HATCH EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



REPORT OF THE CHEMIST. 



DEPARTMENT OF FOODS AND FEEDING. 



J. B. LlNDSEY. 



Assistants, E. B. Holland, G. A. Billings,* B. K. Jones. 



Part I 



Laboratory Work. 



Outline of year's work, together with chemical investigations 

 of a technical cliaracter. 



Part II. 



Feeding Experiments and Dairy Studies. 



(a) Effect of narrow and wide rations upon the quantity and cost 



of milk and butter, and upon the composition of milk. 

 (h) Rice meal v. corn meal for pigs. 



(c) Oat feed v. corn meal for pigs. 



(d) Digestion experiments with sheep. 



Part III. 



Compilation of fodder analyses. 

 Compilation of fertilizer constituents of fodders. 

 Compilation of analyses of dairy products. 

 Compilation of digestion cocllicients. 



* Left Sept. 1, 1896. 



