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merits during the coming season. The stables for feeding 

 experiments are finished on a general plan, and require but 

 limited expense and time to be fitted for special experiments 

 in stock-feeding. 



A considerable amount and variety of fodder raised upon 

 the fields of the Station is on hand, to serve, in connection 

 with the silo product, for feeding experiments. 



Want of time and of means have thus far prevented the 

 entering upon a systematic observation of the weather and 

 the relation of the atmosphere on the physical and chemical 

 condition of the soil. The observations which have been 

 made in this direction are consequently rather fragmentary, 

 and will be retained for the present, to be published when 

 properly supplemented. One of the principal wants in the 

 present stage of the Experiment Station consists in suitable 

 rooms fit for careful observations of various kinds in agricul- 

 tural chemistry and physics. The space at present occupied 

 by the chemist consists of two rooms for general analytical 

 work, for which they are well adapted. The remainder of 

 the building, known by the name of " Chapel building," is 

 occupied for various purposes by the college, and is decid- 

 edly inadequate to its daily-increasing wants. No more 

 room can be obtained from the college authorities, nor can 

 the restoration of the two rooms occupied by the Station 

 meet the wants of the college. As the gas works of the 

 Experiment Station are in connection with its present labora- 

 tory, and the building very suitable for the immediate wants 

 of the experiments, as far as additional buildings are con- 

 cerned, it seems, in the interest of economy, advisable to 

 induce the college authorities to assign the entire building to 

 the use of the Station, at a liberal rent ; and to meet their 

 wants by the erection of a new building, which they will be 

 obliged to do at an early date. The best interests of both 

 State institutions will be benefited by such an arrangement, 

 which is presented for your careful consideration. 



C. A. GOESSMANN, 



Director. 



