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New York AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 61 
In the pages which follow an attempt is made to summarize in 
a somewhat popular way the principal results that have been reached 
at the Station. In this immediate connection I shall only present 
a numerical and topical outline of the problems that have been 
studied. The subjects that have been considered in the way of 
inquiry are approximately 300, to say nothing of many minor ques- 
tions to which more or less attention has been given. The studies 
of these various problems have occupied from a few weeks to sev- 
eral years. 
A careful examination of the data secured indicates that some- 
thing has been added to the existing knowledge of about 200 sub- 
jects. In about 100 cases the Station conclusions are believed to 
have been applicable to the betterment of farm practice. In many 
instances, of course, the data gained have been inconclusive. Some 
studies were begun ten or more years ago and are not yet completed. 
The following is a partial list of the investigations made: 
The promotion of the growth of alfalfa in the State of New 
York by illustrative work at the Experiement Station and by aiding 
proper inoculation of soil throughout the State; tests of relative 
value on same and different soils of varieties of field crops, new or 
little known species of grasses and new forage crops; demonstra- 
tion of value of proper selection, curing (including kiln-drying), 
storage and testing of seed corn; proof that tip kernels of the 
ear make good seed; demonstration of value of deep preparation 
of soil for corn and of harmfulness of root pruning and weed 
growth in caring for crop; proof that large seed oats are most 
profitable, that productive hills of potatoes give best seed, that 
large-sized seed pieces are better than small, that large applications 
of fertilizers are not usually profitable on potatoes or onions, and 
that barnyard manure is not harmful to sugar production in sugar 
beets; a study of the canning of peas, resulting in a safe and 
efficient method ; determination of the cause of fire-blight in apples, 
pears and quinces; test of bordeaux mixture and other fungicides 
for controlling apple scab; study of the bordeaux injury to fruit 
and foliage of apples and pears; effect of spraying apple trees 
while in bloom; cause and control of apple canker ; control of bean 
anthracnose; demonstration of the black-rot germ on cabbage seed; 
spraying experiments for control of diseases of nursery stock; ex- 
periments on the control of cucumber downy mildew; experiments 
for controlling gooseberry mildew; tests of chemicals for treatment 
of oats to prevent smut; test of sulphur-lime treatment to prevent 
onion smut; determinations of sprayings necessary to control pear 
