698 EXPEEIMENT STATION RECORD. 



of Experiment Stations Bui. 83, pp. VI-\-lll). — This includes a critical review of the 

 conduct and general management of the stations, with brief abstracts of all station 

 publications received during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1899; and general statis- 

 tics relative to organization, publications, principal lines of work, revenue, expendi- 

 tures, etc. 



Crop Reporter ( U. S. Depi. Agr., Dimion of Statistics Crop Reporter, Vol. II, Nos. 

 4-6, pp. 8 each; Sup., ])p. 4). — These numbers contain statistical data on the condition 

 of crops in the different States and Territories on August 1, September 1, and Octo- 

 ber 1, 1900, and a number of articles on miscellaneous subjects, including the follow- 

 ing: Foreign wheat and rye crops, the introduction of Hungarian and macaroni 

 wheats, supplementary forage crops, protection of birds, the exportation of corn, 

 recent railroad statistics, foreign crops, the contribution of the Department of Agri- 

 culture to the material wealth of the country, the United States cotton exhibit at the 

 Paris Exposition, estimated wheat crop of the world, the grain crops of France, 

 exports of cotton from the United States, the growth of the cotton-mill industry in 

 the South, and exports of wheat from Argentina and India. A supplement to No. 4 

 contains information on the condition of crops abroad at harvest time and on the 

 outlook as to yield and quality in various countries. 



Cotton seed and its products ( Tradesman, 44 {1900), Xo. 8, p. 61). — The value 

 of cotton seed and its jiruducts during the year ended June 30, 1900, is estimated to 

 have been about $42,000,000. 



Mineral products of the United States, calendar years 1890 to 1899, 

 D. T. Day {Chart, Dept. Interior, U. S. Geol. Survey). — Among other statistics are data 

 showing that the output of phosphate rock in 1899 was 1,515,702 long tons, valued 

 at S5,084,0'r6, as against $1,308,885 tons worth $3,453,460 the previous year. The 

 most valuable output previous to 1899 was 941,368 tons worth $4,136,070 in 1893. 



Chang-es in railroad freight classifications, E. G. Ward ( U. S. Dept. Agr., 

 Division of Statistics Circ. 12, pp. 43). — This reports the results of an investigation 

 undertaken to determine the effect of the changes in the classification of freight 

 made January 1, 1900, upon the cost of transporting commodities between Xew York 

 and Chicago. 



Papers read at the spring meeting of the Pennsylvania State Board of 

 Agriculture {Pennsylvania Dept. Agr. Bpt. 1899., pt. 1, pp. 185-359). — The following 

 subjects were discussed: The soil — its care and culture, the possibilities of Pennsyl- 

 vania as a fruit-growing State, bacteriology for the farmer, fruit-culture for profit, 

 potato culture, forage crops, successful dairying, feeding and management of dairy 

 cattle, the dairy interests of Pennsylvania, the leaves of plants and their relation to 

 plant diseases, breeding and care of swine, Ijusiness methods on the farm, the rural 

 school problem, and our country schools. 



Farmers' library list, Mira L. Dock {Pennsylvania Dept. Agr. BuL 65,2)p. 30). — 

 This gives a list of some 400 books suitable for an agricultural library, with name of 

 publisher and retail price of each. 



Agricultural education in English rural schools ( West Indian Bid., 1 {1900), 

 Xo. 4, pp. 428-444). — Outline suggestions for teaching agriculture in English rural 

 schools as issued bv the board of education in England. 



