CONTENTS 



Page 



Green corn under glass: ........ 1 



The house and methods of treatment .... 8 



Varieties .......... 1?, 



Summary .......... 15 



Inspection of fertilizers in 1898: ...... 17 



List of towns visited 20 



List of manufacturers 21 



Composition of fertilizers collected by State Board of 



Agriculture in 1898 22 



Brands of fertilizers sampled but not analyzed . . 27 



Forcing pole beans under glass: ...... 29 



Culture 31 



Varieties .......... 32 



Summarj^ .......... 36 



Third potato report: ......... 37 



Potatoes in Coos county ....... 40 



Comparison of varieties of potatoes .... 45 



Tests of varieties in 1898 48 



Notes on varieties ........ 49 



Reports from correspondents ...... 53 



Potato culture ......... 70 



Remarks 73 



The Forest Tent caterpillar: 75 



Life history 77 



Habits of the caterpillars 81 



Habits of the moths 87 



Abundance and injuries ....... 88 



Dates of transformation ....... 88 



Descriptions of larval stages ...... 89 



Names • ... 90 



Natural enemies 90 



Remedial measures 92 



Notes on apple and potato diseases in 1898: .... 99 



Potato scab .......... 101 



Potato blights or rusts ....... 104 



Apple diseases 106 



Bordeaux mixture ........ 107 



