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DiGESTiBLLiTY OF FEEDiTs'Gr STUFFS (pp. 86-88). — Partial data are 

 given for tests of the digestibility of cottou-seed liulls and com fodder 

 by means of feeding experiments with cattle. Analyses are given of 

 the cottonseed hulls and the corn fodder fed. 



Comparative ash determinations, D, Adriance, M. S. (p. 89). — 

 This is a comparison on 16 samples of feeding stuffs of the percentage 

 of ash obtained (1) by the official method for 1890, (2) by burning in a 

 muffle furnace, and (3) by moistening the material with sulphuric acid 

 and then buining over a direct flame. "The work clearly shows that 

 the methods are comparable only in exceptional cases." 



Miscellaneous analyses (pp. 89, 90). — Analyses of 6 samples of 

 fertilizers, 1 sample of water, and 1 of roasted cotton seed. 



Texas Station, Bulletin No. 16. June. 1891 (pp. 15). 



Work in horticulture, S. A. Beach, B. S. A. (pp. 93-lU">). — A brief 

 preliminary report is given on experiments in tile diainagc for pota 

 toes, cabbages, and strawberries. The method of setting strawberry 

 plants employed at the station is described. A mruber of foreign 

 vaiieties of apples, peaches, pears, cherries, and ornamental trees and 

 shrubs have been received from the collection of the Iowa Agricultural 

 College for jiropagation and distribution in Texas. Brief descriptive 

 notes on these varieties are compiled from the jmblieations of the Iowa 

 Station and College. The list of fruits on trial at the station, as given 

 in this bulletin, includes 167 varieties of peaches, 68 of plums. 32 of cher- 

 ries, and 113 of ai)ples. The list of trees and shrul)s wliieh have been 

 grown successfully during the past 2 years at the station includes 42 

 species of forest and shade trees, 17 of conifers, and 31 of shrubs and 

 small trees. 



Vermont Station, Bulletin No. 26, September, 1891 (pp. 23). 



Maple sugar, W. W. Cooke, M. A., and J. L. Hills, B. S. (pp. 

 39-59). — This includes extracts from the act of Congress of October 1, 

 1890, giving the conditions under which the bounty on mai>le sugar 

 will be paid by the National Government: the com])Osition of maph' 

 sap; descriptions of the polariscope an<l the hydrometer, and of the 

 methods of testing with these instruments and with the thermometer: 

 methods of analysis used by the station; the percentages of sugar in 

 samples of Vermont maple sirup at different times in tbe season, as 

 determined at the station; the effect of stirring or granulating tlie sirup 

 on the per cent of sugar; the effect of draining sugar: the quality of 

 ordinary Vermont sugar; tables for determining the relative value of 

 sirup according to the tem])erature of its boiling poiut: and u discus 

 sioii of \\\c. relative i>nttitableness of sirup and sugar. The following 



