798 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



(E. S. E., 12, p. 184), introduction to lield experiments with fertilizers (E. S. R., 12, 

 p. 125), the prevention of peach-leaf curl (E. 8. R., 12, p. 259), pollination in 

 orchards (E. S. R., 12, p. 237), and sugar-l)eet investigations for 1899 (E. S. R., 12, 

 p. 335). Appendix II contains a detailed statement of receipts and exjoenditures of 

 the station for the fiscal j-ear ended June 30, 1899. Appendix III contains reprints 

 of publications on nature study. 



Twelfth Annual Report of Rhode Island Station, 1899 {Rhode Island Sta. 

 apt. lSU9,pp. IX-\'227). — The report of the director gives a general review of the work 

 of the station during the year and departmental reports review in detail the different 

 lines of work and contain a number of articles noted elsewhere. A financial state- 

 ment for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1899; lists of donations, exchanges, and sta- 

 tion publications; and an index to the report and Bulletins 52-55 of the station 

 issued during the year, are included. 



Experiment Station Work— XV (T. *S'. Dept. Agr., Farmers' Bid. 119, pp. 31, 

 figs, o ). — Tliis numljer contains articles on the following subjects: Storing ajiples with- 

 out ice, cold storage on the farm, mechanical cold storage for fruit, keeping qualities 

 of apples, improvement of blueberries, transplanting muskmelons, banana flour, fresh 

 and canned tomatoes, purslane, mutton sheep, effect of cotton-seed meal on the 

 quality of butter, grain feed of milch cows, and protection against Texas fever. 



Timely hints for farmers {Arizona Sta. Bid. 34, PI>. 65-115, figs. 14) ■ — This bul- 

 letin is a collection of popular articles issued by the experiment station from Octobei" 

 1, 1899, to June 15, 1900. The following subjects are discussed: Green manuring 

 plants for orchards, planting eucalypts in Arizona, improvement of Arizona soils, 

 winter irrigation of orchards, the crown gall, desirable varieties of peaches, the 

 danger of introducing insects on trees, what to plant on arbor day, winter remedies 

 for injurious insect«, care of milli for the factory, black alkali, white alkali, selecting 

 dairy cows, the adobe hole, dehorning cattle, date palm culture, summer cultivati(jn, 

 and grazing v. irrigation. 



Agricultural exports of the United States by countries, 1895-1899, F. H. 

 Hitchcock {V. S. Dept. Agr., Section of Foreign Markets Bid. 20, p. 8S). — Statistical 

 tables are given showing the character and value of the agricultural products exported 

 from the Ignited States to each country of destination during the 5 fiscal years 

 1895 to 1899. The average annual value of the agricultural exports during the 5 

 years was §694,874,000. The United Kingdom received 53.37, Germany 13.60, and 

 France 6.22 per cent of the total exports. Of the products exported cotton, bread- 

 stuffs, and meat products amounted respectively to 30.71, 30.56, and 20.36 per cent. 



Agricultural imports of the United States by countries, 1895-1899, F. H. 

 Hitchcock ( V. S. Bepd. Agr., Section of Foreign Markets Bid. 21, pip. 74)- — Statistical 

 tables are given showing the character and value of the agricultural products 

 imported into the United States from each country of shipment during the 5 fiscal 

 years 1895 to 1899. The average annual value of the agricultural imports during the 

 5 years was $366,964,708. Brazil supplied 14.75, the United Kingdom 9.30, Cuba 

 7.47, and Germany 6.57 per cent of the total imports. Of the products imported, 

 sugar amounted to 22.90 per cent, and coffee, 20.86 per cent. 



The production and consumption of corn in United States, Hungary, 

 Roumania, and other countries, E. Rabate (Jour. Agr. Prat., 1900, II, Xo. 4^, 

 pp. 721-725). — Statistics and discussion. 



List of free employment agencies for the use of farmers ( V. S. Dept. Agr., 

 Division of Statistics ('ire. 13, pp. 4~)- — "A list of free employment agencies, and other 

 institutions and individuals w'illing to act as such, whicli are likely to be able to 

 supply farm laborers, domestic servants, or other employees for permanent or tem-' 

 porary employment in the country." The list includes nearly 1,000 names arranged 

 by counties in the different States. 



