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limekiln ashes, wood ashes, soft phosphate from Florida, and dried ref- 

 use from the extraction of garbage with uaplitha. A summary is given 

 showing the manufacturers who sold goods within the State the past 

 season, the number of brands analyzed, and the relation of the guaranty 

 to the amount of nitrogen, phosplioric acid, and potash found, 



Rhode Island Station, Bulletin No. 14, October, 1891 (pp. 16j. 



Potato scab and blight, L. F. Kinney, B. S. (pp. 175-187, tigs. 

 3). — The nature of potato scab is discussed in brief compiled notes. 

 An experiment with reference to the conditions favorable to potato 

 scab was made on 5 plats, each 30 by 33 feet. Five varieties of pota- 

 toes were planted over and under stable manure or seaweed and with- 

 out any fertilizers. From the tabiilated results the following average 

 percentages of merchantable tubers affected by the scab are taken : No 

 fertilizer 13.7, on manure 26.4, under manure 44.5, on seaweed 13.2, 

 under seaweed 10,4. An experiment in the use of Bordeaux mixture 

 for potato scab, described in notes and tables, is summarized as fol- 

 lows: 



Method of planting. 



Oil stable manure lightly covered with earth 



On stable man II re , 



Under stable manure 



Average 



No Bor- 

 deaux 

 mixture. 



Per cent. 

 23.5 

 37.7 

 43.8 



35.0 



Vines 

 sprayed. 



Per cent. 

 22. 6 

 30.8 

 24.7 



26.0 



Seed 

 sprayed. 



Per cent. 

 11.2 

 10 5 

 8.7 



10.1 



Where potato vines were treated with Bordeaux mixture three times 

 during the season to prevent the rot the average yield was 177 bushels 

 per acre as compared with 124 bushels from plants not sprayed. 



Transplanting onions, L. F. Kinney, B. S. (pp. 188-190, fig, 1). — 

 Kcference is made to previous experiments by T, Greiner and W. J. 

 Green, The results obtained by the latter were reported in Bulletin 

 vol. III, No, 9 (second series) of the Ohio Station (see Experiment Sta- 

 tion Eecord, vol. ii, p. 605), In a small experiment at the Rhode 

 Island Station in 1891, Weathersfield Red, Yellow Danvers, and White 

 Portugal onions sown February 20 and transplanted May 1, were com- 

 pared with those of the same varieties sown in the field April 15. "The 

 yield of first class marketable bulbs was somewhat larger in the trans, 

 planted rows." 



South Dakota Station, Fourth Annual Report, 1891 (pp. 14). 



Report of Director, L. McLouth, Ph, D, (pp, 193-203). — This is 

 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1891, and includes brief descriptions 

 of the buildings and equipment of the station, general statements 

 regarding the work puisued during the year, and abstracts of the 



