CONTENTS. Ill 



rage. 



Cotton, its cultivation and fertilization, A. A. Persons 125 



Flax, \V. Saunders 118 



Kafir corn, C. C. Georgeson 125 



Experiments with lupines and other nitrogen gatherers, B. Larsen 118 



Exi)eriuients on pasture in 1896, E. K 119 



Coniparative trial of oats, G. Vaalder 119 



Field experiments on oats 119 



Irish potatoes, C. L. Newman 125 



On a special method of planting potatoes, C. Allier 120 



Concerning the intiuence of the starch content of the potato on the amount 



and quality of the yield, H. Hitler 120 



Potato experiments, M. A. Scovell and C. W. Mathews 121 



Potatoes, L. Foster 121 



Potatoes, L. C. Corbett 121 



Studies of Norwegian potatoes of the crop of 1895, J. Sebelien 122 



A study of the fertilizing materials used by the sugar beet, W. Schneidewind 



and H. C. Miiller 122 



Natural sugar in tobacco 122 



Experiments with wheat, oats, and fertilizers 123 



Notes on the threshing of wheat, N. A. Cobb 123 



Crop conditions at Strend Agricultural School, Norway, 1886-'95, O. Sandberg. 124 



HORTICULTURE. 



Irrigation of garden crops, B. D. Halsted and J. A. Kelsey 127 



Cassava, O. Clute 128 



Taro and tropical yam, O. Clute 128 



The pole Lima beans, L. H. Bailey 128 



Notes on apricots at Phcenix Station, W. S. Devol 129 



Present condition and treatment of orange groves, M. S. Moremen 129 



Small fruits by irrigation, S. C. Mason and F. C. Sears 130 



The 1895 chrysanthemums, L. H. Bailey, W.Miller, and C. E. Hunn 130 



Sweet peas. L. H. Bailey and A. P. Wymau 131 



Zinc in evaporated apples, H. W. Wiley 132 



Experiments with new orchard fruits, trees, and shruhs, J. L. Budd 133 



Spraying fruits ; strawberries ; grapes. J. T. Stinson 133 



Eeport on fruits, S. T. Maynard and J. H. Putnam 134 



List of A'arieties of fruits, W. S. Devol 134 



Fruits at the Agricultural College, L. R. Tuft and H. P. Gladden 134 



Fruits at South Haven, T. T. Lyon 134 



Fruits and vegetables on the Gulf Coast, F. S. Earle 134 



Extension work in horticulture, L. H. Bailey 135 



FORESTRY. 



The internal temperature of trees, C. Flammarion 135 



Mechanical and physical properties of Southern pine, B. E. Fernow 135 



DISEASES OE PLANTS. 



Insect and fungus pests of potatoes, H. Garman 136 



Potato scab, L. Foster 137 



Diseases of the i)otato, E. G. Lodeman 137 



Potato blights and fungicides, L. R. Jones 138 



On the primary cause of potato scab, E. Roze 139 



A new disease of almond trees, U. Brizi 139 



Frost injuries to apples and i)ears, L. R. .Jones 139 



