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and mixed fertilizers, cattle feeds, milk, cream and water. 

 The analyses have been made free of expense, and reported 

 to the tanners with the necessary comments. 



Information. 



Secondly, the various departments of the two stations 

 have been constantly in receipt of a great many letters from 

 formers, asking for information on all topics connected with 

 agriculture. It has been the object of the station workers 

 to answer as fully and as promptly as possible ; but it must 

 not be forgotten that this involves no inconsiderable amount 

 of work, for the desired information is not always on the 

 tongue's end, considerable research being often necessary to 

 secure it. 



Investigation. 



In addition to the control work and the furnishing of in- 

 formation, the stations have endeavored to devote a consid- 

 erable portion of their time to investigating some of the 

 manifold problems concerning which an increased knowl- 

 edge is so much needed. Many subjects to be investigated 

 require a great amount of scientific work, which can be 

 only fully understood and appreciated by those engaged in 

 it. I am convinced, however, that it is just this kind of 

 work which is eventually going to be of the greatest benefit 

 to the farmer. 



The meteorological division is extremely well equipped 

 with many delicate and costly instruments so necessary in 

 making accurate observations. Records of hourly temper- 

 ature, rainfall, barometric pressure, wind velocity, etc., are 

 made, and monthly summaries are sent to parties inter- 

 ested. The station is connected by wire with Washington, 

 receives all predictions, and displays a complete set of 

 weather signals. 



A vast amount of work has been accomplished in the en- 

 tomological department. The department is building up a 

 collection of all insect pests in their several stages of 

 growth, in order to aid it in determining with rapidity 

 the names of the many different specimens sent to he iden- 

 tified. A bulletin which has met with sn-eat favor is the 



