Bulletin ]\o. 55, : : A|>ril, 1894. 



Agricultural Experiment Station 



-OP THE- 



Agricultqral and Mechanical College, 



AUBURN, : : ALABAMA. 



A NEW DISEASE OF COTTON. 



COTTOISr BOLL-ROT. 



J. M. STEDMAN, Biologist. 



CONTEISTTS : 



I. lutroductiou 3 



II. lusects aud Fuu<^i iu Diseased Bolls \ . 3 



III. Experimeutal Work with the Disease 5 



IV. Description of Bacillus gossypina 6 



V. Description aud Nature of Cottou-Boll Rot 7 



VI. Precautions and Remedies 11 



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