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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS

W. O. ATWATER, DIRECTOR

EXPERIMENT STATION

RECORD

SEPTEMBER, 1889
VOL. 1, No. 1

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY OF THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE

WASHINGTON

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

1889

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

Letter of transmittal...

Introduction.....

Abstracts of Station Bulletins, January-June, 1889, Part I

ALABAMA:

Agricultural Experiment Station of the Agricultural and Mechanical

College of Alabama

Bulletin No. 3 (new series), January, 1889.

Report of agriculturist, J. S. Newman

Experiment with corn.....

Meteorological report, P. H. Mell, M. E., Ph. D., and T. D. Samford,

B. S.

Bulletin No. 4 (new series), February, 1889..

Strawberry, grape, and raspberry culture, J. S. Newman.

Bulletin No. 5 (new series), April, 1889..

Cotton, J. S. Newman.

Experiments with fertilizers.

Proper ratio between phosphoric acid and nitrogen in fer-

tilizers for cotton ...

Three forms of phosphoric acid for cotton....

Will lime increase the efficiency of the phosphates for

cotton?.....

Can improved methods and the use of fertilizers increase

the profits of cotton culture on very poor, sandy lands?..

Varieties of cotton

Study of the soils of the State with reference to cotton culture..

Feeding pigs for pork production..

Turnips..

Description of barns and dairy-feeding experiments, Isaac Ross..

Report of chemist, N. T. Lupton, M. D., LL. D.

Report of meteorologist, P. H. Mell, M. E., Ph. D.

Canebrake Agricultural Experiment Station

Bulletin No. 3, January, 1889..

Report of assistant director, W. H. Newman, M. Sc

Experiments with corn

Meteorology