6 a EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



The cost of executing the provisions of the fertilizer and feed 

 laws was $16,132.24, which left for the general work of the sta- 

 tion $85,694.37. From this amount there was required in round 

 numbers $12,000 for the cost of cow testing, standardizing dairy 

 apparatus, making water analyses and performing interdepart- 

 ment services, thus leaving for investigations approximately 

 $73,700, which was about $6,000 more than in the previous 

 year. The treasurer's report will be found on pages 17a and 18 a. 



Publication. 



The list of publications for the year includes nine bulletins 

 aggregating 335 pages in the regular series, and two bulletins in 

 the control series aggregating 94 pages. The arrangement re- 

 garding circulars, which was mentioned in the last report, re- 

 sulted in all the circulars for the year being cared for by the 

 extension service. 



Annxial Report. 



Twenty-ninth annual report : — 



Part I. Report of the Director and Other Officers; 92 pages. 



Part II. Detailed Report of the Experiment Station; 307 pages (being 



Bulletins Nos. 168-172). 

 Combined Contents and Index, Parts I. and II.; 20 pages. 



Bulletins. 



No. 173. The Cost of Distributing Milk in Six Cities and Towns in 

 Massachusetts, by Alexander E. Cance and Richard Hay 

 Ferguson; 54 pages. 



No. 174. The Composition, Digestibility and Feeding Value of Pump- 

 kins, by J. B. Lindsey; 18 pages. 



No. 175. Mosaic Disease of Tobacco, by G. H. Chapman; 46 pages. 



No. 176. The Cause of the Injurious Effect of Sulfate of Ammonia when 

 used as a Fertilizer, by R. W. Ruprecht and F. W. Morse; 

 16 pages. 



No. 177. Potato Plant Lice and their Control, by W. S. Regan; 12 

 pages. 



No. 178. The European Corn Borer, Pyrausia nuhilalis Hiibner, a 

 recently established pest in Massachusetts, by S. C. Vinal; 

 6 pages. 



No. 179. The Greenhouse Red Spider attacking Cucumbers and Meth- 

 ods for its Control, by S. C. Vinal; 30 pages. 



