TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Li BRAINY 

 NEW YORJv 

 BOTANICAL 



GARDEN 



PAQB. 



Treasurer's report 1 



Director's report 9 



Report of the Department of Bacteriology: 



Notes on some dairy troubles 29 



Report of the Department «f Botany: 



A parasite upon carnation rust 55 



An anthracnose and a stem rot of the cultiyated snapdragon 61 



Experiments on the sulphur-lime treatment for onion smut 69 



The sterile fungus Rhizoctonia as a cause of plant diseases In 



America 97 



Spraying for asparagus rust 122 



A fruit-disease survey of Western New York in 1900 167 



Report on Crop Production: 



Commercial fertilizers for potatoes 213 



The substitution of soda for potash in plant growth 231 



Report of the Dairy Department: 



The influence of the temperature of curing upon the commercial . 



quality of cheese 251 



Report of the Department of Entomology: 



Miscellaneous notes on Injurious insects 263 



A fumigator for small orchard trees 287 



A little-known asparagus pest 292 



San Jos6 scale investigations: I. The development of the female. 297' 

 San Jose scale investigations: II. Spraying experiments with 



kerosene oil 317 



Methods of combating San Jose scale 328 



Report of the Horticultural Department: 



Fumigation of nursery stock 335 



The New York apple-tree canker 342 



Spraying in bloom 351 



Report of Inspection Work: 



Inspection of concentrated commercial feeding stuffs during the 



spring of 1000 415 



Report of analyses of commercial fertilizers for the spring and fall 



of 1900 43S 



Inspection of Babcock milk test bottles. . 444 



Report of analyses of Paris green and other Insecticides in 1900. . 449 



Appendix: 



Periodicals received by the station 461 



Meteorological records 468 



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APR 2 8 1904 



