MASSACHUSETTS, 129 



.STA'IION STAFF, 



H. H. Goodell, LT^. D., Pircctur. \V. K. Tfjttinghani, Assislanl ('hmiid 



W. P. Brooks, Pii. ])., A(jrici(llnrlst. (Foods and I'Vcdiiig). 



-G. E. Stone, Pir. D., BotaniM, Mi/<-ol<jijlsl. K. B. Holland, M. 8., /'Vz-.s/ Clinnirt { Foods 



C. A. Goessmann, Ph. D., LL. D., Honor- and Fetnling). 



ary Director; Chemist ( Fertilizers ) . P. H. Smith, B. S. , Aaxidaiit Chcnmt (Foods 



J. B. Lindsey, Pn. D., C/ic»M*'< (Foods and and Feeding). 



FVeding). R. II. Kol)ertson, B. S., Ast<i.'<liiiil Clu'iiiisl 



C. II. Fernald, Pn. IX, E)Uoinologi«t. (Fertilizers). 



F. A. Waugh, i\I. S., Iforticnlturist. J. G. Cook, B. H., A.i»U<ta>it Cliemwt {Fooda 



J. E. Ostrander, C. E., Meteor ohxjixt. and Feeding). 



F. R. Chureh, Asuiatunt AgriculturiM. II. T. Fernald, Pn. 1)., A^aoi-iate Entoinol- 



G. F. Freeman, Ass'stant Botanist, Myrvl- ogist. 



agist. (i. O. Greene, M. S., Assistant Jlorlirul- 



N. F. Monalian, Assistant Botanist. lurist. 



H. D. Ilaskins, B. S., Assistaid Clieniist Alljert Parsons, J>. S., Inspector (Foods 



(Fertilizers). and Feeding). 



J. E. Halligan, B. S., Assist<int Chcnmt F. F. Hensliaw, Ohservir. 



(Fertilizers). G. F. Mills, Trea.mrer. 



E. A. Jones, Superintendent of Farm. 



GENERAL OUTLOOK. 



Tlic work of the Massachusetts Station has not clianocd materially 

 during the past year. The entomologist has publislied a catalogue of 

 the Coccidse of the world and the results of studies on the life history 

 of Aleurodes. He is cooperating with other entomologists in making 

 investigations upon the relation between temperature and insect life. 

 In the department of foods and feeding, digestion and milk experiments 

 with brewers' and distillers' b^^-products have shown that these 

 materials have a high rate of digestibility, and it is believed that the 

 brewers' grains furnish cheap and (juite satisfactory' protein sources 

 for milk producers. Malt sprouts, while giving r(>asonal)ly satis- 

 factory results, are not particularly to be recommended because 

 animals object to the taste. Careful and continued observations failed 

 to show that any of these materials imparted objectionable flavors or 

 odors to the milk. Digestion tests have also been made with apple 

 pomace, soy beans, hominy meal, and other concentrated feeds, and 

 investigations have been started to determine the value of dried blood 

 as a source of protein for milk production. Tn this depaitment, and 

 also in the department of agronomy, considera])le attention is being 

 given to alfalfa, soy l)eans, and cowpeas. Recent trials have shown 

 that winter wheat and sand vetch sown together about September 1 

 produce a very desirable green feed for early spring. In the dei)art- 

 ment of agriculture the tield and pot exi)eriments are l)eing continued 

 as heretofore, and investigations are being nuide I'elative to tiie feeding 



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