CONTENTS. Ill 



Page. 

 The assiiuilatiou of fertilizing materials, and the fertilizer requirements of 



rye, Remy 44 



TrifolUim panuou'wum 45 



Cultural experiments with American wheats, Ramm 45 



IIOltTICULTUKE. 



Subirrigation in the greenhouse, W. J. Green and E. C. Green 47 



Cabbages, II. P. Gould 48 



Garden peas, B. C. Buft'um 48 



Some market vegetables for Florida, P. H. Rolfs 49 



Apple culture in Wisconsin, E. S. Goff 49 



The planting, pruning, and cultivation of the peach, W. F. Massey 50 



Revised opinions of the Japanese plums, L. H. Bailey 50 



Prunes, apples, and pears in Oregon, U. P. lledrick 51 



Currants, S. A. Beach 52 



Orchard spraying and notes on raspberries, W. J. Green 53 



SEEDS — WEEDS. 



Influence of certain substances used as fertilizers on germination, Claudel and 



Crochetelle 55 



Average results of Danish seed control, 1886-95, E. Rostrup 57 



The Russian thistle, E. O. Wooton 57 



DISEASES Ol" PLANTS. 



The principal diseases of citrus fruits in Florida, W. T. Swingle and H. J. 



"Webber 58 



Rejiort of the botanist of \ ermont Station, L. R. Jones 60 



Experiments for checking apple rot and codling moth in 1895, II. Garmau 61 



Potato blight, L. R. Jones 02 



Spraying, U. P. Hedrick and A. B. Cordley 63 



ENTOMOLOGY. 



Experiments in beekeeping, 0. J. Lowrey, M. F. Cram, and H. W. Scott 63 



Mosquitoes and fleas, L. (). Howard 04 



Climbing cutworms, M. V. Slingerlaud 64 



Cutworms in Kentucky, 11. Garman 06 



The grape root worm, F. I\I. Webster 07 



The San Jose scale, F. H. Hillmau 07 



The peach tree and its parasites, G. McCarthy 68 



Fruit pests, F. L. Washburn 68 



Kejiort of the entomologist of Vermont Station, G. H. Perkins 68 



FOODS — ANIMAL TRODirCTION. 



The minimum of protein in thu food required to produce nitrogen equilib- 

 rium, J. Munk 70 



The formation of fat from protein in the animal body, M. Kumagawa and 



G. Kaueda , 71 



A practical experiment in the study of dietaries, M. Talbot 71 



Chinese soja bean preparations, 11. C. P. Geerligs 72 



"Nutriotone," a condimental food, J. L. Hills 72 



Four ways of preserving fodder corn, J. L. Hills 72 



Experiments in feeding for beef, C. E. Thorne and J. F. Hickman 75 



