AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING. 1097 



Trials of agricultural machinery at Alnarp: Harrows and cultivators, A. 



S.iusTROM (Laii'JtinoHiit'i,. 11 (1900), Xos. 23, pp. S4.'j-Sol; 24, j>p. SSS-S86). 



Agricultural implements at the Paris International Exhibition, 1900, F. 

 S. CouRTXEY (Jiiur. Uoij. Agr.Sor. Enijldwl, 3. scr., 11 {1900), pt. 4, pp. 6.5.3-673, fig.^. 3). 



Borsig electric plow (Sci. Aiiitr. Sup., .51 (1901), No. 1309, p. 20988). 



Road making materials of Pennsylvania, M. C. Ihlseng {Pejin.sylvania Dept. 

 A(jr. Bui. 69, pp. 104, pl^- IS, fifjs. 3, map 1). — This bulletin considers in detail the 

 location, distribution, and comparative merits of the materials available for road 

 making in Pennsylvania, and contains suggestions for the construction, maintenance, 

 and repair of road surfaces. 



Culverts, drainage, and road construction, W. R. Goit (Kansas State Bd. 

 Afjr. Rpt. 1899-1900, pp. 648-656, firjs. i6») .— This is a popular discussion of the 

 importance of good roads and a brief explanation of various methods of road drain- 

 age, construction, and maintenance. 



The Laramie cement plaster industry, E. E. Slossox and E. B. Moudy ( Wii<jm- 

 iu// Afp: Coll. Bpjt. 1900, pp. 18, pi. 1). — This article gives a hviei description of the 

 Laramie gypsite deposit, discusses the chemistry of cement plaster, and reports obser- 

 vations on the manufacture of cement plaster at Laramie, and tests of the effect of 

 sand on the crushing strength of plaster, as well as of the effect of various retarders 

 and accelerators on the time of setting. 



STATISTICS— MISCELLANEOUS. 



Eleventh Annual Report of Arizona Station, 1900 {Arizona Sta. Rpt. 1900, 

 pp. 138-186). — This contains a report of the director on the work, staff, and publica- 

 tions of the station, including notes on additions to the experiment station farm, the 

 date-palm orchard, range improvement, and on the needs of the station; a financial 

 statement for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1900, and reports of the heads of depart- 

 ments, parts of which are noted elsewhere. 



Twelfth Annual Report of Connecticut Storrs Station, 1899 {Connecticut 

 Sturr.^ Sta. Rpl. 1S99, pp. 223). — A financial statement for the fiscal year ended June 

 30, 1899, a report of the director reviewing the work of the station during the year, 

 and miscellaneous articles noted elsewhere. 



Report of Florida Station, 1899 and 1900 {Florida Sta. Bpt. 1899 and 1900, 

 pp. 76). — The report of the director deals with changes in the governing board and 

 the station staff, the different lines of station work, publications of the station, and 

 additions to station equipment. Financial statements are given for the fiscal years 

 ended June 30, 1899 and 1900. Departmental reports, parts of which are noted else- 

 where, are included. 



Annual Report of Minnesota Station, 1900 {Minnesota Sta. Bpt. 1900, pp. 

 XXVI-t-746). — The report proper contains the organization list of the station, a finan- 

 cial statement for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1900, and a general review by the 

 director of the work of the different departments and of the exijeriment farms at 

 Crookston, Grand Eapids, and Coteau. Reprints of Bulletins 65-68 of the station on 

 the following subjects are included: Soil investigations (E. S. R., 11, p. 1018), beetles 

 injurious to fruit-producing plants (E. S. R., 12, p. 166), investigation in milk pro- 

 duction, feeding dairy cows (E. S. R., 12, jip. 479, 484), and subexperiment farms 

 (E. S. R., 12, p. 627). A meteorological record (noted elsewhere) is appended. 



Annual Report of South Dakota Station, 1899 [South Dakota Sta. Rpt 1899, 

 pp. 6-8). — Brief abstracts of Bulletins 61-64 of the station and a financial statement 

 for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1899. 



Annual Report of South Dakota Station, 1900 {South Dakota Sta. Bpt. 

 1900, pp. 20-34) • — A general account of the work of the station during the year is 



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