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State. The station deenis it unnecessary to continue experiments in 

 this line. 



Field experiments witli tobacco iw 1889 (pp. 5-8). — This is an extract from 

 the report of the station botanist and horticulturist for 1889. Havanaj 

 White Barley, and Golden Prior were the varieties grown, the first 

 named on half an acre, and the others in single rows 100 feet long. 

 Tests were .also made on poor and rich soil, and the quality of the crop 

 was determined by chemical analysis. The methods of cultivation, 

 curing, and bulking are briefly described. "The tobacco grown from 

 our own seed, raised here a year ago, proved to be much inferior to that 

 grown from imported seed, and it would not pay to raise such tobacco. 

 The experience of this year shows that nothing but Havana seed-leaf 

 should be grown in this region. A fine Havana leaf will always com- 

 mand a ready sale at a good price." The net profit in 1888 was at the 

 rate of $138.24 per acre; in 1889, $170.38. 



Anati/ses, D. O'Brinc, I). Sc. (pp. 9-15). — This includes brief state- 

 ments with reference to the climate and fertilizers desirable for tobacco 

 and the factors determining the burning quality of the weed, an analy- 

 sis of the soil of the college garden, and a tabular record of analyses 

 of samples of eighteen varieties of tobacco grown at the station in 1888 

 and 1889. For details and conclusions from the experiments of 1888 the 

 reader is referred to Bulletin ^o. 4 of this station, and to the Annual 

 Report for 1888. Among the general conclusions are that " Colorado- 

 grown tobacco makes a cigar of fine flavor, with excellent burning 

 qualities ; that chemically these tobaccos were fully u^i to the average 

 of tobaccos produced elsewhere;" and that "tobacco is a profitable 

 crop for the farmers of Colorado to raise; one which, if well grown and 

 cured, will add much to the productive wealth of the State." 



Connecticut State Station, Bulletin No. 101, January, 1890 (pp. 4). 



Fertilizer analyses. — " This bulletin contains some corrections ol 

 errors in Bulletin No. 100, besides analyses of six nitrogenous super- 

 ])hosphates, one of cotton-hull ashes and one of •Hall's Coral Ferti- 

 lizer.'" 



Connecticut State Station, Bulletin No. 102, March, 1880 (pp. 7). 



Fungicides, 11. Thaxter, Ph. D. — This bulletin is designed to call 

 the attention of farmers to the importance of gaining some practical 

 knowledge of the use of fungicides and to furnish brief directions for 

 this purpose. Formulas are given for the Bordeaux mixture and the 

 ammouiacal carbonate of copper solution. Apparatus for si)raying is 

 described. 



In the tieatnieat of fungous diseases no general directions can bo given which will 

 apply in all cases, and information on the subject should be previously obtained from 

 some reliable source. In general, however, it may bo said that treatment should in 

 the majority of cases be preventive rather than curative, the application heing 



