IV COl^ TENTS. 



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Alfa and alfa paper, De Montessus de Ballore 133 



[AMragulns falailas] , Fal)re and Vidal 133 



Alfalfa seed" in Oklahoma, Moorhouse and Bnrlison 133 



Clovers and alfalfa, Mooera 133 



Experiments in the growth of clover where it once grew bnt now fails. Squires. 133 



Report on the propagation of resistant clover, Bain 134 



Clover-seed production in the Willamette Valley, Oregon, Hunter 134 



Corn, Bowman and Crossley . . . ." - - 134 



Effect of selection on certain physical characters in the corn plant, Smith 134 



Report of the committee on breeding cotton, Webber et al 135 



Report of connnittee on breeding fiber crops, Shepperd et al 136 



Fiber experiments, Gammie • 136 



Improvement of hops by selection and breeding, Stockberger 136 



The absorption and excretion of plant food by oats, Seidler and Stutzer 136 



Peanuts, Beattie.. 136 



Irish potato investigations, Close and White --- 136 



Potato experiments and studies, Kohler 137 



Potato growing for ^Minnesota, Kohler _. 137 



Experiments with potatoes 1906-1908, Bruce 137 



Summary of experiments on manuring potatoes, Porter and Gaut 138 



The composition of the sugar beet in the past, present, and future, Briem 138 



The sugar beet, Malpeaux 1 38 



Report of the committee on breeding forage crops 1 38 



Report of committee on breeding tobacco, Shamel 138 



HORTICULTURE. 



Suggestions from a survey of the trucking region of Long Island, Crocheron 138 



Celery, Newman 138 



Onion culture, Beattie 1 39 



The influence of manganese on the growth of pineapples, Kelley 139 



Strawberry growing in Colorado, Longyear 139 



Role of hyV)ridization in reconstruction of vineyards, Gervais and Weigert 1.39 



Studies of the union between stock and scion in grapes, De Istvanffi 139 



Influence of pinching shoots on the sugar content, Riviere and Bailhache 140 



The setting of muscat of Alexandria grape, Lunt 140 



Viticulture in the coastal region of Argentina, Baldassarre 140 



Pruning mature fruit trees, Whipple 140 



Composition of fruits from wall and trellis-grown trees, Riviere and Bailhache. 140 



Orcharding 140 



Commercial orcharding and its returns 1 41 



Report on orchard extension and the propagation of native varieties, Keffer. . 141 



Can the general farmer afford to grow apples? Hartman and Eustace 141 



The planting of the apple orchard, Thornber 141 



Some factors affecting keeping qualities of American lemons. True and Sievers. 141 



Contributions to the knowledge of the coco palm ( Cocos inucifera ) 142 



Comparative tests of nitrogenous fertilizers in pot culture. Petit 142 



The workman's garden, Gravier and Latiere 142 



FORESTRY. 



The management of mountains and private initiative, Descombes 143 



Instructions for reforesting land, Pettis 143 



Forest working plan for land belonging to Fall River, Rane and Cook 143 



We must stop forest fires in Massachusetts, Rane 143 



Review of forest administration in British India for 1906-7, Eardley-Wilmot. . 143 



Progress report of forest administration in Ea.stern Bengal and Assam, Hill . . 143 



Progress report of forest administration 143 



Progress report of forest administration in the Andamans, 1907-8, Farrington. 143 



Investigations of mixed stands, Schwappach 144 



Forest flora of the Berar Circle, Witt. . 144 



Notes on Sal in Bengal, Mclntire 144 



Tapping experiments with Kickxia elastica in Kamerun, Shulte. 144 



Exports and imports of forest products, 1908, Pierson 144 



