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r REPORT OF AGRICULTURAL EXPRRIMENT STATION. rx   .   1
i . Grass Plots. - l     4
  Prof. Garmau has under his charge a very complete test of   ' V  j
9 the different varieties of grasses, clovers and forage plants.    
These experiments now under way for four years are becoming   “ 1  
P of much interest. j.·   4
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4S_ ` The Use of Paris Green to Destroy the Tobacco Worm. · Q  
G ' Paris Green is being used to, some extent by our tobacco ;_  
B Z growers to destroy the tobacco worm. The Paris Green is  R l-
6  · mixed with water, and this mixture sprayed on the growi·ng l i` 3
6 _€ plant. This is very effective and very inexpensive, compared 4   4
l`   with the methodof picking the worms off by hand. It would be _'   é
fl 1 used almost universally were it not for the fear that the Paris _  
IG   Green would adh`ere to the mature and cured leaf, and thereby i 1 .  
ll poison the consumer. For the purpose of testing to what ex-» .   4° 
LG   tent the Paris Green does adhere, Prof. Garman and Prof. Peter .  
2·~   have made a number of tests, the results of which may be found    
  in Bulletin No. 53. More extensive experiments in this line  
  will be made the coming year. . _ `  
ig   Study of Methods of Analysis. _i  
1S  ‘ The study of methods of analysis occupies a considerable- i  
S4   portion of the time of the chemists. Mr. Peter `has given 4  
,11   almost his entire time this year to the study of soil analysis. V  
111   The necessity of such work is self-evident. If a method of ·  
,11  1 Soil analysis can be discovered whereby we can tell the amount  
1f   of available plant food to a certainty in any soil, a great prob-  
an  ? lem in agricultural science will have been solved, and one which  
1g   Will be of incalculable value to agriculture.    
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  Publications.   1;
g  The publications of the Station since the report of last year  
ly   are as follows : `  if
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in   Bulletin No. 48. Commercial fertilizers. 1  
  Blllletln N0. 49, I, Destructive locusts lll kelltuoky.  
  4 II. The bud-worm of tobacco.  
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