299 



Seoond Annual Kkport of Ni:w Jersey College Station 

 (pi). 337-34li). — Tlii.s iiicliides ;v brief account of the ((ipiiiization of 

 the «tatiou, aud a liuaucial statcuieut for the liscal year eudiiig Juuc30, 

 1889. 



New Jersey Stations, Annual Report, 1890 (pp. 585). 



Eeports of Tkeasurer (pp. 11 and 555). — An exhibit of the receipts 

 and expenditures of the New Jersey State Station during 1890, aud of 

 the New Jersey College Station during the liscal year ending June 30, 

 1800. 



IvEroRT OF Director (pp. 13-17). — A brief revicAv of the work of 

 the year and a list of the bulletins i)ublished during that time. M. E. 

 Gates, LL. D., acting director of the station, resigned October 1, 1890, 

 and J. Neilson was appointed in liis stead. 



Fertilizers (pp. 21-101). — This includes statistics on the amount 

 and value of the fertilizers used in the State during 1890; a comparison 

 of th(^ year's trade with that of each i^receding year since Jssii; a com- 

 parison of tlie Avhoiesale and retail prices of fertilizing ingredients for 

 the past 3 years; a monthly review of the fluctuations in prices of 

 cru(h^ fertilizing materials during th» year, together with a summary 

 of th(^ same for each year since 1888; ai)Oj)ular discussion on the sources 

 of nitrogen, phosphoric acid, and potash; a reprint from Bulletins Nos. 

 OG and 71 of the station (see Experiment Station Eecoid, vol. ii, 

 pp. KJl and 280) of articles on the rational use of fertilizers, liome- 

 mixing, the composition of incomj)lete fertilizers, etc.; abstracts from 

 the State fertilizer law; general information concerning the method of 

 collecting samples of the fertilizers sold in the State; schedule of trade 

 values for 1888, 1889, and 1890; and analyses of 314 samples of qpm- 

 mercial fertilizers and fertilizing materials, including nitrate of soda, 

 sulphate of ammonia, dried and ground fish, tankage, dried blood, 

 cotton-seed meal, boneblack, bone ash. South Carolina rock, dissol\ed 

 bone, ground bone, muriate of potash, kainit, suli)hate of potash, 

 sylvauit, cotton-hull ashes, ground tobacco stems, wood ashes, precii)i- 

 tated carbonate of lime, marl, wool waste, muck, and buckwheat hulls. 



Experiments with nitrate of soda on tomatoes (pp. 102-120). — 

 A reprint of Bulletin No. 79 of the station (see Exi^eriment Station 

 llecord, vol. iii, p. 30). 



Experiments with fertilizers on potatoes (pp. 120-142). — A 

 reprint from Bulletin No. 80 of the station (see Experiment Station 

 Ile<ord, vol. iii, p. 32). 



Field experiments with fertilizers on wheat (pp. 142-149). — 

 A reprint from Bulletin No. 80 of the station (see Experiment Station 

 Record, vol. m, p. 35). 



^IiscELLANEOUS FIELD EXPERIMENTS (pp. 149-155). — Nitrate of soda 

 on timothy grass (pp. 149, 150).— A trial with timothy on two plats 600 

 by 33 feet, on one of which nitrate of soda was applied at the rate of 100 

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