upon the use of potash as a fertilizer (E. S. R., 15, p. 461). 



Twenty-First Annual Report of Ohio Station, 1902 {Ohio Sta. Rpt. 1902, pp. 

 XXIV ). — This includes the organization list of the station; a report of the Board of 

 control; a financial statement for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1902; and a report 

 of the director containing a review of the work of the station during the year, and a 

 list of acknowledgments. 



Report of the agricultural chemical experiment station at Vienna for 

 1902 (Ztsrltr. Landir. Vrr.'<uchsir. Oesterr., 6 {1903), No. 3, pp. 21.3-268). 



Report of the chemical physiological experiment station for grape and 

 fruit growing at Klosterneuburg for 1902 {Ztschr. Laadw. Versuchsw. Oesterr., 6 

 (1903), No. 3, 2jp. 2G9-284). 



