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Where the roads are in excavation rat eh waters should be provided to keep drainage 

 water <»ff of the road. For maintaining the Burface of roads in good condition, har- 

 rowing or dragging with a railroad rail, heavy timber, or split log is recommended. 



The mixing- of concrete, E. McCullougb Sci. Amer. Sup., 61 [1906), No. t580, 

 i>i>. 25816-25818). — The author Btates briefly the advantages of concrete over Btone, 

 calls at 1 i -I it it i n to the necessity of thorough mixing, and compares hand mixing with 

 various types of mechanical mixers. I !«• favors the cube mixer. 



Report of the commission on alcohol appointed by the minister of finance 

 {Jour. Agr. Prat.,n.ser., tl(1906), No. 15, pp. $54, 155) . — This commission, appointed 

 tt. inquire into proper legislation for controlling the manufacture and sale of alcohol, 

 recommended in regard to denaturized alcohol that: (1) in order to avoid adulter- 

 ation the dealers Bhould be required tt. label their goods in a conspicuous manner 

 " denaturized alcohol, guaranteed 90 degrees;" 2 denaturized alcohol should have 

 the benefits of reduced rate- of transportation granted to refined petroleum; 3) that 

 the vessels for denaturized alcohol which are returned empty to the shipper should 

 be carried free on the state railroads, or pay the rates charged for merchandise of 

 the fourth or fifth class on private lines; I I) bo far as possible the formalities observed 

 in the distribution, storage, and sale of denaturized alcohol should be simplified. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Sixteenth Annual Report of Arizona Station, 1905 Arizona sin. Rpt. 1905, 

 pp. 26). — This contains the organization list of the station, a review of the work of 

 the station during the year by the director, a financial statement for the fiscal year 

 ended June 30, L905, and departmental reports, some of which are noted elsewhere. 



Annual Report of Idaho Station, 1905 I Idaho Sta. Rpt. 1905, pp. 48).— This 

 includes a financial statement for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1905, a report of the 

 director on the work and publications of the station during the year, and experi- 

 mental work and meteorological observations abstracted elsewhere in this issue. i 



Eighteenth Annual Report of Indiana Station, 1905 | Indiana Sta. Rpt. 

 pp. 46). — This consists of the report of the director and heads of departments, a list 

 of periodicals received by the station library, a subject list of the bulletins of the sta- 

 tion to date, and a financial statement for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1905. The 

 report of the director contains a list of the cooperative experiment- in progress July 

 1, 1905, and the report of the chemist an analysis of a sample of cattle food which 

 was found to contain 96.73 per cent of sodium chlorid. The report of the horticul- 

 turist is noted elsewhere. 



Eighteenth Annual Report of Kansas Station, 1905 (Kansas Sta. Rpt. i.«>~<. 

 pp. S5). — This contains a financial statement for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1905, 

 a report of the council including abstracts of bulletins issued during the year, brief 

 summaries of the w.»rk of the different departments no1 reported upon in bulletins, 



a report on the work of Fort 1 lavs Branch station, a statement concerning i pera- 



tive experiments with this I department, a Bubject list of Btation publications issued to 

 date, and an index to the report and the bulletins issued during the year. 



Fourteenth Annual Report of Kentucky Station, 1901 (Kentucky Sto. Rpt. 

 1901, jtp. AT— 808). — This report, only recently issued, contains a financial state- 

 ment for the fiscal year ended June 30, L901, brief reports of the director and heads 

 of departments for that year, miscellaneous chemical analyses and meteorological 

 observations noted elsewhere, and reprints of Bulletins 91-97 of the station on the 

 following subjects: Enemies of cucumbers and related plants I E. S. R.. 13, p. 368 

 experiments with potato seal. E. S. R., L3, p. 360 ; the food of the toad | E. B. R.. 

 13, p. 325): -rape- K. B. R.. 13, p. 355); diseases of nursery stock E. S. R.. 13, p. 

 571); rabbits and their injuries to young trees E. S. R., L3, p. 531 : wheat | E. B. R., 

 13, p. 737); commercial fertilizers E. 8. R.. 13, p. 730); the Hessian fly ( K. B. R.. 



