48 HATCH EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



REPORT OF THE CHEMIST. 



DIVISION OF FOODS AND FEEDING. 



J. B. LINDSEY. 

 Assistants: E. B. HOLLAND, P. H. SMITH, J. W. KELLOOa,' T. M. CAR- 

 PENTER.' 



Insi^ector of Babcock Machines and Dairy Tester : N. J. hunting. 

 In Charge of Feeding Exi)eriments : abel gilbert. 

 Stenographer : mabel smith. 



Part I. — Outline of Year's AVork. 



A. Correspondence. 



B. Extent of chemical work. 



» C. Character of chemical work. 



(a)> Water. 



(6) Dairy products and feed stuflfs. 

 (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 tliis division, to accept more lucrative positions elsewhere, the former 

 going to the Rliode Island and the latter to the Pennsylvania Experiment Sta- 

 tion. The loss of those two efficient workers has been seriously felt, and natur- 

 ally impeded the work of the division. 



