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close together. The results show a gain of 2.13 bu. per acre in favor 

 of the rows wide apart. The yields from sowing wheat at the rates of 

 1, H, and '2 bu. per aere did not ditfer materially, but the use of 2 bu. 

 per acre is regarded best. 



A test of other winter cereals gave very satisfactoiy results. Com- 

 mon Gray winter oats yielding 89.31 bu.. Excelsior winter rye 51. Is 

 bu., and winter barley 5f).(W) bu. })er acre. Experiments in .seed 

 selection are in progress. 



Wheat culture at the agricultural school at La Reole in 1898, 

 1899, and 1900, P. Herbet {Jour. Agr. Prat., 1900, II, No. 50,pj>. 

 863, soil). — The manner of conducting the experiments is described and 

 observations on diseases, lodging, maturity of different varieties, and 

 the 3delds are noted. On a sandy loam soil plowed 35 cm. deep, w itli 

 a green maruiring of crimson clover and an application of 500 kg', of 

 superphosphate and 100 kg. of ammonium sulphate per hectare, a yield 

 of 11 hectoliters was ol)tained from 3 liters of La Reole wheat sown, or 

 366 liters for each liter of wheat. The wheat was sown in drill rows, 

 35 cm. apart. The author calls attention to the advantages of selecting 

 the seed, working the soil to a good depth, and manuring rationally. 

 It is stated that the results contirm previous conclusions; that under 

 existing climate and soil conditions of the valley of the Garonne a rather 

 thin stand of wheat gives the best results. 



Results of various culture and fertilizer experiments, H. E. Stockbrid(;e 

 {Flnridii Slu. Rpt. 1S99 an <l 1900, pp. l)?-20). — In tlie rei)ort of the agriculturist, several 

 brief accounts of experimental work are given. Mexican June eorn, with cowpeas 

 as an intercultural crop, was grown after oats which were harvested late in Maw 

 Good crops of oats, corn, and cowpeas were obtained. Cultural tests with cassava 

 resulted in the best yield from planting 4 ft. apart, with hills 3 ft. apart. A test of 

 the continued use of Egyptian and sea-island cotton seed, without resorting to fresh 

 supplies from the original sources, showed a decrea.se in yield, year by year, as the 

 seed became removed in time from the seed originally procured. Other experiments 

 with corn, sweet potatoes, and velvet beans are briefly described. 



Field experiments {Queciislnnd Dept. Ayr. Rpt. 1899-1900, pji. 4-11). — A report 

 on the field experiments, comprising culture and variety tests with potatoes, oats, 

 malting barley, wheat, maize, millet, and various other forage plants, is here given. 



Report of the agriculturist of the State experiment station at Albano, 

 Sweden, 1897-1899, S. Ruodin (Ay. Limdthr.-.Aknd. llauiU. Txhkr., 89 {1900), 

 No. 4, pp- 207-236). — The report deals with methods of preservation of stable manure, 

 fertilizer experiments for the production of grass seed, further trials of Wiborgh 

 phosphate, and experiments with standard varieties of oats at different Swedish 

 agricultural schools. 



Concerning experiments -with fertilizers, Behrens {Mitt. Deut. Landw. GeselL, 

 16 (WOl), Nos. 4, pp. 14, 15; 5, pp. 17-19; 6, pp. 21, 22). — A paper treating of the 

 methods of conducting fertilizer experiments and the value and meaning of the 

 results. 



Experiments -with phosphatic manures on cereals, K. M.xkke {Semaine Agr., 

 21 {1901), No. 1026, pp. 13, 14)- — A report on cooperative experiments with phosphatic 

 manures on cereals. The results indicate that a high-grade sui)erphosphate is most 

 economical. 



