152 REPORT OF OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



Bulletin 181, pp. 6, pis. 5. — A Fumigatorfor Small Orchard Trees. — 

 A description of a f umigator devised at the station, with directions for 

 using. 



Bulletin 18®, pp. 30, pi. 1 {Popular edition, pp. 8). — Experiments 

 on the Sulphur-lime Treatment for Onion Smut. — General notes on 

 the nature and treatment of onion smut, with the detailed results of 

 field experiments, to test the value of sulphur and lime as soil treat- 

 ments, and of experiments to determine the stage of growth at which 

 infection occurs. 



Bulletin 183, pp. #£ {Popular edition, pp. 9). — Notes on Some Dairy 

 Troubles. — Flavor in milk and its products is briefly discussed, and 

 investigations of a fishy flavor in milk, a bitter flavor in Neufchatel 

 cheese, a sweet flavor in Cheddar cheese, and rusty spot in Cheddar 

 cheese are reported. 



Bulletin 18 h pp. 10 (Popular edition, pp. Ij). — The Influence of the 

 Temperature of Curing upon the Commercial Quality of Cheese. — 

 Notes on the cheese industry in New York, and reports of experi- 

 ments in curing cheese at temperatures common under ordinary fac- 

 tory conditions and at lower temperatures. 



Bulletin 185, pp. 10, pis. 4- (Popular edition, pp. £, pis. #). — The 

 New York Apple-tree Canker). — A second report on investigations 

 concerning the nature of this disease due to Sphawopsis malorum. 

 The occurrence of the European canker in New York is also noted. 



Bulletin 186, pp. 30, pis. 2, figs. 7 (Popular edition, pp. 11, pis. 2, 

 figs. 2). — The Sterile Fungus Bhizoctonia as a Cause of Plant Diseases 

 in America. — This bulletin gives the results of an investigation of this 

 subject conducted by cooperation between the two New York stations. 

 The characters of the fungus are given and some of the more destruc- 

 tive of the American forms are described. 



Bulletin 187, pp. 18 (Popular edition, pp. 5). — Commercial Ferti- 

 lizers for Potatoes. — Results for 1899 and 1900 of fertilizer experi- 

 ments with potatoes carried on for four years on Long Island farms. 



Bulletin 188, pp. Jf.Jf, pis. 12. — Spraying for Asparagus Bust. — A 

 description of asparagus rust, a review of various methods of treat- 

 ment which have been recommended for the control of this disease, 

 results of spraying experiments at the station with a modified form of 

 Bordeaux mixture, and a detailed description of an apparatus devised 

 especially for spraying asparagus. 



Bulletin 189, pp. 6, fig. 1 (Popular edition, pp. H, pis. 3).^— A Little 

 Known Asparagus Pest. — Economic and biologic notes on the aspara- 

 gus miner (Agromyza simplex). The popular edition summarizes this 

 bulletin with the preceding. 



Bulletin 190, pp. 8. — Report of Analyses of Paris Green and Other 

 Insecticides in 1900. — Analyses of 22 samples of Paris green and 5 of 

 other insecticides. 



