283 



StiDIKS in CKVrTOCA.MIC BO'JAN'^. W . \l. DlDI.KV, M. S. {\)\). 1^3- 



]!)*,)). — These brief notes on sul)jects now under invest i<i-at ion at the 

 Station Avere wi'itten chielly to solicit information from those practi- 

 cally ac<iiiaintefl with the plant diseases referred to. The subjects 

 treated aic the onion mold {Peronospora schleidcniana, De Bary) ; 

 anthracnose of currants {(lUvosporhnn rihlH, jLib."|, Mont, and 

 Desni.) ; and the leaf blight of quince and pear {Entomosporium 

 mac i(h(t 11)11. Ia'V. ). 



TlIK AI'I'I.K-TUKK TEXT CATEUl'JLLAK (CuSIOCAMPA A^.IKKK^ANa) , J. H, 



C()3iST()(K. B. S. (pp. 101)--20'2). — A bi-ief account of this insect and 

 the methods used for its destniction. 



^^II■:I.D THiALs Avrrii ff.ktilizi^ks. 1. 1*. Koberts, M. Xvax. (pp. 203, 

 204). — Experiments be«-un in 1879 have indicated that commercial 

 fertilizers, especially phosphates, have not been of immediate service 

 to plants on the soil of the Station farm. In 1888 in experiments in 

 three different parts of the farm on silage corn, clover and timothy 

 jnixed, and oats, ground bone, cotton-seed meal and hull ashes, and 

 " Star Bone Phosphate,'' singly and in combination, applied broad- 

 cast at the rate of 400 pounds per acre, gave average results slightly 

 below those obtained without the use of fertilizers. 



A P(;iNT IN THE ft LTIVATK X OF ROOT-CROPS, I. P. IvOBERTS, M. AgR. 



(pp. 204, 20.")). — The author states that the result of his experience 

 leads him to believe that roots should be planted early and given the 

 least possible amount, of hand cultivation if a protitable crop is to be 

 secured. This is illustrated by the financial record of a crop raised 

 in 1881). 



Studies ix iiortkueti re. L. IT. Bailed. ]M. S. (pp. 20(')-21G). — 

 Notes on the Oi-ange melon and Crandall cui'i'ant; on a small experi- 

 ment showing the influence of soil upon ])eas; on an ex])eriment on 

 the infhience of depth of transplanting u])on the heading of cabbages, 

 with negative residts; on tests of seeds of tomatoes, cauliflowers, and 

 beans, in which the re.sidts of sowing one-quarrer inch and one-half 

 inch deep were practically the same as regai'ds die germination of the 

 seeds: on tests of a large number of cucurbits, in which the age of 

 >-eeds did not inateriallv affect the length or productiveness of vines: 

 and on tests of a "patent germiiiator," with unfavorable results. 



XORTII CAROLITn'A. 



North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station. 

 I.(K-:iti(Mi. KnU'iyli. Director. II. I!. ItatTl.-. I'll. D. 



r.I'LI.ETIX No. <!4. .TUFA'. 18S:». 

 PrA( TICAL STOCK EEf:D]X'C OX SCIENTIFIC PRIXCIPLES, F. B. DaXCY, 



B. A. ( pj). :)-!!)). — The object of this article is stated to be "to ex- 

 l)lain to the farmers of Xorth Carolina, first, the principles under- 

 lying the science of stock feeding and stock foods, and, secondly, the 

 application of tlu-se principles." so that Avith the aid of " feeding 



