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months. If this shall not prove feasible, then the future extension of the areas now 

 irrigated will come chiefly through the cultivation of crops which can be brought to 

 maturity by water supplied before June 15. Among these, forage crops take first 

 rank, as they can be irrigated as soon as water can be turned in ditches, and the 

 stimulus given by a single M'atering will secure at least a partial crop. All these 

 crops, however, are wasteful of water, and if they are to predominate in the exten- 

 sion of the reclaimed area, as will be necessary without storage, we may expect to 

 see the average duty remain fully as low as at present." 



Silo construction and silage, C. M. Conner {South CaroJina Sfa. 

 Bui. ol, jjp. l-j^jiys. 6). — The value of the ^\\o to the southern dairy- 

 man as a means of providing succulent food for dairy animals during 

 long dry sumuiers is briefly discussed, and detailed directions, with 

 illustrations, are given for the construction of a round silo; with sug- 

 gestions as to location, size, method of tilling, and crops to be grown 

 for silage. The methods and details of construction described are 

 those followed by the author in building a silo at the South Carolina 

 Station. 



On drainage of marshes, H. Steixmetz (A'. LaiuJt. AhuJ. Handl. Tifhstr.^ ,39 

 {1900), Xo. ■>, j>j>. 101-203). 



Report of trials of agricultural machinery, U. Sverdrup et al {Christktnio, 

 1900, pp. -JO, *7/i<.s. ). — The report gives detailed results of trials of 40 different makes 

 of plows, the trials being conducted by a committee of the Royal Society for Nor- 

 way's Weal. 



Agricultural machinery in Denmark in 1899, C. V. Birk (Tid-iKkr. Landokon, 

 1900, No. 3, pp. 149-164). 



Trials of common plows and wheel plows, P. Ullberc; {Landtmannen, 11 

 {1900), Xo. 13-14, lyp. 191-202, 2 15-2 IS). 



Trial of the potato harvester "Cambrian," V. Svekdrip et al {Tid.^skr. 

 Xor><ke Lundhr., 7 {1900), Xo. 1, pp. .38-40). 



The social, commercial, and economic phases of the road subject, AV. H. 

 Mooke ( r. S. Dept. Agr., Office of Public Road Inquiries Circ. 34, pp. 8). — A paper by 

 the president of the State and Interstate Good Roads and Public Improvement 

 Association. 



STATISTICS— MISCELLANEOUS. 



Twelfth Annual Report of Arkansas Station, 1899 {Arkansas Sta. Rpt. 1899, 

 pp. 8-1.34). — The report proper contains the organization list of the station, a finan- 

 cial statement for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1899, and a brief report by the 

 director. Bulletins 56-60 of the station on the following subjects are reprinted: 

 Tomatoes, cabbage, and onions (E. S. R., 11, p. 242) ; the relative virulence for the 

 domestic animals of human and l)ovine tubercle (E. S. R., 11, p. 689) ; an experiment 

 in grazing a corn and cowpea field with steers (E. S. R., 11, p. 965); yield of Spanish 

 peanuts planted at different distances (E. S. R., 11, p. 927) ; planting unshelled pea- 

 nuts (E. S. R., 11, p. 923); relative effects of cotton meal, whole and crushed seed, on 

 the yield of corn, cotton, and potatoes (E. S. R., 11, p. 926) ; relative effects on cotton 

 and corn of certain leguminous crops turned under entire and their stubble only 

 turned under (E. S. R., 11, p. 921); Allen Hybrid cotton (E. S. R., 11, p. 926); the 

 comparative yield of corn from seed of the same variety grown in different latitudes 

 (E. S. R., 12, p. 136); second report on Arkansas seedling apples (E. S. R., 12, p. 151). 



Twelfth Annual Report of Colorado Station, 1899 {Colorado Sta. Rpt. 1899, 

 pp. 113,pl--<. 8, dyiii.^. 0). — This cuntams the oigauizution list of the station, a financial 



