Chief of Section: Dr. JULES M. SAULNIER.
Rédacteurs: Prof. A. BRUTTINI, Chief Rédacteur, C. J. ALEXANDER, B. Sc. (Agric.) Dr. THEODORE BIELER.
Dr. GUIDO BORGHESANI. Dr. VITALE DE TIVOLI Dr. LEO GABRICI. JOSEPH GLAUDEN, Ingénieur-
Agronome. F. GRAETER, Ingénieur-Agronome. - JULES JOBERT, Ingénieur-Agronome. - Dr. FRANCESCA
PIRAZZOLI - Dr. GIULIO PROVENZAL. Prof. GIULIO TR INCHIERI. - L. M. UNDERWOOD, B. Sc. (Agr.).
Attached to the Staff of Rédacteurs: Miss FLORENCE M. MAC IVER.

Translators: Mme. J. M. JOBERT. LÉON BOUDOURESQUE A. RINIERI DE' ROCCH 1.

The information contained in some of the abstracts dealing with Canada has been most kindly placed at the disposal of the Institute by the Government of the Dominion. The Canadian abstracting is by Mr. T. K. DOHERTY, chief of the Canadian Bureau of Correspondence with the International Institute of Agriculture.

CONTENTS

FIRST PART: ORIGINAL ARTICLES.

PEREIRA, S. D. M. Reconstitution of Portuguese Vineyards by means of Ame-

rican Stocks

HANSEN. Recent Development of Cattle Breeding in Germany

LAUR, E. Measures adopted in Switzerland for the Introduction of Agri-

cultural Book-keeping into the Peasants' Farms . .

SECOND PART: ABSTRACTS.

AGRICULTURAL INTELLIGENCE.

I. GENERAL INFORMATION.

LEGISLATIVE AND ADMINISTRATIVE MEASURES. 1. Decree approving the Regulation of the
Brazilian Government Stations of Sericulture.

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EDUCATION AND EXPERIMENTATION IN AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY. 2. Position and Con-

dition of the Prussian Rural Continuation Schools during the Financial Year 1911.

3. Standardization of Instruction in Forestry in the United States. - 4. Instruction in

Cold Storage Methods in France in 1912-1913.

AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTIONS. - 5. Enquiry into the Condition of Association in Swiss Agri-

culture. 6. Proceedings of the Sixteenth Annual Meeting of the American Association

of Farmers' Institute Workers.

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AGRICULTURAL SHOWS AND CONGRESSES. 7. International Exhibition of Import and Export

Products in Barcelona, Spain, from April 28 to July 2, 1913. 8. International Colonial

Exhibition at Samarang, Dutch East Indies, in 1914. 9. Bristol Show from 1st to 5th

July, 1913. 10. Agricultural Exhibition at the Hague in 1913. 11. The Great Agri-

cultural Week in Belgium in 1913. 12. International Forestry Congress, Paris, June,

18. Fourteenth International Poultry Exhibition in Paris in Fe-

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16-20, 1913.

bruary 1913.

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14. Investigations on

SOIL PHYSICS, CHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY.

"Sickness in Soil,

Soil-Sterilisation, and Some Practical Applications. 15. Researches on Alkaline Meadows

and Pastures. 18. Composition of Soil Suitable for Rubber Cultivation.

from the East Africa Protectorate.

PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS.

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17. Soils

DRAINAGE AND IRRIGATION. 18. Irrigation in the United

States.

MANURES AND MANURING.

19. Availability of Nitrogen in Organic Ammoniates. 20. The

Fertilizer Trade in the Netherlands. 21. Phosphates and Nitrates in Egypt. Their

Importance to European Agriculture.

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SELECTION. - 22. New Methods for determining the Comparative Value of Selected Plants.

28. Cultural Bud Mutation of Solanum immite Dunal. 24. Solanum immite: a New

Species of Potato from Peru.

CEREAL AND PULSE CROPS. — 25. Recent Scientific Investigations at the German Experiment

Station for Cereal Testing. 26. Comparative Experiments in Barley Cultivation.

27. Rice Culture in the Philippines.

FIBRE CROPS. 28. The Branching Habits of Egyptian Cotton.

SUGAR CROPS. - 29. Cultivation Experiments with Dried Seeds of Sugar-Beet in Hungary.
30. Contribution to the Question of Changes occurring in Sugar Beets on Keeping.

RUBBER, GUM AND RESIN PLANTS. 81. Rubber in Casamance, Senegal.

VARIOUS CROPS. 32. Instructions for Experimental Tobacco Growing. — 88. The Coffee

Plant in Arabia.

