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listed ill the Naval Reserve Corps as a Seaman 2nd class. He early 

 qualified as a marksman and was detailed as an instructor, which duty 

 he performed throughout the remainder of the war. 



Mr. E. J. Miller, enlisted in the Sanitary Corps, October 19, 1917, and 

 was commissioned 1st Lieutenant. Lieut. Miller, was placed on detached 

 duty in Washington where he was engaged in the poison gas investigation. 

 He was released Dec(Mnber 28, 1918, and returned to his position Feb- 

 ruary 1, 1919. 



]Mr. Percv O'Meara, was drafted November 30, 1917. He was sent 

 to Camp Custer and assigned to Co. C. 338 Inf., 85th Div. On July 21, 

 1918, he sailed for France and returned to this country April 11, 1919. 

 In September 1918 he was made corporal of his company. Corp. O'Meara 

 was released from service April 11, 1919, and returned to his position May 

 7, 1919. 



Mr. T. E. Friedemann enlisted in the Sanitary Corps, February 28, 

 1918, and was sent to Camp Greenleaf, Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, where 

 he was assigned to duty in the laboratory of the General Hospital. Mr. 

 Friedemann resigned on Februai-y 14, 1919, in order to accept a Fellow- 

 ship at the Harvard Medical School. 



Dr. C. S. Robinson was called to the Rockefeller Institute, New York 

 City, March 1, 1918, to take charge of instruction in Clinical Chemistry. 

 He was attached to the Institute Staff until June 6th when he received a 

 commission as Captain in the Sanitary Corps. Capt. Robinson was 

 released from the service January 8, 1919, and returned to the laboratory 

 January 15th. 



These men served well and faithfully in the positions to which they 

 were assigned and we feel justly proud of their records. 



By action of the State Board of Agriculture, Mr. C. F. Barnum was 

 made Chief Inspector and was taken off the road earh^ in the year to su- 

 pervise the work of collecting samples of fertilizer and feeding stuffs. 

 He has taken charge of numerous details in connection with the control 

 work which has greatly relieved the burden upon the Chief of the Section. 



Mr. A. H. Teske was appointed as inspector and entered upon the duties 

 (.f t1ie ofhce October 1, 1918. 



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Feiiilizcr Iit^pccliuti: During the year ending April 30, 1919, 323 fei-- 

 tilizer licenses were issued and 863 samples were collected and analyzed. 

 The results of this inspection were published in Bulletin No. 283. 



Feeding Stuff'.s Inspection: Bulletin No. 282 giving the results of in- 

 sj)ection covering 919 samples collected during the previous year was 

 published during September 1918. During the year ju.st closing 1,533 

 samples have been analyzed. The results of the inspection show a steady 

 increase in the quality of the feeds sold in Michigan so far as amounts of 

 nutrients guaranteed are concerned. A large amount of very low grade 

 and cheap feeds are still on the market and it would be desirable to 

 amend the law at the next session of the legislature so as to exclude some 

 of the poorer materials now being used. 



It was necessary to try two cases in the courts during the year. The 

 first case was against Watson-Higgins Milling Co., Grand Rapids, Michi- 

 gan, for shipping unlicensed and untagged commercial feeding stuffs. The 

 evidence was presented to the prosecuting attorney of Kent county and ■ 



