28a EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



Wellesley, W. A. Berger. 



Westfield, H.F.Moody. 



Winchendon, P. E. Phillips. 



Woburn, W. C. Mendum. 



Worcester, G. L. Berg. 



Miscellaneo^is. 



Boston, Walker-Gordon Laboratory. 



Boston Laboratories, Inc. 



(c) Water. 

 Sixty samples of water from farm wells and other private 

 supplies were received and examined, 



(d) Testing of Pure-hred Coics for Advanced Registry. 



Four naen have been given regular employment in conducting 

 yearly tests on Guernseys, Jerseys, Ayrshires, Shorthorns and 

 Holstein-Friesians. These were supplemented by other men 

 as occasion demanded, there being not less than six men 

 employed for at least part time during each month of the 

 year. This work requires the presence of a supervisor at each 

 farm for at least two days of each month. At the beginning 

 of the year 45 farms had cows on test, the number gradually 

 increasing until 60 farms were visited in December, an increase 

 of about 33 per cent. Detailed information relative to this 

 work can be obtained by application to the pure-bred cattle 

 associations. 



A summarv of the work for the year follows: — 



