114 REPORT OF OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



boneblack, raw bone meal, slag phosphate, ground South Carolina rock, 

 and Florida soft phosphate. 



Bulletin 69, pp. 30, pis. 7. — The Influence of Feed and Care on the 

 Individuality of Cows. — An attempt to increase the productive capacity 

 of the individual cows of a grade herd by systematic feeding and good 

 care extending over a number of years is reported, the records being 

 tabulated and the results discussed in regard to the effect of feeding 

 and care upon the development of the cows. 



Bulletin 70, pp. 52. — The Chemical Composition of Maryland 

 Soils. — Analyses of 60 samples of soil representing typical soil forma- 

 tions of the State made in the laboratory of the Division of Soils of 

 this Department; a discussion of the importance, object, and scope of 

 soil work and the purpose and methods of chemical examination of 

 soils; descriptions of the samples analyzed, and a discussion of their 

 classification with reference to geological formations, typical crops, 

 and chemical and mechanical composition. 



Bulletin 71, pp. 13, pis. 2. — Notes on Spraying Peaches and Plums 

 in 1900. — Notes on the occurrence of fruit rot (Monilia fructigena) 

 upon peaches and plums and the results of experiments in spraying 

 with Bordeaux mixture for the prevention of this disease. 



Bulletin 72, pp. 25, pi. l,figs. £- — Peach Growing in Maryland. — 

 A discussion of the historical development of the peach industry in 

 Maryland, its present status, the culture of the orchard, and the mar- 

 keting of the fruit. i 



Bulletin 73, pp. H,figs. 2. — Suggestions About Combating the San 

 Jose Scale. — An account of experiments conducted for the purpose of 

 determining the effect of different percentages of kerosene on peach 

 trees and on the San Jose scale, and a discussion of the value of crude 

 petroleum, whale-oil soap, and fumigation with hydrocyanic-acid gas 

 as remedies for the San Jose scale. 



Bulletin 7^, pp. 16, pis. 3, figs. Jf. — Notes on Celery Blight. — Celery 

 blight is described and experiments made during three years in shading 

 and spraying plants with ammoniacal copper carbonate and Bordeaux 

 mixture for the prevention of this disease are reported. 



Annual Report, 1900, pp. 171, pis. 20, figs. 17 , maps 2. — A brief 

 review of station work, a meteorological summary for 1899, a financial 

 statement for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1900, and reprints of Bul- 

 letins 63-67 of the station. 



GENERAL OUTLOOK. 



The Maryland Station has done and is doing much useful work to 

 promote the diversification of agriculture in the State and to develop 

 more intensive and modern methods of farming. The work of the 

 station in surveying and mapping soils preceded and led up to the soil 

 investigations in this Department. Farmers have been shown the 



» 



