84 REPORT OF OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



A report of the receipts and expenditures for the United States 

 fund has been rendered in accordance with the schedules prescribed 

 by this Department, and has been approved. 



PUBLICATIONS. 



The publications of this station received during the past fiscal year 

 were Bulletins 49-52 and the Annual Report for 1900. 



Bulletin lt9,pp. 56, pi. 1. — Practical Dairying. — This bulletin con- 

 tains a popular discussion of dairy cows in regard to breed and t}^pe; 

 care of cows, stable management, milking, separating and ripening 

 cream, churning, butter making, cheese making, feeding, dehorning, 

 and the calculations of rations; feeding standards and analyses of feed- 

 ing stuffs; rations suggested for milch cows and for fattening steers; 

 the results of experiments conducted for several years to ascertain the 

 cost of milk and butter production; brief general notes on dairying fn 

 Georgia and on the selection of a dairy herd; and suggestions on the 

 destruction of cattle ticks for preventing the development of Texas 

 fever in Northern cattle imported into the South. 



Bulletin 50, pp. 37, pis. 3, jigs 6. — The Brown Rot of Peaches, 

 Plums, and other Fruits. — Investigations on this disease, due to Monilia 

 fructigena, are reported. The life history of the fungus was studied 

 and spraying experiments for the prevention of the disease were 

 conducted. 



Bulletin 51, pp. 2 If. — Corn Culture. — A detailed account of culture, 

 variety, seed, and fertilizer experiments with corn in continuation of 

 similar work previously reported. Weather conditions during the 

 growing season are given. 



Bulletin 52, pp. 32. — Cotton Culture. — Variety, seed, culture, and 

 fertilizer experiments with cotton are reported in detail. The tests 

 included mixing the seed of an early and a late variety of cotton, 

 planting at different distances, and a comparison of different methods 

 of applying fertilizers. 



Annual Report, 1900, pp. 77, pis. 10. — This includes a report of the 

 director on the publications and work of the station during the year; 

 a financial statement for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1900, and a 

 report of the biologist and horticulturist, containing notes on different 

 varieties of peaches and plums; a report on work with grapes, includ- 

 ing a study of the degree of self-fertility and a test of the keeping 

 qualities of different varieties; a study of the effects on the fruit of 

 ringing grapevines; a comparison of methods of training, and analyses 

 of different varieties with reference to the sugar content of the juice; 

 results of tests of a number of varieties of cantaloupes, onions, and 

 celery; analyses of 43 varieties of sweet potatoes; notes on the devel- 

 opment of the fruit buds of the peach; and rather extended notes on 



