419 

 New Mexico Station. Bulletin No. 2, October 1890 (pp. 6). 



The work of the statiuin, A. E. Beount, M. A. — A laiy:e, two- 

 story brick l)iiil(ling, contaiuing nine rooms, is in process of erection for 

 the use of the college. In addition to the work on the farm, mentioned 

 in Bulletin Ko. 1 of the station, 45 acres have been prepared for 

 experiments in the propagation and cultivation of fruit and shade trees, 

 nursery stock, vegetables, and grains. Plans are being made for the 

 establishment of a grass garden aiul for the building of irrigation 

 reservoirs to be filled from wells. Twenty acres will be devoted to 

 experiments with orchard and small fruits, grapes, nuts, shade trees, 

 sugar-beets, and potatoes. Varieties of wheat, corn, oats, barley, rye, 

 buckwheat, sorghum, grasses, clovers, millets, and other forage plants 

 will be tested. Various methods of irrigation, tillage, and rotation will 

 be tried. 



The mistletoe {Phoradendron juniperinum) and the dodder {Cuscuta 

 trifolii) are very troublesome iu this region. The insects which com- 

 mitted the most serious depredations during the season of 1890 were 

 the June bug {Lachnosterna fusca), twig girdler [Oncideres cingulatns), 

 squash bug {Coreus tristis), vine hopper {Tettigonla vitin), and the woolly 

 aphis {Aphis lanigera). 



New York Cornell Station, Second Annual Report, 1889 (pp. 24). 



This includes brief reports by the director, treasurer, chemist, botan- 

 ist and arboriculturist, cryptogamic botanist, entomologist, agricultur- 

 ist, and horticulturist, outlining the work of the year in the different 

 departments of the station. 



The following observation by the director on the kind of labor neces- 

 sary to the success of station work is worthy of note: ''It was early 

 found that untrained laborers were illy suited to perform even the 

 most common operations of experiment work without careful and con- 

 stant supervision. So, for the sake of both economy and accuracy, the 

 common laborer has been largely dispensed with, and the work has 

 been performed by the salaried assistants." 



The fact that " there are not less than 500,000 adult men in the State 

 who are directly engaged, to a greater or less extent, in growing ani- 

 mals and plants," has made it necessary for the station to depend very 

 largely on the agricultural press for the dissemination of the results of 

 its work, aiul the liberal and kindly aid which has been extended to 

 the station by the press is gratefully acknowledged in therei)ortof the 

 director. 



New York Cornell Station, Bulletin No. 23, December, 1890 (pp. 26). 



Insects injurious to fruits, J. H. Comstock, B. S., and M. I. 

 Seingerland (pp. 103-11*0, illustrated).— Notes on the pear-leaf blister 

 {I'hytoptus pyri), a stag-beetle borer in the pear {Dorcm parallelus), 



