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Nitrogenous manures can be used with profit on our worn lauds at Pine Bluff. 



One of tUo eflects of nitrogenous manure is to hasten maturity. 



Neither acid phosphate nor Icaiuit can be used with profit liere. 



All of the difterent plats on which cotton-seed meal was used, either alone or in 

 combination, gave some profit, and this profit seemed due not to the acid phosphate 

 and kainit, but to the cotton-seed meal. 



There is no better fertilizer than stable and barn-yard manure. 



There are also brief notes on a test of 8 varieties of cotton and an 

 account of the system of shallow, level cultivation adopted at the 

 station, with a statement of its advantages. Some of the sources of 

 error in field experiments are pointed out. 



Sorghum, A. E. Menke, D. Sc, and 0. B. Collingwood, B. S. 

 (pp. 68-67). — A report of progress on a series of experiments made with 

 a view to finding varieties rich in sucrose which are adapted to the 

 climate of Arkansas and then by cross-fertilization and selection to in- 

 creasing their sugar content. Tabulated data are given for 34 varieties, 

 including the percentage of sucrose and glucose. Cotton-seed meal, 

 acid phosphate, and kainit, singly and in various combinations, driod 

 blood, and barn-yard manure were applied to Early Orange sorghum 

 on thirty-nine fortieth-acre plats, two other plats being unfertilized. 

 The results of analyses of the crop are stated in tables, together with 

 those for a volunteer crop of Early Amber, which appeared on thirty of 

 the same plats. 



Silage, A. E. Menke, D. Sc. (pp. 68-77, illustrated). — Silo building 

 and ensiling have occupied the attention of the station for two years, 

 good silage being made in both seasons from corn, sorghum, and pea 

 vines at Pine Bluff and Fayetteville. Practical advice regarding the 

 location, size, and construction of silos ; filling and opening the silo ; 

 the growing of corn for silage; and the feeding of silage are given in this 

 article. There is also a letter from J. W. Sanborn in which the ad- 

 vantages and disadvantages of silage are discussed. 



Cotton-seed hulls as a feeding stuff, A. E. Menke, D. Sc. (pp. 

 78-82). — This contains an abstract from Bulletin Iso. 9 of the station 

 (See Experiment Station Record, Vol. I, p. 9) with reference to the 

 method of feeding cotton-seed meal and hulls to cattle, as practiced at 

 the cotton-seed-oil mills, and brief tabulated data on an experiment in 

 feeding calves on the hulls and meal. 



I-vEPORT OF horticultural DEPARTMENT, E. S. RiCHMAN, B. S., 



AND A. F. Cory, B. S. (pp. 82-104, illustrated). 



Straicherries. — This is, in the main, a reprint of the report on straw- 

 berries contained in Bulletin No. 11 of this station (See Experiment 

 Station Record, Vol. I, p. 188). 



Siceet-potatoes. — Brief notes on experiments with various fertilizers. 



Germination tests. — Tabulated notes on germination tests of 34 varie- 

 ties of radishes and 43 of cabbages, made under shelter in boxes filled 

 with earth and between layers of moist cloth; 38 of tomatoes, made 

 under cloth j 32 of peas and 21 of beans made out of doors. 



