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Quantity of seed per acre. 



Subsoiling versus ploughing, showing subsoiling to be distinctly 

 beneficial, and lasting in its effects. 



Wheat after Alfalfa, produced eight to ten dollars more an acre than 

 when following Potatos and Grain. 



Profits of Wheat growing, giving as an average profit for the State 

 of Wyoming for three years ten dollars per acre. 



Treatment for smut, giving three methods, viz. — 



(1) Corrosive sublimate : dangerous. 



(2) Copper sulphate : cheap, simple, and effective. 



(3) Formalin, 1 lb. to 50 or 60 gallons of water : effective. 



C. H. C. 



Wistarias. By W. Goldring ( Gard. Mag. No. 2516, p. 36; 

 18/1/1902). — The writer gives a full descriptive account of the species 

 and the history of their introduction, the varieties of each, noting the 

 finest for general culture and the various ways of using them in the 

 garden. The soils most suitable for Wistarias and methods of propaga- 

 tion are mentioned, and excellent illustrations are given of the Chinese 

 Wistaria as a house or wall climber. — W. G. 



