tions into some of the problems of poultry raising have been 

 undertaken. A full index to the subject matter contained 

 in the twenty-seven quarterly bulletins issued by the station 

 and its seven annual reports has been prepared, and will 

 form the twenty-eighth of the series. 



The following gifts to the agricultural division of the sta- 

 tion have been received : — 



From Nitrate Syndicate of South America, two sacks nitrate of 

 soda. 



German Potash Syndicate of New York, one ton of kainit 

 and ten sacks potash salts. 



W. Atlee Burpee of Philadelphia, Penn., seed of New 

 Danish Island oat, and seed of New Danish improved 

 sugar beet. 



E. L. Boardman of Sheffield, seed of naked black barley. 



A. F. Hunter of South Natick, three settings of light 

 Brahma eggs. 



E. F. Hodgson of Dover, one "Peep-o-day" drinking foun- 

 tain. 



Northrup Braslan Goodwin Company of Minneapolis, Minn., 

 seed of Northrup, Braslan Goodwin Company's Petigree 

 blue stem wheat, negro wonder oat, Minnesota king corn, 

 early mastodon corn, early yellow Huron corn, hog millet, 

 golden wonder millet. 



The Entomological Division. 



During the past season careful studies have been made and 

 experiments performed on Orthezia iiisignis, the new plant-house 

 pest mentioned in my report of last year.* 



Bulletin No. 24 was prepared by this division, and contains 

 descriptions of the horn-fly in its different stages, and also its 

 habits and the best methods of controlling it. This bulletin also 

 contains the results of experiments with four different insecticides. 



Much time has been devoted both by my assistants and myself 

 to experiments on the gypsy moth, and to studying its habits for 

 the purpose of discovering cheaper and more successful methods 

 for its destruction. 



Numerous experiments have been made with insecticides on 

 greenhouse insects, with varying results. These will be reported 

 in a bulletin at some future time. 



The work on the biological collection has been continued, and 

 the card catalogue of the literature of insects has been copied so 



, * The results of these studies are published in the Appendix of this report. 



