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in this direction, sufficient quite for the continuous employment 
of a trained observer and experimenter. 
Few questions pertaining to agriculture are at the present time - 
arousing greater interest among scientific men, or in their solu- 
tion are likely to be of greater practical value to the farmer, than 
are those relating to the conditions of vegetable growth which 
are dependent upon soil temperature and moisture, and the 
means whereby these important conditions may be modified or 
controlled. 
It is expected that the results which shall be secured by means 
of the four new lysimeters, which have recently been constructed 
and placed in position, may help materially in the solution of 
some of these problems. 
GIFTS. 
We are indebted to the publishers for the following list of 
newspapers and periodicals, which have been sent to us free of 
charge: 
American Grocer, New York, N. Y. 
American Cultivator, Boston, Mass. 
American Rural Home, Rochester, N. Y. 
American Poultry Yard, Hartford, Ct. 
American Grange Bulletin, Cincinnati, Ohio. 
American Farm News, Akron, Ohio. 
American Analyst, New York, N. Y. 
American Agriculturist, New York, N. Y. 
American Farmer, Baltimore, Md. 
American Garden, New York, N. Y. 
Agricultural Epitomist, Indianapolis, Ind. 
Canadian Horticulturist, Grimsby, Ontario, Canada. 
Country Gentleman, Albany, N. Y. 
Chicago Journal of Commerce, Chicago, II. 
Chautauqua Farmer, Dunkirk, N. Y. 
Delaware County Dairyman and Register, Franklin, N. Y. 
Drug, Oil and Paint Reporter, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Druggists’ Bulletin, Detroit, Mich. 
Delaware Farm and Home, Wilmington, Del. 
Farm Journal, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Farm and Home, Springfield, Mass. 
Farmer and Breeder, Iowa City, Iowa. 
Farmers’ Home, Dayton, Ohio. 
