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same made by tin- Secretary <>t' the [nterior, 

 and gave particular details <>f the work a< 

 complished in each state. In this, the Third 

 Annual Report, is given a continuation of 

 the description of the work begun ; in par 

 ticular an exhibit is made of the operations 

 carried on during the greater part of the 

 calendar year 1904. This matter is preceded 

 by a general discussion of the reclamation 

 law and of the general questions of po! 

 or practice which have arisen. It should 

 prove an exceedingly helpful volume to the 

 homeseeker, irrigator, farmer, or general 

 student of the We-t. Each particular sec- 

 tion of the country in which work has been 

 begun, or is under consideration is de- 

 scribed and the experts of the service write 

 of its feasibility, methods of utilization of 

 the water realized, etc. 



The Nile in 1904. By Sir William Will- 

 cocks. K. C. M. G., F. R. G. S. Pp. 225. 

 Illustrated with maps and diagrams. E. 

 & F. N. Spon, Limited, London. Ameri- 

 can agents, Spon and Chamberlain, 12.3 

 Liberty street, New York. National 

 Printing Department. Cairo, Egypt, 1904. 

 Price, 9 shillings. 



There has probably never been so gi- 

 gantic an engineering enterprise so suc- 

 cessfully accomplished as the harnessing of 

 the Nile by the Public Works Department 

 of Egypt. Sir William Willcocks has played 

 no small part in the subjugation of this 

 Tnajestic river, his twenty years of expe- 

 rience in irrigation gained through work 

 in India and Egypt have equipped him, as 

 well as any of those concerned in the stu- 

 pendous works along the Nile, to write of 

 what has been accomplished. Sir William 

 modestly acknowledges in a preface his in- 

 debtedness to several previous reports by 

 such of his co-workers as Sir William 

 Garston. and others. The volume itself 

 is an authoritative description of the Nile 

 and the Nile country, with descriptions, 

 diagrams, statistical matter, and maps in- 

 numerable, and the semi-narrative style, 

 with history of the operations make it very 

 interesting. The statistical matter, minute 

 descriptions of localities (supplemented by 

 maps) and discussions of irrigation in all 

 its phases in Egypt make it an exceedingly 

 valuable volume. 



Proceedings of the Third Irrigation Con- 

 gress, held at Bismarck, N. D., Jan- 

 uary 25, 26, 1905. Published by author- 

 ity of the State. Bismarck. N. D., 1905. 



This report is replete with valuable ad- 

 dresses and information, and it should be 

 in the hands of every one interested in the 

 material welfare of the state, and especially 

 of those interested in the reclamation of 

 land either by irrigation or drainage. It 

 contains papers upon "General Farming in 

 North Dakota," "Pumping Water for Irri- 

 gation." "The Development of Irrigated 

 Agriculture in North Dakota," "Intensive 



by Aid oi luxation." "l ; illil 



''.lowing," "('oo|,. rativc Canal pom 



lion," 'Irrigation and iM-ainai'e In-. 



no,,-," "Alfalfa and It Possibilitii "Th 



Arle i;m l',a in ni '.'.,! ih I JakotA," and a 

 innnbrT of olh- i . all b\ the hij.di' i I and 



mo t < ompetenl anthot itie it < ontai 



. the Xortb hakota Irrigation Code, the 



!'' lamation \< t. a \>\-<,\><>- <<] 

 form for Article-, ,,f Incorporation for \Va 

 ter Users' Associations and other important 

 information. 1 doni that so inueh of 



valr --ruing the ubjects tn-.-iti-d ': 



n brought into -IK h pra< t irable form 

 and so small compa Copii be- ob- 



tained by application to ti Kngni' 



A. L. Fellows, at Bismarck. 

 The A, B, C of Bee Culture. By A. I. 

 Root, revised by H. R. Root. Pp. 400 

 Copiously illustrated. T!T- A. I. Root 

 Company, Medina, Ohio, 1905. 



Here is an immense lot of practical infor- 

 mation about bees and bee culture arran: 

 in the form of a cyclopedia for bee-keep 

 generally. The publishers arc one of the 

 largest manufacturing plants solely con- 

 cerned with honey in the country, and the 

 matter contained in this book has been 

 gathered by thorn from bee-keepers all 

 over the country, and verified by practical 

 work in their own factory. The book . 

 originally written in 1878; this is the 

 fourth edition issued since that time, and 

 has been brought up to date and re-edited 

 by Mr. Ernest R. Root. The matter con- 

 tained is extremely diversified and eminently 

 practical in its nature, and so presented as 

 to be easily accessible for reference. There 

 is a lack of entire continuity through the 

 book through numerous changes ranging 

 from the editorial "we." the personal ' 

 to the impersonal "one," which are slightly 

 confusing. 



Yearbook of U. S. Department of Agri- 

 culture for 1904. Pp. 7/6, illustrated. 

 Washington, Government Printing Office, 

 1905. 



The 1904 Yearbook of the Department of 

 Agriculture contains many articles which 

 should prove of particular interest to the 

 forester and irrigator. as well as the farmer, 

 for whom it is especially designed. Besides 

 the formal report of the Secretary for the 

 fiscal year of 1904, the volume is given over 

 to articles dealing with special phases of 

 the Department's work in all its varied 

 fields of activity. "The Attitude of Lum- 

 bermen Toward Forest Fires." by E. A. 

 Sterling; "Forest Planting and Farm Man- 

 agement." by Geo. L. Clothier: "Potato 

 Culture Near' Greeley, Colorado." by J. Max 

 Clark: "Insect Injuries to Forest Produc- 

 by Dr. A. D. Hopkins, and "The Deter- 

 mination of Timber Values." by Edward A. 

 Braniff. are all valuable additions to _the 

 existing literature on forestry and irriga- 

 tion. 



