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grafting them on Le Conte stock. Experiments in a similar line are in 

 progress at the station. 



As to tlio nseof the applo seedling for a pear stock, my observations confirm the 

 idea tliut tliey are even worse tliau the French pear seedling to sucker, and the trees 

 are short-lived. But as apple seedlings are plentiful and cheap it may be a good 

 plan, on soils where the Le Conto aud Keifter do not root easily, or a profitable per- 

 centage of the cuttings do not grow, to use them or pieces of them to side graft on 

 Lie Conte cuttings as a nurse to aid io keeping the cutting alive till it forms its own 

 roots. In the fall, when the trees are removed from the nursery, the apple root can 

 be removed and the tree left on its own roots. 



The bulletin also contains cuts illustrating the condition of stock and 

 scion in the case of a number of specimens of grafts observed by the 

 author in different parts of Texas, and extracts from letters received 

 from Texas and other Southern States in reply to the circular of inquiry 

 sent out from the station. 



Some parasitic fungi of Texas, H. S. Jennings (pp. 23-29). — 

 Brief descriptive notes on ninety-five species of fungi. 



Texas Station, Bulletin No. 10, May, 1890 (pp. 31). 



Feeding experiment, F. A. Gulley, M. S., and J. W. Carson. — 

 The general improvement of the cattle business of the country, the fact 

 that cattle-slaughtering plants are soon to be in operation in this State, 

 and the superior advantages of Texas for breeding cattle are stated to 

 be considerations which make the question whether they can be grown 

 and fed successfully in the State, instead of being taken elsewhere for 

 this purpose, one of the greatest importance. In the feeding experi- 

 ments begun at this station in 1889 an attempt has been made to show 

 that cattle may be fattened as successfully and at as low cost in Texas 

 as in any part of the country. The first report of these experiments 

 was made in Bulletin No. G, of the station (See Experiment Station 

 Kecord, Vol. I, p. 152). The questions propounded in the experiments 

 there reported were : 



(1) Is it profitable and practicable to shelter range cattle in feeding ? (2) What 

 feeding stufls, that can be supplied in the State, give the best returns for cost? (3) 

 ' Can the native Texas steer be fed profitably ? 



Fifty-five head of native cattle were fed on different rations, made up of corn, hay, 

 cotton seed raw aud cooked, cottmi-seed hulls, cotton-seed meal, aud silage. The 

 results showed that range steers may be dehorned and fed loose under a shed, crowded 

 together like sheep, successfully, and that cost of certain food consumed is much less 

 than increased value of steers from gains made in M-eight at selling prices of food and 

 steers. 



In the present bidletin experiments made in the winter of 1889-90 

 are described. 



The two leading questions were: (1) What is the best to feed with cotton hulls? 

 (2) What is the best to feed with silage? Incidental questions were: (1) Will 

 B^veeteuing the ration make it more palatable to cattle? (2) Is corn silage a 

 better cattle food than dry corn-fodder? (3) What is the comparative value of 

 cotton seed and cotton-seed meal for feeding? (4) Is corn the best grain to feed 

 with corn silage? (5) Will changing the ration stimulate the appetite and cause 



