68 REPORT OF OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



PUBLICATIONS. 



The publications of this station received during the past fiscal year 

 were Bulletins 51, 56-63, and the Annual Report for 1900. 



Bulletin 54, pp. 28, pis. 6.— Apiary Experiments.— Investigations 

 in regard to what extent and in what form wax can best be furnished 

 bees for their use in building comb are reported. The experiments 

 were conducted to answer the following questions: Do bees use wax 

 from artificial foundations to extend the cell walls and the comb midrib? 

 Is the wax of the midrib of the foundation used in comb building? 

 Does the use of artificial foundations result in thicker cell walls in the 

 comb ? To what extent does the foundation lessen the secretion of wax 

 by bees ? Methods of using foundation in sections were compared and 

 substitutes for pollen tried. 



Bulletin 56, pp. 63.— The Birds of Colorado. — A second appendix 

 to Bulletin 37 of the station on the same subject, containing correc- 

 tions and additional notes on the birds of Colorado. 



Bulletin 57, pp. 39. — Farm Notes. — This bulletin is a resume of the 

 results of different experiments with alfalfa, corn, potatoes, and sugar 

 beets carried on at the station during the years 1894-1899. The work 

 has all been reported in previous publications of the station except 

 cooperative culture experiments with sugar beets. 



Bulletin 58, pp. Ifi. — A Soil Study of Sugar Beets. — Experiments 

 here reported embrace a study of irrigation, manuring, and alkali 

 content of the soil in connection with sugar-beet culture, and an 

 investigation on the influence of drying and soaking the beets and the 

 size of the beets on the composition. 



Bulletin 59, pp. 16, pis. 2, map 1. — Investigation of the Great 

 Plains — Field Notes from Trips in Eastern Colorado. — Information 

 obtained from interviewing settlers in Kit Carson and Arapahoe coun- 

 ties as to methods employed and results obtained in tree planting, 

 fruit growing, and stock raising is given, together with notes on 

 methods of irrigation, the results obtained with different field crops, 

 character of the soil, weeds, and insects. 



Bulletin 60, pp. 1°2. — Bush Fruits, including Gooseberries, Raspber- 

 ries, Blackberries, Dewberries. — Brief cultural notes with the results 

 of tests of 6 varieties of gooseberries, 12 of currants, 23 of raspberries, 

 and 12 of blackberries and dewberries. 



Bulletin 61, pp. lO.—Bromusinermis. — Directions for the culture 

 of this grass, with the results of tests on the college grounds' and at 

 the Arkansas Valley and the Plains substations since 1892. 



Bulletin 62, pp. 18, pi. 1. — Cantaloupes. — An account is given of 

 the methods followed in growing cantaloupes at Rockyford, together 

 with the results of some experimental work along the lines of irriga- 

 tion, fertilizing, and transplanting, and data on the proportion of male 



