manure were used on different plats. The effects of planting the 

 turnips G inches, 1 foot, and 2 feet apart in the drill were also tested. 

 The variations in the duplicate uniuanured plats were wide. The 

 fertilized plats were not duplicated. The results are stated in tabular 

 form. 



Taking the yields as actually obtained on the single plats, kainit 

 brought a larger yield than any other single substance, while phosphates, 

 which are frequently regarded as a specific for turnips, seemingly 

 increased the yield but little. There was little apparent difference in 

 effect between raw phosphate and superphosphate. Cow and horse 

 manure did not bring yields which compared favorably with those 

 produced by one-twentieth the weight of artificial fertilizers. One foot 

 seemed the most advantageous distance between plants. 



Comparison of varieties of turnips (pp. 7, 8). — "Twenty-five varieties 

 of turnips were planted August 23 upon thin, sandy land, well manured 

 broadcast with compost, cotton-seed meal, and cottonseed-hull ash." 

 Earliest Bloomsdale Eed Top was the earliest of the twenty five varie- 

 ties; Milan Strai) leaf, second; Early Flat Dutch Strap-leaf, third; 

 Purple Top Strap-leaf, fourth ; and Large Early Eed Top Globe, fifth. 

 White Globe and White Globe Strap-leaf seemed to be identical. De- 

 tails are given in tabular form. 



Varieties of grapes (pp. 9, 10).— Notes on thirty-nine varieties. As 

 stated in the article, the observations must be continued through a 

 series of years to be valuable and reliable. Paper bags were used with 

 considerable success and profit to protect the grapes from " black rot," 

 insects ,and birds. " It cost $1 to protect 500 pounds, or 1,000 bnnches, 

 of grapes." 



Report of Chemist, N. T. Lupton, M. D., LL. D. (pp. 11-13). — 

 This contains tables of analyses of tbirty-seven samples of commercial 

 fertilizers received from the State Commissioner of Agriculture, six 

 soils and subsoils, and two specimens of coal. 



Eeport of Botanist, P. H. Mell, M. E., Ph. D. (pp. 14-17).— 

 This article contains notes on the ^Yoods of Alabama, continue«l from 

 Bulletin No. 2. Attention is called to the fact that Black Walnut 

 {JtKjlans nigra L.) is " rapidly disappearing from the State because of 

 the great number of trees annually cut for lumber." The people are 

 urged to plant trees annually to repair the loss. The chestnut trees in 

 Alabama "seem to be subjected to a blight or some destructive disease 

 that is rapidly destroying them. This is particularly true when other 

 trees are cut from around them." 



Meteorological Eeport, P. H. Mell, M. E., Ph. D., and T. D. 

 Samford, B. S. (pp. 18-22). — This article contains an account of the 

 observations made with soil thermometers and other instruments dur- 

 ing October, November, and December, 1888. The Station has thirty 

 soil thermometers, divided into three sets, ranging in depth from 1 to 

 96 inches. 



