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beetle, melon aphis, and a number of other insects affecting cucumbers. 

 A nematode disease of cucumbers is described, and descriptive notes 

 and directions for prevention are given of a number of fungus diseases 

 affecting cucumbers. Experiments in the treatment of seed potatoes 

 with corrosive sublimate and formalin for the prevention of potato 

 scab are reported. Observations on the feeding habits of the toads of 

 Kentucky are given, and the various insects and food materials which 

 were found are classified in detail. 



Bulletin 92, pp. 29, pis. 7.— Grapes. — Detailed popular directions 

 for the planting, pruning, training, cultivating, and fertilizing of 

 grapes, with notes on insect ememies and diseases. Descriptive notes 

 are given on 87 varieties of grapes grown at the station. 



Annual Beport, 1898, pp. 2^5, pis. U, Jigs. 3, m,aps 3.— This con- 

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

 general review of station work by the director; departmental reports, 

 including analyses of 140 samples of butter, 8 of sorghum, 105 of sugar 

 beets, 19 of mineral waters, and 17 of miscellaneous substances, and a 

 summary of meteorological observations for 1898; and reprints of 

 Bulletins 72-79 of the station. 



GENERAL OUTLOOK. 



The Kentucky Station is in a prosperous condition. The fees aris- 

 ing from the inspection of fertilizers during the past year amount to 

 over $25,000, and receipts from other sources bring the total revenue 

 of the station up to more than $55,000. This has enabled it to pur- 

 chase land, erect new buildings, and make other improvements. 

 Furthermore, a division of animal industry has been added, and plans 

 have been made for extending the work in horticulture and for the 

 erection of several new buildings. Heretofore the station has confined 

 its investigations rather closely to lines related to the production and 

 handling of tobacco, hemp, and other staple crops of the State, 

 together with some investigations in dairying, but it is now extending 

 its operations to include other important industries of the State. 



LOUISIANA. 



No. 1. Sugar Experiment Station, Audubon Park, New Orleans. 



No. 2. State Experiment Station, Baton Rouge. 



No. 3. North Louisiana Experiment Station, Calhoun. 



Department of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College. 



GOVERNING BOARD. 



State Board of Agriculture and Immigration: Gov. W. W. Heard, Baton Rouge; 

 Win. Garig ( V. Pres.), Baton Rouge; J. G. Lee (Commissioner), Baton Rouge; Thos. 



D. Boyd {Pres. State University ), Baton Rouge; Win. C. Stubbs (Dir. State Expt. Sta.), 

 Baton Rouge; Jno. Dymond, Belair; Emil Host, St. Rose; A. V. Eastman, Lake Charles; 



E. T. Sellers, Waluutlane; Chae. Schuler, Kcdtcliir; 11. P. McClendon, Amite. 



