ABSTRACTS OF PUBLICATIONS OF THE AGIHCrLTrRAL EXPERIMENT STATIONS 

 IN THE I'NITEU STATES. 



Arizona Station, Bulletin No. 2, September 15, 1891 (pp. 12). 



Notes on some of the kan(;e ckasses of Akizona, .1. W. 

 TOUMEY, B. !S. — This is a ])\\vt' ]>i('liiiiiii;uy icixut on sonic of tlio most 

 im|K»rtiiiit jiiJisscs <;ro\\ iiiiion tin- t>\H'n mesa lands, in valleys, aii<l on 

 nioinitains. The spcrics niciitiiMU'd in the bulletin are Houttloua rrio- 

 jwda, li. oliffostKchya, li. rnvvmoaa, li. h irsuta, B. arifstidoiflcfi, B. harrardii, 

 Buchloc dacti/Ioidcs, llilnn'a miitica, II. }((iiirsii, H. rif/ida, Aristida ari- 

 zonica, A. lyurpnn'H, I'<(ppt>p}i(>riiim Itif/uroidcum, P(t)iicuiii lachtKnitltKiii, 

 1'. hiilhosKiii, and Muhhnhcrf/ia disti<-linj)lii/U(i. Attention is eallecl to 

 the diminution of the itasturap' on the lanp's, due to overstocking-. 

 The close pasturing' of the native jjras.ses, <'onil)ined with drouth, is 

 eausinjj the gradual extinetion of the more valual>le forage plants on 

 many of the ranucs. 



Arkansas Station, Third Annual Report, 1890 (pp. 155). 



I^'INANCIAL STATEMENT (p. 4), — .Vu iteilii/ed airount ofexpenditures 

 by the station in ISIH). 



Shrinkage in silage (p. o). — A briet lalmlated statement of the 

 ann>unt of <'orn and sor,i,^hum stoii-d iii ami (»rtlie sila.iie taken IVoiii tlie 

 station silo. 



Experiments with corn, potatoes,- grasses, and sugar meets 

 (pp. 5-12). — Corn after rye (p. 5). — A brief tabulated reeonl of the 

 anniunt of rye and corn obtained from ten plats on whieh rye was har- 

 vested at ditlerent dales from April !» to M;iy iL', inclusive, and was 

 followed by coin. 



CovH, test of niririics (pp. (>. 7). — Taltnlatcd d;ita for II \;nieties 

 grown in IS!>0. The results of .'{ years'experim«'Uts indicate lliat White 

 Giant Normandy, u late variety, is best suited to mntliwestern Ar- 

 kansas. 



Corn, fcrtiJhvr vrpcrhnvnt (p. S). — Tabidated data lor twelve ]dats of 

 sandy soil, on which cotton-seed meal, acid iilntsphatc, and kainit. in 

 diiferent combinations, were ('omi)ared with no nnmure for N\'hile (liant 

 Nonnandy corn. The best results were obtained with cotton seed meal 

 cond)ined with acid phosphate. 

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