AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 13 
The raising of hardier apple seedlings has been carried on 
and about twelve thousand have been grown this year. 
The forest garden, which has been planted fourteen years, 
is full of interesting object lessons to teachers and students 
Gf-this subject: It 1s one of the few forest. gardens in’ this 
country. 
The care of the campus has been unusually heavy this year, 
which has required much attention, owing to the rank growth 
of grass and the roads being badly washed during the heavy 
rains. An appropriation should be made for the purpose of 
paving the gutters and putting our roads in better shape. 
The crop of potatoes was considerably lessened by rot, 
which was especially bad this season. 
The sample hedges which were started several years ago 
make a fine appearance, affording a very interesting object 
lesson. They will be maintained from now on with very little 
expense. Our orchards are in good condition and the outlook 
is very promising for the successful growing of apples in this 
section, which was thought incredible but a few years ago. 
CHEMICAL, DIVISION. 
Bulletin No. 80 has been issued during the last year by the 
Division of Agricultural Chemistry, on “‘Alfalfa, Its Chemical 
Development, Feeding Value and Digestibility. The Digesti- 
bility of Hog Millet.” 
Bulletin No. 126, “Studies on the Digestibility and Nutri- 
tive Value of Bread,” has been published by the United States. 
Department of Agriculture, Office of Experiment Stations, 
Washington, D. C. 
A text book of 425 pages, for use in the School of Agricul- 
ture, entitled “Chemistry of Plant and Animal Life,” has been 
prepared by Prof. Harry Snyder. 
An article by Professor Snyder was read before the Inter- 
national Congress of Applied Chemists at Berlin, entitled ““The 
Testing of Wheat and Flour for Commercial Purposes.” 
wueAtiucies on \.bread and Breadmaking,’ ~ Flour’ and 
“Wheat” have been prepared for the forthcoming Encyclo- 
pedia Americana, published by the Scientific American Pub- 
lishing Co. 
