yO MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. I9OO. 



REPORT FOR I 895. 



Investigations on the foraging powers of some agricultural plants for 

 phosphoric acid. The profitable amount of seed per acre for corn. Sun- 

 flower heads and blackeye peas as silage crops. Feeding experiments 

 with milch cows. The relation of food to the growth and composition 

 of the bodies of steers. Notes on potatoes, sweet corn, peas and cab- 

 bage. Notes on plants and insects. Second blooming of pear trees. 

 Cattle lice. The yellow woolly bear. Tapestry moth. The strawberry 

 leaf beetle. The cucumber flea beetle. The currant fly. Bulletins issued 

 in 1895 — Important facts about corn. Inspection of fertilizers. A dis- 

 cussion of certain commercial fertilizers. A discussion of condimental 

 foods. Notes on small fruits. Inspection of fertilizers. 



REPORT FOR I 896. 



New fittings of the cow stable. Analyses of feeding stuffs. Profit- 

 able amount of seed corn per acre. Sunflowers and English horse 

 beans as silage crops. Tests of separators. Feeding experiments with 

 milch cows. Effects of tuberculin on tuberculous cows. Orchard notes. 

 Notes on winter gardening. Notes on plants. Insects of the year. A 

 new garden Smynthurid. Dietary studies at the Maine State Col- 

 lege. Meteorological summary. Reprints of bulletins 23 to 31. Inspec- 

 tion laws. General index to reports for 1885 to 1895 inclusive. 



REPORT FOR 1897. 



Reprints of bulletins 32 to 40. Inspections for 1897. Testing dairy 

 products by the Babcock test. New poultry plant. Ornamenting home 

 grounds. Acquisition of atmospheric nitrogen. Digestion experiments. 

 Tests of tuberculin on tuberculous cows. Comparison of the temperatures 

 of healthy and tuberculous cows. Notes on insects and plants. King- 

 devil weed. Herd records. Meteorological observations. 



REPORT FOR I 898. 



Reprint of bulletins 41 to 47. Inspections for 1898. Box experiments 

 with phosphoric acid. Analyses of fodders and feeding stuffs. Digestion 

 experiments with sheep. Oat hay harvested at different stages of matu- 

 rity. Effect of food on the hardness of butter and composition of butter 

 fat. Effect of feeding fat on the fat content of milk. Injurious milli- 

 pedes. An injurious caddice fly. Insects and plants of the year. Tuber- 

 culosis and the station herd. Nest box for keeping individual egg 

 records. Number of laying hens that can be profitably kept in one 

 pen. Herd records. Comparison of large and small radish seed. Effects 

 of subwatering radishes. Blueberry in Maine. Experiments upon the 

 digestibility of bread. Acquisition of atmospheric nitrogen. Soil inocu- 

 lation. Skimmed milk vs. water in bread making. Pollination and fer- 

 tilization of flowers. Meteorological observations. 



