INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURE. Adhering States Names and Rank of the Delegates I I Dr. T. MÜELLER, Privy Councillor. ! 14 EGYPT 15 ECUADOR 16 SPAIN 17 UNITED STATES 18 ETHIOPIA 19 FRANCE 20 ALGERIA 21 TUNIS 22 GR. BRITAIN & IRELAND 23 AUSTRALIA 24 CANADA 25 BRITISH INDIA 26 NEW ZEALAND 27 MAURITIUS 28 UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA 29 GREECE 30 GUATEMALA 31 ITALY 32 ERITREA & IT. SOMAL. 33 JAPAN 34 LUXEMBURG 35 MEXICO 86 MONTENEGRO 37 NICARAGUA 38 NORWAY 39 PARAGUAY 40 NETHERLANDS.. 41 PERU 42 PERSIA 43 PORTUGAL 44 ROUMANLA 45 RUSSIA SALVADOR SAN MARINO 48 SERVIA 49 SWEDEN 50 SWITZERLAND 51 URUGUAY 46 47 EDITORIAL STAFF OF THE BUREAU OF AGRICULTURAL, INTELLIGENCE AND OF PLANT DISEASES Chief of Bureau : Dr. A. HERMES. Chiet of Section : Dr. JULES M. SAUINIER. Rédacteurs : Prof. A. BRUTTINI, Chief Rédacteur, -C. J. ALEXANDER, B. Sc. (Agric.) - Dr. THÉODORE BIÉLER. Dr. Guido BORGHESANI. - Dr. VITALE DE TIVOLI - Dr. LEO GABRICI. - JOSEPH GLAUDEN, IngénieurAgronome. - 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 Redacteurs : 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 Iustitute of Agriculture. PEREIRA, S. D. M. Reconstitution of Portuguese Vineyards by means of Ame- HANSEN. Recent Development of Cattle Breeding in Germany LAUR, E. Measures adopted in Switzerland for the Introduction of Agri- LEGISLATIVE AND ADMINISTRATIVE MEASURES. 1. Decree approving the Regulation of the Brazilian Government Stations of Sericulture. 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. 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 ist 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, 16-20, 1913. 18. Fourteenth International Poultry Exhibition in Paris in Fe- bruary 1913. II. CROPS AND CULTIVATION. a) GENERAL SOIL PHYSICS, CHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY. 14. Investigations on “ Sickness" in Soil, Soil-Sterilisation, and Some Practical Applications. — 15. Researches on Alkaline Meadows and Pastures. 16. Composition of Soil Suitable for Rubber Cultivation. 17. Soils from the East Africa Protectorate. PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS. 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 b) SPECIAL SELECTION. 22. New Methods for determining the Comparative Value of Selected Plants. 23. Cultural Bud Mutation of Solanum immite Dunal. 24. Solanum immite: a New 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. 80. Contribution to the Question of Changes occurring in Sugar Beets on Keeping. RUBBER, GUM AND RESIN PLANTS. 31. Rubber in Casamance, Senegal. VARIOUS CROPS. 32. Instructions for Experimental Tobacco Growing. — 33. The Coffee FRUIT-GROWING. 84. Table Summarizing the Properties of the Different Vine Stocks of adapting themselves to Different Soils. 35. 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. 38. Is it Necessary to Fertilize an Apple Orchard ? — 89. Promising New Fruits. — 40. Remarks on the Coco FORESTRY. 41. The Economic Importance to Portugal of the Cork Oak and its Products. HYGIENE. 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 b) SPECIAL 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. 58. Changes in the Manner of Farming in the Rhine Country and their Causes. — 59. The Remedies for Rural Depo- INDUSTRIES DEPENDING ON ANIMAL PRODUCTS. 60. Importance of Infectious Catarrh of the Vagina in the Control of Milk. –61. A Quick Method of detecting Water in Buttermilk. - 62. A Study of the Gases of Emmental Cheese. 63. Insects Infesting Woollen Tops. INDUSTRIES DEPENDING ON PLANT PRODUCTS. 64.“ Vin de Goutte ” and “Vin de Marc". LEGISLATIVE AND ADMINISTRATIVE MEASURES FOR THE PROTECTION OF PLANTS. 66. Royal Decree of Nov. 8, 1912, regarding the Regulations for the Creation of a Phytopatho- 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 Gnomonis on Hickory Leaves. 79. Withering of the Plane Tree due to Gloeosporium nervisequum. IV. 16. The Chief Russian Species of Cuscuta. 76. Bersim Dodder (Cuscuta aegyptiaca n. sp.). 77. On the Properties of Germination possessed by Different Weed Seeds. — 78. Tor- GENERALITIES. 79. phid Notes from California. History and Habits of Cheyletus seminivorus Packard. 82. Lime-Sulphur Wash an Inef- b) SPECIAL INSECTS AND OTHER INVERTEBRATES INJURIOUS TO VARIOUS CROPS. 84. Insects injurious to Rice in the Philippines. — 85. Moth Borer in Castor Oil. — 86. Leucoptera coffeella: an 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, VI. 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 Bulle uin. The Editor's notes are marked (Ed.). |
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