MASSACHUSETTS. 1 1 7 



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 68-74, Meteorological Bulletins 138-148, and the Annual 

 Report for 1900. 



Bulletin 68, pp. 28. — Analyses of Commercial Fertilizers. — Tabu- 

 lated analyses of 275 samples of fertilizing materials. 



Bulletin 69, pp. Ifi, pis. 2, figs. 5, dgms. 7. — The Rotting of Green- 

 house Lettuce. — Several diseases affecting greenhouse lettuce are 

 described and a brief bibliography is given of the subject. An ex- 

 tended account is given of experiments conducted for the control, by 

 the sterilization of the soil, of the "drop" caused by the fungus 

 Sclerotinia libertiana and a disease due to a species of Rhizoctonia. 



Bulletin 70, pp. 26. — Analyses of Fertilizers. — Tabulated analyses 

 of 231 samples of fertilizing materials. 



Bulletin 71, p>p* W- — Concentrated Feed Stuffs. — Condimental Stock 

 and Poultry Foods. — Analyses of a large number of samples of feed- 

 ing stuffs and of condimental stock and poultry foods and condition 

 powders, with a discussion of the results. 



Bulletin 72, pp. 16, pis. If,. — Summer Forage Crops. — A description 

 of the different forage crops which have been grown at the station for 

 soiling purposes, with a discussion of the relative advantages of pas- 

 turage and soiling, fertilizers for forage crops, and feeding forage crops 

 for milk production, and tables showing the composition and digesti- 

 bility of grasses, cereals, legumes, and various fodder mixtures. 



Bulletin 73, pp. 15. — Orchard Experiments. — Notes on the methods 

 followed at the station in the culture, fertilizing, and spraying of 

 apples, peaches, pears, grapes, blackberries, raspberries, currants, and 

 strawberries, with the results of variety tests, and a spray calendar. 



Bulletin 7 If,, pp. 16. — Analyses of Fertilizers and of Paris Green and 

 Other Insecticides. — Analyses of 64 samples of fertilizing materials and 

 19 of Paris green and other insecticides, with directions for sampling 

 fertilizers, notes on valuation, and State laws relating to commercial 

 fertilizers. 



Meteorological Bulletins 138-1J3, pp. 4 each. — Notes on the weather 

 and monthly summaries of meteorological observations for the year 

 ended April 30, 1901, with an annual summary for 1900 in Meteorolog- 

 ical Bulletin 144. 



Annual Report, 1900, pp. 132. — This contains a brief summary of 

 station work during the year, a financial statement for the fiscal year 

 ended June 30, 1900, and reports of the heads of departments review- 

 ing in detail the different lines of station work during the year, and 



