898 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



the fiscal year ended June 30, 1899, a report of the director on the work and publi- 

 cations of the station during the year, and departmental reports, two of which are 

 noted elsewhere. 



Experiment Station Work— XVI ( U. S. Dept. Agr. Farmers' Bui. 122, pp. 32, 

 figs^. 5). — Thisnumber contains articles on the following subjects: Liming grass lands 

 early plowing for wheat, grafting grape cuttings, culture and uses of olives, nuts as 

 food, coffee substitutes, the working of a pure-food law, selling eggs by weight, rela- 

 tion of feed to the flavor of eggs, feeding moldy corn, and preparation of unfermented 

 grape juice. 



Press Bulletins Nos. 35 to 70 {Kansas Sta. Bui. 99, j)p. 66). — This contains 

 reprints of weekly press bulletins issued by the station from April 5, 1899, to June 

 26, 1900. The articles are based largely on the results of experiments at the station. 

 Following are the subjects treated: Dysentery in calves and other young animals; 

 experiments with swine plague or hog cholera; Kafir corn, alfalfa hay, and soy beans 

 for pork; what is a digestion experiment; skim milk calves; orchard cultivation; a 

 digestion experiment with alfalfa hay; to rid the house of flies, selection of seed 

 wheat; the profitable strawberry bed; early plowing and moisture conservation; soy 

 beans; awnless brome grass; the Kansas Experiment Station; the horn-fly trap 

 experiment; infectious abortion in cattle; alfalfa in eastern Kansas; some nitroge- 

 nous forage plants; exi>eriments with sugar beets to 1899 and 1900; Kafir corn; plant 

 breeding by bud selection; digestion experiments with Kafir-corn stover and Kafir- 

 corn meal; protective inoculation against blackleg in cattle; questions about forage 

 plants; how to test the vitality of garden seeds; gophers and crab grass v. alfalfa; 

 salsify, or oyster plant; tame grasses for Kansas; Bromus inermis; prevention of grain 

 smuts; horn fly remedies; causes of failure in spraying; the cultivated catalpas; the 

 Buffalo tree hopper; the cultivated millets; and botanical notes on wheat and spelt. 



The agriculture of the future. Hydraulic agriculture, A. Eoxna [Jour. 

 Agr. Prat., 1900, II, No. 51, pp. 897-901; 1901, I, Nos. 1, p. 21; 2, pp. 60-53).— 

 By hydraulic agriculture, as discussed in this article, is meant the use of water not 

 only as a motive power, but also for irrigation and as a carrier of fertilizing material 

 to the soil (warping) in connection with intercultural cover crops which conserve 

 and increase the nitrogen supply of the soil. 



Agriculture in Switzerland in the nineteenth century, E. Chcard {La Suisse 

 audixneuvihnesi'hcle. Extrait: L' Agriculture. Lausanne: F. Payot; Berne: Sckmid & 

 Francke, 1901, pp. 75, figs. 31) . — A historical sketch of Swiss agriculture during the 

 last century with reference to agricultural practices, agricultural societies, schools, and 

 experiment stations, and other agricultural subjects. 



Agriculture in the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg, J. J. Wagner {Buh Gesell. 

 Forder. Wiss., Ackerh. u. Ki'mste, Unter-Elsass, 34 {1900) , No. 9, pp. 305-312).— K brief 

 popular article on agricultural conditions in Luxemburg, and discussing in a general 

 way agricultural education and the work of agricultural societies. 



Agricultural statistics for New Zealand {Ne\v Zealand Dept. Agr. Bpt. 1900, 

 pp. 347-371). — Statistics for 1899-1900 on imports and exports. A supi^lement con- 

 taining general agricultural statistics is attached. 



