6 Report of the Acting Director and Cheiviist of the 



XYI. Analysis of commercial fertilizers collected during the 

 fall of 1895. 

 XYII. Gifts to the Station. 

 XYIII. Newspapers and periodicals presented to the Station. 

 XIX. Rules of Station governing gratuitous chemical analysis for 

 private parties. 



I. Improvements and Additions. 



The Legislature of 1895 appropriated $1,000 for a frait house to 

 be used for assorting and storing fruit, for exhibiting fruit and for 

 experimenting as to the best methods of keeping different fniits. 

 This will supply a long felt want. Such a building is an absolute 

 necessity in order to enable us to make the best use of our extensive 

 orchards, which are each year coming into more complete bearing. 

 The building is located immediately west of the dairy building. 



An additional appropriation was made of $7,500, for the construc- 

 tion of three dwellings to be used by officials of the staff'. After 

 careful consideration it was decided to build a triple house in order 

 to utilize the appropriation in the most economical way possible. 

 The building is located north and west across the road from the 

 Director's residence. Ground was broken in August, and the 

 building is to be completed in January, 1896. This building will 

 add not a little to the appearance of the Station property, and will 

 prove a great convenience for those members of the staff who have 

 formerly been compelled to live at some distance from their work. 



Arrangements have been made for extending the orchard, and an 

 addition of about three acres will be made in the spring. 



A hedge of Norway spruce has been set along the northwestern 

 boundary of the Station property. This will add much to the 

 appearance of this portion of the farm, and is designed in time to 

 serve as a useful windbreak for the various buildings. 



A new boiler and engine Avere placed in the dairy building last 

 summer, furnished the Station at a special rate by D. H. Burrell & 

 Co., of Little Falls, N. Y. This addition to the equipment of the- 

 dairy building had become an aljsolute necessity. 



II. Outline of Reports of Different Departments. 

 1. Report of the First Assistant. — In his report Mr. Wheeler, 

 the First Assistant, gives a brief general statement of the work of 

 the past year. He reports briefly the method of cattle feeding for 



