REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY 
During the past year, the department has pursued studies 
of the composition of apples, the amount and composition of 
the acid in corn ensilage, the fermentation of manure, the flow 
and composition of maple sap, and methods of chemical analy- 
sis. 
Some miscellaneous work has been done in connection with 
dairying and analyses of commercial fertilizers have been per- 
formed for the secretary of the board of agriculture. In coop- 
eration with agricultural associations, four tests of dairy herds, 
competing for prizes, have been conducted by a representative 
of this department. One hundred miscellaneous samples have 
been examined for the public at large. Of these samples, thirty- 
seven were of milk and thirty-three of water, while the remain- 
der included butter, cream, cattle-foods, cider, soils, wood ashes, 
and various waste materials. 
In carrying on the- work, the chemist has been assisted by 
Mr. E. P. Stone, Mr. F. D. Fuller, and Mr. F. W. Howe, who 
have performed the larger part of the analyses. 
Fred W. Morse, 
Chemist. 
DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY AND AGRICULT- 
URAL ENGINEERING 
I.— METEOROLOGY 
The work for the year has been largely that of organization. 
The tower of the experiment station building has been utilized, 
the room within being set apart for the observer, and the meteor- 
ological instruments placed in position on the roof. The pres- 
ent equipment consists of two sets of weather flags and a pole 
upon which the flags are displayed, a wind vane, an anemome- 
ter, and a thermometer shelter containing maximum, minimum, 
and standard thermometers. A standard barometer is hung upon 
the wall in the tower room, and a rain gauge is located in a 
