42a EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



work to carbon dioxide determinations. Dr. Itano is also 

 doing a limited amount of work with peat decomposition, 

 which is under the direction of the department of chemistry. 



The analytical work of the department may be summed up 

 as follows : — 



Bacterial counts on milk samples: — 



For the local board of health, 46 



For local dealers, 23 



For Sheffield district of Willow Brook Dairy, 741 



Water samples tested, : . . . 6 



Specimens submitted by town physicians, 120 



Legume cultures distributed, 384 



For alfalfa, 117 



For beans, ' 24 



For soy beans, 59 



For peas, 61 



For sweet peas, 2 



For cow peas, 5 



For crimson clover, 4 



For red clover, 24 



For alsike clover, 15 



For white clover, 3 



For sweet clover, 19 



For vetch, 51 



