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Louisiiuiii is o-()(»(l. This is ;i luattcr (A' niucli iiuijortancc to the fanii- 

 ■ rs ot" thai n'<:i()ii. 



p.rLLKTix No. T.\ ( sr(;Ai; station i. ISSO. 



Dii'iT siox OF si(;An-('A>E ( ])i). ^VJ.')-;')!')! ) . — This contains a record 

 of experiments made at Kenner, La., durino- the season of 1888, in ap- 

 |ilicatioii of the process of diffusioii to thi^ extraction of sugar from 

 sugar-cane. The apparatus used was essentially that employed in the 

 exj)eriments at the same place with sorghum, and described in Bulletin 

 >s<). r.) of the Station and IWdletin Xo. -JO of the Chemical Division of 

 the Tnited States Departjuent of Agriculture. Full details of manu- 

 facture and dili'erent methods of clarification are given. Excellent re- 

 sults were obtained throughout. Tlu' maxinuim yield per ton was 

 240.1 jDounds of commercial sugar, ecpial to ^KJ.Ta pounds of pure 

 sucrose pei- ton. The economic superiority of dilfnsion over milling is 

 thus demonstrated. [With the best milling applied to similar cane, 

 the quantity of connnercial sugar would be from 180 to 200 pounds. 

 At the time of this writing (autumn. 1880) the dilfnsion process has 

 been introduced in five or six of the largest ])lantations in the State. — 



P^DITOH. I 



MAIXE. 



Maine State College Agricultural Experiment Station. 



Depnrt incut (>f state ColJci/c of Ai/riciiltiirr ami the Mrclianic Arts. 



Location. Oniiio. Dii-ectur. Wliitiunu II. .Tordan, M. S. 



BULLETIN No. 1 (SECOND SEKIES). MAY, 1SS9. 

 PaKTIAL STATE3IEXT OF ANALYSIS OF C()M:MEK('IAL FERTILIZERS FOR 



1889. AV. H. JoRDAx, jNI. S. (pp. 1-3).— The annual analysis of three 

 samples of each brand of fertilizer sold in the State is required by 

 the Maine fertilizer lav/. As it is not practical)le for the Station to do 

 i',11 this work and publish the results before the farmers purchase their 

 fertilizers in the s))ring, a partial statement is published of anal^^ses 

 made to date. The trade values for 1889. comiiiled from data col- 

 lected in Connecticut. Massachusetts, and other States, are given and 

 analyses of twenty-seven samples of fertilizers re])orted. 



r.lLLETIN No. 2 (SECOND SEKIES (. 



The APPLE MAGGOT ( Trypeta p():\i()xei,ea, Walsh). F. L. Harvey. 

 M. S. (pp. 1-5). ^A short introduction by Director Jordan urges con- 

 certed and vigorous action on the part of the fruit-growers of the 

 State in carrying out the i)ractical tlirections given by Professor 

 Harvey. Ilie article contains a brief life history of this maggot and 

 an account of methods and I'cmedies for its prevention and destruc- 

 tion. Professor Harvey's account of this insect and the i)roi)er 

 methods for its treatment confirms the results of investigations pub- 

 lished by I'rofessor C'onistock in the Annual lve[)ort of the U. S. 



