CONTENTS. Ill 



Pago. 



Analyses of commercial fertilizers, L. L. A'an Slyke 766 



Composition of wood ashes sold in Peuusylvauia, W. Frear 767 



Analyses of commercial fertilizers, W. C. Stubbs 767 



A discussion of certain commercial articles : Fertilizers, AV. H. Jordan 767 



Inspection of fertilizers in Maine, W. H. Jordan, J. M. Bartlett, and L. IT. 



Merrill 767 



Inspection of fertilizers, W. H. Jordan, J. M. Bartlett, and L. II. Merrill 767 



A nalyses of fertil izers, C. A. Goossmann 767 



Miscellaneous fertilizing substances, W. Frear 767 



Analyses of commercial fertilizers, H. J. Wheeler, B. L. Hartwell, and C. L. 



Sargent 768 



FIELD CKOPS. 



Alfalfa, "W.r. Headden 768 



Canaigre, R. H. Forbes 771 



Canaigre, the new tanning plant, H. H. Harrington and D. Adriance 772 



Experiments in corn culture, 1896, G. E. Morrow and J. H. Bone 772 



The i)rofitable amount of seed per acre for corn, W. H. Jordan 773 



White or yellow varieties of corn, E. H. Hess 773 



Important facts about corn, W. H. Jordan 780 



A report on the culture of hemp and jute in the United States, C. R. Dodge. . . 774 



The renewing of worn-out native prairie pastures, T. Williams 774 



Forage conditions of the prairie region, J. G. Smith 780 



A report on the grasses and forage plants of the Rocky Mountain region, P. A. 



Rydberg and C. L. Shear 781 



Grass gardens, F. Lamson-Scribner 781 



Grasses of salt marshes, F. Lamson-Scribner 781 



Influence of chemical fertilizers on the product of natural and artificial 



meadows, E. Zacharewicz 775 



Hemp culture, C. R. Dodge 781 



Oats, test of varieties 775 



Canadian field peas, T. Shaw 781 



A chemical study of the Irish potato, T. L. Watson • 775 



Potatoes, test of varieties, E. H. Hess 777 



Esiieriments with nitrate of soda and nitrate of potash upon sugar beets, with 



notes uiion top dressing, Schneidewind and Miiller 777 



The burning (qualities of tobacco, J. Nessler 777 



Wheat, test of A^arieties, E. H. Hess 777 



Wheat, thick and thin seeding, R. H. McDowell 781 



Distribution of seeds and plants, E.J. Wickson 782 



Effect of fertilizers on the proportion of grain to straw and stover, H. J. Waters 



andE. H. Hess 778 



General fertilizer experiments, H. J. Waters and E. H. Hess 778 



Sunflower heads and blackeye peas as silage crops, J. M. Bartlett 778 



Autumn catch crops, P. P. Dehcrain 779 



The influence of the rolling of crops upon their productiveness, E. Wollny 779 



HOKTICULTURE. 



Beans, L. C. Corbett 790 



Notes on cabbages, H. P. Gonld 782 



Onions, L. C. Corbett 782 



Notes on peas, H. P. Gould 790 



Salad plants and plant salads, F. A. Wangh 790 



Spinach, L. F. Kinney 783 



Notes on sweet corn, H. P. Gonld 783 



