CONTENTS. Ill 



FEKTII.IZEKS. 



Pasre. 



Fertilizing value of the nitrogen of stable manure, T. Pfeiffer et al 932 



Goat manure, D. iNIartelli 933 



Guano collected on islands in Red Sea near the Colony of P>itrea, D. Martelli. 933 



Vegetation experiments with phosphates, O. Kellner and 0. Bnttcher 933 



On the relative value i>f different phosphates, D. Prianishnikov 934 



The creator of the sujierphosphate industry and work at Rothamsted, Maizicres. 935 



Phosi)hates in Algeria and Tunis, INIaizieres 935 



Pot experiments with nitrogenous fertilizers, C. S. Phelps 935 



Reports on sewage distribution at Gennevillieres and d' Acheres 935 



An experiment on soil improvement, C. >S. Phelps 935 



Analyses of commercial fertilizers, M. A. Scovell et al 935 



Analyses of commercial fertilizers, L. L. Van Slyke and "NV. H. Andrews 935 



Report on commercial fertilizers inspected in Ohio during 1901 936 



The fertilizing value of citrus culls, E. W. Hilgard 936 



Compost formulas 936 



Planting, fertilizing, and yield tables, Vibrans 936 



FIELD CROPS. 



Right amount and distribution of water in crop production, F. H. King 936 



Field experiments with fertilizers, C. S. Phelps 936 



Fertilizer exjieriments, J. Sebelien 936 



Field experiments with grain and forage plants, R. A. INIoore . . . •. 938 



Records of seed distribution and cooperative experiments, F. Lamson-Scribner. 9S9 



Causes operative in the formation of silage, S. M Babcock and H. L. Russell.. 939 



Unavoidable losses in making silage, F. H. King 940 



Growing alfalfa, W. C. Currie 941 



Studies on Bohemian barley, B. Prochiizka 941 



The effects of the growth of berseem on the soil, G. P. Foaden 941 



Some facts on the maize crop, G. P. Foaden 941 



History of cotton, G. P. Foaden 941 



Flax culture in Argentina, C. D. Girola 941 



Johnson grass, C. R. Ball 941 



Variations in the fertilizing constituents contained in oats, A. Atterberg 942 



Studies on potatoes, A. Petermann 945 



Variety tests with potatoes, C. Fruwirth 945 



Necessary qualities of potatoes for the manufacture of alcohol, W. Keller 945 



Observations on rice culture in Argentina 946 



Rice as a reclamation crop, J. H. Paull 946 



Storing root crops 946 



Results of variety tests with rye, Bachmann 946 



Experiments in sugar-beet culture in 1900 and 1901 , F. W. WoU and R. H. Shaw 946 



Relative composition of different varieties of sugar cane, P. Boniime 946 



Results of tobacco experiments conducted in the United States, M. L. Floyd.. 946 



The growing of tobacco under shade in Connecticut, E. H. Jenkins 947 



Report of the wheat experimentalist, AV. Farrer and R. W. Peacock 947 



The selection of wheat, C. Lemce 948 



Culture exjieriments with varieties of spring and winter wheat 948 



The quality of wheat grown in Upper Bavaria in 1899, R. Ulrich 948 



Yields of liest varieties of wheat cultivated in Northern France, R. Lavallee.. 948 



The improvement of Egyptian wheats, G. P. Foaden 948 



The Algerian durum wheats, C. S. Scofield 948 



How can Germany dis[)ense with foreign wheats, etc.? P. Holdefleiss 948 



.\griculture and plant breeding in Denmark in 1900, T. C. Westh 948 



HORTICULTURE. 



Asparagus — its culture for hf)me use and for market, F. M. Hexamer 948 



A list of American varieties of peppers, W. W. Tracy, jr 948 



The new rlmbarb culture, J. E. Morse and G. B. Fiske 949 



The book of the greenhouse, J. C. Tallack 949 



The fuel question in greenhouse heating, L. R. Taft 949 



A study of certain conditions affecting the setting of fruits, E. S. CJoff 949 



The experimental ap))le orchard, A. Dickens and (J. O. Greene 950 



A study of the growth of apple trees, C. A. Keffcr 950 



Orchard notes, C. F. Austin 951 



Orchard cover crops, J. Craig 951 



