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(5) An experiment will soon be instituted to get at the 

 economical value of cotton-seed feed (1,600 pounds of cotton 

 hulls and 400 pounds of cotton-seed meal, mixed) as a hay 

 substitute for dairy cows. 



(c) Experiments with sheep, to test the digestibility of 

 gluten feeds, rice meal, millet and soja-bean ensilage. 



(d) Experiments with pigs, to note the comparative 

 feeding value of corn and rice meals for pork production. 

 A constant quantity of skim-milk is being fed in connection 

 with the grains. 



The executive and administrative work of the station 

 devolves upon the director, who also edits and has an over- 

 sight in the sending out of all publications. Bulletins are 

 to be issued as heretofore. A summary of the contents, 

 in plain, concise language, is to be placed first, and after 

 that the explanations and details of the experiment. An 

 annual report will be published, not exceeding one hundred 

 and fifty pages in length. This report is to be made up of 

 a summary of the work of the several departments for the 

 year, and is to be as free from details as possible. The last 

 part of the report is to be devoted to tables of analyses, 

 expressed both in percentages and pounds. Any one who 

 does not already receive the station publications has but to 

 send in his name in order to secure them. 



I have thus attempted, gentlemen, in the time at my 

 disposal, to give you as comprehensive an idea as possible 

 of what is being done for the benefit of the farmer at both 

 the college and station. 



In closing, I cannot do better than quote a portion of an 

 editorial concerning the work of the agricultural stations of 

 the United States, which recently appeared in one of our 

 most intelligently edited agricultural papers.* This paper 

 at times has seen fit to criticise — in all honesty of purpose, 

 I believe — some of the work done at various stations in the 

 country. It is as follows : — 



Had the experiment stations of the United States clone nothing 

 else than furnish the Babcock test, they would' have placed a large 



* "Mirror and Farmer," Nov. 14, 1895. t 



