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Fourteenth Annual Report of Oklahoma Station, 1905 {Oklahoma Sta. Rpt. 

 1905, pp. 15-66). — This contains a report of the director, a summary of the press 

 bulletins issued during the year, meteorological observations noted elsewhere, and a 

 financial statement for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1905. 



The press bulletins are to a large extent a repetition of matter published in the 

 regular bulletins of the station. The subjects treated include: Texas fever ticks, dis- 

 tribution of vaccine for blackleg, protecting Bermuda grass, spelt or emmer, growing 

 cowpeas, harvesting and storing cowpea seed, corn smut, cultivating corn, cotton 

 culture, cotton seed and cotton-seed meal for dairy cows, rations for dairy cows, 

 apple scab, destroying insects and fungi, and preservatives in cream. Some of the 

 press bulletins containing new matter are noted elsewhere in this issue. 



Press bulletins {Ohio Sta. Bui. 152, pp. 209-216).— Reprints of press bulletins on 

 the following subjects: Distribution of chinch-bug fungus; spraying for grape rot; a 

 wheat with numerous aliases (see p. 462) ; the corn crop; dodder in alfalfa and clover 

 seeds; testing seed corn; some common orchard scale insects; lime is not a fertilizer; 

 annual picnic at the experiment station; and the Hessian fly and the wheat midge. ■ 



Agricultural directory for Denmark, 1905, H. C. Laesen (Landokonom. Aar- 

 bog [Copenhagen], 6 (1905), pp. 188). — This is a complete directory of Danish agri- 

 cultural public institutions and societies for the promotion of Danish agriculture in 

 its various branches. A list of agricultural periodicals and books published in Den- 

 mark during 1904 is included in the directory. — f. w. woll. 



Report of the agricultural department of Norway, 1904 (Aarsber. Offend. 

 Foranst. Landbr. Fremme, 1904, pt. 1, pp. LXXXI+595). — The report gives the usual 

 accounts of the various agencies for the improvement of Norwegian agriculture, with 

 reports on the harvest of 1904, special reports by the government agricultural engi- 

 neers, entomologist, instructors, horticulturist, and dairy experts; also reports of the 

 agricultural experiment stations, the milk control stations, dairy control associations, 

 and horticultural and dairy schools. A summary of the average temperatures and 

 precipitation for the year is given at the close of the volume. — f. w. woll. 



Report of the agricultural department of Sweden, 1903 (K. Landtbr. Styr. 

 Underiddniga Ber. 1903, pp. 420-{- V). — The report contains the usual accounts for the 

 year of the agricultural institutions for the advancement of Swedish agriculture, the 

 agricultural societies, agricultural and dairy schools, agricultural engineers and 

 instructors in the various agricultural branches. A summary report of the work of 

 the state chemical stations and seed control stations for the year is included at 

 the close of the volume. — f. w. woll. 



Southern Rhodesia (London: British South Africa Co. [1905], pp. 155, figs. 124, 

 map 1). — A book containing general information of value to settlers. Brief state- 

 ments regarding the different agricultural pursuits of the country are given. 



Vademecum for the agriculturist, R. and H. Hitschmann ( Vademekum fur den 

 Landwvrt. Vienna: M. Perles, 1905, 11. ed., pp. XVI+1286, ill). 



