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South Dakota Station, Bulletin No. 25, June, 1891 (pp. 24). 



Glanders, scab, and blackleg, C. A. Cary, D. V. M. (pp. 167- 

 188). — An account of the symptoms, causes, and transmission of glan- 

 ders, and brief descriptions of common and head scab and blackleg of 

 sheep, with suggestions regarding treatment. 



South Dakota Station, Bulletin No. 26, July, 1891 (pp. 18). 



Experiments in horticulture, C. A. Keffer, M. H.— This 

 includes notes on strawberries, the sand cherry, plums, apples, and 

 crab apples. 



Strawberries (pp. 3-9). — The experiments thus far made indicate that, 

 owing to dry weather in the autumn, relatively few flower buds are 

 produced. In 1891 the station j)lantation produced at the rate of only 

 600 quarts of berries per acre. The most promising of the older varie- 

 ties were Crescent, Windsor, Manchester, Mount Vernon, and Glen- 

 dale. ■ The only new varieties which li-uited in 1891 were Alpha, Pearl, 

 Bomba, Jessie, Parker Earle, Woodruff, and Mammoth. 



Sand cherry (pp. 10, 11). — The sand cherry {Pruniis pumlla) is a native 

 of the Dakotas. It produces fruit the third year from the seed and seems 

 able to endure the dry and cold weather of this region. It is believed 

 it will be of service in producing a variety of cherries suited to the 

 Northwest. 



Plums (pp. 12-15). — Of the 11 varieties of plum trees which fruited 

 in 1891, De Soto, Harrison Peach, Eare Eipe, and Wyant are thought 

 to be adapted to the region of the station. Several varieties of wild 

 plums native to the Bad Lands of South Dakota and a seedling vari- 

 ety from northern Iowa are regarded as worthy of trial. 



Apples and crah apples (pp. 16-18). — l!^otes on the pruning and culti- 

 vation of the station orchard. Gideon No. 25 and Dartt Greenwood, 

 varieties of crab apples which have fruited at the station, are consid- 

 ered promising. 



Tennessee Station, Bulletin Vol. IV, No. 5, December, 1891 (pp. 27). 



Chemical study of the cotton plant, J. B. McBryde, C. E. 

 (pp. 120-135). — The analyses here reported were made by the author at 

 the South Carolina Station during 1889 and 1890, but have not hitherto 

 been published. They include separate analyses of the whole plant, 

 lint, seed, bolls ('^the empty burr or capsule after the seed has been 

 removed"), leaves, stem, and roots; of parts of the seed (kernels and 

 hulls), cotton-seed meal, and cotton-hull ashes; a determination of the 

 relative weight of different parts of the plant; and a comparison of the 

 fertilizing constituents contained in crops of cotton yielding 300 pounds 

 of lint, of corn yielding 20 bushels, and of oats yielding 30 bushels of 

 grain per acre. The analysis of the whole i^lant (six average plants with 

 roots) and parts of the plant are given as follows : 



