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Page. 



Experiments with muUbing, 1>. 1). Ilalsted 886 



Fruit statistics, A. T. Jordau 880 



Field L'X])erimeiits with fertilizers upon poach trees, S. S. Voorhees 887 



Failure of pears to mature, B. D. Ilalsted 887 



Report of horticulturist, J. Ci'aig 887 



Experimeuts with fertilizers on cranberries 888 



Rei»ort of the horticulturist, J. T. .Stinsou 889 



Report of the horticulturist, L. E. Taft 889 



SEEDS — WEEDS. 



Report of the seed-coutrol station at Vienna, Austria, 189.5-'9t;, T. Ritter von 



Weiuzierl 891 



Tests of the vitality of grain and other seeds, W. Saunders 891 



Work with weeds, B. D. Halsted 892 



DISEASES OF PLANTS. 



Report of the botanist, 13. D. Halsted 892 



A bacterial disease of the tomato, eggjilaut, and Irish potato, E. F. Smith . .. 895 



Pear blight, J. T. Stinson 899 



SiJraying experiments, J. Craig 897 



ENTOMOLOGY. 



The apiary : Report for year ending June 30, 1895, R. L. Taylor 900 



Report of the entomologist, J. B. Smith 903 



Report of the consulting entomologist, G. C. Davis 905 



Report of the entomologist and botanist of the Canada Experimental Farms, 



J. Fletcher 905 



The Australian sugar-cane pest {Leiiidiota sqiiamulaUi), H. Tryon 90H 



Fruit-tree borers, A. Craw 907 



Locust destruction in Natal 907 



Report on the phylloxera in Hungary during the years 1891-'93 907 



Eel worm (Tylenchus dcvasiatrix), E. A. Ormerod 908 



Injurious insects, E. A. Ormerod 908 



Insects, J. T. Stinson 909 



The Mexican cotton boll weevil, L. O. Howard 912 



On the parasites of the diseased and healthy silkworm, a contribution to tlie 



study of flacherie, grasserie, and pebrine, I. Krasilshtshik 909 



FOODS — ANIMAL PRODUCTION. 



Concerning wheat and its mill products, G. L. Teller 913 



Composition of tln^ ash of wheat and its mill products, G. L. Teller 9U 



Experiments to determine the coefticients of digestibility of grain by hens, 



J. Kalugine - - 915 



The fattening of cattle, J. W. Robertson 916 



Feeding cattle, S. A. Bedford 916 



Sheep feeding, C. D. Smith 924 



Feeding sheaf wheat to pigs and steers, II. T. French 917 



Feeding potatoes to i>igs, H. T. French 918 



Swine feeding, C. D. Smith 919 



Feeding of swine, .1. W. Robertson 921 



Report of poultry manager, A. a. ( iilbert 922 



Poultry department, C. D. Smith 924 



