November 30, 1900.] 



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on methods of experimenting with cigar- 

 wrapper leaf tobacco, in which he showed 

 that one important result of the experiments 

 of the Connecticut Station has been the 

 confirmation of the results obtained by the 

 investigations under direction of Professor 

 Milton Whitney, Chief of the Division of 

 Soils of the Department of Agriculture, in- 

 dicating that the character of the tobacco 

 leaf is in a great degree dependent on the 

 physical character of the soil in which the 

 plant is grown. Professor M. A. Scovell, 

 Director of the Kentucky Station, read a 

 paper on the methods of growing and cur- 

 ing white Burley tobacco. In discussing 

 these papers Professor Whitney brought out 

 the interesting fact that, with scientific 

 management of the crop, tobacco almost 

 identical with that grown in Sumatra can 

 be produced in the Connecticut Valley. 

 Among other papers read in this section 

 were those on tests in feeding dairy herds, 

 by Professor C. S. Phelps, of the Connecti- 

 cut Storrs Station ; cooperative field ex- 

 periments, by Director E. B. Voorhees, of 

 the New Jersey Stations; on the raising of 

 sugar beets as a new and profitable indus- 

 try in this country, by Director I. P. 

 Roberts, of the Cornell University Experi- 

 ment Station ; and on available energy in 

 foods, by Professor W. 0. At water. 



The report of the section on Horticul- 

 ture and Botany, presented by Professor S. 

 A. Beach, of the New York State Station, 

 showed that there had recently been a 

 great growth of interest in the subject of 

 plant breeding and that studies in this di- 

 rection were being undertaken by both 

 botanists and horticulturists. There is a 

 marked tendency to devote relatively less 

 time to systematic botany and give much 

 more consideration than formerly to prob- 

 lems in plant physiology. The testing of 

 varieties still occupies a large place in the 

 work of the stations, but it is being 'sup- 

 plemented by investigations conducted on 



a more scientific basis. Among the papers 

 read in this section were the following : 



' Plant Physiology in its Relation to Agriculture 

 and Horticulture, ' "by F. Woods, Chief, Division of 

 Vegetable Physiology and Pathology, Department of 

 Agriculture ; ' Grasses and Forage Plant Investiga- 

 tion in Experiment Stations and the Division of Ag- 

 rostology,' by T. A.Williams, Division of Agrostology; 

 ' Laboratory and Field Work for Students in Horti- 

 culture,' by E. S. Goff of Wisconsin; 'The Educa- 

 tional Status of Horticulture,' by F. W. Card of 

 Rhode Island ; ' What Our Experiment Stations have 

 done in Originating Varieties of Plants by Crossing 

 and Selection,' by B. D. Halsted of New Jersey ; 

 ' The Relation of the Section of Seed and Plant Intro- 

 duction to Experiment tSations,' by Jared G. Smith, 

 of the Department of Agriculture ; ' Vegetation 

 House arranged for Pot Experiments, by W. E. Brit- 

 ton of Connecticut. 



The section on Entomology had a larger 

 attendance than usual, and thei'e was a full 

 program, which brought out much interest- 

 ing discussion. Among the papers read 

 were the following : 



' Observations on the Banding of Trees to Prevent 

 Injury by the Fall Canker-worm,' by W. E. Britton 

 of Connecticut ; ' Suggestions towards Greater Uni- 

 formity in Nursery Inspection Laws and Rulings, ' by 

 E. P. Felt of New York ; ' Nursery Inspection and 

 Orchard Insecticide Treatment in Illinois,' by S. A. 

 Forbes of Illinois ; ' Entomology in the Southern 

 States, ' by H. Garman of Kentucky ; ' Economic 

 Entomology in Florida,' by H. A. Gossard of Florida ; 

 ' Experiences in Nursery and Orchard Inspection ' and 

 'Some Recent Results with Hydrocyanic Acid in 

 Large Buildings for the Destruction of Insect Pests,' 

 by W. G. Johnson of Maryland ; ' Danger to Amer- 

 ican Horticulture from the Introduction of Scale In- 

 sects,' by Geo. B. King of Massachusetts ; ' Entomo- 

 logical CEcology, ' by C. W. Wood worth of California ; 

 ' Recent Progress in Cotton Spraying, and New De- 

 signs for Cotton Sprayers, ' and ' Some Cotton Insects 

 and Methods for Suppressing them,' by Fred W. 

 Mally of Texas ; ' Observations on Artace punciistriga, ' 

 by H. A. Morgan of Louisiana ; 'A Little Known 

 Asparagus Pest ' and 'A Power Sprayer for Aspara- 

 gus,' by F. A. Sirrine of New York; 'Notes on 

 Crude Petroleum and its Effects upon Plants and In- 

 sects, ' by John B. Smith of New Jersey ; 'Nursery 

 Inspection in a State free from San Jos6 Scale,' by 

 H. E. Summers of Iowa. 



For this section. Professor H. Garman, 



