48 HATCH EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jau. 



EEPORT OF THE CHEMIST. 



DIVISION OF FOODS AND FEEDING. 



J. B. LINDSEY. 



Assistants: E. b. Holland, p. h. smith, j. w. kellogg,' t. m. cak- 



PENTEK.' 



Inspector of Babcock Machines and Dairy Tester: n. j. iiuntixg. 

 In Charge of Feeding Experiments : abel gilbert. 

 Stenographer: mabel smith. 



Part I. — Outline of Year's Work. 



A. Correspondence. 



B. Extent of chemical work. 



C. Character of chemical work. 



(a) Water. 



(6) Dairy products and feed stuffs. 



(c) Chemical investigation. 



D. Cattle feed inspection. 



E. Execution of the dairy law. 



Part II. — Dairy and Feeding Experiments. 



A. Tests of pure-bred cows. 



B. Tests of fly preventives. 



C. Summer forage crops. 



D. The pentosans. 



E. Digestion experiments with sheep, 1894-1902. 



' During the year Messrs. Kellogg and Carpenter severed their connection 

 with this division, to accept more lucrative positions elsewhere, the former 

 going to tlie Rhode Island and the latter to the Pennsylvania Experiment Sta- 

 tion. The loss of these two efficient workers has heen seriously felt, and natur- 

 ally impeded the work of the division. 



