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and acid phosphate increases the crop, but an increase in the 

 quantity of muriate above the rate of 200 ])ounds per acre does 

 not result in further increase in the crop. 



Control Work. 



Reports in full detail covering the various lines of control 

 work carried on by the station have been in'e})arcd by the chem- 

 ists in charge. These will be found in later ])ages of this report. 



Fertilizer Laiv. — The fact was ]>ointed out in the last annual 

 report that a new law had been drafted for presentation in the 

 Legislature of 1911. This law was enacted by the Legislature 

 and went into effect Dec. 1, 1911. The new law is working 

 smoothly and satisfactorily. It is bringing in the increased 

 revenue needed for more thorough work, and the principal 

 change introduced, viz., bringing agricultural lime under its 

 provisions, is proving of much value to our farmers. 



Dairy Laiv. — The draft for a new dairy law referred to in 

 the last annual report failed of enactment in the Legislature of 

 1911. It will be reintroduced in the Legislature of 1912, and 

 it is confidently anticipated that it will be enacted. The most 

 important change from the existing law consists in bringing 

 milk inspectors, and the Babcock machines and apparatus which 

 they use, under the provisions of the law. 



Feed Law. — The fact was referred to in the last annual 

 report that the appropriation received from the State for carry- 

 ing out the j)rovisions of the existing feed law were proving 

 insufficient to cover the costs of thorough work. During the 

 past year a draft for a new law has been prepared. Its prepara- 

 tion has involved a great deal of study and many conferences 

 with ])arties affected by the law. The }n'incipal changes pro- 

 posed are to bring the various wheat offals under the provisions 

 of the law, to require a guarantee of the maximum jiercentage 

 of crude fiber present, to require the statement of iiigredients 

 contained in each feeding stuff, and to require the registration 

 of each brand of feeding stuff before it is sold. The amount of 

 the a])j)ropriation ]U'ovi(k'd under the new draft is $0,000 in 

 place of $3,000 as under the ])r(>sent law. Resides these changes 

 the phraseology has been made more explicit, violations are 



