598 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Twenty-fourth. Annual Report of Connecticut State Station, 1900 ( Con- 

 necticut State Std. Bpt. 1900, pt. 4, pji. A'T'). — These pages^ include the organization list 

 of the station, a brief announcement relative to the character of the work done by 

 the station, a report of the board of control reviewing briefly the different lines of 

 station work during the year, and a financial statement for the year ended September 

 30, 1900. 



Fourteenth. Annual Report of Maryland Station, 1901 (Maryland iSta. Rj^t. 

 1901, i^p. XXIV^206). — The report proper consists of a rather detailed account by 

 the director of the history, equipment, lines of work, publications, etc., of the station 

 since its organization. Investigations in progress by the different departments are 

 outlined, as are also a number of cooperative experiments. A subject list is given of 

 station publications. Observations on precipitation and temijerature are tabulated. 

 A financial statement is given for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1901. Reprints of 

 Bulletins 68-76 of the station on the following subjects are appended: Fertilizer 

 experiments with different sources of phosphoric acid (E. S. R., 12, p. 930), the 

 influence of feed and care on the individuality of cows (E. S. R., 12, p. 1078), the 

 chemical composition of Maryland soils (E. S. R., 13, p. 28), notes on spi'aymg 

 peaches and plums in 1900 (E. S. R., 13, p. 152) , peach growing in Maryland (E. S. R., 

 13, p. 138), suggestions about combating the San Jose scale (E. S. R., 13, p. 160), 

 notes on celery blight (E. S. R., 13, p. 257), the effect of hydrocyanic-acid gas upon 

 grains and other seeds (E. S. R., 13, p. 462), and parturient paresis— milk fever, 

 calving fever (E. S. R., 13, p. 492). 



Fourteenth Annual Report of Mississippi Station, 1901 {3Tisslsslpj>i Sta. 

 Rpt. 1901, pp. 30). — This contains a review of the different lines of station work by 

 the director, a financial statement for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1901 , and some- 

 what detailed reports on station work by the heads of departments. Parts of these 

 reports are noted elsewhere. 



First Annual Report of Missouri Fruit Station, 1900 [Missouri Fruit Stci'. 

 Rpt. 1900, pp. 20). — An account of the estal)lishment and work of the station during 

 the year (see \). 552), with a financial statement. 



Tenth Annual Report of Oklahoma Station, 1901 {Oklahoma Sta. Rpt. 1901, 

 pp. 13-159). — This includes a rejwrt of the director reviewing the different lines of 

 station work; a summary of the press bulletins issued during the year on miscel- 

 laneous topics; meteorological observations; several articles noted elsewhere, and a 

 financial statement for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1901. 



Thirteenth Annual Report of Vermont Station, 1900 ( Vermont Sta. Rpd. 

 1900, pp. x!46-504). — This includes the organization libt of the station; a financial 

 statement for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1900; a report of the director reviewing 

 at some length the w'ork of the station during the year; a subject list of station pub- 

 lications available for distribution; abstracts of Bulletins 72-80 of the station, and 

 departmental leports abstracted elsewhere. 



Timely hints for farmers {Arizona Sta. Bui. 38, pp. 237-296, figs. 5).— This bul- 

 letin is a collection of popular articles issued by the station from October 1, 1900, to 

 July 1, 1901. The following subjects are discussed: The farmer's reading course, 

 stinking smut of wheat and its prevention, the use of chemical preservatives in milk, 

 the open range and the irrigation farmer, the value of a dairy herd record, the use of 

 the Babcock test, plant lice, suggestions concerning date culture, the spring vegetable 

 garden, some trees and })lants for barren places, the use of hand separators on the 

 farm, well waters for irrigation, home-made fertilizers, wild barley, the Australian 

 saltbush in Arizona, and millets. 



Press bulletins {Colorado Sta. Bui. 6^, pp. 29, charts 5). — Reprints of press 1)ul- 

 letins Nos. 1-11 issued from September, 1899, to April, 1901, on the following sub- 

 jects: The sugar-beet caterpillar, Colorado sunshine, the beet army worm, the can- 



