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PUBLICATIONS. 



The publications of this station received during the past fiscal year 

 were Bulletins 179-188 and the Annual Report for 1900. 



Bulletin 179, pp. 26, Jigs. 6. — Sugar- Beet Investigation*.- investi- 

 gations here reported include fertilizer experiments with sugar beets 

 on different soils at the station and in cooperation with farmers in 

 different parts of the State, variety tests, and several culture experi- 

 ments, including trials of planting at different dates. 



Bulletin 180, pp. 30, pi. l,figs. 1£. — Some Insects of the Year 1899. — 

 Economic and biological notes on 17 insects and suggestions regarding 

 the preparation and use of the more common insecticides. 



Bulletin 181, pp. 26, pi. l,fgs. 2. — Soil tests on Upland and Much; 

 Clover and Sand Lucern Notes; Wheat Experiments. — A report of 

 cooperative experiments with fertilizers on corn, potatoes, field beans, 

 and sugar beets at 13 different places in Michigan; an account of 

 experiments on tenth and twentieth acre plants of swamp or muck 

 land on the station farm to test the effect of different methods of fer- 

 tilizing; notes on clover and sand lucern grown experimentally at the 

 station; and the results of experiments with wheat, including a test 

 of 12 varieties, culture experiments involving 5 different methods of 

 preparing the seed bed, and a comparison of top-dressing and plowing 

 under manure. 



Bulletin 182, pp. 22. — A Popular Discussion of Pure Milk Supply. — 

 Among the topics considered are the importance of pure milk for city 

 trade and for the manufacture of butter and cheese, condition of 

 dairies and stables of different types, germ content of milk drawn 

 under different conditions, cooling of milk, use of preservatives, 

 inspection and care of cows, and the construction of stables and milk- 

 ing rooms. 



Bulletin 183, pp. H,figs. 9. — Gassy Curd and Cheese. — A detailed 

 account of a bacteriological study of a bacillus resembling Bacillus 

 coli communis, isolated from gassy curd. 



Bulletin 18^, pp. 60, pis. 2, Jigs. 5. — Tuberculosis and its Manage- 

 ment. — A discussion of the nature, prevalence, dissemination, geo- 

 graphical distribution, symptoms, etc., of tuberculosis, including the 

 results of a number of investigations at the station; a detailed history 

 of tuberculosis in the college herd since 1889; and suggestions regard- 

 ing the management of tuberculosis. 



Bulletin 185 , pp. 16. — Fertilizer Analyses. — Tabulated analyses of 81 

 samples of fertilizers examined during 1900, with brief explanatoiy 

 notes. 



Bulletin 186, pp. 4-6, ph. 16, Jigs. 6. — First Report of the Upper 

 Peninsula Experiment Station. — An account is given of the establish- 

 ment and work of the Upper Peninsula Experiment Station, includ- 



