II CONTENTS. 



ZOOLOGY. 



Page. 



Tho jack ral>l>its of the United States 23 



The jack rabbits of the United States, T. S. Palmer 25 



Mil EOBOLOGT. 



Oklahoma weather ami crops for 1897, G. E. Morrow 26 



Meteorological ohscrvations, J. E. Ostrander and A. C. Monahau 26 



Solar and terrestrial magnetism in their relations to meteorology, F. II. Bige- 



h»w 26 



\\ ATKK — SOILS. 



The soils of Tennessee, C. F. Vanderford 26 



Drinking water, N. E. Wilson 31 



Soil moisture, J. B. Weems and J.J. Edgerton 27 



Mechanical analyses ami water content of "Wyoming soils, C. B Ridgaway... 29 



The electrical method of moisture determination in soils, F. D. Gardner 30 



The chemical composition of Utah soils, J. A. Widtsoe 30 



FERTILIZEBS. 



On Wiborgh pbospbate, its manufacture and agricultural value, L. F. Nilson. 32 

 The assimilation of nitric acid as well as the action of different nitrates, W. 



Schueidewind 34 



Report of analyses of commercial fertilizers for the fall of 1897, L. L. Van 



Slyke 36 



Analyses of commercial fertilizers, B. W. Kilgore et al 36 



The inspection of fertilizers in 1897, F. W. Morse 36 



Bacteria obtained from manure and their physiological role in the decomposi- 

 tion of manure, S. A. Sewerin 35 



FIELD CROPS. 



Cooperative experiments iii agriculture, C. A. Zavitz 36 



Experiments with cotton, J. F. Duggar 37 



Red rice, W. R. Dodson 38 



Sugar-beet investigations in Wisconsin during 1897, F. W. Woll 39 



The sugar beet in Pennsylvania, H. P. Armsby 40 



Report on the results obtained with sugar cane on the experimental fields at 



Dodds's Reformatory, 1896, J. R. Bovell and J. P. d' Albuquerque 40 



.The cultivated vetches, J. G. Smith 43 



Variety tests of wheat, oats, and potatoes, G. C. Watson and E. H. Hees 41 



Manuring meadows, L. Graudeau 42 



HORTICULTURE. 



Vegetable tests of 1897, L. R. Taft, H. P. Gladden, and M. L. Dean 47 



Preliminary report on Arkansas seedling apples, J. T. Stinson 48 



Fruit growing in Wyoming, B. C. Bufftim 44 



The culture of native plums in the Northwest, E. 8. Goff 45 



Notes on pruning, F. W. Card 45 



Results of thinning fruit in 1897 46 



Stimulating and holding fruit buds, II. E. G lazier < 46 



Strawberries and grapes, H. E. Glazier 46 



Strawberry growing in New Hampshire, F. W. Rane 48 



Cooperative experiments with small fruit, D. T. Price 48 



Raspberries, blackberries, and grapes, L. R. Taft and H. P. Gladden 48 



Report of South Haven Substation 49 



Hybrid roses, gooseberries, and strawberries, J. L. Budd 47 



