SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT 
The financial report of the New Hampshire College Agricul- 
tural Experiment Station covers the year ending June 30, 1895. 
The summary of the work done is not necessarily circum- 
scribed by the limits of the fiscal year. It must have some ref- 
erence to the time when each annual report is published. 
The act of congress, establishing agricultural experiment 
stations, declares that " it shall be the duty of each of said sta- 
tions annually, on or before the first day of February, to make 
to the governor of the state in which it is located, a full and 
detailed report of its operations, including a statement of its 
receipts and expenditures, a copy of which report shall be sent 
to each of said stations, to the said commissioner of agriculture, 
and to the secretary of the treasury of the United States." 
For some years it has been our custom to publish the report 
of the experiment station, together with the other college re- 
ports, in one volume. This annual college report was dated, 
in accordance with the provisions of a state law, November 1. 
The act passed at the legislature of New Hampshire at its 
last session, decreeing that our college reports should here- 
after be published biennially, has not greatly affected the case. 
As in the past, so now, the financial report must cover the year 
from July 1 to June 30. The report of the station, as a depart- 
ment of the college, must be filed with the secretary of state on 
or before November 1, of every other year; and on or before 
February 1 of each year the report of the station must be made 
to the governor of the state. 
The financial statement will be found immediately following 
this introduction : 
The last annual report, being delayed by various causes, in- 
cluded Bulletins 24 and 25, dated respectively February and 
March, 1895. Beginning with Bulletin 26, published in March, 
1895, the station has issued: — 
