227 



I'liugicides. Not only is the yield itureased by an amonut equal to the portion 

 destroyed by smut, but in nearly all <;ist-s tlicre is an extra increase, usually mncli 

 beyond tliifi aniount. 



Kentucky Station, Bulletin No. 34, August, 1891 (pp. 23). 



COMMEECTAL FEKTILIZEKS, M. A. SCOVELL, M. S. — A X^Opular 



discussion on fertilizers and tlieir use ; analyses of 67 samples of com- 

 mercial fertilizers, inclndin"" bone, offered for sale in the State during 

 181)1; and the schedule of trade values of fertilizing ingredients. 



Kentucky Station, Bulletin No. 35, September, 1891 (pp. 16). 



Experiments with wheat, M. A. Scovell, M. S., and C. L. Cur- 

 tis (pp. 3-14). — This is a report of the third year of experiments with 

 wlieat, the same soil (a blue grass soil) being used as in the l)re^^ous 

 experiments. The experiments of previous years were reported in Bul- 

 letins Nos. 21 and 30 of the station (see Experiment Station Record, 

 vol. I, p. 218, and vol, ii, p. 227). The season was on the whole a favor- 

 able one for wheat. 



Test of varieties (pp. 4-10). — Tabulated data are given for 31 varie- 

 ties of wheat, 21 of which yielded over 25 bushels of wheat per acre. 

 The weight of wheat per bushel ranged from 57 to 63 pounds with the 

 different varieties. Egj^jtian (33.5 bushels) and Canadian Finley (32.25 

 bushels) gave the largest yields. The station otiers to distribute, in 

 small quantities, seed of any of the varieties tested. Several of the varie- 

 ties have been tested for the i3ast 3 years. The tabulated yields of 

 these varieties show that " the Egyi)tian wheat has made the highest 

 average yield for 3 years; then come Hunter White and German 

 Em])eror." 



Different methods of seeding (pj). 10, 11). — A tabular statement is given 

 of the results of a comparison of drilling and broadcasting wheat, in 

 each case at the rate of from 0.5 to 2 bushels of seed per acre; and 

 also of drilling 5.5 pecks of seed per acre at dei)ths of 1, 2, 3, and 4 

 inches. The latter tests were inconclusive. Where from 0.5 to 1.25 

 1»usliels of seed were used per acre the results "were very much in 

 favor of the drilling ; " but with 1.5 and 2 bushels of seed the yields were 

 Ix'tter with broadcasting than with drilling. 



Test of fertilizers (pp. 11-14). — A continuation of the experiment with 

 fertilizers for wheat, using the same kinds and amounts as in the 2 

 previous years. " The results are the same as they have been for the 

 last two seasons — that fertilizers, whether ased in combination or singly, 

 have no effect upon the yield of wheat. On the same lands, for corn, 

 ]M>tatoes, hemp, and tobacco the results of potash fertihzers show very 

 favorably." 



EXPERENIENTS WITH OATS, M. A. SCOVELL, M. S., AND C. L. CURTIS 



(l)p, 14-16). — Tabulated notes on 22 varieties of oats. " But one variety 



