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latter will doubtless be presented for publication in the report either 

 for 1915 or 1916. It is quite probable that in time other volumes 

 of similar character will follow. 



As was stated in the last report, the Legislature of 1913 author- 

 ized the printing of an edition of five thousand copies of the " Apples 

 of New York " to be sold at cost, not only to residents of the State 

 but to anyone making application and paying the required sum. 

 The cost of publication has been set at $2.25 per set of two volumes 

 and alreadjr a large number of copies have been sold. Application 

 for the " Apples of New York " should now be made to the Com- 

 missioner of Agriculture, Albany, N. Y. ; and checks or other means 

 of payment should be drawn in favor of the Treasurer of the State 

 of New York. 



INSPECTION WORK. 



The chemical work involved in the analysis of samples of ferti- 

 lizers, feeding stuffs, fungicides and insecticides collected by the 

 Commissioner of Agriculture and forwarded to this institution in 

 accordance with the requirements of law has reached large pro- 

 portions. The examination of the samples of agricultural seeds 

 received from the same source now consumes a large amount of 

 time. Besides this the law requires that all Babcock glassware 

 that is used in New York by creameries and cheese factories which 

 purchase milk on the basis of the fat content shall be tested for 

 accuracy and marked by the Experiment Station. 



Following is a summary of the work performed by the Station 



along these lines during the year 1914: 



Fertilizers 1 ,004 samples 



Feeding stuffs 604 samples 



Agricultural seeds, official t 302 samples 



Agricultural seeds, from farmers 1,155 samples 



Total 3,065 samples 



Milk bottles 23,104 



Cream bottles 6,591 



Pipettes 452 



Total 30,147 



INVESTIGATIONS RELATIVE TO HOP CULTURE. 



For two years the Experiment Station has been carrying on investi- 

 gations relative to the control of mildew on hops, in the hop-growing 



