Chemie;.! . hanges in the cranberry during ripening and after harvesting 361 



Record of the Station herd 361 



Milk substitutes in the growing of young calves 362 



Mineral supplements for dairy cattle 362 



Mineral constituents of forage crops 362 



Mineral requirements for the growth of dairy heifers 362 



A comparison of two systems of dairy cattle feeding — high roughage 



and low grain versus low roughage and high grain 362 



The chemical composition of grass from plots fertilized and grazed 



intensively 363 



Utilization of onions by canning 363 



Department of Pomology: 



The interrelation of stock and scion in apples 365 



Tree characters of fruit varieties 365 



The genetic composition of peaches .'. 366 



Testing methods of pruning 366 



Effect of pruning on bearing apple trees 366 



Comparison of cultivation and sod in a bearing orchard 366 



Comparison of clover sod and grass in sod mulch orchard "66 



Tests of different amounts of nitrate of soda 367 



Comparison of cultivation and heavy mulching for apples and pears 367 



The effects of fertilizer limitation on fruit plants 367 



Role of potash and lime in fruit tree nutrition 367 



Effect of potash and lime on ajiple trees 367 



Study of varieties of tree fruits * 368 



Fruit bud formation in the strawberry 368 



Work not on a project basis 



The "set" of Mcintosh apples in Middlesex and Worcester counties 368 



A study of the storage of Mcintosh apples under various conditions 369 



Cross-pollination aand sterility studies with certain apple varieties 369 



Studies of the arsenical residue on apples 369 



Department of Poultry Husbandry: 



Broodiness in poultry • •, 370 



Breeding poultry for egg production 370 



Statistical study of heredity in Rhode Island Reds 370 



A genetic study of Rhode Island Red color 370 



Determination of genetic laws governing results in inbreeding poultry 370 

 Heredity and environmental characteristics affecting variability In 



egg production -^'^ 



Factors governing egg weight and shell character in domestic fowl 371 



Relation of intensity or rate of laying to feather pigmentation 371 



Department of Vegetable Gardening: 



Conditions affecting the production and vegetative propagation of 



Washington asparagus ^'^ ' 



Cold resistance in sweet corn in its relation to quality, size, and earliness 375 



Greenhouse lettuce 375 



Improvement of vegetable varieties through root and seed selection 375 



The genetics of greenhouse cucumbers 37o 



Department of Veterinary Science: 



The cutaneous vaccine for fowl pox 376 



Laboratory service • - *"" 



Poultry disease elimination law 376 



Farm and Station Bang's disease 377 



Publications 

 Changes in staff 



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