TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



PAQB 



Treasurer's Report 1 



Director's Report 8 



Report of the Department of Animal Industry: 



Milking machines: Effect of the machine method of milking upon the milk 



flow 57 



A study of the metabolism and physiological effects of certain phosphorus 



compounds with milch cows 92 



Phytin and phosphoric acid esters of inosite 122 



Phytin and pyrophosphoric acid esters of inosite 137 



The organic phosphoric acid compound of wheat bran 151 



The organic phosphoric acid of cottonseed meal 166 



Report of the Botanical Department: 



Seed tests made at the Station during 1911 179 



A comparative test of lime-sulphur, lead benzoate and bordeaux mixture 



for spraying potatoes 193 



Lime-sulphur vs. bordeaux mixture as a spray for potatoes 201 



Potato spraying experimencs, 1902-1911 209 



Crown-rot of fruit trees: Field studies 250 



Report of the Chemical Department: 



Composition and properties of some casein and paracasein compounds and 



their relation to cheese 309 



Report of the Entomological Department: 



The pear thrips 341 



The grape leaf-hopper and its control 367 



The apple and cherry ermine moths 382 



Report of the Horticultural Department: 



Influence of crossing in increasing the yield of the tomato 423 



An experiment in breeding apples 443 



Grape stocks for American grapes 489 



Pedigreed nursery stock 522 



Grape culture 530 



Report on Inspection Work: 



Analyses of materials sold as insecticides and fungicides 541 



Inspection of feeding stuffs 555 



Analyses of commercial fertilizers 687 



Appendix: 



Popular Editions of Station bulletins: 



A new fruit-tree enemy in New York 809 



Fighting leaf -hoppers in the vineyard 815 



Quality of farm seeds in 1911 820 



Crossing tomatoes to increase the yield 823 



Lime-sulphur dwarfs potato plants 830 



Ten years of potato spraying 831 



Some new apples from known parents 840 



Lime-sulphur not a good potato spray 850 



Machine milking does not affect milk flow 851 



New York grapes on new roots 860 



Periodicals received by the Station 869 



Meteorological records for 1912 875 



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