DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY, 



Fred W. Morse. 



During the year the department has cooperated with the State 

 Board of Agriculture in the inspections of feeding stuJBfs and 

 fertilizers. Fifty-seven samples of commercial feeding-stuffs 

 ^yere analyzed in the early j)art of the ^year, and the results 

 published in Bulletin No. 98. 



During the summer ninety-three brands of fertilizers were 

 analyzed and the data has been prepared and will be issued 

 early in the new year. 



The department has had more work for the public than usual. 

 It has aided the farmers directly by numerous analyses of milk 

 for milk producers whose product was not up to the legal stand- 

 ard, and a short bulletin has been issued to inform the public 

 about the milk-standard and how to comply with it. 



Thirty-four samples of cattle and poultry foods have been 

 analyzed in addition to those examined for the Board of Agri- 

 culture, and the results are deemed of sufficient interest to be 

 here tabulated. Six samples of cotton-seed meal w^ere received 

 from farmers in the following towms, representing widely sep- 

 arated localities : Plymouth, Lebanon, West Chesterfield, Con- 

 cord, and Campton. Protein only was determined in these 

 samples, and it ranged from 38.9 per cent, to 45. 4 per cent., 

 averaging 42.3 per cent. As yet, we have found no evidence of 

 inferior cotton-seed meal in the state. 



The following cattle-foods were received from various sources. 



Two of the brans, viz., Washburn Crosby Co.'s and Shef- 

 field King Milling Co.'s, are a new class of this favorite cattle- 

 food. They are very flaky in texture and free from flour. It 

 will be noticed, however, that they are low in protein. 



