1888.] PUBLIC DOCUMENT — No. 33. 9 



1. Experiments with.milch cows ; English hay, corn fodder, fodder 

 com, ensilage, roots, etc. 



2. Experiments with milch cows ; with green fodder, vetch and 

 oats, Southern cow pea, serradella, etc. 



3. Experiments with pigs ; with skim-milk, corn meal, gluten meal, 

 and wheat bran. 



4. On fodder supply and analyses of fodder articles. 



5. Fodder corn raised with single articles of plant food. 



6. Fodder crops raised with and without complete manure. 



7 . Experiments with wheat, vetch and oats, serradella, and Southern 

 cow pea. 



8. Experiments with potatoes, roots, and miscellaneous crops. 



9. Suggestions upon planting trees and small fruits, by Prof . S. T 

 Maynard. 



10. Fertilizer and fertilizer analyses ; miscellaneous analyses. 



11. Well-water analyses. 



12. Compilation of analyses of fodder articles with reference to food 

 value. 



13. Compilation of analyses of fodder articles with reference to 

 fertilizing ingredients. 



14. Compilation of analyses of agricultural chemicals and refuse 

 materials used for fertilizing pm'poses. 



15. Meteorological observations. 



From the previous enumeration of subjects reported on, 

 it will be noticed that some of them are reports of progress, 

 regarding questions for one or two years already under in- 

 vestigation ; while others are new additions to the work 

 assigned. 



This feature in the communications on experimental work 

 is but natural when remembering that one year's observation 

 in field work does only in exceptional cases entitle to a final 

 conclusion. 



Some compilations of our previous analyses of fodder 

 articles, agricultural chemicals and refuse material from 

 various branches of industry have been added for the pur- 

 pose of placing permanently on record for reference certain 

 facts concerning these materials. These abstracts cannot 

 otherwise but prove acceptable to the farmers of the State. 



The tabular statement of the extremes of temperature at 

 Amherst, Mass., from the year 1836 to 1888, has been pre- 

 pared at the special request of the U. S. Forestry depart- 

 ment. 



The periodical publications of the Station have been as 

 numerous as in previous years. The interest in the bulletins 



