CONTENTS. Ill 



FIELT) CROPS. 



Page. 



Farm noten, Colorado Station, W. AV. Cooke 33 



Field experitneuts at ( ihent, IJelgiuin, P. de Caluvve 33 



liijrht amount and distribution of water in crop production, F. H. King 34 



A live-year rotation of crops, H.J. Wheeler and J. A. Tillinghast 34 



Results" ol>tained in lUOO from trial plats of grain, etc., AV. Saunders 34 



Kxperiments with grain and f( irage crops, R. A. Moore 36 



Experiments with corn, forage crojts, and cereals, A. M. Soule et al 36 



Experiments with forage crops, J. H. Skinner 37 



Crops for sunuuer forage, G. Henze 37 



Influence of the size of the seed on the yield, Edler 37 



The improvement of cereal crops, T. H. Middleton 37 



Fertilizer experiments with different forms of potash 37 



I'roduction of silage, S. Al. Babcock and H. L. Russell 37 



Unavoidable losses in silage, F. H. King 38 



Alanagement of ensilage crops, A. M. Soule 39 



The textile agaves ( if Algeria 39 



Corn culture, R. J. Redding - 39 



The effects of continued use of immature seed corn, E.^ S. Goff 39 



Corn growing - 39 



Cotton culture, R. J. Redding 40 



Tests of lupines, vetches, ancl peas for green manuring, O. Pitsch 40 



The culture of colza and lupines, Schribaux 40 



Experiments with oats on the value of seed exchange, F. F. Bruijning, jr 40 



Conmiercial fertilizers for potatoes, W. H. Jordan 41 



Influence of selecting seed potatoes, C. von Seelhorst 41 



A chemical investigation of the rice plant, etc., C. C. McDonnell 42 



Rice culture in the South, S. A. Knapp 42 



Pedigreed sorghum as a source of cane sugar, A. T. Neale 42 



Germination experiments with sugar-cane cuttings, Z. Kamerling 43 



Cane farming in Trinidad, P. Carmody 43 



A soil study of sugar beets, W. P. Headden 43 



Influence of mineral fertilizers on vield of sugar beets, P. Petrov 44 



Notes on sugar beets for 1899, R. H . .AIcDowell 44 



Sugar-beet culture in Wisconsin during 1899, F. AA'. AA^oll 44 



The culture of beets at Grignon in 1900, P. P. Deherain 45 



The conservation (drying) of beet tops 45 



Protuberances on sugar beets, H. A. Huston and A. H. Bryan 45 



List of publications on sugar-beet culture published in 1900, H. Briem 45 



The beet-sugar industry in Alichigan, 1900, C. D. Smith 45 



The sunflower plant, H. ^V. AViley 45 



Variation in the nitrogen content of cultivated wheats, P. de A^ilmorin 46 



The production of wheat in Alichigan, (). C. Howe 46 



Domestic supi>ly of sugar for Alichigan, R. C. Kedzie 46 



Management of the estate of Ellenbach, A. Caron 46 



HORTICULTURE. 



Report of tlie horticulturist, Georgia, A. L. Quaintance 46 



Report of the horti<'ulturist. North Carolina, W. F. Alassey 47 



Effects of continued use of immature tomato seed, E. S. Goff 47 



The horizontal training of tomatoes, G. Quinn 47 



Fertilizer and cultural tests with tomatoes, J. Troop 47 



Notes on celery, E. Walker 48 



Duration of the growth period in fruit trees, F. Cranefield 48 



Trial orchards, W. G. A'incenheller 49 



I'nder ])ianting in orchards, C. A. Keffer 50 



Effect of ah'alfa and grass on the growth of orchard trees 50 



Ai)ples that originated in Ohio, W. R. Lazenby 50 



The cherry in Kansas, with a chapter on the apricot and nectarine 50 



Pickling green olives, F. T. Bioletti 50 



Training the young lemon tree, Leffingwell 50 



The artificial coloring of oranges, Pum and K. Micko 50 



Navelencia — a new citrus creation 50 



Training the peach, C. A. Keffer 50 



Peaches in Massachusetts, J. AV. Clark 50 



