38 Director's Report of the 



to climate, soil and fertilizer are discussed, together with cultural 

 operations and the selection and care of seeds. 



Strawberries. — ■ Circular No. 31 discusses the culture of the straw- 

 berry. In it may be found a consideration of the following topics 

 having reference to this fruit : Location and soil ; preparation of the 

 soil; manures and fertilizers; sex of plants; selection of plants; time 

 of planting; systems of planting; setting the plants; management of 

 the plantation; pests and their control; harvesting and marketing; 

 and a description of the best varieties for New York. 



Currants. — The culture of the currant, covering essentially the 

 same topics as those discussed in the circular on the strawberry, is 

 presented in Circular No. 32. 



PUBLICATIONS ISSUED DURING 1914. 

 Bulletins. 



No. 373. February. A comparison of the microscopical method and the plate 

 method of counting bacteria in milk. James D. Brew. Pages 38, colored plates 2, 

 figures 2. 



Popular edition (with No. 380), pages 15, colored plates, 2. 



No. 374. February. Does Cronarlium ribicola over-winter on the currant ? F. C. 

 Stewart and W. H. Rankin. Pages 15, plates 3, map 1. 



Popular edition, pages 4. 



No. 375. March. Tillage and sod mulch in the Hitchings orchard. U. P. Hedrick. 

 Pages 28, plates 7. 



Popular edition, pages S. 



No. 376. March. Ten years' profits from an apple orchard. U. P. Hedrick. 

 Pages 12, plate 1. 



No popular edition issued. 



No. 377. March. The cranberry toad-bug. F. A. Sirnne and B. B. Fulton. 

 Pages 24, plates 8, figures 4. 



No popular edition issued. 



No. 378. March. Seed tests made at the Station during 1913. M. T. Munn. 

 Pages 27. 



Popular edition, pages 4. 



No. 379. March. Potato-spraying experiments at Rush in 1913. F. C. Stewart. 

 Pages 9. 



Popular edition, pages 4. 



No. 380. March. Cells in milk derived from the udder. Robert S. Breed. Pages 

 64. 



Popular edition (with No. 373), pages 15, colored plates 2. 



No. 381. March. A test of commercial fertilizers for grapes. U. P. Hedrick and 

 F. E. Gladwin. Pages 32, plate 1. 



Popular edition, pages 8. 



No. 382. April. The cabbage maggot in relation to the growing of early cabbage. 

 W. J. Schoene. Pages 19, plates 6, figures 5. 



Popular edition, pages 12, plates 2, figures 5. 



No. 383. April. A comparison of tillage and sod mulch in an apple orchard. 

 U. P. Hedrick. Pages 35, plates 6, diagram 1. 



Popular edition, pages 7. 



No. 384. April. Analyses of materials sold as insecticides and fungicides. Page 22. 



No popular edition issued. 



