HATCH ISXFZSRZBIENT STATION 



OF THE 



Massachusetts Agricultural College^ 



AMHERST, MASS.. 



By act of the General Court, the Hatch Experiment Station and 

 the State P^xperiment Station have been consolidated under the name 

 of the Hatch Experiment Station of the Massachusetts Agricultural 

 College. Several new divisions have been created and the scope of 

 others has been enlarged. To the horticultural, has been added the 

 duty of testing varieties of vegetables and seeds. The chemical has 

 been divided, and a new division, " Foods and Feeding," has been 

 established. The botanical, including plant physiology and disease, 

 has been restored after temporary suspension. 



The officers are : — 



Henry H. Goodell, LL. D., Director. 



William P. Brooks, B. Sc, Agriculturist. 



George E. Stone, Ph. D., Botanist. 



Charles A. Goessmann, Ph. D., LL. D., Chemist (Fertilizers). 



Joseph B. Lindsey, Ph. D., Chemist (Foods and Feeding). 



Charles H. Fernald, Ph. D., Entomologist. 



Samuel T. Maynaru, B. Sc, Horticulturist. 



Leonard Metcalf, B. S., Meteorologist. 



Henry M. Thomson, B. Sc, Assistant Agriculturist. 



Ralph E. Smith, B. Sc, Assistant Botanist. 



Henri D. Haskins, B. Sc, Assistant Chemist (Fertilizers). 



Robert H. Smith, B. Sc, Assistant Chemist (Fertilizers). 



Edward B. Holland, B. Sc, ^ssY C/iem«si(Foods and Feeding). 



Fred W. MossMAN, B. Sc, ^ss'f C/te?H/sf (Foods and Feeding). 



Robert A. Cooley, B. Sc, Assistant Entomologist. 



Joseph H. Putnam, B. Sc, Assistant Horticulturist. 



Stephen W. Fletcher, B. Sc, Assistant Horticulturist. 



Benjamin K. Jones, B. Sc, Assistant in Foods and Feeding . 



James L. Bartlett, Observer. 



The co-operation and assistance of farmers, fruit-growers, horti- 

 culturists, and all interested, directly or indirectly, in agriculture, 

 are earnestly requested. Communications may be addressed to the 

 Hatch Experiment Station, Amherst, Mass. 



