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EXPERIMENT STAT10x\ 



[Jan. 



volved in incetiiig this demand, and in the execution of the 

 control laws which have been referred to : — 



Summary of Station Wokk not Experimental. 



Dissemination of information and Avork for indiviclnals 

 Pnblieations of the year 1908 : — ■ 



Eeports, 



Bulletins, 



Circulai-s, 

 Answers to letters of inquiry, 



Lectures and demonsti-ations by members of the staff, 

 Exhibits at fairs, . 

 Miscellaneous analyses : — 



Water, . 



Milk, . 



Cream, . 



Feed stuffs, . 



Fertilizers and fertilizer materials 



Soils, 



Miscellaneous substances, 

 Tests of cows : — 



Yearly, . 



Seven day. 



Fourteen day. 



Thirty day, . 



Forty-four day. 

 Miscellaneous : — 



Tests of seeds for germination. 



Tests of seeds for purity, 



Separation of seed, 

 Control work : — 



Fertilizers, samples analyzed. 



Feeds, samples analyzed, 



Babcock apparatus, pieces tested. 



Candidates examined, . 



1 



8 



8 



8,000 



67 



2 



143 



625 



2,899 



122 



169 



33 



26 



76 

 68 



5 

 10 



6 



196 

 12 



160 



624 



895 



2,713 



23 



This statement makes it apparent that these lines of work, 

 many of which are undertaken on the request of individuals, 

 and which are of such a nature that the results are of value 

 chiefly or exclusively to the particular individual concerned 

 and of little or no interest to the public, must make very heavy 

 inroads both upon station funds and upon the time of members 

 of the station staff. The members of our staff are unfailingly 



