REPORT OF RHSHARCH CllKMISI" 



Emf.rson R. Mii,li;h 



Auburn, Al:i., Dec. 28, 1918. 

 Prof. J. F. Dug^nr, Director, 



Alabama Agricultural Kxi)erinieiit Station, 

 Auburn, Ala. 

 Sir: 



Under the Adams fund the writer is engaged in a chemical 

 investigation of the velvet bean, the object being to determine 

 its composition with reference to mineral constitutents, fats, 

 carbohydrates, proteins and enzymes. The purpose at present 

 is, also, to study dilTercnt parts of the plant in the same man- 

 ner. 



The writer will also endeavor to complete tlie work on the 

 chemical analysis of arsenate of lead, upon which Dr. Ander- 

 son had done considerable work, as an Adams Fund Project, in 

 co-operation with the Department of Entomology. 



Respectfully submitted, 



EMERSON R. MILLER, 

 Research Chemist. 



