298 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



experiineiit statioiit^ iu the I'nited States prepared as a part of the experiment station 

 exhibit at the Paris Exposition. It inchides a statement concerning the general 

 agricultural conditions in the United States as related to the work of the stations; 

 an historical review of the organization and development of the stations, together 

 with an account of the early experimental work carried on by the agricultural col- 

 leges and other institutions prior to the establishment of the stations under the 

 Hatch Act; a statement of the relations of the stations to the Federal Government 

 and to several associations, accounts of which are given; a discussion of the organ- 

 ization, equipment, lines of work, and general results of the work of the stations; an 

 extended account, comprising the larger part of the volume, of the Office of Experi- 

 ment Stations and of the individual stations, giving in each case the history, organ- 

 ization, equipment, financial supi)ort, lines of work, publications, and general results 

 of work; and an appendix containing an account of the inspection work of the sta- 

 tions with the principal features of the laws under which it is carried on, the gen- 

 eral statistics of the stations, a list of the publications issued by them since their 

 organization, a descriptive account of the card index of experiment station literature, 

 a list of books published by experiment station workers, and a catalogue of the 

 experiment station exhiljit at tlie Paris Exposition. 



Statistics of the land-grant colleges and agricultural experiment stations 

 in the United States for the year ended June 30, 1899 ( U. S. Dept. Agr., Office 

 of E.qxriinciif Slatioii:^ BuJ. 78, pp. 39). — A summary of this has already apj^eared 

 (E. S. R.,n,p. .SOI). 



Farmers' institutes: History and status in the United States and Canada, 

 L. H. Bailey ( f7. S. Dept. Agr., Office of ExperlmeM Stations Bui 79, ptp. 5.4). —This 

 bulletin gives a general survey of farmers' institutes and historical and statistical 

 information regarding the movement in the different States and Provinces. A list 

 of officials in charge of farmers' institutes in the United States is appended. 



Experiment Station Work — XIV ( V. S. Dept. Agr., Farmers' Bui. 114, J^P- -^S, 

 figs. 5). — This number contains articles on the following subjects: Influence of salt 

 and similar substances on soil moisture, extra-early potatoes, rotting of cranberries, 

 chestnuts, low-grade Paris green, crude petroleum as an insetiticide, skim milk in 

 bread making, l^est number of hens in one pen, nest box for egg records, and profit- 

 able and im}ir(ifital)lc cows. 



Crop circular for April, 1900, J. Hyde {V. ,S. Dept. Agr., Diri.^ion of Statistics 

 Crop Circ. Apr., pp). 4)- — This c-ontains notes and tabulated data on the condition of 

 winter wheat and rye and of farm animals throughout the United States on April 1, 

 1900, and estimated losses of horses, cattle, sheep, and swine from exposure and dis- 

 ea.se during the year ended March 31, 1900. 



Agricultural imports and exports, 1895-1899 [V. S. Dept. Agr., Sectioti of 

 Foreign Markets Circ. 22, jip- 15)- — Tables are given showing the nature, quantity, 

 and value of the agricultural imports and exports of the United States during each 

 of the 5 fiscal years, 1S9.5-1899. 



Warehouses: A study of the organization of the grain trade in America, 

 India, and Russia as -well as in some German States, O. BiiiiM {Die Kurn- 

 Iniiisi'r; rinr Stmlie i'tiicr die Organisation dex Clctreidf Vrrlcanfes in Ameriha, Indien, und 

 Bn.ssIdii'I, xiiwie in. einigen deutscheu Staaten. Slnltgarl: ./. G. Cotta, 1898, pp. 96). 



