864 



Maryland Station, Special Bulletin G, February, 1892 (pp. 11). 



Inspection and analysis of commercial fertilizers sold in 

 ]NrARYLAND. — This iucludes analyses made at tlie Maryland Ajiritul- 

 tural Collef;e of 57 samples of tertili/.ers received and <(>lle«'t«'d in IS'JI, 

 to;;ether with the trade values of fertilizing;- ingredients for 181)1 and 

 remarks on the valuation of fertilizers. 



Massachusetts State Station, Circular, March, 1892 (pp. 8). 



Commercial fertilizers, r. A. (Joessmann. I'ii. I). — Tiiisin«ludes 

 the trad«' values of fertili/.inii injiredients lor 1S'.>l': remarks on the 

 valuatit)n of fertilizers; and instructions to nmuufacturers, importers, 

 aj;ents, and sellers of commercial fertilizers. Analyses are li'weu of 

 wood ashes, cotton-hull ashes, cotton seed meal. wo(»l waste, lish waste, 

 ground nu'at scraps, and aniuial lefuse. 



Massachusetts Hatch Station. Bulletin No. 17, April, 1892 pp. 37). 



KxrKRlMi;NTS WITH FlNtilCIDLS AND INSK( TICIDHS AND WITII 

 ORCHARD FRIITS AM) CRAPES, 8. T. MAVNARD, B. S. (pp. 11-47, 



plates 11, tigs. 4). — Tin- tolj.iwing subjects are treated: (1) Experiments 

 with fungicides and inserticides in 1S!I1.(L') exi»-rinH'nts with grapes 

 and peaclies. (.".) the Silu i ian ciah apple as a graftiuu stock. (1) gird- 

 ling grai»evines, (.5) amount of copjier on sprayed fruit, ((>) i)lan for 

 experiments with fungi<*ides :iiid insecticides in is;>i\ (7) spraying 

 ai»paratus. 



Erpcrhinnls nith JitiniicUUs mul iiist rtii-itlcs in J^!>1 (pp. ll-iili). — Ac- 

 counts of spraying experiiuents ;it the sl;ition and at several other 

 ]>laces in Massachusetis with llordeaux niixtuic. ;iimiioniar;d cjuliouate 

 ol'copper. sulphate of copper, :iiid suiphate of lion, alone and in com- 

 Itiiiation wilh Paris green, principally for apple sc;il». pe;ir leaf Might, 

 plum le:ir Itlight, peach and plum Iruit rot, hhick knot of the |>Inin, 

 ]>owdery mildew ami Itlack rot of grapes, lasplx-rry anthiacnos<'. and 

 jiotato lol. and for the tent caterpillar, codling moth, and plum curculio. 



,1. Fisher reports exi>eiiments in w liiih very weak solutions of sul 

 l)hate of copper (I pouml to S(H) or l.ono giiilons of wati-r) were u.sed on 

 grapes and tomatoes, and others in which kero.seiie cundsion ju'oved an 

 ettective remedy for the jtear tree psylla (I'si/lhi />//>/). 



The results of the season's work are summed up as foihtws: 



riH< apph' scull, ppiir leaf l)li<ilU and ( rarkiiiji iiC tlie fruit, lu-acli and |dnin Iruit 

 rot. idnin liaf Idijilit and i>lnm Idatk wart, urapc powdfiy iiiild«'\v and Mack lut^ 

 raMplii>riy anllira< nost-, and ]H»tat<t Icil' Idii^lil ami rot may hv wholly or larj^t-ly \tvv- 

 venti'd when 111" solutions ol'coiipfr .ire ]iroi«Mly applii-d. 



Uy tin- <oml>ini-d use of Ihf Hordcaux niixturr .and Paris gntii tlnaliovc funjii.iro 

 prrvonti'd, tin- tent cali'r])illars and cankcrworms an- killtMl, and tlic injury to tlio 

 ajiplc and ]i(ar from llic < odlinii lui'tb ami to llir plum aud pcatb l>y tht- plum ctir- 

 gulii) may be largely prcviutid. 



