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yet been definitely settled. Tliat is, whether electro-horticulture 

 can in any way be made more profitable than the laethods noAv 

 practiced. 



Bulletin 43 is a continuation of the study of tomatoes which 

 was begun several years since; it is of prime importance because 

 of the extended culture of this plant under glass. 



Bulletin 44 contains the investigations on the pear tree psylJa. 

 For the past two years this pest of the pear tree has threatened 

 to annihilate pear culture in this and many othi^r localitie>^. Its 

 life history has been traced and practical and certain remedies 

 found. This one investigation, it is believed, will save to the 

 fruit growers of this State many thousands of doUars. 



The subject of tomato culture is also treated of in Bulletin 45. 

 It may be said that nowhere else can be found such extended 

 and valuable literature on this subject as has been issued froju 

 the (Cornell station. 



Bulletin 46 is a short treatise on the mulberry and is of special 

 value, as it exposes the worthlessness of the Russian mulberry 

 in America, and shows the kind sold for Downing is jiot that 

 variety. 



As food is the great factor in developing the growth of animals 

 and their products, the station has taken great pains to follow 

 the subject of feeding, and foods suitable for animals every year 

 since its organization. Eveiything that is well done in this 

 line is of prime importance. There is no subject in all our 

 investigations which gives promise of such rich results and none 

 which attract more largely the attention of the reading public. 

 The marked variations which may be produced in a single genera 

 tion by food are so great that the subjects connected with feed- 

 ing animals open wide fields for profitable investigation. 



Bulletin 48 treats of spraying apple orchards. It may be 

 remembered that two years since the apple scab destroyed seven- 

 eighths of the apples of the fruit districts in the western part 

 of the State, and threatened the extermination of certain varie 

 ties of apples which were of tender foliage. I am pleased to 

 reporf that the experiments already had, lead us to believe that 

 this apple scourge can be measurably or entirely combatted. 



