398 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



The maximum duty of water. The extent to -which tillage may take the 

 place of irrig-ation, F. H. King {Irriy. Aye, 14 {1900), Xu. 4, pp- 1^7-137). — A 

 paper read l)ef<ire a farmer}?' club in Kansas. 



An irrigation plant in Provence, E. Farcy {Jour. Ayr. J'ral., 1900, II, No. 32, 

 pp. 206, 207, jiy. 1). — A brief de.scription is given of a plant in wliich water is raised 

 from a stream to a height of 25 meters by means of a turbine and pump, the turbine 

 being driven by water diverted from the stream by means of a barrage. The 

 arrangement of canals, siphons, and reservoirs and the results obtained from irriga- 

 tion are also noted. 



The evolution of farm machines with some suggestions as to their use, 

 Ci. P. Smith {Mcmachuseti.^ State Bd. Ayr. Rpt. 1899, pp. 246-257). —This article dis- 

 cusses imijrovements made during the nineteenth century in plows, harrows, drills 

 and planters, weeders and cultivators, and mowers and reapers. 



A station for testing agricultural implements at Paris, A. de Cekis {Jour. 

 Ayr. Prat., 1900, I, No. 23, pp. 832-834, fiy. i).— Mainly lists of names of men who 

 have taken part in the work of this station, which was founded in 1889, and of the 

 various machines which have been tested there. 



The construction of county roads and bridges, J. C. Nagle {pp. 14). — An 

 address prepared for the Good Roads Club of Brazos County, Texas, July 22, 1899. 



STATISTICS- MISCELLANEOUS. 



Twelfth Annual Report of Louisiana Stations, 1899 [Loiikiano St us. Rpt. 

 1899, pp. 16). — An account is given of the work at the Sugar Station at Audubon Park, 

 the State Station at Baton Rouge, and the North Louisiana Station at Calhoun. The 

 report also contains an outline of the report of the Geological Survey of Louisiana 

 for 1899, notes on the soil survey of the State now in progress, the organization lists 

 of the stations, and a financial statement for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1899. 



Annual Report of New Jersey Stations, 1899 {Neio Jensen Stax. Rpt. 1899, pp. 

 XIX ^ .512). — This includes the organization lists of the stations; financial statement 

 of the State Station for the year ended October 31, 1899, and of the College Station 

 for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1899; a Feport of the director reviewing the different 

 lines of station work; and reports of the chemists, assistant in horticulture, assistant 

 in dairy husbandry, biologist, botanist, and entomologist containing articles abstracted 

 elsewhere. 



Twelfth Annual Report of Tennessee Station, 1899 ( Tennessee Sta. Rpt. 1899, 

 pp. So). — This includes the organization list of the station; a report on the staff and 

 general work of the station, with a more detailed outline of the present and proposed 

 work of the agricultural department; a financial statement for the fiscal year ended 

 June 30, 1899; outlme of a ten weeks' course in agriculture; a description of a new 

 dairy barn; and miscellaneous articles abstracted elsewhere. 



Report of the experiment station at Lyngby, Denmark, for 1898, K. 

 Hansen {Tldsskr. Landbr. Planteuvl, 6 (1900), pp. 57-78). 



Report of the experiment station at Tystofte, Denmark, for 1898, X. P. 

 Nielsen (Tidssli: Landbr. Planlearl, 6 {1900), pp. 79-81). 



Report of the experiment station at Askov, Denmark, for 1898, F. Hansen 

 {Tidsskr. Landl>r. I'lantearl, 6 {1900), pp. 82-96). 



Report of the experiment station at Vester-Hassing (Knoldgaard), Den- 

 mark, for 1898, A. J. Hansen {Tids.'ikr. Landbr. Plantearl, 6 {1900), pp. 97-109). 



Crop Reporter {U. S. Dept. Ayr., Crop Reporter Vol. 2, Nos. 1-3, 2>p. 8 each). — 

 Beginning with No. 1 of the present volume this publication combines the monthly 

 crop reports and a publication for the exclusive use of crop corresi)ondents previously 

 issued by the Division of Statistics of this Department. In addition to statistical 



