TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Treasurer's Report i 



Director's Report 7 



The status of the Station 7 



The distribution of information by the Station 12 



The future work and development of the Station 1$ 



The work in which the Station is now engaged 20 



Important results in 1896 24 



Experiments carried on outside of the Station premises 32 



Special work in the Second Judicial Department 32 



The relation of New York farmers to their experiment station ;^^ 



Bulletins published in 1896 34 



Report of the Chemical Department 35 



Effects of drouth upon milk production 37 



Milk fat and cheese yield * 66 



Economy in using fertilizers for raising potatoes 107 



The real value of "Natural Plant Food" 119 



Provisions of the new fertilizer law of New York 125 



Report of analyses of commercial fertilizers for the spring of 1896 138 



Report of analyses of commercial fertilizers for the fall of 1896 204 



Report of the Horticultural Department 263 



Testing fruits 267 



Apples and crab apples 269 



Pears 286 



Quinces 287 



Apricots 288 



Cherries 288 



Peaches » 289 



Plums 290 



Grapes 293 



Currants 298 



Gooseberries 300 



Blackberries 344 



Dewberries 348 



Raspberries 349 



Strawberries 358 



Thinning fruit 378 



Plum-leaf spot 384 



Prevention of fungous diseases on cherry orchards 402 



