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of the Seventeenth Annual Convention of the Association of Official 

 Agricultnral Chemists, 1900, by D. W. May, of this Oftice; and in 

 addition, editorial discussions of the following topics: The promotion 

 of agriculture in Russia, agricultural experiment stations for Hawaii 

 and Porto Rico, international congresses of agricultural exj)eriment 

 stations and of agricultural education at Paris, the late Sir John 

 Bennet Lawes, the influence of the Rothamsted Experiment Station, 

 experiment station exhibits at the Paris Exposition, need of more 

 perfect organization of the experiment stations, differentiation of the 

 investigator from the teacher, some recent bibliograi)hic helps, pro- 

 tection of crops from hail, the scope and management of the veter- 

 inary work of the experiment stations, investigation of soils in Russia, 

 variety testing at Woburn Experimental Fruit Farm, cheese curing 

 in the light of the enzym theor}^, the agricultural appropriation act, 

 experiment-station farms and the movement for their establishment in 

 Germany, the Hawaii experiment station, and Maxime Cornu, botanist, 

 horticulturist, and agriculturist. 



MISCELLANEOUS PL^LICATIONS. 



The miscellaneous publications of the Office consists chiefly of (1) 

 technical bulletins and rei)orts, and (2) Farmers' Bulletins, including 

 the series known as Experiment Station Work, and are prej^ared 

 under the immediate editorial suiDcrvision of Mr. W. H. Beal. 



TECHNICAL BULLETINS. 



Organization Lists of the Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Sta- 

 tions in the United States, with a List of Agricultural Experiment 

 Stations in Foreign Countries (Bulletin No. 88, pp. 181), contains a list of 

 the officers of the Association of Agricultnral Colleges and Experiment 

 Stations and of the Association of Official Agricultural Chemists; a 

 list of institutions having courses in agriculture in the United States, 

 with courses of study and boards of instruction ; a list of experiment 

 stations in the United States, with governing TDoards and station staffs; 

 a list of experiment stations in sixty-seven foreign countries, with 

 their location and directors ; a list of station publications received by 

 the Office of Experiment Stations during 1900; Federal legislation 

 affecting agricultural colleges and experiment stations, and regula- 

 tions and rulings of the Federal departments affecting the stations. 

 The bulletin contains a comi^lete index of names. 



A Report on the Work and Expenditures of the Agricultnral 

 Experiment Stations for the j^ear ended June 30, 1900 (Bulletin No. 

 93, pp. 181, pis. 8). This contains the report of the Director, which 

 is referred to elsewhere (p. 181). 



Fourth Report on the Agricultural Investigations in Alaska, 1900, 

 by C. C. Georgeson, special agent in charge of Alaska investigations 

 (IJulletin No. 94, p]3. 83, pis. 24). The investigations reported in this 

 bulletin are referred to elsewhere {]). 202). 



Report on the Agricultural Resources and Capabilities of Hawaii, 

 by William C. Stubbs, director of the Louisiana Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Stations (Bulletin No. 95, pp. 100, pis. 28). The subject-matter 

 of this report is discussed on page 207. 



Statistics of the Land-Grant Colleges and Agricultural Experiment 

 Stations in the United States for the year ended June 30, 1900 (Bulletin 

 No. 97, pp. 37), shows the number of officers and students, endowment, 

 equipment, and revenue of tlie colleges, and the number of officers, 



