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1 Jarley, L. Grandeau 237 



Fertilizers for barley, L. Grandeau 237 



Observations on the culture of Ijeets, Berthault and Bretigniere 237, 238 



Influence of distance between plants in row on yield of forage beets 238 



Influence of distance on yield and (|uality of fodder beets, A. von Kotteritz 239 



Comparison of forage beets with varieties of a medium sugar content, Desprez. 239 



Broom corn, W. E. Dodson 239 



The improv' ement of the castor plant, W. 11. Shaw 239 



The culture of the castor bean in vVlgeria, C. Riviere 239 



Cotton culture, C. Farmer 239 



The cowpea 239 



Cbwpeas, soy beans, and winter vetch, J. D. Towar 239 



Alfalfa, cowpeas, and clover as factors in reducing feed bills, A. T. JSIeale 239 



Study of (ietty's iiiethod of raising cowpeas for silage purposes, A. T. Neale. . 239 



The depth of plowing in flax culture, Kuhnert 240 



Hemp from the higiier latitudes cultivated in France, E. (iain 240 



( irasses and clovers in Idaho, 1 1. T. French 240 



Vermont grasses and clovers, L. R. Jones 241 



Economic notes on some of the grasses of southwest Missouri, S. A. Hoover. . 241 



Kentucky forage plants, H. Carman and A. M. Peter 241 



Kentucky blue grass seed, A. J. Pieters and E. Brown 241 



The use of corn fertilizers on meadows, E. Zacharewicz 241 



The time of ajsplying potash salts on moorland meadows, B. Tacke 241 



Experiments with oats, J.N. Harper and A. M. Peter 242 



Fertilizers for oats, L. Grandeau 242 



Plant breeding, M. Fisher 242 



Variety and fertilizer tests with potatoes, W. J. Green and C. W. Waid 242 



Variety tests of potatoes, E. Gross 243 



Potato experiments at Garforth, R. S. Seton 243 



Sand lucern, J. D. Towar 243 



Sorghum in 1901, C. L. Penny 243 



Beets and sorghum compared on the basis of sugar production, A. T. Neale. . . 243 



The sugar beet in Delaware, A. T. Neale 243 



Sugar-beet experiments, C. L. Penny 244 



Sugar-beet experiments in 1901 , J. 1). Towar 244 



The influence of lack of plant food on the sugar beet 245 



Green manuring for sugar beets, H. Briem 245 



History of sugar-beet culture and l)eet-sugar manufacture in France, J. Helot. 245 



Experiments in cultivating sugar cane, AV. C. Stubbs 245 



Fertilizing experiments with sugar cane, J. D. Kobus 246 



New method of preserving sweet potatoes, J. S. Newman and J. S. Pickett. . . 246 



Tobacco culture on the east coast of Sumatra, W. Westerman 247 



Sumatra tobacco, H. Dentz 247 



Fertilizers for tobacco, P. Wagner 247 



The soverane herbe; a history of t()l)acco, AV. A. Penn .... 247 



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Field experiments with nitrate of soda on market garden crops, E. B. Voorhees. 247 



Homegrown?;, purchased seed, W. C. Stubbs, F. H. Burnette, and E. AVatson. . 249 



Preliminary account of variation in bean hybrids, R. A. Emerson 249 



Investigation as to cause of pithiness in celery, E. P. Sandsten and T. H. White. 250 



Experiments in hybridizing 251 



The book of vegetables, G. Wythes 251 



The agave; memoir on its culture and the value of its products, J. C. Segura. . 251 



Report of the horticulturist, G. H . Powell 252 



Deciduous fruits at and near the Southern Coast Range Substation, C. H . Shinn . 252 



Thinning fruits, E. P. Sandsten * 253 



Improving an orchard, F. W. Card 253 



Value of improved methods in the })ropagation of fruit trees, G. T. Po\\ell 253 



Renewal pruning, E. S. Goff 253 



Two new apricots, P. IMouillefert - 254 



Stringfellow method of iilanting peach trees, H. M. Collingwood 254 



Moderate v. severe thinning of peaches, A. T. Jordan 254 



Fertilizer experiments with sour cherries and plums 254 



Notes on strawberries, H. 0. Price and E. E. Little 254 



