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Further work in the investigation of this question is con- 

 templated during" the present year. 



The fertilizer work of the past season showed an in- 

 crease of about lo per cent over that of the preceding year, 

 and although the feed stuff law enacted in 1909 was prac- 

 tically inoperative, owing to defects in the law, a consid- 

 erable number of samples were analyzed during the past 

 year, while many samples of food materials for human con- 

 sumption were also subjected to analysis in this laboratory. 



In addition to the analytical work above outlined, this 

 laboratory has also made analyses of a large number of 

 specimens of miscellaneous materials forwarded from var- 

 ious localities in the State, including soils, marls, phos- 

 phates, ores, waters, etc. 



Very respectfully, 



B. B. ROSS, 



Chemist. 



