Page. 

 Meteorological observations at Massacb usotts Hatch Station, December, 1890, 



CD. Waruer 410 



Ke[)ort of meteorologist of MiHsis.sijipi Station for 188'J, J. M. White 412 



Meteorological summary for North Carolina, September, 1890, H. B. Battle and 



C. F. Von Herrmann 423 



Meteorological summary, April-December, 1889, for Rhode Island Station, L. F. 



Kinney 423 



SOILS. 



Soil temperatures at Coloi-ado Station, L. G. Carpenter 393 



Soil tests with various crops at Colorado Station, A. E. Blount 392 



Soil investigations, F. H. King 432 



Some effects produced by rolling ground, F. H. King 442 



Soil water, F. H.Kiug 442 



Behavior of sandy soils toward superphosphates, A. Thomson 457 



VEGETABLE PHYSIOLOGY — FERTILIZERS. 



The acquisition of atmospheric nitrogen by plants, W. O. Atwater and C. D. 



Woods '. 396 



Stubble and roots of plants as manure, C. D. Woods 397 



Co-operative field experiments with fertilizers, C. S. Phelps 397 



Co-operative field experiments with fertilizers, G. H. Whitcher 412 



Effects of different fertilizers upon the composition of corn, C. D. Woods 398 



Analyses of fertilizers at Mississippi Station, S. M. Tracy 412 



Effects of different fertilizers on the quality of tobacco, Adolf Mayer 457 



CROPS — FIELD EXPERIMENTS. 



Experiments with field crops at San Luis Valley Station, H. H. GrifiQn 395 



Experiments with field crops at Arkansas Valley Station, F. L, Watrous .395 



Experiments with cotton, corn, sorghum, sugar-cane, and forage plants at Mis- 

 sissippi Station, S. M. Tracy 410 



Field experiments with oats at Illinois Station in 1890, G. E. Morrow and T. F. 



Hunt 400 



Variety test of oats, W. P. Brooks 407 



Experiments with iiotatocs at Rhode Island Station, L. F. Kinney 423 



Experiments Avitli i>otatoe3 at Wisconsin Station, E. S. Goff 448 



Prickly comfrey vs. rod clover, F. W. Woll 435 



The sugar-beet, L. Foster and J. H. Shepard 424 



CROPS— CURING AND STORAGE. 



Comparison of ensiling and field curing of Indian corn, F. W. Woll 449 



Comparative test with hay caps, W. P. Brooks 408 



Loss in haj' due to weathering, F. G. Short 435 



Decrease in sugar content of beets in keeping, G. Marek 459 



HORTICULTURE. 



Vegetables and fruits at Colorado Station, CM. Brose 392 



Vegetables and fruits at San Luis Valley Station, H. H. Griffin 395 



Vegetables and fruits at Arkansas Valley Station, F. L. Watrous 395 



Vegetables and fruits at Rhode Island Station, L. F. Kinney 424 



Fruits at Mississippi Station, S. M. Tracy „ 411 



Fruit-trees at the Tennessee Station, R. L. Watts 426 



Test of varieties of strawberries at Wisconsin Station, E. S. Goff 449 



