8 CONTENTS. 



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An outline of some of the topics covered by the department of 



vegetable physiology and pathology since its inception, . . 97 

 List of bulletins issued by the department of vegetable physi- 

 ology and pathology, 100 



Report of the chemist, 102 



Work of the research section, 102 



Report of the fertilizer section, 103 



Report of the feed and dairy sections, 118 



Numerical summary of substances examined in the chemical 



laboratory, 128 



Correspondence, 128 



The food value of plain and molasses beet pulp, 129 



Composition of the beeC pulp, 129 



Coefficients and digestibility of beet pulp, 130 



Feeding experiments with cows, 131 



General conclusions, 139 



The value of oats for milk production, 141 



The composition of oats, 141 



The digestibility of oats, 142 



Feeding experiments with oats for milk production, . . . 143 



Conclusions, 153 



Some effects of fertilizers on the growth and composition of asparagus 



roots, 154 



Amount of fertilizers applied, 156 



Effect of fertilizers on the weight of roots, 157 



Effect of fertilizers on the fertilizing constituents of the roots, 160 

 Effect of fertilizers on the nitrogen and nitrogenous reserve 



material, . . . ; 162 



Effect of fertilizers on the non-nitrogenous material of asparagus 



roots, 164 



Report of the entomologist, . 168 



Experiments for the control of the onion maggot, . . . .171 



The problem, 171 



Experimental work, 173 



General conclusions, 178 



Report of the horticulturist, 180 



The inheritance of blossom color in beans, 182 



Report of the veterinarian, 204 



Report on cranberry substation for 1912, 209 



Weather observations, 209 



Frost protection, 210 



Fungous diseases, 211 



Varieties, • 219 



Blossom fertilization, 219 



Fertilizers, 223 



Insects, 225 



Miscellaneous, 234 



