MISCELLANEOUS. 937 



procecdiiigiJ of the meetingg of the board of agriculture lield during the year, and of 

 the annual meeting of the Htate horticultural association. Papers selected from those 

 read before the horticultural society and at farmers' institutes are also included, as 

 well as lists of the officers of the various agricultural organizations in the State. 



Experiment Station Work, XXIII {U. S. Dept. Agr., Farmers' Bui. 186, pp. 

 32, figs. 9). — This number contains articles on the following subjects: Losses in 

 manure, macaroni wheats, sterilizing greenhouse soils, tomatoes under glass, protec- 

 tion of peach buds, dandelions in lawns, apple pomace for cows, rations for laying 

 hens, early molting of hens, evaporation from incubator eggs, the keeping quality 

 of butter, and curing cheese in cold storage. 



Experiment Station Work, XXIV ( U. S. Dept. Agr., Fanners' Bui. 190, j'p. 32, 

 figs. 14)- — This number contains articles on the following subjects: Cost of eggs in 

 winter, the chicken mite, soiling crops, profitable and unprofitable cows, methods 

 of milking, coating cheese with paraffin, the octagonal silo, ventilation of stables, 

 and disposal of diseased carcasses. 



Timely hints for farmers {Arizon.a Sia. Bui. 47, pp. 295-317, figs. 2). — This is 

 made up of reprints of press bulletins issued during the period from October 20, 1902, 

 to May 1, 1903, treating of the following subjects: Strawberry culture (see p. 873), 

 skim milk for pigs (see p. 900), watermelon growing (see p. 870), combating the 

 flat-headed borer, the melon plant louse and the "manteca" disease, and the use of 

 branding fluid (see]). 89.S). 



Southern agriculture ; its condition and needs, I). I). Wallace {Pop. Sci. Mo., 

 64 {1904}, JSJ'o. 3, pp. 245-261). 



Agriculture in Austrian Alpine regions, V. Zailer {Inaug. Diss., Univ. Jena, 

 1903, pp. 138). — The geography, geology, climate, population, labor conditions, and 

 land ownership of these regions are described in a general way, and the cultivation 

 of the soil and management of orchards, vineyards, meadow lands, and forests are 

 treated more in detail. The raising of horses, cattle, and other live stock is discussed 

 and special attention is given to the mountain dairy industry. 



Yearbook of the German Agricultural Association, 1903 (Jalirb. Deut. 

 Landir. fJeselL, IS {1903), pp. A'T7//-+-7i^).— This contains the proceedings of the 

 different meetings of the association held during 1903. 



