CONNECTICUT. \):^ 



A report of tlic rcr(.'i|)ls und ixpciKliturcs lor the I'niti-d Stutfs 

 fund has been roiidercd in accordaricc with the schedules prescrihed 

 by this Department, and lias been approved. 



rUBLlCATlONS. 



The pul)lications of this station received durins^ the past fiscal year 

 were liuUetins 72-81 and the Annual Report for li>()2. The bulletins 

 include a soil study — IV, the (riound water; the feeding value of beet 

 pulp; swine feedin<^ in Coloi-ado; lamb feedino- experiments; feedinj^ 

 l)eet pid^) to laml)s; unirrij^ated lands of eastern Colorado; the tomato 

 industry of the Arkansas ^'alley; treatment of stinking snuit in wheat; 

 laying down peach trees, and onion growing in the Cache la Poudrc 

 Valley. The Annual Report contains the usual matters of an admin- 

 istrative nature and reports from the different departments. 



CO?^^:N^l-CTltUT. 



The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, \ew Hnven. 



c;ovEKNiN(; n(».\Ki>. 



Stiitt' liuurd of Control: <j<jvL'ruor Abiraiii Chamberlain (President), llnrtjord; 

 W. 11. Brewer {Secretary), New Haven; E. H. Jenkins {TrecLvirer), Xeiv Haven; 

 \V. (). Atwater, Mlddhtoivn; Edwin Hoyt, New Canaan; J. II. Webb, Box 1425, New 

 Haven; T. S. Gold, Wed Cornwall; B. W. Collins, Meriden. 



STATIO.X ST.VKF. 



E. H. Jenkins, Ph. D., Director. (i. P. Clinton, S. D., Botanist. 



A. L. Winton, Ph. B., Chemist. V. E. Cole, Librarian, Clerk. 



T. B. Csborne, Pn. D., Chemist. L. M. Brautleeht, Assi.><tant Clerk: 



A. W. Ogden, Ph. IV, Chemist. AVilliam \'eiteh, in charge of Buildings 

 M. Silverman, Ph. B., Chemist. and Grounds. 



I. V. Harris, Pn. B., Chemist. Hugo Lange, Jjihoratorij Assist<int. 



PL Monroe Baik'v, Chemist. J. B. Oleott, in charge of Grass Garden 

 W. K. Britttjn, Ph. I)., Entomologist. {South ^fanchester). 



Walter Mulford, F. E., in charge of Forest AN'illiain Pokrob, Laboratory Assistant. 



Work and State Forester. \'. L. Churchill, Sampling Agent. 



GENERAL OUTLOOK. 



The lines of woik at the Connecticut State Station ha\-c not been 

 changed or eidarged duiing the past year. Progress has bi'en made, 

 however, in the increased amount of work done. Consideralde inves- 

 ti<ration is bcinir conduclcd on the mici<tscoi)v of food adultei'ations, 

 which is of a fundamiMilyl character and is of widespread usefulness. 

 Work of this kind has Ix-en done with e(libl(; berries, certain cultivated 

 sorghums, and seeds found in wheat screenings. Chemical studies of 

 considerable permanent value were made on the effect of roasting on 

 the cocoa Ix'an and on the comi)osition of authentic saniples of cocoa 

 beans and shells. I'he investigation of vegetable proLeids continues 



