New York Agricultural Experiment Station. 241 



Southern States, Baltimore, Md. 



Sugar Beet, Philadelpliia, Pa. 



Sugar Planters' Journal, New Orleans, La. 



Utah Church and Farm, Salt Lake City, Utah. 



Yermont Farmers' Advocate, Burlington, Xt 



Yillage Record, West Chester, Pa. 



"Western Plowman, Mohne, 111. 



XIX. Rules of the Station Governing Gratuitous Chemical 

 Analysis for Private Persons. 



The idea prevails to a greater or less extent that this Station em- 

 ploys its chemists for the purpose of making chemical analysis of 

 any and all materials sent here^by any one residing in this State. 

 This is a mistake. Our chemists are employed mainly to do the 

 analytical work which our regular investigations necessitate. The 

 work thus called for is \ery extensive, probably greater than that 

 done at any other experiment station in the United States. We 

 make annually about 25,000 chemical determinations in connection 

 with our regular investigations. These investigations are planned 

 so as to benefit the largest possible number of farmers. We have, 

 therefore, to exercise care, in order to prevent work for individuals 

 from interfering with the work which is done for the farmers in the 

 State at large. When we consider that there are nearly 400,000 

 farmers in this state, it can easily be seen that, if chemical work 

 was done for any considerable number of individual farmers, our 

 regular work would be completely stopped with our present 

 force of chemists. It is hoped that in the near future we can 

 make arrangements to do promptly a larger amount of chemi- 

 cal analysis for individuals. There is a feeling on the part of 

 some that they pay taxes to support this Station and that, there- 

 fore, they have the right to ask to have chemical work done for 

 them gratuitously. When we consider that each farmer of the 

 State pays less on an average than one cent a year toward the 

 support of our entire work, and that requests for chemical work call 

 for time and materials which cost the State many times that sura, it 

 can be clearly seen how little ground the individual has for claiming 

 the right to demand special work for himself. Many requests for 

 chemical work are to satisfy mere curiosity and the work, if done, 

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