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"Spring wheat, with present condition of Ohio soils and cUmate, is not hkely (o 

 prove successful. After repeated trials on rich, alluvial land and upon the thinner 

 clay land our experiments have proved failures, both in quantity and quality of 

 wheat produced." 



Report of the agriculturist, E. R. Lloyd {Mississipjyi Sin. Rpt. 1900, pp. 15-19). — 

 A report of variety tests with cotton (see p. 844) and wheat, fertilizer exjieriments 

 with cowpeas, and culture experiments with sorghum, cowpeas, and corn. Sor- 

 ghum drilled alone and cut after the heads had nearly ripened yielded 10,333 lbs. 

 of cured hay per acre. When drilled with cowpeas the total yield of cured hay was 

 7,250 lbs. per acre. Sown broadcast together the yield was 8,207 lbs. per acre. The 

 greatest yield of grain was obtained when corn was allowed to ripen on the standing 

 stalk. 



Report of the assistant agriculturist, E. S. Shaw [Montana Sta. Bui. 24, pp. 

 145-150). — Outline of the work of the year with the tabulated yields, etc., of 66 vari- 

 eties of wheat, 44 of oats, and 21 of barley. 



Report on farm work at the Momohaki, New Zealand, Experiment Station, 

 F. GiLLANDEKS {'Scv^ Zealand JJepf. Agr. Rpt. 1900, pp. 231-247). — This report briefly 

 describes the manner of carrying on the work and gives the results obtained in tab- 

 ular form. The experiments comprise variety tests with cereals, grasses, potatoes, 

 and root crops, and a fertilizer test on mangel-wurzels. 



Deep-rooted plants for green manuring [Hessische Landw. Ztschr., 70 (1900), 

 No. 48, pp. 664, 665). — A popular article referring to results obtained by different 

 investigators of the subject. 



Fenugreek (Trigonella phcenum graecum) as a soil improver, G. D'Anxona 

 {Staz. Sper. Agr. Ital., 33 [1900), No. 4, pp. 357-364). 



Grasses for permanent meadow^s on marshy soils, C. Nissen [Landw. Wdnibl. 

 Schle.m-ig-JTolstein, 50 [1900), No. 4S, p. 827). — Brief notes on a number of desirable 

 and undesirable grasses for this purpose. 



Grasses for pastures and meadows, Tancre [Landw. Wchnhl. Scldesvng- 

 Hohteln, 50 [1900), No. 51, pp. 869-S72). — The value of different grasses for these 

 purposes is discussed and various grass mixtures suggested. 



Historical notes on hop culture in the Altmark, Bruhne [Landw. WdmscJa: 

 Prov. Sachsen, 2 [1900), No. 45, pp. 411, 412). — Popular historical notes on liop cul- 

 ture in the region of the Province of Saxony known as the Altmark. 



Experiments with, potatoes, A. Jager [Dent. Landw. Presse, 27 [1900) , No. 96, 

 pp. 1155, 1156). — Results of variety tests for the years 1898 to 1900. 



Potash for potatoes [Agr. Jour. Cape Good Hope, 17 [1900), No. 11, p. 665). — 

 A popular article on the need of potash in the soil for the successful growth of the 

 potato. 



Special potato trials [New Zealand Dept. Agr. Rpt. 1900, pp. 255-263). — A report 

 on a test of 111 varieties of potatoes grown at Waihao and Wyndham. The results 

 are given in tabular form. Among the best yielding varieties were Dalmahoy, White 

 Rock, Carter Abundance, and Durwent, with yields of over 11, 10, 9, and 8 tons 

 per acre, respectively. 



Does nitrogenous manuring of sugar seed beets have an injurious effect 

 on the succeeding progeny? H. Wilfarth [Bl. Zuckerrnbenbau, 7 [1900), No. 7, 

 pp. 105-110). — A review of the literature on this subject does not show that this 

 common practice is harmful. 



The recent practice of disregarding the established laws in sugar-beet 

 culture and its injurious effects (Bl. Zuckcrrldirntxin, 7 [1900), No. 23, pp. 362- 

 367). — This article is an extract from a lecture on the subject and treats of the man- 

 ner and time of plowing for sugar beets, the distance at which the beets should be 

 planted, and when and how the thinning should be done. 



