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' English Tobacco Culture.' By E. Beale.* 
A manual that will be read with interest by most people. 
Unfortunately the balance-sheets given are only estimated, 
and apparently on a maximum and minimum scale. They 
must be verified before they can be accepted as a practical 
guide. On page 6, the average American yield is quoted as 
1500 lbs. to the acre, whereas Messrs. Carter & Co.'s crop is 
estimated at 3000 lbs. The engravings in this book are good. 
I see nothing put down in the cost of the experiment for the 
shelter which appears in the photograph of Messrs. Carter & Co. s 
tobacco-crop. 
' Tobacco-growing in Great Britain and Ireland.' By A. A. 
Erskine. 
Useful as entering fully into the arguments on the side of 
growing tobacco in England, and contains much information 
that is not to be found elsewhere. 
' Tobacco, a Farmer's Crop. By P. Meadows Taylor. 
This book deals intelligently with the cultivation of tobacco 
in France. Ought to be read by any one who wishes to study 
the subject. 
' Tobacco, how to Grow and Cure it.' Richmond, Virginia, 
1886. 
Although a trade advertisement it contains very useful infor- 
mation for experimenters in tobacco. 
VIII. — Report on the Experiments conducted in 1886 by Local 
Agricultural Societies, in conjunction with the Royal Agricul- 
tural Society of England. By Dr. J. AUGUSTUS VoELCKER, 
B.A., B.Sc, F.C.S. 
The desire manifested by several Local Agricultural Socieiies 
to carry out in their own districts experiments which might be, 
it was believed, of practical utility, led the Royal Agricultural 
Society of England to take into consideration how best they 
could give their assistance in the matter. 
It appeared to be desirable to put to the test of actual farm- 
yard practice, under different conditions of soil and climate, 
some of the results obtained in the more distinctly scientific 
experiments that have been for so long carried on by Sir John 
Lawes and Dr. Gilbert on heavy land at Rothamsted, near 
St. Albans, and within more recent years by the Royal Agri- 
cultural Society at Woburn, Bedfordshire. 
• FiV7e p. 233. 
