CONTENTS. Ill 



Page. 



Analyses of commercial fertilizers, M. B. Hardin 140 



Commercial fertilizers, M. B. Hardin L40 



on the economic application of sawdust, G. A. Sellergren 1 in 



Covered drying frames for peat litter, H. V. Tiberg 140 



FIELD CROPS. 



Annual report of Alaska experiment stations for 1903, C. C. Georgeson 140 



Annual report of the Hawaii Experiment Station for 1903, J. G. Smith 142 



Annual report of the Porto Rico Experiment Station for 1903, F. J). Gardner. 14:; 



Crop experiments in 1903, A. M. Ten Eyck and V. M. Shoesmith L45 



Report on field crops, J. H. Shepperd and E. (i. Schollander 140 



The Edgeley subexperiment station, (). A. Thompson and J. H. Shepperd ... 14s 



Report of [Philippine] Bureau of Agriculture for year ending August 31, 1902. 148 



The industry in oil seeds, C. M. Daugherty 148 



One-horse farm, J. S. Newman 148 



Pasture and forage crops in Nebraska, T. L. Lyon and A. S. Hitchcock 148 



Pasture, meadow, and forage crops, T. L. Lyon and A. S. Hitchcock 150 



A six-year rotation of crops, II. J. Wheeler and G. E. Adams 150 



The department of agronomy, L. A. Merrill 151 



Cross-bending test < if stems in cereal breeding, P. Holdefleiss 1 51 



The cultivation of corn, C. P. Hartley 151 



Selection of corn and wheat, E. F. Ladd 152 



Consumption < >f cott< >n in the cotton States, J. L. Watkins 152 



The growing of long-staple upland cottons, H. J. Webber 152 



The A, B, C of cotton planting, D. Morris 152 



Principal commercial plant fibers, L. 11. Dewey 152 



Lupines as green manure for rye, Causemann 152 



The percentage of husk in different varieties of oats, C. Hauter 152 



Irish potatoes, E. C. Green 15l' 



Competitive potato culture in Belgium in 1903, L. Lacroix 153 



The effect of frequent cultivation on the yield of potatoes, Bachmann 15:: 



Variety tests with potatoes at Capelle, E. I tesprez 153 



Bice, W. 'C. Stubbs, W. R. Dodson, and C. A. Browne, jr 153 



Green and yellow grained rye and their yields, Reichert 153 



Relatii >n ( >f sugar 1 teets > general farming, ('. < >. Townsend 153 



( '( unparative production of alcohol and sugar fr< >m the beet L54 



Comparative results of seedling sugar canes, W. C. Stubbs and R. E. Blouin.. 154 



Tobacco culture in South ( Jarolina, T. B. Young 154 



Macaroni wheat, J. H. Shepard 154 



HORTICULTURE. 



Second report on the pithiness of celery, C. F. Austin and T. H. White 154 



Ovidius, a new winter vegetable, G. T. Grignan 155 



The seeds of garden beans, Denaiffe 155 



Cross fertilizatii >n 1 56 



Department of horticulture, C. B. Waldron 156 



Experiment station work with apples, C. B. Smith 150 



Notes on apple culture, C. F. Austin 150 



Relation of cold storage to commercial apple culture, G. H. Powell 156 



An apple for the Tropics 156 



The lemon industry of Sicily 156 



Promising new fruits. VV. A. Taylor 156 



A new method of budding 157 



Sexual hybridization and variation by grafting. A. Jurie 157 



Studies on the manuring of Chablis grapes, E. Rousseaux and < i. Chappaz 1 -J < 



( drafting European vines on phylloxera-resistant stocks, M. Blunno 158 



Tests of etherization for grapevines, E. Charmeux 158 



The effect of etherization on the forcing of plants, G. Bellair 158 



Experiments to determine effect of ether and chloroform on plants, .1. Bolle. . L59 



The possibilities of the western sand cherry, X. E. Hansen 159 



Experimental forestry: Rubber, C. F. M. Synnerton .' L59 



F( irmalin in treating ( 'astilloa rubber '59 



Ueren brasUit nsis in the Malay Peninsula, S. Arden 159 



Extraction of gutta-percha from the leaves, W. R. Dunstan 150 



