CONTENTS. Ill 



I'age. 



The ])res(Mit status of rice culture in tlie United .States, S. A. Kna])]) 46 



Tests of the su^ar beet in Pennsylvania, II. P. Armsby and E. H. Hess -l-i 



Field tests of varieties of wheat, covering nineteen years, W. C. Latta 47 



Test of corn-cultural inii)lenients, W. C. Latta 44 



HORTICULTURE. 



A study of the effect of incandescent gaslight on ])lant growth, L. C. Corbett. . 47 



The use of clieniical fertilizers in the forcing house, W. Stuart 48 



Experiments in forcing vegetables, J. Troop 54 



The effect of transplanting on time of maturity, F. Cranefield 49 



Report of the horticulturist, A. L. Quaintance 50 



Field notes of horticultural department, C. B. Waldron 51 



Russian apples in Indiana, J. Troop 54 



Preliminary rejiort on experiments in pinching raspberry shoots, E. 8. Goff 51 



Preserving fruit for exhibition, F. Cranefield 53 



Rose growing with chemical fertilizers, W. Stuart 53 



Some hints on ornamental planting, C. B. Waldron 55 



DISEASES OF PLANTS. 



Notes on various plant diseases, F. C. Stewart 55 



Plant diseases, A. L. Quaintance 61 



Corn smut, J. C. Arthur and W. Stuart 57 



Asparagus rust, P. H. Rolfs 61 



Clul) root, W. Hawk 57 



Apple-tree anthracnose, A. B. Cordley 58 



The New York apple-tree canker, W. Paddock 59 



ENTOMOLOGY. 



How to distinguish the different mosquitoes of Nortli America, I^. (). Howard 



and D. W. Coquillett 68 



Insect notes for 1899, A. L. Quaintance 62 



Apple insects of Maine, F. L. Harvey and W. M. Munson 68 



The peach-tree borer, M. V. Slingerland 63 



Some common Florida scales, H. A. Gossard 68 



Preliminary report on the insect enemies of forests in the Northwest, A. D. 



Hopkins 64 



Paris green for the codling moth, C. W. Woodworth and G. E. Colby 64 



Report of analyses of Paris green and other insecticides, L. L. Van Slyke 67 



FOODS ANIMAL PRODUCTION. 



Nuts as food, C. D. AVoods and L. H. Merrill 78 



Cereal breakfast foods, C. D. Woods and L. H. Merrill 69 



Analyses of maple sugar, H. A. Huston and A. H. Bryan 78 



Commercial feeding stuffs in the Connecticut market, E. H. Jenkins, A. L. 



Winton, et al 70 



Analyses of feeding stuffs, H. A. Huston and A. H. Bryan 70 



Analyses of feeding stuffs, F. W. Woll 71 



Winter v. spring bran, W. Frear and W. A. Hutchison 71 



Contribution to the study of the energy content of human urine, M. Tangl ... 72 



Sheep feeding, R. T. Shaw 72 



Sheep-feeding experiments, J. H. Stewart and H. Atwood 73 



