ARKANSAS. 61 



Bulletin 61, pp. 17, Jig. 1. — Some Hay, Forage, and Pasture Plants. — 

 This bulletin gives the result of various tests of annual plants for hay, 

 pastures, and forage; plants for permanent meadows and pastures; and 

 special crops for pig raising. The value of the different crops in dif- 

 ferent portions of the State is considered in detail, and cultural direc- 

 tions are given. A list of the more valuable clovers and other legumes, 

 forage plants, and grasses that have been tested at the station is 

 appended. 



Bulletin 62, pp. IS, fig. 1. — Wheat Experiments. — A report of experi- 

 ments in wheat culture, embracing preparation of the soil, rotation, 

 seeding, and variety tests. 



Bulletin 63, pp. 29 (Popular edition, pp. 5). — The Relative /Suscepti- 

 bility of the Domestic Aniinals to the Oontagia of Human and Bovine 

 Tuberculosis. — This is an account of experiments along the same line as 

 those reported in an earlier publication of the station. The suscepti- 

 bility of cattle, sheep, and pigs to pure cultures of the tubercle bacillus 

 of human and bovine origin was tested in 7 series of inoculation experi- 

 ments which are reported in detail. 



Bulletin 61^, pp. 18, figs 5. — Notes on Celery. — Several culture, fer- 

 tilizer, and irrigation experiments with celery are reported, and general 

 suggestions are given for growing this crop. 



Bulletin 65, pp. 11±. — Pig Feeding Experiments. —Experiments are 

 reported the object of which was to determine the amount of corn 

 required to produce pork of the desired hardness where pigs had pre- 

 viously been grazed on such forage crops as soy beans, peanuts, and 

 chufas. Earlier experiments in grazing pigs are reviewed and data 

 given concerning the melting point of the fat obtained. 



Annual Report, 1900, pp. HJf, figs 7. — This includes a financial 

 statement for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1900, a brief report of the 

 director, reprints of Bulletins 61-65 of the station, notes on trial 

 orchards being established by the station throughout the cotton-growing 

 sections of the State, and brief mention of the occurrence of crown 

 gall on apple trees in orchards and nurseries. 



GENERAL OUTLOOK. 



The Arkansas Station is continuing its well-defined policy of diver- 

 sifying agriculture in regions where the continuous production of 

 cotton has impoverished the soil. This it is accomplishing by the intro- 

 duction of new legumes for forage and green manuring, by encouraging 

 the trucking and fruit-growing industries of the State, by demonstrat- 

 ing the value of soy beans, peanuts, and chufas as grazing crops for 

 hogs, and by assisting in farmers' institutes. 



