CONTENTS. 



Part I. 



Summary of leading conclusions, by the director, 

 Tlie cost of a busliel of corn, 

 Work in animal feeding, 



Alfalfa meal r. wheat bran. 



Alfalfa as a forage crop. 



Dried blood and tankage for dairy stock, 



Molasses for farm stock, 



Eureka silage corn, 



Wet brewers' grains, 



Sour and colored gluten feeds. 



Weed seeds in feed stuffs, 

 Common weed seeds in grass seed and cattle foods 

 Brief notes on the weeds of Massachusetts, 

 Kesults of seed separation. 



Examination of onion seeds for fungous spores. 

 Bacterial rot of cabbage and cauliflower, 

 Crown gall, .... 

 The preservation of maple syrup, 

 Onion rot, .... 

 Onion smut, .... 

 A disease of the radish, 

 Celery crown rot, . 

 Eel worms on lettuce, . 

 Influence of water on eel worms. 

 Influence of lime or. eel worms, 



Effects of chemicals on vegetation 

 Substances and methods used in exterminatin 

 Fumigation dosage for forcing crops, 

 Insects^ the year 



g weeds, 



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