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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 171-178 and the Annual Report for 1900. 



Bulletin 171, pp. W. — Corn Culture in North Carolina. — This is a 

 popular bulletin on corn culture, dealing in detail with the following 

 subjects: Kinds of land suited for corn culture, preparation of the soil, 

 planting, fertilizing, cultivation, rotations for corn, varieties best 

 adapted to the South, harvesting the crop, selection and improvement 

 of seed, protection against weevils and moths, and the comparative 

 food value of corn and other forage crops. 



Bulletin 17%, pp. 36. — The Digestibility of Some Nonnitrogenous 

 Constituents of Certain Feeding Stuffs. — The Purification of Phloro- 

 glucinol. — From data obtained in digestion experiments with sheep the 

 digestibility of several nonnitrogenous constituents of feeding stuffs 

 is estimated, the methods followed are described, and the work is 

 discussed in relation to similar work elsewhere. A method for pre- 

 paring phloroglucin free from diresorcin for use in the determination 

 of pentosans is given. 



Bulletin 173, pp. 1%. — Another Warning in Regard to Compost Ped- 

 dlers. — Defects in two fertilizer formulas offered for sale in the State 

 are pointed out, farmers are cautioned against buying such formulas, 

 and publications relating to fertilizers are recommended. 



Btdletin 17 Jf, pp. 12. — Methods of Determining Proteid Nitrogen in 

 Vegetable Materials. — A study of phospho-tungstic acid and bromin 

 as precipitants for the proteids of vegetable materials is reported. 



Bidletin 175, pp. 12. — Some New Species of the Genus Crataegus 

 and Notes on Some Dichotomous Panicums.— Descriptions of 21 new 

 species of Crataegus and 7 new species of Panicum. 



Bidletin 176, pp. 10. — The Relative Value of Some Nitrogenous 

 Fertilizers. — Experimental work at the station on the relative rate of 

 nitrification of different fertilizers is reported and discussed in connec- 

 tion with a review of studies of the rate of nitrification of fertilizers 

 and of the availability of nitrogenous fertilizers made elsewhere. 



Bulletin 177, pp. 136. — Edible Mushrooms of North Carolina. — Notes 

 are given on the food value of mushrooms, directions for their col- 

 lection are given, and a number of the more important mushrooms 

 occurring in the State are described. 



Bulletin 178, pp. 16. — The Nature of Pentosoids and- their Deter- 

 mination. — A summary of existing knowledge relating to pentosoids 

 and a report of investigations concerning their properties and deter- 

 mination. 



