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An extended scries of experiments in tlie nse of fertilizers 

 for cranberries has also been begun during the past year. The 

 bogs where these experiments are in j^i'ogress under direct 

 station management are located in Falmouth. An almost 

 equally extensive series of experiments with fertilizers has 

 been begun on the bogs of one of the largest private growers. 



Eevision of Mailing Lists. 

 The mailing lists of the station have been kept by the card 

 catalogue system, and have not been revised for a number of 

 years. These lists include a total of some 25,000 cards. It 

 is believed that they may include duplicates, and a considera- 

 ble number of names of parties who no longer care for our 

 publications, — possibly of persons deceased or removed. An 

 important beginning has been made in the revising of these 

 lists. The revision now in progress will be made of the most 

 thorough possible character, and as soon as it can be com- 

 pleted, improved systems of addressing and mailing will be 

 installed. 



Work under the Adams Act. 



Careful plans have been laid for investigations under the 

 Adams act. These investigations, as will be evident from 

 the statement made concerning the nature of the work which 

 can be undertaken under it, will usually extend over a con- 

 siderable number of years. A portion of the work with 

 asparagus and cranberries, which has been referred to, will 

 be provided for out of the funds furnished by this act. 



Among other lines of work which have been begun are in- 

 vestigations to determine the effect of feed on the composition 

 of milk and butter fat and on the consistency or body of 

 butter; the effect of Porto Rico molasses on the digestibility 

 of hay, and of hay and a nitrogenous concentrate ; the prep- 

 aration of descriptions and life histories of important groups 

 of insects ; and a study of the relations of climate to the de- 

 velopment of plants and crops both in health and disease. 



