HATCH HXFIiRIIIIXSNT STATION 



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Massachusetts Agrictilttiral College, 



AMHERST, MASS. 



By act of the General Court, the Hatch Experiment Station and 

 the State P^sperimeut vStation have been consolidated under the name 

 of the Hatch Experiment Station of the Massachusetts Agricultural 

 College. Several new divisions have been created and the scope of 

 others has been enlarged. To the horticultural, has been added the 

 duty of testing varieties of vegetables and seeds. The chemical has 

 been divided, and a new division, " Foods and Feeding," has been 

 established. The botanical, including plant physiology and disease, 

 has been restored after temporary suspension. 



The officers are : — 



Henry II. Goodell, LL. D., Director. 



William P. Brooks, Ph. D., Agriculturist. 



George E. Stone, Ph. D., Botanist. 



Charles A. Goessmann, Ph. D., LL. D., Chemist (Fertilizers). 



Joseph B. Lindsey, Ph. D., Chemist (Foods and Feeding). 



Charles H. Fernald, Ph. D., Entomologist. 



Samuel T. Maynard, B. Sc, Horticulturist. 



J. E. OsTRANDER, C. E., Meteorolofjist. 



Henry M. Thomson, B. Sc, Assistant Agriculturist. 



Ralph E. Smith, B. Sc, Assistant Botanist. 



Henri D. Haskins, B. Sc, Assistatit Chemist (Fertilizers). 



Charles I. Goessmann, B. Sc, Assistant Chemist (Fertilizers). 



Samuel W. Wiley, B. Sc, Assistant Chemist (Fertilizers). 



Edward B. Holland, M. Sc, ^ssY C/ie«u'si(Foods and Feeding) . 



Fred W. MossMAN, B. Sc, ^ssY C7ie}H?s<(Foods and Feeding). 



Benjamin K. Jones, B. Sc, Assistant in Foods and Feeding . 



PiiiLii' II. Smith, B. Sc, Assistant in Foods and Feeding . 



Robert A. Cooley, B. Sc, Assistant Entomologist. 



George A. Drew, B. Sc, Assistant Horticulturist. 



Hekhert D. IIemenway, B. Sc, Assista7it Horticulturist. 



Arthur C. Monahan, Obsei'ver. 



The co-operation and assistance of farmers, fruit-growers, horti- 

 culturists, and all interested, directly or indirectly, in agriculture, 

 are earnestly requested. Communications may be addressed to the 

 Hatcu Experiment Station, Amherst, Mass. 



