STATISTICS MISCELLANEOUS. 697 



Reasons for irrigation investigations and forest preservation, E. S. Net- 

 TLETON ( Wyomiyig Iml Jour., 2 {1900), No. 6, pp. 145, 146). 



The evolution of the plow, F. W. Taylor {Agr. Student, 7 {1900), iVo. 1, j^P- 

 14, 15).— An abstract of a thesis presented to the faculty of the Ohio State University 

 in 1900. 



The evolution and comparison of reaping machines, M. F. Miller {Agr. 

 Stitdpiit, 7 {1900), No. 1, jjp. 9-11). — An abstract of a thesis presented to the faculty 

 of the Ohio State University in 1900. 



Common roads, J. D. Harper {IndustrlaUst, 27 {1900), No. 5, pp. 52-56, figs. 6).— 

 A brief nontechnical article on the construction and maintenance of dirt roads. 



Road improvement in New York ( V. S. Dept. Agr., Office of Public Road Inquiries 

 Circ. 35, pp. i.5).— This circular gives the text of the New York road law approved 

 March 24, 1898, with explanations of its provisions and practical operation by W. W. 

 Armstrong. 



The application of acetylene illumination to country homes, G. G. Pond 

 {Pennsylvania Dept. Agr. Bui. 57, pp. 85, pis. 2, figs. 5).— This bulletin deals with the 

 history, manufacture, properties, and impurities of acetylene, and describes the vari- 

 ous appliances employed in its preparation and utilization. A bibliography is given 

 which consists of a "limited list of references, excluding all works in languages other 

 than English and entering only to a very slight extent into the less popular 

 periodicals. ' ' 



STATISTICS— MISCELLANEOUS. 



Annual Report of Oklahoma Station, 1900 {Oliahoma Sta. Rpt. 1900, pp. 

 11-141). — This includes a report of the director on the work, publications, and staff of 

 the station; a paper on the work of the experiment station, by J. Fields; a summary 

 of a large number of press bulletins issued by the station; a number of articles noted 

 elsewhere; a financial statement for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1900; and a list of 

 the publications issued since the organization of the station. 



Annual Report of Pennsylvania Station, 1899 {Pennsylvania Sta. Rpt. 1899, 

 pp. 343). — This includes the organization list of the station, a financial statement for 

 the fiscal year ended June 30, 1899, a report of the director summarizing briefly the 

 work of the station during the year, several articles noted elsewhere, lists of exchanges 

 and available station publications, and reprints or more detailed accounts, including 

 full experimental data of work reported in Bulletins 4-1-52 of the station under the 

 following headings: Commercial butter cultures (E. S. R., 11, p. 83); heated milk for 

 butter making (E. S. R., 11, p. 84) ; variety tests of wheat (E. S. R., 11, p. 731) ; tests of 

 the sugar beet in Pennsylvania (E. S. R., 12, p. 44); winter?', spring bran (E. S. R., 

 12, p. 71) ; field experiments with fertilizers on tobacco (E. S. R., 12, p. 339) ; distillery 

 waste, miscellaneous cattle-food analyses (E. S. R., 12, p. 378) ; small fruits in 1899 (E. 

 S. R., 12, p. 645) ; and rye-meal and Quaker oats feed for milk pr()duction (E. S. R., 12, 

 p. 678). 



Fifth Annual Report of Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, 1899 

 {Pennsylvania Dept. Agr. Rpt. 1899, j^t. l,pp. 1080). — Included in this report area 

 number of articles noted elsewhere in this issue and reprints of Bulletins 54-59 of the 

 department on the following subjects: Analyses of commercial fertilizers (E. 8. R., 

 12, p. .39), the composition and use of fertilizers (E. S. R., 12, jj. 38), nursery fumigation 

 (E. S. R., 12, p. 369), the application of acetylene illumination to country homes 

 (see above), a chemical study of the apple and its products (E. S. R., 12, p. 554), 

 and fungus foes of vegetalile fruits (E. S. R., 12, p. 359). 



A report on the work and expenditures of the agricultural experiment 

 stations for the year ended June 30, 1899, A. C. True {U. S. Dept. Agr., Office 



