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ash seemed to be more effective with potatoes than with other crops 

 experimented upon by the station, and the mixture of cotton-seed meal, 

 acid phosphate, and kainit brought the best results. There was noth- 

 ing to show tliat the different varieties were differently influenced by 

 the same fertilizers. 



Experiments irith methods of planting (pp. 428-430). — Whole potatoes, 

 halves, quarters, twoeye and one-eye pieces of seven different varieties 

 were planted. The yields are stated in a table. The whole potatoes 

 gave the best results. 



^mall and large fruits — tests of varieties (pp. 430-434). — Tabulated 

 notes on 47 varieties of strawberries, with descriptive notes on the 12 

 varieties which gave the best results; brief notes on 5 varieties of rasp- 

 berries, 1 of blackberries, 4 of peaches, and G of plums. 



Grain, grasses, and vegetables (pp. 434-43(5). — Brief notes on experi- 

 ments with oats, wheat, grasses, and clovers, and a number of different 

 kinds of vegetables. 



Live stocl: (pp. 430, 437). — Brief notes regarding the Jersey and Hol- 

 stein cows, and the breeds of })oultry belonging to the station. 



Cotton— field experiments with fertilizers (pp. 437-441). — These were 

 special nitrogen, i)hosphoric acid, and potash experiments, similar to 

 those previously rei)orted in Bulletin No. 21, of this station (See Ex- 

 periment Station Eecord, Vol. I, p. 70). For various causes, which 

 are stated in the bulletin, the results were inconclusive. 



Field experiments icith corn (pp. 441-444). — These were similar to 

 those reported in Bulletin No. 21. of this station (See Experiment 

 Station Eecord, Vol. I, p. 09), and were made to get light upon the 

 questions as to what varieties are best adapted to the soil and climate 

 of Louisiana, and what kinds an<l qualities of fertilizers are to be recom- 

 mended for corn on the soil used in the experiments. Yields are re 

 ported for eighteen varieties, but the crop was severely injured by 

 drought. The fertilizer experiments with corn were on the same plan 

 as those with cotton, and the results were equally inconclusive. 



Sugar cane (pp. 444, 445). — Reports of analyses of cane grown with 

 different fertilizers. 



Sorghum (pp. 445, 446). — Reports of analyses of the juice from 35 va- 

 rieties. 



Cotton — tests of varieties (pp. 446-454). — Tabulated notes on 38 difler- 

 ent varieties, including data for the yield of seed cotton and of lint per 

 acre, and the per cent of lint and of seed. The results at this station as 

 compared with those at the North Louisiana Station, show a striking 

 difference in the per cent of lint yielded by the same varieties, in nearly 

 every instance the yield being greater at the latter station. 



Louisiana Stations, Bulletin No. 27 (pp. 45). 



Report of North Louisiana Experiment Station for 1889, J. G. 

 Lee, B. S. (pp. 455-497). — During 1889, 30 acres of the poorest land on 



