200 DEPAKTMENTAL REPORTS. 



revenues, expenditures, lines of work, additions to equipment during 

 the year, and number of publications of the stations. 



Agricultural Resources and Capabilities of Porto Rico, by S. A. 

 Knapp (House Doc. No. 171, Fifty-sixth Congress, second session, 

 pp. 32, pis. 7). A report on investigations of the agricultural 

 resources and capabilities of Porto Rico, with special reference 

 to the establishment of an agricultural experiment station in that 

 island. The report discusses the climate, soils, and industrial con- 

 ditions of the island; the agricultural and horticultural products, 

 especial attention being given to the sugar, coffee, and tobacco indus- 

 tries ; the character of labor and farm wages ; the agricultural depres- 

 sion and the possibilities of agriculture in the island, and makes 

 recommendations regarding agricultural investigations. 



Proceedings of the Fourteenth Annual Convention of the Associa- 

 tion of American Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations, held 

 at New Haven and Middletown, Conn., November 13-15, 1900 (Bulle- 

 tin No. 99, pp. 192, pis. 3), contains, in addition to the proceedings of 

 the convention, papers, addresses, and reports on a number of subjects 

 of interest to students and investigators in agricultural science. The 

 proceedings were edited for publication by the Director and Mr. W. H. 

 Beal, of this Office, and the chairman of the executive committee of 

 the association. A limited number of separates of the principal papers 

 contained in the bulletin have been printed. 



Agricultural Education in France, by C. B. Smith (Yearbook of the 

 Department of Agriculture, 1900, pp. 115-130), describes the system 

 of agricultural education in that country. 



A brief statement regarding other bulletins issued in connection 

 with the investigations in nutrition and irrigation may be found on 

 pages 221, 229, respectively. 



farmers' bulletins. 



Beans, Peas, and Other Legumes as Food, by Mary Hinman Abel 

 (Farmers' Bulletin No. 121, pf). 32, figs. 10). Beans, peas, lentils, 

 and other legumes, used fresh or dried, as articles of diet, are described, 

 and their food value as compared with other vegetables and with 

 animal foods is discussed. The principles which govern the cooking 

 of leguminous vegetables are treated, and statistics are given of the 

 use of such foods and their importance in the diet. 



Eggs and Their Uses as Food, by C. F. Langworthy (Farmers' Bul- 

 letin No. 128, pp. 32), describes different kinds of eggs used for food, 

 and summarizes the available information regarding their composition 

 and uses and value as articles of diet. 



There was also submitted for publication during the year Irrigation 

 in Field and Garden, by E. J. Wickson (Farmers' Bulletin No. 138, 

 pp. 40, figs. 18), which gives practical directions for the construction of 

 small ditches, the collection, storage, measurement, distribution, and 

 application of water for the use of the individual farmer. 



EXPERIMENT STATION WORK. 



Two numbers (Nos. XVI, XVII, Farmers' Bulletins Nos. 122, 124) 

 of Experiment Station Work, the subseries of brief popular bulletins 

 compiled from the published reports of the agricultural experiment 

 stations and kindred institutions in this and other countries, were 

 issued during the year, and a third number (XVIII, Farmers' Bui- 



