CONTENTS. Til 



FERTILIZERS. 



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Essentials of plant life, T. Jainiesoii 1062 



Effeet of manure on exhausted soil, T. .laniieson 1062 



Gyjjsum as a means of preventiii<j: loss of aninionia in manure, S. A. Severin. . 1062 



Agricultural value of city sewage in Imlia, J. V\'. Leather and J. Mollison 1062 



Influence of different ratios of lime to magnesia on growth of rice, K. Aso 1062 



Effect of liming in connection with mineral fertilizers, P. Van Biervliet 1063 



Stone lime v. grc )und lime as a fertilizer, M. Saul 1063 



Preparation of solul)le phosphoric acid from crude phosphates, A. Ystgaard . . 1063 



Kock phosphates and other mineral fertilizers, C Chewings 1063 



Tlu> centurv in phosphates and fertilizers, P. E. Chazal 1063 



From mine to field, E. Willis 1063 



Mines and quarries 1063 



The mining and preparation of nitrate of soda, V. Schoultz 1063 



Potash fertilizers: Sources and methods of application, H. J. Patterson 1063 



Analyses of commercial fertilizers and Paris green, W. C. Stuhlxs and ('. H. 



'O'Rourke - 1063 



Fertilizer inspection, C. D. Woods and J. M. Bartlett 1063 



Commercial fertilizers, W. W. Miller and N. W. Lord 1064 



Analyses of commercial fertilizers, W. Frear 1064 



Commercial fertilizers, J. L. Hills, C. PL Jones, and F. M. Hollister 1064 



Commercial fertilizers, J. H. Stewart and B. H. Hite 1064 



FIELD CROPS. 



Alfalfa in Wisconsin, R. A. IMoore 1064 



Cafiaigre, R. F. Hare 1064 



Report of the experimentalist, C. A . Zavitz 1064 



Corn culture, R. J. Redding 1068 



Cooperative variety tests of corn in 1902-3, T. L. Lyon 1068 



Increasing the yield of corn, A. INI. Soule and P. O. Vanatter 1069 



The crop of corn, J. A . Jeffery 1070 



What kind of corn shall be planted for silage? J. L. Hills 1070 



Crops for the silo, A. M. Soule and J. R. Fain 1070 



Cotton culture, R. J. Redding 1071 



Sea Island cotton in Porto Rico, R. INI. Walker 1072 



The potato in England, F. W. Mahin 1072 



Methods and benefits of growing sugar beets, C. F. Savior 1072 



Tests of different varieties of sugar 1 )eets, R. Harcourt 1072 



Composition of an ancient Egyptian wheat, H. vSnyder 1073 



Wheat and flour, R. Harcourt 1073 



Macaroni wheat; its milling and chemical characteristics, J. H. Shepard 1073 



A report on the range conditions of central AVashington, J. S. Cotton 1074 



HORTICULTURE. 



Report of the pn )fessor < )f li< irticulture, H. L. Hutt 1074 



Cook Islands horticulture, T. A^^ Kirk and W. A. Boucher 1075 



Commercial gardening, M. A. Oshanin 1075 



Experiments in crossing sweet corn, B. B. Halsted and J. A. Kelsey 1075 



Solanurn commersonn and its rose, yellow, and violet-skinned varieties, Laber- 



gerie 1075 



The onion - 1076 



Ginseng, H. B. Miller 1076 



Symposium of progress of pomology in America, F. M. Hexamer et al 1076 



a" symposium of ideals in pomology, E. W. Wood et al 1076 



Report on revision of rules of fruit nomenclature, W. A. Taylor et al 1076 



Report of committee on nomenclature and standards, W. A. Taylor et al 1076 



Judging fruits by scales of points, F. A. Waugh 1076 



Best fruits for Utah planting 1076 



The fruit industry of Jamaica, W. E. Smith 1077 



The fruit supply of Auckland, W . A. Boucher. 1077 



Fruit l)uds, P. Evans 1077 



Freezing j)oints of fruit juices, J. B. Reynolds 1077 



Storing nursery stock 1077 



Breeding apples in Minnesota, W. Eiliott 1077 