FRUIT-GROWING. 34. Table Summarizing the Properties of the Different Vine Stocks of

adapting themselves to Different Soils. 85. The Vineyards of the Côte-d'Or.

86. Viticulture in the Department of Concordia (Entre Rios, Argentina). — 87. Report on

Fruit Culture in the School of Practical Agriculture at Wagnonville. 88. Is it Necessary

to Fertilize an Apple Orchard? - 39. Promising New Fruits. 40. Remarks on the Coco

Palm.

FORESTRY.

41. The Economic Importance to Portugal of the Cork Oak and its Products.

HYGIENE.

III. LIVE STOCK AND BREEDING.

a) GENERAL

42. Investigations on North American Ticks and their Control. - 48. The Tick

Problem in South Africa. 44. Nodular, Intestinal and Ganglionic Helminthiasis.

45. Wireworms in Sheep and their Treatment. 46. The Action of Anthelmintics on

Parasites located outside of the Alimentary Canal.

FEEDS AND FEEDING. 47. New Feeds and their Value for Agriculture. 48. Hydrocyanic

Acid from Linseed Cake.

b) SPECIAL

CATTLE. 49. Supply of Store Cattle and Slaughter of Young Cattle in Great Britain.

50. Exportation of Zebus from Madagascar.

POULTRY. 51. Researches on Diphtheria in Fowls and its Connection with Diphtheria in

Pigeons and with Fowl-Pox. 52. Egg-Laying Competitions at the Hawkesbury Agri-

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58. Changes in the Manner of

59. The Remedies for Rural Depo-

55. — The Capitalisation Value of Real Estate. — 56. Farming Problems according to Working

Expenses and Difference of Net Returns. 57. The Work of the Office of Farm Manage-

ment, of the United States Department of Agriculture.

Farming in the Rhine Country and their Causes.

pulation in Great Britain.

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the Vagina in the Control of Milk.-61. A Quick Method of detecting Water in Buttermilk.

66. Royal

LEGISLATIVE AND ADMINISTRATIVE MEASURES for the PROTECTION OF PLANTS.

Decree of Nov. 8, 1912, regarding the Regulations for the Creation of a Phytopatho-

logical Service in Belgium.

II.

DISEASES NOT DUE TO PARASITES AND OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN.

47. On the Effect of Falls of Temperature on Vines, in connection with "Roncet ".

BACTERIAL AND FUNGOID DISEASES OF VARIOUS CROPS. 69. Fungi injurious to Rice in the

Philippines. 70. Bremia Lactucue, Peronospora effusa and Heterosporium variabile,

Parasitic on Vegetables. 71. Infection Experiments with Thielavia basicola on

Ginseng. 72. Apple Leaf Spot. 73. A New Gnomonia on Hickory Leaves.

74. Withering of the Plane Tree due to Gloeosporium nervisequum.

IV.

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PARASITIC AND OTHER INJURIOUS FLOWERING PLANTS.

75. The Chief Russian Species of Cuscuta. 76. Bersim Dodder (Cuscuta aegyptiaca n. sp.). -

77. On the Properties of Germination possessed by Different Weed Seeds.

grass or False Brome and its Eradication from Down Pastures.

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78. Tor-

MEANS OF PREVENTION AND CONTROL. 80. The Vine Moth Caterpillar Parasite. -81. Life-
History and Habits of Cheyletus seminivorus Packard. 82. Lime-Sulphur Wash an Inef-
ficient Ovicide for Codling Moth. 88. Campaign against Agrotis ypsilon in India.

b) SPECIAL

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84. Insects injurious

86. Leucoptera coffeella: an

INSECTS AND OTHER INVERTEBRATES INJURIOUS TO VARIOUS CROPS.

to Rice in the Philippines. 85. Moth Borer in Castor Oil.

Insect Parasite of the Coffee Plant at Sao Paulo Brazil. — 87. Citrus Red Spider (Tetrany-

chus mytilaspidis) on Stone and Pomaceous Fruit Trees in Oregon. 88. Earias chlorana,

a Parasite of Salix viminalis.

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89. Crows and Rooks in Agriculture.. 90. Birds and Rats injurious to Rice in the Philip-

pines. 91. The Cat Problem in Australia.

NB. The Intelligence contained in the present Bulletin has been taken exclusively from the books,

periodicals, bulletins, and other publications which have reached the Library of the International

Institute of Agriculture in Rome during the months of November and December 1912.

The Bureau assumes no responsibility with regard to the opinions and the results of experiments

outlined in the Bulletin.

The Editor's notes are marked (Ed.).