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 Experiments with various crops on tlie sandy plains at Grayling, Micbigau, 



R, C.Kedzie 493 



Experiments with grasses and forage plants by Michigan Station, W.J. Beal. 496 



Experiment with Johnson grass, G. W. Curtis 513 



Potatoes, test of varieties at Florida Station 491 



The production of ramie, E. W. Hilgard 474 



Sugar-beets, D.N. Harper and W. M. Hays 498 



Experiments at South Dakota Station with sugar-beets, wheat, grasses, 



clovers, corn, and potatoes, L. Foster 511 



Report of agriculturist of Michigan Station for 1839, S. Johnson 492 



HORTICULTURE. 



The forcing of beans, L. H. Bailey 507 



The influence of depth of transplanting npon the heading of cabbages, L. H. 



Bailey 503 



Experience in crossing cucurbits, L. H. Bailey 509 



Influence of latitude upon potatoes, L. H. Bailey 507 



Eastern and Western sweet-corn for seed 485 



Experiments with garden vegetables at Utah Station, E. S. Richmau 515 



Comparative tests of small fruits and vegetables, G. Coote 511 



Circular of inquiry to peach growers in-New Jersey, B. D. Halsted 501 



Report of horticulturist of Michigan Station for 1839, L. R. Taft 492 



Report of horticulturist of Texas Station for 1839, T. L. Brunk 514 



Notes upon methods of herbaceous grafting, L. H. Bailey 508 



The paper flowerpot, L. H. Bailey 509 



SEEDS. 



Seed testing at Michigan Station in 1889, L. R. Taft 492 



Germination tests with wheat, G. W. Curtis 514 



FEEDING STUFFS. 



The proteids or albuminoids of the oat kernel, T. B. Osborne 490 



Analyses of cattle foods, W. P. Cutter 504 



Sugar-beets as stock food, I. P. Roberts 505 



ANIMALS— BREEDIXG—FEEDIXG. 



Cross-breeding of sheep, L. Foster 512 



Swine breeding, N. W. McLain 498 



Studies in artificial digestion of albuminoids, A. Stutzer 525 



Action of amides and ammoifium salts in the animal economy. A summary, by 



H. Weiske 530 



Is the action of ammonium salts similar to that of asparagin when fed with a 



ration deficient in albuminoids and rich in carbohydrates? H. Weiske and 



E. Flechsig 531 



Feeding experiment with steers, F. A. Gulley 514 



Feeding experiments with diflerent breeds of dairy cows at New Jersey Station. 499 



Pig feeding for profit, N. W. McLain 497 



Dry vs. wet feed for swine, Krauss 532 



The effect on fowls of nitrogenous and carbonaceous rations, I. P. Roberts and 



J. E. Rice 506 



