REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR. 



The year 1881 has given this Station abundant employment in 

 the analysis of Fertilizers, of which 170 samples have been exam- 

 ined, including, so far as could be learned, nearly every brand of 

 fertilizer sold in the State. 



Of Feeding Stuffs 37 samples have been analyzed and most of 

 this work" has been done incidental to an investigation of the 

 winter feed in use on some of our Dairy farms, made for the pur- 

 pose of comparing the rations there employed with the German 

 Standard. 



The Station has analyzed 56 samples of milk, partly in the inter- 

 est of one of our large creameries, partly as a contribution to a 

 knowledge of Guernsey milk, and partly in reference to the qual- 

 ity of the milk supplied to cities. 



Since the issue of the last Report, 15 samples of seeds have been 

 tested. Other seed-examinations now in progress are not ready 

 for publication. 



Five examinations for poisons have been made. Of these three, 

 viz., one on a well-water and two on parts of dead animals, gave 

 negative results. An account of the other two cases is sfiven 

 further on. 



A large amount of work has been done in the Station Labora- 

 tory with reference to the determination of "reverted" phospho- 

 ric acid, but the results are not ready to publish. 



The other subjects that have been under investigation may be 

 learned from subsequent pages or referred to by help of the pre- 

 ceding Table of Contents and the Index at the close of this Re- 

 port. 



Seventeen Station Bulletins have been issued during the year 

 and sent to all the newspapers and to all the Farmers' Clubs and 

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