336 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



ried out in cooperation with tiie Connecticut State Station in ferment- 

 ing- Connecticut tobacco by the bulk method used in Florida (E. S. R., 

 11. p. 729). Sumatra, and Cuba. This method is considered superior 

 to the case method [R. S. R-, 11, p. T30) of fermentation usually followed 

 in Connecticut, as it greatly shortens the period of fermentation, 

 tends to give a better color and aroma, and to largely eliminate the 

 element of chance in tobacco fermentation. Details as regards the 

 method of handling and the temperature records obtained in the bulk 

 fermentation of about 3,000 lbs. of all grades of good leaf and 1,900 

 lbs. of trash tobacco ai'e reported. 



With regard to the results obtained the author states that — 



" The Connecticut tobacco is not supposed to have any <lesirable filler leaves for 

 domestic cigars, but this year's experience has shown that the short top leaves if 

 properly fermented will make a fairly good filler and that it will even pay to pick 

 out such heavy-bodied top leaves from what is commonly classed .as trash and ferment 

 them for filler goods. Some of these heavy-bodied leaves were thoroughly fermented 

 with very good results." 



The expert opinions of a number of Connecticut and New York 

 dealers as to the quality of the bulk-fermented tobacco were obtained. 



" They pronounced the leaf perfectly sound in every respect, color very desirable, 

 and even the whole leaf perfectly fermented and having the appearance of old 

 tobacco, while the grain was perfectly developed and the style excellent. The burn 

 was also good. ... It was the general expression that more had been gotten out of 

 the leaf than had ever before been obtained, and that the method would entirely 

 supersede the present case method of fermentation." 



Some of the top leaves of the trash which had been hea^'ily fermented 

 were made into " booked tillers" and submitted to dealers and manu- 

 facturers. They estimated its value at prices ranging from 15 to 18 

 cts. per pound, and in one instance, from 30 to 40 cts. per pound. 

 Thin, trash}^ leaves were valued at about 7 cts. per pound. 



In conclusion the author states that the work "while thoroughly 

 satisfactory so far as the present style of leaf is concerned, has dem- 

 onstrated that the Connecticut leaf needs to be radically changed to 

 accord with the present market requirements." Experiments with 

 this end in view are being inaugurated. 



Experiments -with Alinit on -winter -wheat, R. Salzer [Dent. 

 Landw. Presse, 27 {1900). ^^o. 13, pj}. 133, iJ.^).— This article gives the 

 results of experiments with Alinit on winter wheat in different dis- 

 tricts of Austria. 



In a trial in Giuliomajor alluvial soil containing humus was used. 

 The wheat was sown October 10. 1897, and the plats harvested July 15, 

 1898. The yield of the inoculated plat was 2,009 kg. per hectare; the 

 uninoculated, 1.738 kg., a gain of 271 kg. per hectare with Alinit. 



In Budovalla, on lowland not easily cultivated and that had been 

 treated with stable manure after \ying fallow, the inoculated plat pro- 



