20 HATCH EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



REPORT OF THE CHEMIST. 



DIVISION OF FOODS AND FEEDING. 



J. B. LlNDSEY. 



Assistants, E. B. Holland, F. W. Mossman, B. K. Jones, P. H. Smith, Jr. 



Part I. — Laboratory Work. 



Outline of Year's Work. 



Part II. — Feeding Experiments and Dairy 



Studies. 



Part I . 



Extent of Chemical Work. 

 The- laboratory work connected with this department has 

 been much increased daring the past year. We have re- 

 ceived for examination 159 samples of water, 228 samples 

 of milk, 17 samples of butter, 4 samples of oleomargarine 

 and 81 samples of feed stuffs. The work in connection 

 with this and other divisions of the Station has consisted 

 of the analysis of 394 samples of milk, 26 samples of butter, 

 292 samples of fodders and 11 miscellaneous samples. In 

 addition to the above, we have collected 754 samples of 

 feed stuffs under the provisions of the feed law, of which 

 663 samples have been examined. This makes a total of 

 1,875 substances analyzed, as against 1,147 in 1897. There 

 have also been carried on for the Association of Official Agri- 



