375 



Report of aothoulturist, L. Fosteu. M. S. A. (pp. 13-27).— Ab- 

 stracts of liiilletius Nos. 9 and 11 (See Experiment Station liecord, Vol. 

 I, pp. 18, 19), with brief notes ou ex[)erimGnts in progress with grasses, 

 clovers, sngar-beets, potatoes, horses, cattle, sheep, and hogs. 



Eeport of horticulturist and botanist, C. a. Keffer (pp. 

 28-47). — Brief accounts of the work on the germination of frosted grain 

 recorded in Bulletin No. 10 of the station (See Experiment Station Eec- 

 ord. Vol. I, p. 19); on fruits, in Bulletin No. 7; on vegetables, in 

 Bulletin No. 5; on forestry, in Bulletins Nos. 12 and 15 (See Experi- 

 ment Station Record, Vol. I, i)p. 20 and 315). 



Report of ciiEiviiST, J. H. Shepard, M. A. (pp. 48-50). — Brief 

 notes on analyses of waters, reported in Bulletin No. 8; and on experi- 

 ments with the sugar-beet, in Bulletin No. 14of the station (See Experi- 

 ment Station Record, Vol. I, p. 22). 



Report of entomologist, I. U. Orcutt M. D. (pp. 51-5G).— Ab- 

 stract of Bulletin No. 13 of the station (See Experiment Station Record, 

 Vol. 1, p. 21). 



Tennessee Station, Bulletin Vol. Ill, No. 4, October, 1890 (pp. 8). 



PRAOTICAL EXPERIMENTS IN RECLATMINa " GALLED " OR WASHED 

 LANDS, WITH NOTES ON MULCH AND MULCH MATERIALS, P. F. JvEFAU- 



YER(pp.G5-72). — Brief accounts are given of sixteen experiments by the 

 author, from 1878 to 1890, iuclusiv^e, in reclaiming hillside land on a farm 

 in Monroe County, Tennessee, from which the soil had been washed, 

 leaving exposed the clay and slate subsoil, scarred by deep gullies. Suc- 

 cess was not attained nntil stable manure was liberally used, together 

 with mulches. Clover and Bermuda grass seem to have been especially 

 valuable as crops on this land. There are also brief notes on five simi- 

 lar experiments on land differently situated. Attention is called to the 

 action of microbes iu helping to make atmospheric nitrogen available 

 to leguminous plants and it is stated that these microbes multiply to 

 an enormous extent in the decaying vegetable substances in mulches. 

 Statements on the value of clover halm as a mulch are quoted from the 

 Annual Report of the station for 1883 (pp. 135,130) and reference is made 

 to experiments wiih damaged silage as a mulch on corn, recorded in the 

 annual reports of the station for 1882-86. Green weeds and straw from 

 stubble fields are recommended as good materials for mulching. 



" Sedge grass deserves special mention on account of cheapness, 

 abundance in many sections, extent of land covered by a given amount — 

 four loads per acre for grass or clover — and general efficiency. It is 

 especially valuable and practicable for 'galled ' hillsides or on thin land 

 where it is desirable to grow a crop of clover to turn under. It settles 

 very close to the ground after the first rain, effectually prevents wash- 

 ing, and will not blow off' after once becoming settled." 



The following is a list of the materials used for mulch by the author, 



