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The Preservation of Soft Fruits for Exhibition Purposes loo 



The Standards of the Baltimore Canned Goods Exchange 102 



Packages Used in Shipping Fruit 103 



VI. SEEDS. 



Seed-testing for the Farmer, by the late Gilbert H. Hicks, of U. S. 



Department of Agriculture 104 



Standards of Purity of Seeds 106 



Table of Germination Standards 109 



Number, Weight, Cost of Grass Seeds, and Amount to Sow per 



Acre 109 



Notes on the Adaptability and Uses of Grasses and Clovers 11 1 



Vitality of Seeds if Properly Kept 113 



Seedsmen's Customary Weights per Bushel of Seeds 114 



Weight and Size of Garden Seeds 115 



Average Time Required for Garden Seeds to Germinate 115 



Yield of Seeds from an Acre 115 



VII. WEEDS. 



Table of Noxious Weeds. L. H. Dewey, Assistant Botanist U. S. 

 Department of Agriculture 116 



VIII. ENEMIES OF FARM CROPS. 



Treatments for Injurious Insects and Fungous Diseases of Plants, 



by the late Prof. E. S. Goff, of V/isconsin Experiment Station.. . i2r 



Spraying Calendar 123 



A Cheap Orchard-spraying Outfit 126 



Prevention of Oat -smut 127 



The Formaldehyd Treatment for the Prevention of the Smuts of 



Cereal Grains and of Potato Scab i 2q 



Fighting the Chinch-bug by Means of Kerosene Emulsion 130 



IX. FORESTRY. 



Forestry for Farmers. Dr. B. E. Femow, late Director N. Y. 



State College of Forestry 131 



Number of Trees on an Acre 135 



Fuel Value and Specific Gravity of Some of the More Important 



Woods of the United States 136 



Distance Table for Tree-planting 138 



States and Territories Observing Arbor Day, with Dates 139 



Forest-fire Laws in the United States 140 



X. MANURES AND FERTILIZERS. 



Manures and Fertilizers 14^ 



Approximate Losses of Fertilizing Materials in Different Systems 



of Farming 1^5 



Average Chemica Composition of American Soils 146 



Manuria, Value of Feeding Stuffs j^y 



Fertilizing Constituent of Feeding Stuffs and Farm Products. ... . 148 



