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Bulletin 72, pp. 32. — Co?n?nercial Fertilizers. — Analyses and valua- 

 tions of 287 samples of fertilizing materials examined during 1900. 



Bulletin 73, pp. 16. — Poultry Experiments. — Three tests of the loss 

 of weight in eggs during incubation are reported. 



Bulletin 71±, pp. 32, Jigs. 3.— Cold Storage.— -The profits of cold 

 storage are discussed, experiments with apples and chestnuts in cold 

 storage are reported in detail, and chapters on ''moisture in cold stor- 

 age" and "materials of construction," taken from books relating to 

 cold storage, are appended. The author outlines a plan for the build- 

 ing of a cold-storage room, giving methods of construction and 

 materials used. 



Bulletin 75, pp. 98, pis. 7, figs. 5, map 1. — Apple Districts of West 

 Virginia. — Preliminary notes are given on the apple industry in West 

 Virginia and on top-grafting old trees; and information obtained from 

 correspondents relative to the condition of orchards after the severe 

 frost of March 29, 1898, the areas in the State best suited to apple 

 culture, and the relative value of 114 varieties of apples and 5 varieties 

 of crab apples for each county of the State is presented by means of 

 tables and maps. 



Annual Rep>ort 1899, pp. Ifi, pis. 5, fig. 1. — A financial statement 

 for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1899; a report of the director giving 

 a general review of station work during the year; and departmental 

 reports reviewing in greater detail the different lines of station work, 

 that of the entomologist giving in addition a detailed statement of 

 various trips made in the State for the purpose of studying forest 

 insects and life zones, and that of the horticulturist a detailed illus- 

 trated account of an improved auxanometer and a transpiration appa- 

 ratus, with some explanations as to the uses of these instruments in 

 studies in plant physiology. 



Annual Report, 1900, pp. 21+. — A financial statement for the fiscal 

 year ended June 30, 1900; a report of the director reviewing at some 

 length the different lines of station work and summarizing briefly some 

 of the results of investigations previously reported; a table showing the 

 quantity and value of commercial fertilizers sold in the State during 

 the last five years; and brief statements on the results of experiments 

 on the effect of pressure in the preservation of perishable food stuffs 

 and on methods of preserving eggs. 



GENERAL OUTLOOK. 



No branch of agriculture in West Virginia is forging ahead so rap- 

 idly as that of fruit growing. It is officially reported that during the 

 year 1900 from 2,000 to 2,500 acres of apple orchards were planted 

 in Berkeley County alone, while in other counties there was a large 

 increase in the acreage of apple orchards, and many hundred thousand 

 peach trees were set out. Station officers are working hand in hand 

 with fruit growers for the development of this industry, the work 



