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Astudy of parturient paresis (milk fever)` and eclampsia
by Drs. Healy and Kastle, in which the analogy is shown
· between these two diseases and in which it is proven that
they are due to toxic substances elaborated in the udder and
the breast at or about the time of parturition.
A soil survey of Webster County made in cooperation with
the Kentucky Geological Survey and Chemical Division of
the Experiment Station. ' j I t
· A study of the catalpas and their allies by Professor
Harrison Garman. `
A study of the etiology of infectious abortion in cows and
mares by Professor E. S. Good.
' The diagnosis of infectious abortion in dairy cattle by Dr.
F. M. Surface. 9 ‘
Studies on the cultivation of corn and soy beans by V
Professors Roberts and Kinney of the Division of Agronomy.
A general summary of the work of the several divisions
of the Experiment Station is given in the following under
the respective divisions. ` f
AGRONOMY. The work of this department during the past
year, has included studies on the following important field
crops, namely, corn, wheat, oats, barley, tobacco; alfalfa,
sweet clover and soy beans, including variety tests, time and
manner of seeding, cultural methods, harvesting, curing,
’ and threshing, and the use of lime and fertilizers. A perma-
nent soil experiment field was laid out on the Experiment
Station farm in 1911, having for its object to test the effi-
ciency of various -systems of cropping and methods of soil
treatment. Similar fields have been laid out at Burnside,
Pulaski County, and at London, Laurel County. On the
' London field, the yield of corn was increased from 14 bushels
per acre in 1911 to 39 bushels per acre in 1912, through the