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3. As each bulletin is bound by itself it can be circulated 

 with greater economy, being sent only to those specially inter- 

 ested in the subject-matter. 



4. The new method avoids sending reports and bulletins in 

 duplicate to individuals whose names are included in the mail- 

 ing lists both of the station and the State Board of Agriculture, 

 as must frequently have been done under the old law. 



5. Under the new law the cost of publication of bulletins is 

 borne by the State, instead of being provided for from the gen- 

 eral funds of the station. 



6. While securing all these advantages and relieving the 

 station funds, as indicated under paragraph 5, the cost to the 

 State is materially lessened under the new plan of publication. 

 The cost to the State of the station publications during the 

 first year under the new law was rather over $900 less than 

 during the last year under the old law ; while during th^ same 

 period the saving to the station due to the printing of bulletins 

 at State instead of station expense was more than $700. 



The following is a complete list of the station publications 

 for the fiscal year just ended: — 



Annual Report. 

 Twenty-sixth annual report: Part I., 65 pages; Part II. (Bulletins Nos. 

 148-155), 190 pages; Combined Contents and Index, Parts I. and 

 II., 10 pages. 



Bulletins. 

 No. 147. Inspection of Commercial Fertilizers, by H. D. Haskins, L. 



S. Walker, C. P. Jones and W. S. Frost; 96 pages. 

 No. 148. On the Diagnosis of Infection with Bacterium Pullorum in 



the Domestic Fowl, by Geo. Edward Gage; 20 pages. 

 No. 149. A Study of Variation in Apples, by J. K. Shaw; 16 pages. 

 No. 150. Reports on Experimental Work in Connection with Cran- 



beiTies, by H. J. Franklin and F. W. Morse; 32 pages. 

 No. 151. The Determination of Acetyl Number, by Edw. B. Holland; 



10 pages. 

 No. 152. The Digestibility of Cattle Foods, by J. B. Lindsey and P. 



H. Smith; 42 pages. 

 No. 153. A Summary of Meteorological Records, by J. E. Ostrander; 



26 pages. 

 No. 154. Alfalfa, by Wm. P. Brooks ; 25 pages. 



