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and female flowers produced on muskmelon vines on different dates 

 during the season. A blight of cantaloupes due to Macrosporium 

 cucumerium is described, and experiments carried on during two years 

 for the control of this disease are reported. Other diseases and in- 

 sect enemies of cantaloupes are noted. 



Bulletin 63, pp. 32. — Sugar Beets. — A review of the work with sugar 

 beets carried on at the station up to the present time and reported in 

 earlier bulletins of the station. 



Annual Report, 1900, pp. Uf9. — This includes a financial statement for 

 the fiscal year ended June 30, 1900; a report of the director, giving 

 the regulations of the State board of agriculture governing the opera- 

 tions of the station, detailed plans for station work for 1900, and a 

 general review of the work of the station and substations; depart- 

 mental reports, giving detailed accounts of the different lines of sta- 

 tion work and containing brief biologic and economic notes on a large 

 number of insects and measurements to determine the gains or losses 

 from seepage; a report of the superintendent of the Arkansas Valley 

 substation, giving notes on experiments with cantaloupes, sugar 

 beets, tomatoes, grasses and leguminous plants, potatoes, wheat, and 

 apples; a report of the superintendent of the Plains substation, in- 

 cluding notes on the fruits, vegetables, and field crops under cultiva- 

 tion, notes on the forest trees planted as * wind-breaks, observations 

 on soil moisture, and notes on the agricultural conditions of eastern 

 Colorado; a tabulated daily and monthly summary of meteorological 

 observations during 1900; a tabulated record of weekly observations 

 on soil temperatures at different depths in irrigated and unirrigated 

 soils; and observations on evaporation from water surfaces. 



GENERAL OUTLOOK. 



The Colorado Station has been undergoing a gradual reorganization 

 since the appointment of the present director two years ago. The 

 result is a greater unification and concentration of experimental work 

 along lines of primary importance to the agriculture of the State. 

 Except at Fort Collins, the work done is assuming more and more the 

 nature of a reconnoissance for the purpose of discovering the agricul- 

 tural possibilities of the different sections of the State. From reports 

 already made, it appears that next in importance to the investigation 

 of problems in irrigation come those related to stock raising, such as 

 production and use of feeding stuffs, securing and maintenance of per- 

 manent pasture, production of useful plants on waste lands, and trials 

 of native hay and pasture grasses on new ranges. Some difficult prob- 

 lems attend the growing of potatoes, an important crop of the State, 

 and these, together with problems in fruit growing, the production of 

 pears, cantaloupes, tomatoes, and other field and garden crops, and the 



