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Calves, dairy, substitutes for milk in rearing, ...... 49 



Results of experiments in feeding made at this station, ... 49 



Young, directions for feeding, ........ 62 



Carriers of white diarrhea infection, methods of detecting, .... 4 



Chemical composition of milk and calf meals, ...... 64 



Chemical department, bulletins issued during year, ..... 30a 



Numerical summary of substances examined, ..... 61a 



Chick autopsies, summary of data secured, ...... 5 



Chicks, young, bacillary white diarrhea, ....... 1 



Agglutination test, ....... 



Carriers of the disease, establishing methods of detecting. 



Distribution of infection and types of stock infected, . 



Examination, data secured, ..... 



History, ......... 



Infection in Massachusetts, ..... 



Results of application of methods for preventing and eradicating the 

 disease. 

 Control work, 

 Corn, comparison of fertilizer rich in potash with average commercial 



fertilizer. 

 Cost of raising a dairy cow, 

 Cow, dairy, cost of raising, 



Concluding suggestions. 



Food costs, 



Heifer, initial value, 



Miscellaneous costs, 

 Cows, testing pure-bred, for advanced registry, 

 Cranberry substation, Wareham, 



Bog account, . 



Experimental account, 

 Cream, free examination. 

 Creameries, list. 

 Cucumbers, downy mildew. 

 Culture studies with soil extracts, ...... 



Dairy law, certificates of competency to use the Babcock test. 



Creameries, milk depots and milk inspectors' laboratories, list. 



Glassware, inspection, ....... 



Machines and apparatus, inspection, ..... 



Demonstrations, experimental, need for, ..... 



Diarrhea, white, in poultry, agglutination test. for elimination, 

 Director, report of, ........ 



Drainage waters, analysis, in study of effect of sulfate of ammonia on soil. 

 Egg production, status of work in breeding for, .... 



Entomology department, insect pests common during year. 



Need for larger working force, ...... 



Ether (ester) number of oils, fats and waxes, .... 



Fat analysis, improved methods, ...... 



Acetyl number, ........ 



Acid number, ......... 



Calculated data from saponification, acid and ether numbers, 



Classification of oils, fats and waxes, ..... 



Ether (ester) number, ....... 



Insoluble fatty acids and unsaponifiable matter (Hehner number) , 



Iodine number. 



Organoleptic tests, . 



Physical tests, 



Reichert-Meissl number. 



