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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
PAGES.
I. ORGANIZATION OF THE NEW JERSEY AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT
STATIONS.......
xvii
II. REPORT OF THE TREASURER, STATE EXPERIMENT STATION................. xix
III. FINANCIAL STATEMENT, AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE EXPERIMENT STA-
Quantity and Value of Fertilizers used in New Jersey in 1895..
Comparison of Year's Trade with that of Preceding Years....
Market Prices of Fertilizers.........................
Chemical Examination of Fertilizers.........
Introduction
Fertilizer Law........................
xxi
1
17
19
20
21
25
32
Trade Value of Fertilizing Ingredients for 1896 and Examina-
tion of Standard Materials Supplying them.........
39
Average Cost per pound of Plant-Food Constituents........ 40
Nitrate of Soda........
Chemical Analyses of Fertilizing Materials.............
Sulphate of Ammonia...
Dried Blood..........
Dried and Ground Fish.........
Ground Bone and Tankage...
Bone Black, Bone Ash, etc...........
S. C. Rock and other Mineral Phosphates......
Muriate of Potash........
Kainit.......
High-Grade and Double Sulphates of Potash........... 48
Examination of Home Mixtures and Special Compounds........ 48
Examination and Valuation of Manufactured Brands and
....
46
47
Discussion of Results..........
Sources of Supply........
Analyses......
Market Prices of Commercial Feeds............
Average Composition of Fodders and Feeds.......
Cost and Composition of Milk in Cities in New Jersey.....
Sampling................................
Cost per Quart..........
Variations in Composition due to Natural Causes.......
Classification of Samples...........
139
Classification on Basis of Fat Content.........
VI. REPORT OF THE ASSISTANT IN HORTICULTURE...
149
VII. REPORT OF THE ASSISTANT IN DAIRY HUSBANDRY...
169
VII. REPORT OF THE ASSISTANT IN DAIRY HUSBANDRY-Continued.
Barley and Peas.........
Advantages of Soiling Over Pasture.........
General Study of the Dairy Herd.........
Methods of Seeding Crimson Clover........
The Experimental Silo........
Cost of Silo............
VIII. A REPORT OF IRRIGATION IN NEW JERSEY......
Need of Irrigation in New Jersey.......................................
Area Capable of Being Watered by Gravity in the Southern Section of
the State, and Accessible Water-supply. Estimated Cost of Irrigation.. 206
Use of Irrigation in the State, Methods Used, and Results Secured....... 217
Irrigation Experiments
IX REPORT OF BIOLOGIST....
I. Outline of the Year's Work .......
II. Experimental Work..........
(a) Discussion of Tables...........
Repeated Injection of Cattle..........
Curative Action of Tuberculin......
Autopsy of No. 58..............
(b) Germs in Milk.........................
(c) Tables
Cow Temperatures, 1896, Table I..............
...
229
233-285
Morning and Evening Temperatures, Table II..........245-253
Injection Temperatures, May, Table III........................................... .254-255
Injection Temperatures, June, Table IV......... ........256-257
Injection Temperatures, August, Table V...................................... .258-259
Tuberculin Test of Additions to Herd, Table VI
Germs in Fore-milk of Experiment Cows, Table VII...... 261-
Germs in Fore-milk of Cow 26, Table VIII..................................................... 262
III. Suppression and Prevention of Tuberculosis.
Introduction......................
Death-rate from Consumption..........
Proportion of Tuberculous Cows...............
Statistics from Meat Inspection... .....
Statistics from Veterinary Inspection.......
Statistics from Tuberculin Tests
What is Tuberculosis ?.............
260
.263-285
Description of the Tubercles...
Development of a Tubercle......
Location of Tubercles...........
Varieties of Localized Tuberculosis......
What Causes Tuberculosis............
Different Kinds of Tubercles Due to Different Parasites........ 268
Modes of Entrance of Germs in Primary Tuberculosis.......... 272
Secondary Tuberculosis..........
Milk as a Source of Infection......
Symptoms of Advanced Tuberculosis......
The Tuberculin Test.........
Is the Test Injurious?..........
Procedure in Making the Test...
Limitation and Failures of Test......
Advanced Cases........
Cases of Slight Reaction.....
Cases Previously Injected.........
Cases of Recent and Latent Infection.........
Presence of Other Diseases........
The Danish Method of Eradication of Tuberculosis............
How to Keep Tuberculosis Away from Ourselves.......
Contagiousness of Tuberculosis........................
Literature....
X. REPORT OF THE BOTANIST.........
Outline of Subjects Considered.......
The Experiment Area......
Experiment with Turnips
Summary of Turnip Experiments...
Further Experiments with Turnips.........
Box Experiments with Turnips........................
Testing Other Plants for Club-Root......
Experiments with Potatoes.........
Further Experiments with Potatoes......
Potatoes in Turnip Land........
Experiments with Sweet Potatoes......
Additional Experiments with Sulphur........
The Stem Rot of Sweet Potato........
Sweet Potatoes Upon the Experiment Area......
Experiments with Beans.........
Summary for the Past Two Years..........
The Second Bean Crop for 1896.........
Beans upon New Land..............
Experiments with Tomatoes.......
Experiments in 1896
Summary
Experiments with Peppers..........