98 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



A popular review of the work of the experiment station, E. B. Vooehees 

 ( X, ir Jersey Stas. Bui. 182, pp. 42).— In addition to summaries of the numerous lines 

 of investigation which have been carried on at the station during the last 25 years 

 this bulletin contains a complete list of the officers and publications of the station 

 since its organization to the present time. 



Experiment Station Work, XXVIII ( U. S. Dept. Agr., Farmers' Bui. 222, pp. 

 32, fig. 1).— This number contains articles on the following subjects: Home mixing 

 fertilizers; sweet corn in the south; Kherson oats; cowpea hay; weight of feeds; 

 grain rations; horse feeding; classification of swine; and silage for dairy cows. 



Trade with noncontiguous possessions in farm and forest products, 1901- 

 1903 (U. S. Dept. Agr., Bur. Statis. Bui. 33, pp. 40):— This is a compilation of the 

 statistics of exports and imports of farm and forest products in the trade of the 

 United States with Alaska, Hawaii, Porto Rico, Philippine Islands, Guam, and 

 Tutuila during the 3 years ended June 30, 1903. 



Crop Reporter ( U. S. Dept. Agr., Bur. Statis. Crop Reporter, vol. 7 (1905), Xos. 1, 

 )>/>. 1-8; .'. />/>. 9-16). — These contain statements of the condition of crops in the 

 United* States on May 3 and June 1, 1905, and the usual statistical information on 

 crops in foreign countries. 



Report of the bureau of agriculture for the year ended August 31, 1904, 

 W. < '. Welborn {[Philippine'] Bur. Agr. Kpt. 1904, pp- 93, pis. 11). — This report con- 

 tains brief statements regarding the work of the bureau and reviewing the agricul- 

 tural situation of the islands in general. 



The introduction of live stock, principally cattle, is reported and work of the 

 Singalong or Manila and Batangas experiment stations, the Government rice farm at 

 Murcia, the San Ramon farm at Zamboanga, and the experimental college and experi- 

 ment station at Negros is briefly noted. The report further includes a discussion of 

 seed and plant introduction and soil and fiber investigations carried on, as well as of 

 various agricultural industries. 



The crops mentioned in the report are cotton, hemp, sisal, coffee, rice, corn, castor 

 bean, cocoanuts, abaca, cacao, sugar cane, tobacco, and various fruits, vegetables, and 

 forage plants. Culture tests of alfalfa and clovers were, in general, not successful, 

 while velvet beans and soy beans made a most satisfactory growth. Sorghum, 

 teosinte, Kafir corn, and similar forage crops produced excellent yields. 



Report of the department of agronomy for 1904, J. Wolfbauer (Ztschr. 

 Landw. Versuchsw. Oesterr., 8 (1905), No. 3, pp. 192-206). — A general report is given 

 on work conducted by the agricultural chemical experiment station at Vienna. The 

 different experiments in progress are described and some of the results obtained are 

 discussed. 



Plowing and subsoiling to a depth of 27 cm. gave profitable returns as compared 

 with ] »lo\ving 15 cm. deep, but the increase in yield differed considerably with the 

 cn.ps grown and also on different plats. The results are considered due rather to 

 the mechanical improvement of the soil and a better conservation of soil moisture 

 than to a higher nitrification. A discussion is given of the process of nitrification 

 under field conditions and those obtaining in pot experiments. 



