REPORT OF THE AGRICULTURIST. 



To the Director of the Cornell University Agricultural Experiment 

 Station : 

 Sir :— 



The work of this Division of the Experiment Station 

 has progressed most satisfactorily during the year. Beside com- 

 pleting the work outlined in my report of one year ago many new 

 lines of investigation, particularly in the branch of dairy hus- 

 bandly, have been taken up and it is believed that some results of 

 importance have been reached. 



There have been published during the year three bulletins and 

 several short articles in the " Omnibus Bulletin.' 1 The bulletins 

 were : 



No. XVI, Growing Corn for Fodder and Ensilage, detailing 

 the results of a comparative trial of some forty varieties of ensil- 

 age corn and giving additional data as to the best period for cut- 

 ting corn for ensilage. 



No. XX, Cream Raising by Dilution and Variations in Fat of 

 Milk served to Customers in Dipping from Cans. 



No. XXII, On the Effect of a grain ration for Cows at Pasture, 

 giving the results of the repetition in 1890 of the experiment on 

 the same subject first reported in Bulletin XIII, December 1889. 



Beside the above the results of the feeding experiments carried 

 on the winter of 1S89-90, the experiments on the production and 

 waste of manure carried on through the past season, and some 

 additional data on the subject of cream raising are now awaiting 

 publication. 



During the year the facilities for experiments with animals have 

 been largely increased by additions made to the barn that are de- 

 scribed and illustrated in detail in the report of the Director. 

 With this new equipment the work of animal investigation has 

 been enlarged to include some of the breeding problems as well as 

 feeding, and for this purpose an excellent young male pig of the 

 Poland China breed has been purchased, and through the courtesy 

 of the Hon. David S. Collins, Secretary of the Rhode Island State 



