Vol. V OCTOBER A, 1915 No. 1 



JOURNAL OF 



AGRICULTURAL 

 RESEARCH 



CONTENTS 



Pnee 



Announcement of Weekly Publication » . . . i 



D. F. HOUSTON 



Effect of Alkali Salts in Soils on the Germination and 

 Growth of Crops 1 



FRANK S. HARMS 



Histological Relations of Sugar-Beet Seedlings and Phoma 

 betae .... . . . . . . 55 



H. A. EDSON 



DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



■WAS HINGT ON , D.C. 



WASHINQTON : GOVERNMEKT PBINTINO OI^CE : 1916 



