411 



Brief (lesciiptivo notes are given for each variety tested. 



Cotton, field experiments {p[). 12-1^). — Experiments with various fer- 

 tilizers applied to Allen cotton on worn-out clay soil were attempted, 

 but, owing to causes stated in the report, i)roved inconclusive. Experi- 

 ments in "topping" cotton and in deep and shallow cultivation are 

 briefly reported. 



Cotton worm, Paris green as an inscciicUle {\). 14). — Dry applications of 

 Paris green (by means of sacks fastened to the ends of a short pole) 

 ])roved an effective and inexpensive remedy for the cotton worm {Aletia 

 argillaeea). 



Corn, test of varieties (pp. 14-17).— Tabulated data for 44 varieties. 

 The test was nia<le on land similar to that used in the test of varieties 

 of cotton. " Landreth's Early Summer yellow flint was the first to 

 ripen, the crop being ready to gather July 10, and the yield being at 

 the rate of 22.2 bushels per acre." The six varieties giving the largest 

 yields per acre were, Mosby 71, St. Charles White 66, Parish White 

 dent 54, Improved Leamiug 52, Welborn's Conscience 51, and Piasa 

 King 51 bushels. 



The average yield of the white varieties was 44.6, of the colored vari- 

 eties 37.1, of the flint varieties 18.2, and of all the varieties 36.7 bushels 

 per acre. 



Corn, field experiments (pp. 18, 19). — Experiments with various 

 fertilizers applied to Evans corn, a large yellow variety, on worn-out 

 upland soil, are briefly reported, but owing to the unevenness of the 

 soil are not considered conclusive. 



Sorghum, test of varieties (pp. 19, 20).— Twenty-five varieties were 

 tested " on thin clay upland, which bad not been in cultivation for sev- 

 eral years." 



The heaviest yield of strippetl and tojjped cane was from the Honduras, which gave 

 11 tons per acre. The greatest yield of cane sugar, 11.5 per cent, was from the Late 

 Orange, while White African, Improved Orange, Link's Hybrid, and Swain's Early 

 Golden each yielded over 10 per cent of cane sugar, besides from 2.66 to 4.80 per cent 

 of glucose. 



Sugar cane, fertilizer experiment (pp. 20, 21). — Experiments with vari- 

 ous fertilizers applied to ribbon cane are briefly reported, the results 

 being inconclusive. 



Forage plants (pp. 21-36). — Brief notes on experiments in 1889 with 

 some ninety species of grasses, clovers, and other forage plants. 



Cattle feeding (pi). 36, 37). — Brief accounts of the results of feeding 

 experiments with milch cows and steers. 



Charbon (p. 37). — A brief note on investigations which were after- 

 wards reported in Bulletin No. 11 of the station (See Experiment 

 Station Record, Vol. II, p. 159). 



Horticultural icorlc (])p, 38, 39). — For experimental purposes the sta- 

 ti<m has planted "65 varieties of apples, 23 of pears, 97 of peaches, 86 

 of grapes, 33 of strawberries, and a considerable number of other fruits j 



