iO AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



on the general character of certain field and garden crops, 

 as well as on certain characteristics of the roots of legu- 

 minous plants, have added a new and interesting feature to 

 the work of the station. 



Prof. J. E. Humphrey has continued his observations 

 regarding certain diseases of garden crops and fruits. A 

 description of his work concerning some diseases of the 

 cucumber, the black-knot of the plum, etc., accompanied 

 by interesting illustrations, form a part of this report. 

 Part II., 10. 



Dr. J. B. Lindsey, a graduate of the Massachusetts 

 Agricultural College, and former assistant in the Massachu- 

 setts State Experiment Station, who has lately closed a 

 three-years course of study at the University of GiJttingen 

 and Zurich, and whose services have been secured by a vote 

 of the Board at the July meeting, has entered upon his 

 duties as associate chemist. The supervision and manage- 

 ment of the stock-feeding de})artment has been assigned to 

 him as his special duty. 



The work carried on at the station during the past year, 

 1892, has l)een reported in detail upon the succeeding pages 

 in the folio win"; order : — 



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Part I. 



On Feeding ExpEmMENTS. 



Feeduig experiments with milch cows (two). 



1. AVinter feedhig experiments witli milch cows : — 



Dent coi'n vs. sweet corn. 



Corn meal vs. maize feed (Chieago). 



2. Sunnner feeding experiments with milch cows : — 



Green feed : Kye, Canada peas and oats, summer vetch 



and oats, fodder corn and serradella. 

 Grain fcM'd : AViieat bran, Buffalo gluten feed, cotton-seed 



meal. 



3. Creamery record of the station for 1891 and 1892. 



4. Analyses oi' milk of dillerent breeds of cows l)y Rabcock 



mode, 



5. Discussion on fodder arliclcs and fodder supplies: — 



Home-raised foddiM- articles 

 Commercial feed stuffs. 



6. Analyses of fodder articles made at the station in 1892. 



