EXPERIMENT STATION. 557 



1. Experiments with milch cows ; English hay, corn fodder, fodder 

 com, ensilage, roots, etc. 



2. Experiments with milch cows ; with green fodder, vetch and 

 oats, Southern cow pea, scrradella, etc. 



3. Experiments with pigs ; with skim-milk, corn meal, gluten meal, 

 and wheat bran. 



4. On fodder suppl^'^ and analyses of fodder articles. 



5. Fodder corn raised with single articles of plant food. 



G. Fodder crops raised witli and witliout complete manure. 



7. Experiments with Avheat, vetch and oats, scrradella, and Southern 

 cow pea. 



8. Experiments with potatoes, roots, and miscellaneous crojis. 



9. Suggestions upon planting trees and small fruits, by Prof. S. T 

 Maynard. 



10. Fei'tilizer and fertilizer analyses; miscellaneous analj-ses. 



11. Well-w;iter analyses. 



12. Comi^ilation of analj'ses of fodder articles with refei'cnce to food 

 value. 



13. Compilation of analyses of fodder aiticles Avith reference to 

 fertilizing ingredients. 



14. Compilation of analyses of agi'icultural chemicals and refuse 

 materials used for fertilizing purposes. 



15. Meteorological observations. 



From the previous cnumeriition of subjects reported on, 

 it will be noticed thtit some of them arc reports of progress, 

 regarding questions for one or two years already under in- 

 ve;?ligation ; while others are new additions to the work 

 assigned. 



This feature in the communications on experimental work 

 is but natural when remembering that one year's observation 

 in Held work does only in exceptional cases entitle to a linal 

 conclusion. 



Some compilations of our previous analyses of fodder 

 articles, aijricaltural chemicals and refuse material from 

 various branches of industry have been added for the pur- 

 pose of ]>lacing permtuiently on record for reference certain 

 i'acts concerning these materials. These abstracts cannot 

 othci-wise l)ut jirovc accc[)tai)le to the farmers of the State. 



The tabular .statement of the extremes of tempcratinc at 

 Amherst, Mass., from the year 183i) to 1888, has been pre- 

 pared at the special request of the U. S. Forestry dei)art- 

 ment. 



The periodical publications of the Stition have been as 

 numerous as in previous years. 1 he interest in the l)ulletins 



