II CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Cornmerci.il fertilizers, H. A. Huston 35 



Composition of commercial fertilizers, H. B. McDonnell et al 36 



Analyses of commercial fertilizers collected in 1895, L. L. Van Slyke 36 



Analyses of commercial fertilizers, J. L. Hills, B. O. White, and C. H. Jones 36 



Some inferior wood ashes, F. W. Morse 36 



The New York fertilizer law and its meaning, L. L. Van Slyke 37 



FIELD CROPS. 



Attempts to grow crimson clover, E. Davenport 45 



Corn : Cultural investigations and comparisons of varieties, J. F. Hickman 37 



Method of determining comparative yields in variety tests of corn,W. J. Fraser. 38 



Experiments with corn. VV". J. Fraser 39 



Corn and potato experiments, E. H. Miller and E. H. Brinkley 39 



Field experiments with coin, cotton, and forage plants, J. H. Connell and 



J. Clayton 39 



Experiments with cotton, .1. F. Duggar 40 



Some forage, liber, and other useful plants, < <. McCarthy 41 



Experiments with oats, C. C. Georgeson, F. C. Burtis, and D. H. Otis 42 



Potatoes. W.J.Green 42 



Experiments with potatoes. B. I>. Halsted 43 



Experiments with potatoes, F. W*. Rane and L.Hunt 45 



Field experiments on hay, pasture, potatoes, swedes, and mangels 43 



Manurial experiments in various parts of Scotland 44 



HORTICULTURE. 



Forcing cauliflower with lettuce and cucumbers, II. C. Irish 46 



Tomato growing in New Hampshire, F. W. Rane and L. Hunt 46 



Notes on tomato breeding, F. W. Rane 51 



Apple grew ing in New Jersey, E. B. Voorhees 47 



Productiveness of grapes as affected by self-fertilizing of their blossoms, 



S. A. Beach 52 



Fruit culture in South Dakota. X. E. Hansen 48 



Thinning fruits. S.T. Maynard, J. II. Putnam, and S.W. Fletcher 48 



Variety tests of fruits, S. T. Maynard, J. II. Putnam, and S. W. Fletcher 49 



Testing fruits. S. A. Beach 50 



Promising new fruits. S. J! Heiges 51 



Small-fruit culture, G. B. Gilchrist 52 



Principles of pruning, ('. B. Heiges 51 



The almond in southwest Utah and southeast Nevada 52 



The home vegetable garden, W, F. Massey 50 



SEEDS. 



Electro-germination, A. S. Kinney 53 



Variety tests of vegetable seeds. S. T. Maynard, J. II. Putnam, and S. VY. 



Fletcher 54 



Field tests with vegetables, S. T. Maynard, J. H. Putnam, and S. W. Fletcher.. . 54 



diseases OF PLANTS. 



Report of the mycologist, P. C, Stewart 55 



Field experiments with potatoes For 1896, B. I >. Halsted 57 



Corn smut, A. S. Hitchcock and J. B. S. Norton 59 



Corn smut. A. 1 >. Selby and J. F. Hickman 59 



Raspberry anthracnose, S. A. Beach and W. Paddock 59 



Treatment of common diseases and insects injurious to fruits and vegetables, 



S. A. Beach and W. Fad. lock til' 



ENTOMOLOGY. 



I'lie principal household insects of the United states. F. <> Howard, C. L. 



Marlatt, and F. H. Chittenden 62 



