STATISTICS MISCELLANEOUS. 297 



statement for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1899, a report of the (hreetor discussing 

 at some length the organization and work of the station ami substations, an inventory 

 of station equipment, detailed outlines of station work for 1899, and reports of the 

 heads of departments and superintendents of substations noted elsewhere. 



Fifteenth Annual Report of Maine Station, 1899 {Maine Sta. Rpt. 1899, pp. 

 171 ). — This contains the organization list of the station, a brief report lay the director, 

 and reprints of Bulletins 48-57 of the station on the following su1)jet'ts: Feeding stuff 

 inspection (E. S. R., 10, p. 1089), care of orchards (E. S. R., 11, p. 153), fertilizer 

 inspection (E. S. R., 11, p. 137), feeding stuff inspection (E. R. R., 11, i). 279), the 

 spraying of plants (E. S. R., 11, p. 262), fertilizer inspection (E. S. R., 11. p. 829), 

 nuts as food (E. S. R., 12, p. 78), cereal breakfast foods (E. S. R., 12, p. 69), apple 

 insects of Maine (E. S. R., 12, p. 68), experiments with potatoes (E. S. R., 12, p. 

 140) . A list of acknowledgments, meteorological observations, and a report of the 

 treasurer for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1899, are also included. 



Twelfth Annual Report of Massachusetts Hatch Station, 1899 {Massachu- 

 settx ILttcJi Stn. Iljit. IS:Hi,j)p. 1J.>). — A lirief sunnnary is given of statinn work during 

 the year, which includes also a list of officers of the station and a list of station pub- 

 lications now available for distribution. A financial statement is given for the fiscal 

 year ended June 30, 1899. Reports of the agriculturist, botanists, meteorologist, hor- 

 ticulturist, entomologist, and chemists, parts of which are noted elsewhere, are 

 included, which review in detail the different lines of station work during the year 

 and give results in some cases. 



Twelfth Annual Report of Mississippi Station, 1 899 ( Mississippi Sla. Rpt. 1899, 

 pp. 47). — This contains the organization list of the station, reports of the director and 

 treasurer for the fiscal year enfled June 30, 1899, and departmental reports, parts of 

 which, together with notes on forage crops and a meteorological summary, are noted 

 elsewhere. Reprints of Bulletins 53 to 59 of the station, with the exception of Bul- 

 letins 55 and 57, on the following subjects are appended: Some insects injurious to 

 stock and remedies therefor (E. S. R., 11, p. 272), Irish potato culture (E. 8. R., 

 11, ]i. 241), grapes (E. S. R., 11, p. 253), soils of Mississippi — texture and water con- 

 ditions (E. S. R., 11, p. 328), and analyses of commercial fertilizers (PI S. R., 11, 

 p. 528). 



Tenth Annual Report of North Dakota Station, 1899 {Xorlh Dahda Sta. 

 Rpt. 1899, pp. 56). — This contains the organization list of the station, a brief general 

 report on station work during the year, detailed reports on the work of the different 

 departments, parts of which are noted elsewhere, and a financial statement for the 

 fiscal year ended June 30, 1899. 



Twelfth Annual Report of Vermont Station, 1899 {Vertnoul Sla. Rpt. 1899, 

 pp. 119-354). — This includes the organization list of the station, financial report for 

 the fiscal year ended June 30, 1S99, report of the director reviewing at some length 

 the work and publications of the station during the year, abstracts of Bulletins 60-71 

 of the station, and departmental reports abstracted elsewhere. 



Record of six years' work at the Plains Substation, J. \\. Payxe {Colorado 

 Sta. Rpt. 1899, pp. 71-95, pis. 5, fig. 1). — This station has previously been known as 

 the "Rainbelt Substation." The record here given is a summary statement of the 

 results secured at the station with a large number of farm, orchard, and garden crops 

 for each of the years the station has been in existence. The results are largely 

 negative. 



Report of the Rainbelt Substation, J. E. Payxe {Colorado Sta. Rpt. 1899, pp. 

 52-55). — The report includes notes on fruit set out at the station and now living, on 

 the growth of certain field crops, and recommendations as to further work. 



The agricultural experiment stations in the United States, A. C. True and 

 V. A. Clark ( U. S. Dipt. Ayr., Oftir,' ,,/ Krprrinient Station.'^ Bid. 80, pp. 6-36, ph. 153) .— 

 This in an exhaustive report on the history and present status nf tlie agricultural 

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