New YorK AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 
Apricot, diseases and insects injurious 
to, 14, 350, 351. 
in the Hudson valley, 18, 193; 
notes on fruit-rot, 18, 418; 
gumming, 18, 418; leaf-spot, 
18, 418. 
prevalence of, 19, 180. 
insects, notes on curculio, 18, 418; 
San Jose scale, 18, 416, 418, 449. 
Apricots, 14, 268. 
description of varieties, 14, 271- 
2433 
list of, grown in 1895, 14, 273. 
productiveness, 14, 271. 
purple, 14, 272. 
Russian, 14, 270. 
varieties tested, 3, 22, 7, 93, 100, 
SOS, woot Lo, 288. 
winter killed, 8, 340. 
Arboretum, Station, trees in, 7, 
347. 
Arginine in cheese, 21, 224, 22, 173, 176. 
Arithmetic of fertilizers, 14, 125. 
Armstrong, R. B., Assistant Chemist, 
9, V. 
W. A., on Board of Control, 1, 4. 
Army worm, bibliography, 15, 598; 
habits, 15, 587; history, 15, 586; life 
141, 9, 
history and description, 15, 587; 
methods for checking, 15, 590; 
natural enemies, 15, 589; outbreak, 
extent, 15, 584; outbreak in other 
States, 15, .592.:; 
apa 30, 583; 
aystiy 
Arsenate of lead as an insecticide, 22, 
338; for cotton-wood leaf beetle, 15, 
543; for willow beetle, 14, 
formula and preparation, 18, 310. 
Arsenic, white, an adulterant of paris 
green, 18, 243. 
Arsenical sprays for forest tent-cater- 
pillars, 18, 310. 
Arsenite, green. (See Green arsenite.) 
of lead as an insecticide, 22, 339. 
lime as an insecticide, 22, 336; 
effect on potato foliage, 24, 
outbreak, notes on, 
treatment advised, 15, 
HOT ; 
195; experiment with, 24, 
208; for canker worm, 17, 
aD, OOos LOLMUla ek so SS. 
24, 199. 
soda as an insecticide, 22, 337; 
effect on potato foliage, 24, 
195; formula for, 24, 190; 
insecticidal value on _ pota- 
toes, 25, 179. 
Arsenites, effect on potato foliage, 24, 
195. 
Arsenoid, analysis, 19, 456. 
Arthur, J. C., reports as Botanist, 3, 
353, 4, 268, 5, 259, G6, 348; resigna- 
_tion, 6, VII. 

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Artificial digestion of cottage cheese, 23, 
103: 
Ash analyses of cattle excrement, 8, 
153; feeding stuffs, 6, 481; fruit 
trees, 10, 166; grasses, 6, 409; 
hay, 6, 409; timothy, 6, 416. 
constituents of milk and cream, 8, 
208. 
elements, 
64. 
in foods in breed test, 10, 43-76, 
Qoauddes LOS 125. eros ee ite: 
grain and straw, 11, 206; milk 
breed test, 10, 57, 87, 99, 105, 
106; 108.5141, 18) 18 136, 2, 
100, 105, 117, 122; nursery stock, 
11, 176-205. 
removed by nursery stock, 10, 172. 
Ashes, effect on apple scab, 16, 17, 317; 
color of apples, 16, 331; keeping 
12, 44-47, 80, 81, 82; milk yield, 
of apples, 16, 335. 
leached, potash in, 14, 73, 74. 
Asparagus beetles, methods of _ treat- 
ment, 15, 528; notes on, 15, 
526; treatment of, 3, 320. 
fertilizers for, 14, 98. 
miner, notes on, 19, 292. 
ornamental, Rhizoctonia on, 19, 
Bl Way 
plant food constituents in, 24, 374. 
root system, 3, 308. 
rust, 15, 458; damage by, 19, 123; 
description, 19, 125; history and 
distribution, 19, 124; method of 
controlling, 19, 129; recommenda- 
tion for treatment, 19, 152. 
spraying for, 19, 122. 
sprayer, description of, 19, 1538. 
spraying experiments, 19, 137, 142. 
varieties resistant to rust, 19, 130. 
Aspidiotus ancylus in New York, 16, 
458. 
notes on, 15, 533. 
perniciosus. (See San Jose scale.) 
Assistant Chemist, reports of, 4, 340, 
sS wasatay, Wie Oy 
Virst. (See First Assistant.) 
Horticulturist, bulletins prepared 
by, 11, 531°; reports .of, 5, 233, 
G880T, a2. 8 224: 
Station, duties of, 1, 26. 
Assistants, student, selection, 18, 7. 
Associate Chemist, appointment of, 22, 
10. 
Aster plants, white grubs attacking, 21, 
254: 
Asterodiaspis 
scale.) 
Atmospheric pressure, influence on per- 
colation, 6, 102. 
necessity for poultry, 8, 
quercicola. (See Oak 
