69-1 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Theoretical and practical treatise on the manufacture of beet sugar, 



P. HoRsiNDEON ( Traite theorique ef pratique de la fabrication du sucre de betterave. 

 Paris: E. Bernard & Co., 1900, 2. ed., vols. 2, pp. XI +1092, ph. 5, figs. 207). 



Cane sugar, W. L. Bass {New York: W. L. Bass, 1900; pt. 1, pp. 47, figs. 5; pt. 2, 

 pp. 52, figs. 19; pt. 7, j}p. 36, figs. 3; pt. 10, pp. 23, fig. i).— Contents: pt. 1, Defeca- 

 tion and elimination; pt. 2, Transportation; pt. 7, Scum and by-i)rodncts; pt. 10, Bag- 

 ging and handhng. 



Rational fermentations (vinegar, cider, hydromel, alcohol), G. Jacquemix 

 (Lis firiNeiitatii»ix ratioiriu'lh's iri))s,cidri's, Injdromi'Jx, alcools). MalzeviUe — Nan^n: E. 

 Thomas. 19111). pp. VII + S'78, pis. 20, figs. 57). 



Cotton-plant by-products [Tradesman, 44 {1900), Xo. 7, p. 60) . — Discusses briefly 

 the proposed utilization of cotton hulls for paper niaking and a process for removing 

 gum from the oil, thus giving it quick-drying properties and fitting it for use as a 

 substitute for linseed oil. 



On the peat industry, H. Steinmetz (A". Landtbr. Akad. Ilandl. Tidskr., 39 {1900), 

 Xo. 2, pp. 109-111) . 



AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING. 



Wells and •windmills in Nebraska, E. H. Barbour ( Water SujyjjJy 

 and Irrigation Papers^ U. 8. Geol. Su'rvey, No. 29, pp. 85, j?ls. 27, 

 jig^. 25). — In addition to an account of homemade windmills and other 

 water lifts which have already" been reported on in a bulletin of the 

 Nebraska Station (E. S. R., 11, p. 896) this bulletin discusses the 

 importance of the water resources of Nel)raska; the action of water 

 underground, including sheet water, artesian water, conservation of 

 soil moisture, pollution of water, surface and seepage water, and 

 fluctuations of water level; methods of raising water in general; pre- 

 cipitation in Nebraska; surface water available for irrigation; supply 

 for towns and cities; salt water; and })lowi»ng wells. 



"The subject-matter of this paper is related to water conservation in the small 

 way. Throughout the Great Plains region the supply of water is so scanty and so 

 widely disseminated that as a rule it will Ije impracticable to provide great storage 

 reservoirs or other works of considerable magnitude. On the other hand, for the 

 iitilization of the resources there must be innumerable attempts to employ the small 

 amount of water almost everywhere available; and this can be done most econom- 

 ically through the wse of the ever present force of the wind. Thus windmills through- 

 out at least one-fourth of the United States must ever be inseparably connected with 

 the utilization of weMs and with the development of the country." 



Water resources of the Louver Peninsula of Michigan, A. C. 

 Lane ( ^Vattr Supply and Irrkj. Paperti, U. S. Geol. purvey., No. 30, 

 pp. 97., ph. 7, iiga. lli). — ''This material is a portion of the outcome 

 of Dr. Lane's studies in connection with the geological surve}^ of the 

 State of Michigan, supplemented b}^ statements received in reph' to 

 circulars sent throughout the Lower Peninsula of Michigan to well 

 drillers and others likelv to be well-informed and interested in the 

 subject. The facts thus gathered have been collated with the result of 

 2 months' field work during the autumn of 1897." Onlj^ the general 

 conclusions from this work are presented in this bulletin, detailed data 



