204 REPORT OF OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



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 66-75 and the Annual Reports for 1899 and 1900. 



Bulletin 66 , pp. Ifi, figs. 23. — Fruit Diseases and How to Treat 

 Them. —Descriptive notes on the more common fruit diseases with 

 suggestions for their prevention, directions for the preparation and 

 use of insecticides and fungicides, and a spray calendar. 



Bulletin 67, pp. 18, pis. 2, map 1. — The Hessian Fly in West Vir- 

 ginia and How to Prevent Losses from, Its Ravages. — Observations and 

 summarized information on the life history and means of controlling 

 the Hessian fly. 



Bulletin 68, pp. 76, pis. 3, figs, b, maps 9. — The Periodical Cicada 

 or Seventeen-year Locust in West Virginia. — This bulletin contains a 

 brief account of the anatomy, habits, life history, and broods of the 

 periodical cicada; notes from correspondence relating to the distribu- 

 tion and extent of broods occurring within the limits of the State; 

 maps showing the distribution of the broods which will emerge in 

 1901, 1902, and 1905, etc. 



Bulletin 69, pp. 20, pi. 1. — Report on Examination of Wheat Stubble 

 from Different Sections of the State. — The Jointworm in Wheat. — 

 Results of the examination of ^ wheat stubble from 24 counties of the 

 State for the presence of the Hessian fly, and a brief account of the 

 appearance, life history, and habits of the jointworm with suggestions 

 for combating this insect. 



Bulletin 70, pp. 32, pis. 8, figs. 6. — Spraying. — Experiments here 

 reported included a test of the practical value of spraying orchards 

 with standard fungicides and insecticides; experiments in using a 

 combination of Bordeaux mixture and kerosene; experiments in 

 making Bordeaux mixture by mechanical methods; a test of a com- 

 bination of tobacco and kerosene emulsion as a remedy for rose bugs; 

 and experiments in combating the San Jose scale with whale-oil soap, 

 dilute kerosene in a 25 per cent mechanical mixture with water, and 

 pure kerosene and crude petroleum in a 20 per cent mixture with 

 water. 



Bulletin 71, pp. 20, figs. 2. — Poultry Experiments. — The poultry 

 houses recently built at the station are described, and experiments 

 including a test of the importance of warm houses in the production 

 of eggs, a comparison of meat meal with ground fresh meat and bone 

 for egg production, a comparison of rations with wide and narrow 

 nutritive ratios for growing chickens, a test of the importance of a 

 liberal supply of green food for laying hens, and a test concerning the 

 fertility of eggs are reported. 



