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Ohio Station, Bulletin Vol. IV, No. 6 (Second Series), September 1, 1891 



(pp. 18). 



The wheat midge, F. M. Webster (pp. 99-114, fi^s. M).— A his- 

 tory of the (»l>s«>iviitioiis on (lie wlieat midge {Diplosis fritiei), with 

 transcripts ot notes on the ravages of this insect in ()hi(> each year 

 from 1847 to 1878, inclusive, taken from the reports of the State board 

 of agriculture. Larvfe thought to belong to this species were observed 

 under the sheaths of young- plants. Adults were leared irom the heads 

 of rye in July and from Volunteer wheat from September 1 to Novem- 

 ber 3. The figures illustrating the bulletin are after Fitch. 



Rhode Island Station, Bulletin No. 11, June, 1891 (pp. 18). 



State fertilizer law, commercial value of fertilizer 

 stock, and analyses of commercial fertilizers and miscel- 

 LANEOUS MATERIALS, H. J. Wheeler, Ph. D. (pp. 131-146).— This 

 includes analyse&of twelve brands of commercial fertilizers, fresh horse 

 manure, street sweepings from the city of Providence, meadow muck, 

 wood ashes, waste liquid from a rendering- establishment, and spring 

 water; the S(;liedule of trade values of fertilizing ingredients for 1891; 

 remarks on the valuation of fertilizers; the text of the State fertilizer 

 law; and a copy of a proposition made by the station to the State board 

 of agriculture to make all analyses of commercial fertilizers and wood 

 ashes called for by the fertilizer law, and to compile and publish tlie 

 same. This proposition was accepted by the State board of agricul- 

 ture, but at so late a date as to somewhat delay the work of collection 

 and analysis for the current year. 



Meteorological summary, L. F. Kinney, B. S. (p. 147). — Tabu- 

 lated data on the weather from January 1 to July 1, 1891. 



South Carolina Station, Second Annual Report, 1889 (pp. 353). 



Acts relating to the organization of the stations (pp. 

 5-9). — Under this head are given the texts of the act of the general 

 assembly of the State in 1886 establishing the South Carolina agricul- 

 tural farms and station; the act of Congress of March 2, 1887, and the 

 acts of the general assembly of the State accepting the i)ro visions 

 of the act of Congress, discontinuing the station at Columbia, and 

 establishing the Clemson Agricultural College and a new station in 

 connection with it. 



Report of Analyst of Soils and Seeds, E. H. Loughridge, 

 Ph. D. (pp. 11-43).— This report includes the tabulated resvdts of 

 mechanical and chemical analysis of the soils and subsoils of the experi- 

 mental farms of the station at Spartanburg, Columbia, and Darlington, 

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