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Table 1. Number of _ fall and divarf plants obtained front the three segregating rozvsi 

 of the Winter Turf X Sixty-Day cross, grown at Aberdeen, Idaho, in 1921. 



Row No. 

 1921 



Hybrid No. 



Number of Plants 

 Tall Dwarf 



897 

 898 

 899 



1009 b2-2o-3-5 

 1009 b2-2o-3-6 

 1009 b2-20-3-7 



Total 



19 

 16 



17 

 52 



Table 2. Segregation of the three divarf plants from a cross betiveen Winter Turf 

 and Sixty-Day oats grown in plant roivs at Aberdeen, Idaho, in 1922. 



A New Edition of "The Livestock of Great Britain" 



Farm Livestock of Great Britain, 

 hy Robert Wallace, assisted by 

 J. A. Scott Watson. Fifth edition. 

 Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh, Tweed- 

 dale Court. 1923. 



Since the first edition of Professor 

 Wallace's book appeared in 1885 it has 

 been recognized as the standard work 

 on its subject. The fifth edition has 

 just been issued. It has been revised 

 and considerably enlarged with the as- 

 sistance of Professor J. A. Scott Wat- 

 son, Mr. Wallace's successor as Pro- 

 fessor of Agriculture and Rural Econ- 

 omy in the University of Edinburgh. 



The first chapter presents a con- 

 densed but sound discussion of the 

 modern theory of heredity and its ap- 

 plication to livestock breeding. The 

 greater portion of the 868 pages are 

 devoted to the discussion of the origin. 



development and present characteristics 

 of the British breeds of livestock. An 

 enormous body of facts are presented 

 in thoroughly readable style. Chapters 

 in the book deal with the management 

 of the various kinds of livestock and 

 with their diseases and with the home 

 or first aid treatment of these. 



One of the most valuable features of 

 the work is the abundance of excellent 

 illustrations, 442 plates and 111 text 

 figures. We find, for example, no less 

 than 28 photographs of Shorthorn cat- 

 tle admirably chosen to illustrate the 

 various types, Scotch, Booth, Bates, 

 milking type, etc. These photographs 

 and those of the other breeds will repay 

 hours of study. Altogether the book 

 is one which should be familiar to all 

 who are interested in the improvement 

 of livestock. 



S. W. 



