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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
PAGES.
I. ORGANIZATION OF THE NEW JERSEY AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT
STATIONS......
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II. REPORT OF The Treasurer, STATE EXPERIMENT STATION......
III. FINANCIAL STATEMENT, AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE EXPERIMENT STA-
xvii
xix
xxi
1
17
19
Quantity and Value of Fertilizers used in New Jersey in 1895.. 20
Comparison of Year's Trade with that of Preceding Years.... 21
Market Prices of Fertilizers........
Chemical Examination of Fertilizers......
Introduction
Fertilizer Law.........
Securing of Samples...........
Selection of Samples for Examination.
Manufacturers..
25
32
33
35
36
Chemical Analysis...........
38
Trade Value of Fertilizing Ingredients for 1896 and Examina-
tion of Standard Materials Supplying them..........
Average Cost per pound of Plant-Food Constituents........ 40
High-Grade and Double Sulphates of Potash...........
Examination of Home Mixtures and Special Compounds....... 48
Examination and Valuation of Manufactured Brands and
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........
Discussion of Results.........
Classification of Samples..........
Character of the Dairies and Rations Fed..
Relative Cost per Pound of Nutrients..
Quality of the Total Solids..........
Fat Content of Creamery Samples.........
Analysis of Samples...
From New Brunswick......
From Newark.
From Trenton....
148
From Camden.........
Classification on Basis of Fat Content..........
VI. REPORT OF THE ASSISTANT IN HORTICULTURE..
Asparagus.........
Blackberries
Raspberries.......
Currants
Gooseberries
Strawberries
Plums ....
Cherries..
149
151
159
162
163
164
VII. REPORT OF THE ASSISTANT IN DAIRY HUSBANDRY...
Laying Out of the Farm.......
165
169
.... 171
VII. REPORT OF THE ASSISTANT IN DAIRY HUSBANDRY-Continued.
175
176
178
179
180
183
187
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..........
229
233-285
235
.236-262
.236-239
236
237
.254-255
..256-257
Injection Temperatures, May, Table III............
Injection Temperatures, June, Table IV.........
Injection Temperatures, August, Table V..................258-259
Tuberculin Test of Additions to Herd, Table VI ..... 260
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.
Different Kinds of Tubercles Due to Different Parasites........ 268
The Germ Theory of Disease
Susceptibility and Immunity......
Work of the White Cells.......
Number of Germs Entering.......
268
269
..270-271
270
Modes of Entrance of Germs in Primary Tuberculosis.......... 272