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cases injury was done to the trees by the excessive use of turpentine 

 and kerosene. The trees should be examined at least three times dur- 

 ing the sunnner. and in each case enough of the liquid should be 

 applied to saturate the warts. To prevent the spread of the warts by 

 Avild chokecherries, these trees should be destroyed, and the garden 

 cherry trees should receive the same treatment as the ])lum trees. 



Testiiu/ iicir luij'ief/c.s (pp. 16, IT). — Nine varieties of potatoes and 

 five of beans Avere tested, but weather and other conditions interfered 

 with the success of the experiment. 



List of frn'/fs (pp. 18-22). — The varieties of fruits now growing 

 for experimental purposes at the Station include 48 of apples, 9 of 

 Russian apples, 4 of crab-apples, 51 of pears, 33 of plums, 11 of cher- 

 ries, 28 of peaches, 8 of apricots, 70 of grapes, 32 of raspberries, l-t of 

 blackberries, 10 of gooseberries, !) of currants, and 67 of strawberries. 



MICH Ki AX. 



Experiment Station of Michigan Agricultural College. 



Dcixirtiiicnt of MicJiiiKiii Ai/riciiltintil College. 

 Location. A.^ricuUurnl College. Director.* Oscar C'hite, M.S. 



[The bulletins of the College and the Station are published in a, 

 single series, numbered consecutively. As a rule, only a brief cata- 

 logue of the subjects of the College bulletins will be inserted in this 

 pul)li('ation. ] 



BULLETIN No. 4:t (COLLEGE). .L\NTjAKY. ISSO. 



Weather Service Department; Annial Report of the Di- 

 rector FOR 1888 AND THE RAIN-FAEL CHARTS OF ^MICHIGAN, N. B. 



CoNCER (pp. 3-33). 



BULLETIN No. 4-i (STATION). .JANUARY. 18S9. 



I IJiilletins Xos. 24 and 30, which treat of the same subject as No. 

 44, are reprinted as an appendix to this Bulletin. J 



Feeding steers of different breeds, S. Johnson, M. S. (pp. 

 3-29). — These bulletins record an experiment on feeding representa- 

 tives of some of the best-known breeds of cattle from calfhood to 

 maturity under the same conditions. As the attempt to secun* the 

 necessary animals from breeders' associations was unsuccessful, a 

 portion of the appropriation made by the State legislature for feed- 

 ing experiments was used for their purchase. In conducting the 

 experiment an eftort was made " to get good, aoeruge animals of the 

 various breeds, feed and care for them Avell and exactly alike save in 

 amount of food, and see how they would respond in growth and 

 flesh." Ten steers were used, two each of the Shorthorn, Holstein, 

 Jersey, and (xalloway breeds, one Hereford, and one Devon. They 

 were fed for a])proximately three years under nearly similar condi- 



* Edwin Willits. .M. A., was Director of this Station until April. 1889, when he 

 was appointed Assistant Secretary of Agriculture by President Harrison. 



