MISCELLANEOUS. 715 



The educational beehive, E. I". Big blow [Nature-Study Rev., l [1905), No. 5, 

 pp. 202-209, figs. 4). — A description is given of an observation hive invented by the 

 author for use in nature-study work in schools. 



Suggestions for grain-growing- contests, score cards, and rules for judg- 

 ing wheat, oats, and corn, ( '. P. Bull ( Univ. Minn., Dept. Ayr., Rural School Agr. 

 Bui. 2, pp. 63, figs. 19 . This bulletin is prepared for the purpose of encouraging 

 grain-judging contests a ng the pupil- in the common schools in each county of 



tin- Stat.-. 



tieral study of seeds and seed testing, including weights per bushel of some 

 common seeds, markel grades of wheal and oats, germination, and rules forjudging 

 seed, is followed by more particular and detailed studies of wheat, oats, and corn, in 

 which the history, types, culture, harvesting, marketing, and judging of each class 

 of grain are treated. Specimen score cards are given and rules for the use of the 

 score cards. Following these studies there is a chapter on crop rotation and field 

 management and a chapter giving suggestions I'm- practical exercises in connection 

 with the other work. 



Legislation relating to farmers' institutes in the United States, J. Ham- 

 ilton U. S. Dept. Agr., Office Expt. Stas. Bui. 135, rev. ed., pp. 35). — In the revision 

 of Bulletin 135 of the Office (E. S. I;., L5, p. 523) the institute legislation of the 

 Province of Ontario, Canada, is omitted. New enactment- and amendments t<> farm- 

 ers' institute laws, as well as changes in appropriations made since 1903, are included. 

 New legislation has been enacted in Georgia, Oregon, South Dakota, and Wyoming, 

 and amendments made in New York and Virginia; 



Organization lists of the agricultural colleges and experiment stations in 

 the United States | U. S. Dept. Agr., Office Expt. Stas. Bui. 161, pp. 9 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Eighteenth Annual Report of Illinois Station, 1905 [Illinois Sta. Rpt. 1905, 

 pp. 13 ). — This contains a statement of the principal lines of work, a list of station 

 bulletins, and a detailed financial statement for the fiscal year ended June 30, L905. 



Twenty-fourth Annual Report of Ohio Station, 1905 [Ohio Sta. Bui. 163, 

 pp. XXV). — This includes an announcement concerning the work of the station, the 

 organization list, a report of the hoard of control, a financial statement for the fiscal 

 year ended June 30, L905, and a report of the director summarizing the work of the 

 station during the year. 



Twenty-first Annual Report of the Bureau of Animal Industry, 1904 

 {U.S. Dept. Agr., Bur. Anim. Indus. Rpt. 1904, pp- 632).— This includes a report of the 

 chief of the Bureau on the work done during the year, brief biographical sketches of 

 the late E. A. de Schweinitz and II. 1'".. Alvord, numerous articles previously noted 

 or abstracted elsewhere in this issue, miscellaneous information, and the rules and 

 regulations of the Bureau issued in 1904. 



The article.- previously abstracted from other sources are a- follows: Foot-rot of 

 sheep E. S. R., 16, p. 713); the etiology of hog cholera ( E. S. B., 17, p. 87 | : experi- 

 ments concerning tuberculosis (E. S. R., r>, p. 916; lu\ p. 1022); information con- 

 cerning the milch <_ r oats i I'., s. i;., 17. p. 77 . 



The miscellaneous information, based mainly upon consular reports, consists of 

 brief articles on the following subjects: The horse of Abyssinia; government aid to 

 horse breeding in Italy; German imports of horses; the cattle industry of Brazil; the 

 live-stock industry in Japan; live stock in Mexico; Venezuelan cattle for Cuba; 

 number of cattle in Australasia; number of sheep and cattle in Buenos Ayres; impor- 

 tation of cattle into the Transvaal; American cattle and mules in northern Brazil; 

 Russian association for breeding hogs and cattle; the frozen-meat trade with Great 

 Britain; American meat a necessity in Germany; Germany's attempt to produce 



