THE collected reports on the work done during the year 1931–32 at agricultural research institutes in the United Kingdom which receive State grants has just been published. The volume contains in addition reports on special agricultural investigations for which funds have been allotted. Among these the following may be cited: investigations on improved grassland management at the Welsh Plant Breeding Station, Aberystwyth, and the University of Bristol, seed potato production at the University College of North Wales, Bangor, land reclamation with Spartina townsendii (rice grass) by the Essex County Council, problems at the Department of Zoology University of Oxford, and the efficacy of ofalbrtes as weed killers at the North of Scotland College of Agriculture. A list of papers published by sach research institute or “centre and the names and addresses of the directors or persons in charge of the investigations are supplied, so that further information on special points can be obtained if desired. The report can be obtained from H.M. Stationery Office or through any bookseller, price 6s. net.