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(3) Until some other use is foniid for them, the hulls, which accuranlate in consider- 

 able quantities at the recleaners, are practically a waste product, as they have only a 

 small fertilizing value and are not used as a fodder. 



(4) The practice of feeding the hay is one long estalilished, and for this purpose it 

 seems to he about equal to clover hay, especially for cattle. 



(5) Experience in Virginia and North Carolina seems to indicate that a moderato 

 use of commercial and home-made fertilizers would pay growers of peanuts iu Ten- 

 uessee. From the analyses and from what we know of the needs of similar plants, 

 it is suggested that experiments bo made with home-mixed fertilizers giving l.'> 

 pounds of nitrogen, 10 pounds of available phosphoric acid, and 20 pounds of potash 

 per acre. 



West Virginia Station, Third Annual Report. 1890 (pp. 190). 



llEroET OF Director, J. A. Myers, I'li. 1). (pp. 4-29, plates 4). — 

 This iiiclnde.s the text of tlie acts of Coiigros.s mid of tlie State lefjislatiire 

 relatiiifj to the station, aiul a tinancial statement for the fiscal years 

 ending June 30, 1889 and 1890; a description of the station buihlinj; 

 and its equipment, with {jronnd plans and a view of the exterior; and 

 brief statenients regarding; the work of the station. 



The creamery industry (pp. 29-88, i)lates .{, figs. G). — In this 

 article the author points out the more important factors es.sential to 

 success in butter making, mentions the ditterent devices for raising 

 cream by setting, gives the history of the development of the centrifu- 

 gal apparatus so largely used in one form or another iu creameries, 

 describes its manner of working, and iUustrates and describes several 

 of tlie different forms. The article also contains tabidated data and 

 summaries of observations on the separation and churnitig ofcicam 

 for each month from November, 1889, to.Iune, 1890, inclusive; analyses 

 of sweet-cream butter; a description of the method of butter analysis; 

 the results of churn tests of milk ; and full descripti<ms of the Short, 

 Patrick, Cochran, Babcock, and Beimlitig (Vermont Station) methods 

 of determining the amount of butter fat in milk, the api)aratus used in 

 all except the first being illustrated by cuts. 



"The average of the churnings of acid cream and sweet cream for 

 the period beginning November 1, 1889, aiul closing June 30, J8tU>, 

 show that it required 3.95 pounds of acid cream to make one pound of 

 butter, and 3.74 pounds of sweet cream to make one jjonnd of butter, " 



In the churn test made for 9 days to study the reliability of this 

 method of determining the amount of butter which may be separated 

 from cream, "iu five cases out of nine the overchiiriiing of the cream 

 gave an average of (>.'-Mt ounces more of butter per hundred pound.s of 

 milk than did churning the cream to the granulated condition. In four 

 cases out of niue tests the overchurniug of the cream gave an average 

 excess of 3.32 ounces per hundred pounds of milk in favor of churning 

 to the granulated condition." 



Suggestions are made as to the execution of the various (piick meth- 

 ods of determining fitt in milk, with a table, prepared by B. H. Ilite, for 



