246 Miscellaneous Intelligence. 
soils and_a discussion of the same; separate agricultural descrip- 
tions of the several parishes under the heads of the agricultural 
regions to which they belong; and, lastly, information as to agri- 
cultural practice in the several parishes, obtained as replies to a 
series of questions under various headings; these replies afford 
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of seed preferred; amount of seed per acre; what implements; 
what after-cultivation ; time of first blooms; time of picking; and 
y other questions with reference to ginning, 
baling and shipping; diseases, insect enemies ; labor and system 
of farming; wages, ete. The report shows that the great subject 
of cotton production could not a in better hands 
5. Third Bressa i oe y of Turin, open to Scientists 
Las Familias mas im s del Reino Voge oe las que son de 
aoe pe la Medecina, la cay ian e Industria, o que estan representados ep 
nezuela; por A. Ernst. 80 pp., recs oe 1881. 
cond Report of the U. 8. Entomological Commission for the years 1878 and 
1879, relating to ie Rocky Mountain Locust and the Western Cricket, by C. V- 
vy, A.S. P; —? Jr., and C. Thomas. xviii, 322 and [80] pages, with many 
maps and plate 
