ANNUAL REPORTS. 239 



The Adams Act, passed by Congress March 16th, 1906, 

 appropriated five thousand dollars to be expended during 

 the fiscal year ending June 30th, 1906. The above sum is to 

 be increased two thousand dollars annually until the appro- 

 priation reaches fifteen thousand dollars annually. This 

 fund has enabled us to plan our work on a much more exten- 

 sive scale than formerly. 



The progress of the work in the several departments of 

 the Station will be noted under the appropriate headings, as 

 reported by the officers in charge. 



DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY. 



Fred W. Morse. 

 November 1st, 1904~October 31st, 1905. 



During the year most of the time available for research 

 was devoted to soil studies. The samples of soil were lim- 

 ited principally to the College Farm and were drawn from 

 the different fields. They represented different types of 

 soil and varied methods of handling. Samples of the grass 

 crop were also gathered for a study of the fertilizing constit- 

 uents. The data are not yet full enough to warrant publi- 

 cation and the work will be continued. 



At the request of the Agriculturist, several analyses of 

 silage crops were made, and also, a series of oat samples 

 representing the different weights per bushel of market oats, 

 was studied. The figures obtained in the last mentioned 

 study are given below. 



