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From a ^Ir. Rogers, of Gibbon, it was learned that the disease 

 could be cured by treatuienl witli ])ur(' carbolic acid. Saturate the 

 diseased parts and ^oiue of the surrounding tissues with the acid. 

 The severe sloughing w liidi follows will result in a rapid recovery. 



NEVADA. 



Nevada Agricultural Experiment Station. 



J>< jxirliiirnt of Nf iO((a Slate University. 



Lucatiuii. K*'ii(). Director, S. A. Jones, Ph. D. 



BULI.ETIX Xo. .5, .JUNE, 1889. 



Mf:teorolo(;jcal kepokt kou ^Vpiul, 31a v, and June, 1889, W. S, 

 Devol, B. Agr. (pp. 1-14).— -This contains notes on the "principal 

 features of the weather for the quarter," under the topics atmospheric 

 pressure, tenii)orature of the air, dew^-point and relative humidity, 

 precipitation, wind, frost, and miscellaneous. Tabular records of the 

 observations arc also given. 



NEW HAMPSHIRE. 



t 

 New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station. 



Deixutinciit of \rir Jluinj^nltire (JoUcije of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts. 

 Location. Ilanc.iver. Directoi-, G. II. Wliiteher, B. S. 



BULLETIN No. .">, :\IAI:C1I. 1889. 



Fertilizers and fertilizing :\iaterials, G. H. Whitcher, B. S. 

 (pp. 3-18). — This is devoted to explanations of the nature, composi- 

 tion, and values of fertilizers and fertilizing materials. As a reason 

 for the publication of the })ulleiin, it is stated that probably 80 per 

 cent of all iiujuiries addressed to the station relate either to the use 

 of fertilizers or to stock feeding. 



BULLEriN No. C. AriUL, 1889. 



Experiments with fertilizers, G. H. AVhitcher, B. S. (pp. 3- 

 32). — This contains explanations of the uses of fertilizers and ac- 

 counts of experiments Avith various kinds. 



Use of farm raanures. — Under this head is given an account of an 

 exj)eriment on different methods of application of barn-yard ma- 

 nures. Six cords of manure were used on each of the 3 acres of land 

 taken for this experiment. On one acre the manure was plowed 

 under in the fall ; on another it was spread on the surface in the fall, 

 and on the third it Avas spread on the surface in the spring. The 

 largest yield was with the second method and the smallest Avith the 

 third. 



Commercial fertilizers. — As regards these, the director states that — 



His own experience and that of farmers in various parts of the State have 

 gone far towards demonstrating that more economical results may be obtained 

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