FIFTH AITETJAL REPORT 



DIRECTOR OF THE STATE AGRICULTURAL EXPERI- 

 MENT STATION AT AMHERST, MASS. 



To the Eonordble Board of Control. 



Gentlemen : — The advantages expected from a better 

 outfit in the chemical hiboratory, the feeding department 

 and the field have been fairly realized during the past year. 

 The examinations carried on in the laboratory have been 

 more varied and more numerous ; the feeding experiments 

 have received deservedly an increased attention ; and the 

 assio^nment of fields for definite lines of investisration has 

 been advanced wherever circumstances have advised that 

 course. 



The laboratory building is in a good state of repair. The 

 supply of new apparatus has been regulated by the means 

 at our disposal for that purpose. Much has been accom- 

 plished in that way ; more still remains to be done to meet 

 the constant demands, arising partly from an unavoidable 

 destruction of apparatus and partly from new inquiries into 

 more intricate subjects of animal and vegetable economy. 



The stalls latelj^ built for a better accommodation of 

 horses, cattle and swine have been completed according to 

 designs. Ample provisions have been made to supply them 

 with hot and cold water when needed. A new milk-setting 

 room and an ice-house have just been finished to complete 

 the outfit for observations concerning the products of the 

 dairy. Some additional plain structures will be needed be- 

 fore long, to provide rooms for experiments with sheep and 

 growing cattle. 



