TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Letter of transmittal i x: 



Introduction 1 



Abstracts of Station Bulletins, January-June, ld89, Part I 3-4'J 



Alabama: 



Agricultural Experiment Station of the Agricultural and Mechanical 



College of Alabama :? 



Bulletin No. 3 (new series), January, 1889 3 



Report of agriculturist, J. S. Newman 3 



Experiment with corn 3 



fertilizers on ground-peas 3 



sweet potatoes 3 



fertilizers on turnips 3 



Comparison of varieties of turnips 4 



Varieties of grapes 4 



Report of chemist, N. T. Luptou, M. D., LL. D 4 



Report of botanist, P. H. Mell, M. E., Ph. D 4 



Woods of Alabama 4 



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



B. S 4 



Bulletin No. 4 (new series), February, 1889 ,5 



Strawberry, grape, and raspberry culture, J. S. Newman 5 



Bulletin No. 5 (new aeries), April, 1889 5 



Cotton, J. S. Newman 5 



Experiments with fertil izers 5 



Proper ratio between phosphoric acid and nitrogen in fer- 

 tilizers for cotton 5 



Three forms of phosphoric acid for cotton C 



Will lime increase the efficiency of the phosphates for 



cotton ? (3 



Can improved methods and the use of fertilizers increase 



the profits of cotton culture on very poor, sandy lands ? , . 6 



Varieties of cotton 7 



Study of the soils of the State with reference to cotton culture. . 7 



Feeding pigs for pork production 7 



Turnips 7 



Description of barns and dairy— feeding experiments, Isaac Ross. . 7 



Report of chemist, N. T. Luptou, M. D., LL. D 7 



Report of meteorologist, P. H. Mell, M. E., Ph. D 7 



Canebrake Agricultural Experiment Station 8 



Bulletin No. 3, January, 1389 8 



Report of assistant director, W. H. Newman, M. Sc 8 



Experiments with corn 8 



Meteorology 8 



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