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INDEX. 



53 

 73 

 91 



119 



"Black Leaf 40," use of, for control of marguerite fly, 



Blueberries, ....... 



Botanical department, Adams fund projects in the. 

 Bulletins issued by the, .... 

 Investigation in the, .... 



Botanist, report of the, ..... 



Bulletin No. 156. Electrical injuries to trees, . 



Bulletin No. 157. The marguerite fly or chysanthem' 



Bulletin No. 158. The composition, digestibility and feeding value of Molas- 

 sine Meal, cottonseed meal and hulls, cocoa shells, grain screenings, 

 flax shives, Mellen's Food refuse, and postum cereal residue (CXX 

 feed), 



Bulletin No. 159. The technical description of apples, 



Bulletin No. 160. Report of cranberry substation for 1914, 



Bulletin No. 161. The effect on a crop of clover of liming the soil; and toxic 

 effect of iron and aluminum salts on clover seedlings 



Bulletin No. 162. Phosphates in Massachusetts agriculture, importance, 



selection and use, . . . . . . . . .131 



Celery, bacterial root and stem rot of, ...... . 55a 



Chemical department, bulletins issued by the, ...... 23a 



Investigation in the, ........ 23a, 43a 



Chemist, report of the, .......... 43a 



Chestnut blight, ........... 66o 



Chrysanthemum leaf miner, ......... 21 



Clover, composition of, ......... . 122 



Description of plots used in study of effect of liming on a crop of, . 119 



Effect of liming the soil on a crop of, . . . . . . .119 



Manner of taking samples for examination of, .... . 121 



Plan for chemical analysis of, ....... . 121 



Clover roots, per cent, of soluble ash in, ...... . 123 



Composition of, ......... . 122 



Clover seedlings, results of experiments with iron and aluminum salts on, . 128 

 Toxic effect of iron and aluminum salts on, ..... 125 



Cocoa shells, ........... 65 



Composition of, .......... 65 



Conclu.sions based on study of, . . . . . . . .67 



Digestion coefficients for, ......... 66 



Feeding trials of ........... 66 



Manurial value of, . . . . . . . . .67 



Comparison of a fertilizer mixture high in potash and low in phosphoric acid 

 with an average corn fertilizer, 

 Different phosphates, ..... 

 Muriate with high-grade sulfate of potash (Field B), 

 Phosphates on the basis of equal annual applications of phosphoric acid 

 Phosphates on the basis of equal money's worth. 

 Potash salts (Field G) 



Composition of Massachusetts soils. 



Control work, ...... 



Copper sulfate in the flowage of cranberry bogs, experiments with 

 Corn, average height of, on different phosphates. 

 Increases per acre with different phosphates, 

 Relative need for phosphoric acid and potash of. 

 Fertilizer, average, compared with a mixture high in potash and 

 phosphoric acid, .... 



Cottonseed feed meal, ..... 

 Digestion coefficients for, .... 



35a 

 34a 

 32a 

 148 

 147 

 33a 

 137 

 17a 

 97 

 34a 

 157 

 141 



35a 

 63 

 64 



