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Tomatoes (pp. 59-Gl). — Tests of fifteen varieties arc reported. 

 The results are briefly summarized as follows: 



Earliest, Ely's King at the Eurlies; best eavly. Dwarf ( 'haiupidii ; early pro- 

 lific. Ferry's Optiimis. Large Kouncl Yellow : good late. Mayllower, Queen, Acme, 

 Trophy; best late, Mikado. 



Peppers (pp. Ol, 02). — Tests of seven varieties are rejiorted. 



Beets (p. ()-2). — Tests of fourteen varieties are reported. The 

 largest yields were with Vilmorin's Sugar, Ked (Tlol)e Mangel, and 

 Early Flat Bassans. 



Tohaeeo (pp. (;-2, (>?>). — Of the thi-ee kinds tested this season, AVil- 

 son's Prolific gave the best results. 



Onions (p. (33). — Tests of ten varieties are reported. The largest 

 yields were with Red Bassans, Danver's Yellow Globe, and Marzajola. 



Carrots (p. ()3). — Tests of six varieties are reported. Long Cas- 

 saby and Long AVhite Belgian Great Top gave largest yields. 



Miseellaiu'oiis phnits (p. 04). — Under this head tests of a few A^arie- 

 ties of parsley, cotton, egg-plants, and other vegetables are reported. 



Observations on soil temperatures (pp. 65-79). — This is a tabular 

 record from ISfay to Xovember, 1888, inclusive, of observations with 

 7 of Green's soil thermometers at depths of froin 1 to 36 inches. 



Rain-gauges (pp. 80-84). — Six rain-gauges were placed in different 

 parts of the farm, on high and low ground, in open fields and in 

 woods. The observations, recorded in tables, were made from July 

 5 to Xovember 16, 1888. 



Meteorological Report for 1888, D. B. Brace, Ph. D., and F. F. 

 Almy (pp. 85-98). — This is a tabulated record for each month of 

 1888. The observations included temperature, htmiidity, precipita- 

 tion, and direction and velocity of wind. 



BULLETINS Nos. 7. 8. 9. 10. JUNE, 1889. 



Original investigations or cattle diseases in Nebraska, 1886- 

 89, F. S. Billings (pp. 267), (illustrated). 



Southern cattle-plague and yellovj fever (pp. 3-162). Part I: 

 Nomenclature ; defnitioii; geographical distrihution; histonj (pp. 3- 

 21). — The author proposes the name " Southern cattle-plague of the 

 United States " in place of "' nuirrain,". " splenic fever," " Texas 

 fever," " Southern fever," or '' Spanish fever," as this disease has been 

 variously denominated. The disease is defined as an " extra-organ- 

 ismal-infectious-septica?mia." It is asserted that so far as known this 

 cattle-i)lague is peculiarly an American disease which originates in 

 those parts of our Soutliern States bordering upon the Gulf of Mexico 

 and the Southern Atlantic Ocean. Though it is not positively known 

 to exist in Europe, Asia, or Africa, the author is inclined to believe 

 that this plague, or a near relative, has been described by Prof. S. 

 Rivolta as existing in Italy. It occurs in the United States in the 

 same latitudes, and under almost, if not quite, the same climatic and 



