91 



Relative value of the manure per ton, and the amount produced per animal and per thou- 

 sand pounds live weight. 



Horses* . 

 Il<)^st's^ . 

 (JOWH ... 



Slioep... 

 Swino... 



* Manure voided while at work not included. 



t Total tixcromcnt calculutiMl ou the basis that tlirpe fiftli.s was collected in the stable. 



A cheap shelter for biiruyard manure is described and illustrated. 



New York Cornell Station, Bulletin No. 28, June, 1891 (pp. 19). 



Experiments in the forcing of tomatoes, L. H. Bailey, M. S. 



(pp. 45-01, figs, 0). — A report on experiments carried on hy the 

 author during two winters. Five forcing houses of different kinds are 

 being used. 



Our prt'fcronco is for a house which was flesijjned for tomatoes, having a two 

 thirds span and the ridge 11 feet from the ground. The house is 20 feet wide and huilt 

 upon a sharp slope. It follows the hiy of the land, running nearly east and west. A 

 north and south house woukl be preferable, probably, because of the more even distri- 

 bution of light. The framework is unnsually light and the glass is 14 by 24 inches. 



The experience of the author favors the liberal application of stable 

 manure. " We grow the plants in rich garden loam, to which is added 

 a fourth or fifth of its bulk of well-rotted manure ; and when the plants 

 begin to bear, liquid manure is applied every week, or a top-dressing of 

 manure is given." The effect of applying salt, phosphate of soda, 

 nitrate of soda, nitrate of ammonia, or stable manure is graphically 

 shown to illustrate the superior value of the stable manure for tomatoes 

 grown indoors. Seeds sown August 9 yielded the first fruit December 

 28, and from plants started November 10 the first fruits were picked 

 May 6. The methods employed by the author for training and watering 

 the plants are described. Experiments in the artificial pollination of 

 tomato plants are cited. Where only a little pollen was applied upon 

 one side of the stigma the fruit was small, one-sided, and with seeds 

 only in the half which received the pollen. On the other hand, when 

 pollen was liberally ai)plie(l to the whole surface of the stigma, the 

 fruit was large and symmetrical and had all its cells developed and 

 seed-bearing. Methods of obtaining a second crop, notes on yields and 

 varieties, on marketing the crop, and on insect and fungus enemies of 

 the tomato are also given. The white scale {Akyrodcs vaporariorum) 

 and a small spotted mite are mentioned as serious pests of the tomatoes 

 at the station. 



