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Investigations on the effect of girdling fruit-trees and plants to 

 hasten the time of ripening ancl to improve the quality of the fruits. 



1876. Goessmann and Maynard. 



Experiments with fertilizers v upon sugar-cane carried on in Louisi- 

 ana. 1876-78. Goessmann. 



Examinations of various vegetables and fruits. 1876-86. Goess- 

 mann. 



Examinations and trials to test the comparative value of different 

 methods of setting and treating milk in the butter-dairy. 1876-77. 

 Southwick. 



Notes on compensation-powder ; being a brief consideration of a 

 new mechanico-chemical explosive, for heavy artillery purposes. 



1877. Totten. 



The comparative study of milk of different breeds of cows under 

 the same treatment. 1877. Goessmann. 



Contribution to the chemistry of American wild and cultivated 

 varieties of grape vines. 1878. Goessmann. 



Investigations on temperature of soil and air, and on deposition of 

 dew on the soil and plant. 1878. Stockbridge. 



Investigations in relation to the evaporation and percolation of 

 water from the soil. 1878. Stockbridge. 



The tilling of soils of different characteristics as affecting the loss 

 of water by evaporation. 1878. Stockbridge. 



Investigations in relation to the comparative temperature of the 

 soil and air by day and by night. 1878. Stockbridge. 



Investigations concerning the saccharine qualities of several varie- 

 ties of corn and melons. 1879. Goessmann. 



The growing of early amber cane, and the manufacture of sugar 

 from its juice. 1879. Goessmann. 



Investigations of the comparative nutritive and feeding value of 

 Northern, Southern and Western varieties of Indian corn. 1879. 

 Goessmann. 



The determination of the elements of plant nutrition lost from the 

 soil by leaching, and of those it retains. 1879. Stockbridge and 

 Goessmann. 



Report on lysimetre. 1879. Stockbridge. 



The effect of chemical salts on the carbo-hydrate contents of plants 

 and the quality of the fruits. 1880. Goessmann. 



Experiments regarding diseased peach trees (yellows, etc.). 

 1880-8 1 . Goessmann . 



