610 



Tomatoem. — Ijrnotum is the "best all round'' variety; of the new 

 varieties Long Keeper and Potomac (pink) and Cmnberiand Red and 

 Mitchell (rerl) gave the best satisfaction. Plants from green seed had 

 no special advantage over those from ripe seed. Commercial fertili- 

 zers did not promote earliness or productiveness. Seven difl'ereut kinds 

 of trellises were tried with about equally good results. A trellis having 

 four wires, " two on each side of a H iiuh fence board and about a foot 

 apart," was very easily constructed and retpiired the least attention. 



(Jahhofjeft. — Etampes (very eariy), Henderson Summer, All Seasons, 

 Fottler Brnnswick, Diamond Winter. Marblehead, and Yandergaw. 



iSiceet corn. — Cory (earliest), L;ick«'y, Leet, Perry, Crosby, Concord, 

 Old Colony, and Mammoth. 



Onions, transplantinff. — Onions of .i varieties sown in a hotbed April 

 10 and tiansplanted May Ki were much more i)roductive than those 

 s()wn in the field May 16. 



New Jersey Stations, Bulletin No. 85, December 18. 1891 (pp. 12). 



Farm PRA.CTICP: and IEKTILIZERS to control 1N^>ECT IN.TURY, 



.1. B. Smith. — A popular arti<le, from the standpoint of the entomolo- 

 gist, showing what means maybe taken by the fanner to repress various 

 insect pests without the use of insecticides. The following summary 

 is taken from the bulletin: 



riow Late in tlu< fall, wh»»nevt'ipn8.siblo, and always turn sod at tliatfiiiif whfp corn 

 is to follow and tin* land is not too " learhy." Where HTHsn is to he kept longer than 

 usual, harrow iu th<' fall and top-drrss with kainit immediately after. Leave tields as 

 clean as it is possible to get them during the winter. Clear otf the entire remnants 

 of a crop after harvest, and either ilestroy it or make such other use of it as may !»• 

 possible. Keep tield and orchard dear at all times, and never allow heaps of rubbish 

 to lie anywhere over winter. In orchards, keep the ground clear of fallen fruit. 

 Whenever possible apply i)otasli in the form of kainit and nitrogen in the form ><( 

 nitrate of soila, and both as a toi>-drtssing. IMant your crop, whenever possible^ 

 so as to either get ahead of or away behind all danger of insect attack. • • • 

 Rotation is an important means of checking increase of insects, by ilepriving the 

 species of it^s normal food and either starving it out or forcing it to wander else- 

 where. 



New York State Station, Bulletin No. 37 (New Series), November, 1891 



(pp. 70). 



Investigations of cheese, L. L. Van Slyke, Ph. D. (pp. 647- 

 716). — These investigations were made to study the various conditions 

 which affect the yield, the composition, and the quality of cheese. Th«^ 

 questions investigatcMl were: (1) How much fat can l)e readily worked 

 into cheese! (2) the influence of the percentage of fat in the milk 

 upon the amount of fat and of nitrogenous compounds recovered in the 

 cheese; (3) is the recovery of fat and of nitrogenous compounds more 

 thorough by the stirred curd i>rocess than by the (^hed<lar ])rocess o( 

 cheese making? (4) comi)arative results with commercial and with 



