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INDEX. 



Tobacco investigations, progress report — Concluded. 



Investigations necessary, ...... 



Is the tobacco crop actually failing, ..... 



Miscellaneous observations: 



High-pressure 7>. low-pressure seed bed sterilization, 

 Mammoth t>TDes of CuVjan and Connecticut Havana tobacco. 

 Other root-rots, ........ 



Top-dressing toliacco seed beds with dry ground fish. 

 Vitality of tobacco seed, ...... 



Soil relations, ........ 



Humus or organic matter content of Massachusetts tobacco soils. 

 Study of the reaction of normal and sick soils as mdicated by the 

 " lime requirement," .... 



Summary, ....... 



Thielavia root-rot investigations, 

 Tobacco di.seases — in the field, 



In the seed bed, ...... 



Weather factor in growing tobacco, . 

 Tobacco seed, vitality of, .... . 



Tobacco, supply and distribution of Connecticut valley, 

 Trade, local balance of, ..... 



Tree characters of fruit varieties, .... 



Variety tests: 



Cranberries, ....... 



Greenhouse cucumbers, ..... 



Greenhouse lettuce, ..... 



Vegetables, ....... 



Vegetation tests: 



Apatite and barium sulfide (tile experiment), 

 Nitrogen, availability of water insoluble organic in commercial fertil- 

 izers, 

 Peat: 



Comparison of mixtures with and without bacteria (field experi 



ment), 



Comparison of mixtures with and without bacteria (pot experi 

 ment), ........ 



Residual effect of mixtures with and without bacteria (pot experi 

 ment), ..... 



Velvet bean feed for farm stock: 



Composition of velvet bean feed, 

 Digestibility of velvet bean feed, 

 Summary of results with suggestions, 

 Velvet bean feed: 

 For cows, . 

 For horses, 

 For pigs, 

 Veterinary science, work of department: 

 Control work. 

 Correspondence, 

 Diagnosis, 

 Investigations, 

 Special problems. 

 Weather observations at the Cranben-y Station, 



