74 HATCH EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



REPORT OF THE CHEMIST. 



DIVISION OF FOODS AND FEEDING. 



J. B. LiNDSEY. 



Assistants, E. B. Holland, F. W. Mobsman, B. K. Jones, H. H. Roper. 



Part I. — Laboratory Work. 



Outline of Year's Work. 



Part II. — Feeding Experiments and Dairy 



Studies. 



Part I. 



Extent of Chemical Work. 



The work of the chemical laboratory connected with this 

 department has very materially increased during the past 

 year. There have been tested 150 samples of water, 197 

 samples of milk, 2 samples of oleomargarine, 1 sample of 

 butter, 123 samples of miscellaneous substances. In addi- 

 tion to the above, which were sent to the station for exami- 

 nation, there have been analyzed 260 samples of milk and 

 388 samples of feed stufl's, in connection with experiments 

 in progress by this and other divisions of the station, 

 making a total of 1,147 substances which have passed 

 through the laboratory Avithin twelve months. There have 

 also been carried on, for the Association of OflScial Agricult- 

 ural Chemists, chemical investigations, relative to the meth- 



