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susceptibility of plants and insects to hydrocyanic acid and other 

 insecticides. 



Feeding and digestion experiments have been carried on with cattle 

 which indicate that the feeding- value of Porto Rico molasses for 

 dairy stock is about 80 per cent that of corn meal. With sheep, diges- 

 tion coefficients have been obtained for a ninnber of by-products and 

 forage crops. An experiment has also been completed to show the 

 physiological and economic value of protein in milk production. 

 The inspection of fertilizers, feeding stuffs, nurseries, etc., continues 

 to occupy considerable time. 



During the j^ear'the college and station have continued to prosper 

 and have made numerous additions to equipment. The horticultural 

 building has been occupied, and the ncAv college barn is nearing com- 

 pletion. An addition to the insectary and a new greenhouse have 

 provided increased facilities for the entomologists, and a new build- 

 ing for the department of botany and vegetable ]:)athology is under 

 construction. This building, which will be called Clark Hall, will be 

 designed for the special needs of both the college and station work, 

 and will cost, without equipment or greenhouses, about $45,000. 



The most important step in extension work was the participation 

 of the college and station in the equipping and management of the 

 first railway special to be operated in New England in the interests 

 of agriculture. The " Better farming special," Avhich traversed a 

 considerable part of the State and later portions of Vermont and New 

 Hampshire, attracted much attention, there being at least 10,000 

 visitors in Massachusetts, of whom a noticeably large proportion were 

 young people. 



The publications of this station during the year were as follows: 

 Bulletins 103, 101, and 107, Analyses of fertilizers; 105, Tomatoes 

 under glass, methods of pruning tomatoes; 106, Condimental stock 

 and poultry foods; 108, Inspection of concentrates; and 109, Analyses 

 of fertilizers and insecticides; Meteorological bulletins 198 to 209; 

 and an index to Massachusetts Station publications, volumes 1 to 12, 

 1883 to 1894. 

 The income of the station during the past fiscal j'^ear was as follows: 



Unitod Rtiitos approprintioii. Hatch Act $14,017.70 



ruitt'd States aijpropriation, Adams Act 5,000.00 



Balance of United States funds frum previous year 382. 30 



Stat*' ai)propriation 13, 500. 00 



Fees 4.745.00 



Farm products 2. 8:30. 02 



Miscellaneous 4.993. 76 



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Total __ 40, 074. 78 



