322 



MASS. EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 24.7 



Summary of Miscellaneous Work, 1927-1928 



Material Sent In 



Milk and cream, butter fat only 735 



Milk, solids and fat 368 



Feeds 221 



*Waters 68 



For Other Departments of Experi/ment Station and College 



Cucumber leaves from Market Garden Field Station 



(Starches and sugars) 1 month's work 



Moisture tests. Forage Crops 4.85 



Complete fodder analyses 253 



Moisture tests and nitrogen 55 



* Work of water analysis turned over to Department of Bacteriology on July 1, 1928. 



FERTILIZER CONTROL SERVICE 



H. D. Haskins in Charge 



Fertilizer Inspection. (H. D. Haskins, H. R. DeRose, M. W. Goodwin, 

 J. W. Kuzmeski). During the season of 1928, 105 manufacturers and their 

 subsidiaries have registered in Massachusetts 610 brands of fertilizer, fer- 

 tilizing materials and agricultural limes. The following table shows the 

 nature of these materials and tiie extent to which they have been inspected. 



In the year's inspection, 21,576 sacks were sampled representing 8,601 

 tons of material; about 300 towns and suburban districts and 900 agents 

 were visited. 



From July 1, 1927, to July 1, 1928, the following tonnages of fertilizer 

 and plant food were sold in Massachusetts: 



