CONTENTS. Ill 



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Com experiments, W. M. Hays 223 



Field experiments with corn, H. J. Waters and C. M. Conner 212 



Yields and time of ripening of five different varieties of maize, Samek 214 



Grain and forage crops, J . H. Shepperd 214 



Kafir corn, C C. Georgeson, F. C. Burtis, and D. H. Otis 215 



The mannring of irrigated meadows, Streker 215 



Experiments in manuring meadows 2^5 



Variety tests of oats, W. M. Hays 223 



Variety tests of field peas, W. M. Hays 223 



Potatoes, L. R. Taft 216 



Potato experiments, R. H. Miller and E. H. Brinkley 216 



Inquiry into the principles of potato growing, and tests of varieties, P. 



Schweitzer 216 



A test of northern and home grown seed potatoes, C. O. Flagg, J. D. Towar, 



and G. M. Tucker 217 



Early potatoes, C. O. Flagg and G. M. Tucker 217 



Potatoes, fertilizer experiments, AV. J. Green and H. O. McFadden 218 



Potatoes, variety tests, S. B. Green 219 



Variety trials with potatoes, W. J. Green and H. O. McFadden 219 



Potato culture, results of 1894 and 1895, A. Girard 219 



Culture of the potato in Algeria, H. Hitler 219 



Variety tests of rape, W. M. Hays 223 



Field root crops, W. M. Hays 223 



Experiments in the culture of sugar beets in Nebraska, H. H. Nicholson and 



T. L. Lyon 220 



Tobacco, yellow leaf and cigar varieties, W. C. Stnbbs, J. G. Lee, and D. N. 



Barrow 220 



Types of tobacco and their analyses, F. B. Carpenter 221 



Test of fertilizers on wheat, D. 0. Nourse 221 



Variety tests of wheat, W. M. Hays 222 



Wheat, cutting at difterent dates, R. H. McDowell 224 



Tillage experiments, W. M. Hays 222 



Silage and silos, W. P. Wheeler 222 



Cross rotation experiments, W. M. Hays 223 



HORTICULTURE. 



Variety tests of beans, W. M. Hays 231 



Onion culture, R. L. Watts 224 



Peas and sweet corn, H. P. Gould 231 



Tomatoes, 8. B. Green 225 



Vegetables, L. C . Corbett 225 



Vegetable tests, H. P. Gladden and U. P. Hedrick 225 



Dwarf apples, E . G. Lodeman 226 



Evaporating apples, W. B. Al wood 227 



Pear culture, W. B. Alwood 227 



The American persimmon, J. Troop and O. M. Hadley 228 



Strawberries, C . W. Mathews 231 



Small fruits, variety tests, S. B. Green 231 



Nut culture in the United States, W, P. Corsa 229 



SEEDS — WEEDS. 



On the influence of arsenic on the germination of seeds, B. Jimsson 232 



Testing garden seeds, L. F. Kinney and G. E. Adams 233 



Latent life of seed, V. Jodin and A. Gautier 233 



