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culture which had become simply matters of routine. Nothing 
but good can come from that. No section of the Woburn experi- 
ments has conferred greater benefit on garden practice than those 
dealing with insects and parasitic fungi, matters in which Mr. 
Pickering’s knowledge of chemistry has been of the highest value. 
The book is copiously illustrated by reproductions of photographs, 
and is to be strongly recommended to all interested in fruit 
cultivation. - 
We understand from the preface that although it is no longer 
possible to continue the Farm on its original basis, the work will 
be carried on for the present on nearly the same lines and by 
the same managers as heretofore, but under the egis of the Board 
of Agriculture and the Development Commissioners, the funds 
being provided by Government. Ws J.-B. 
Wheat in East Africa.—Bulletin No. 4 of the Department of 
Agriculture, Nairobi, British East Africa, is a pamphlet of 16 
pages, by Mr. W. J. Dowson, M.A., F.L.S., giving a concise sum- 
mary of various reports and papers dealing with the cultivation 
a. 
were commenced by Mr W. Evans, and from 1913 continued 
by Mr. Dowson. Of more than 20 hybrids, only the following 
proved to be satisfactory—.e., really resistant to rust in a high 
degree, and at the same time fair croppers of good milling 
grain :— 
1. Selections from Rieti crossed by Thew. 
2. Selections from Early Rieti crossed by Thew. 
3. Selections from Rieti crossed by Red Fife. 
4. Selections from Egyptian No. 3 crossed by Nut Cut. 
5. Selections from Egyptian No. 3 crossed by ‘Chew. 
Nairobi area only small acreages of wheat are grown, and crops 
are obtained both during the long rains and during the short rains. 
In the Njoro district wheat is usually grown in large areas, even 
up to 1,000 acres. On the Uasin Gishu Plateau usually not more 
than 200 acres of wheat are planted in any one block, and only 
ear. The rotation 
one erop of it is sown and reaped 
generally followed in all three districts is either flax, wheat, beans, . 
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