TENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR 



OF THE 



MASSACHUSETTS STATE AGRICULTURAL 

 EXPERIMENT STATION, 



AMHERST, MASS. 



To the Honorable Board of Control. 



Gentle31EN : — The general condition of the State Agri- 

 cultural Experiment Station may be considered to-day to be 

 as satisfactory as at the close of the preceding year. 



The buildings are on the whole in a fair state of preserva- 

 tion, considering their res})ective ages and previous con- 

 ditions. 



The arrangements for experiments in stock feeding have 

 been improved in various directions, to provide for actual 

 trials regarding the rate of digestibility of some new feed 

 stuffs. 



The numlier of silos has been increased to three, to admit 

 of contemjioraneous observations with different kinds of 

 ensilage. 



The outfit in a})paratus of the chemical lal)oratory has 

 been materially enlarged, to meet the growing demand for 

 the analyses of dairy products, of imitations of butter, and 

 of commercial feed stuffs. 



A favorable season has contri])uted largely towards a 

 satisfactory termination of a series of field experiments. 



The different lines of observation from time to time 

 presented for your consideration and endorsement have 

 received their due attention to the full extent of existing 

 resources, and as far as circumstances have rendered it 

 practicable. 



The co-operative tests in the vegetation house regarding 

 the effect of different kinds and combinations of plant food 



