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HATCH EXPERIMENT STATION. 



[Jan. 



on the current mode of manufacture. The rapid advance- 

 ment in many branches of industries is at any time liable to 

 affect more or less seriously the commercial as well as the 

 manurial value of their waste products. A frequent exam- 

 ination of that class of materials cannot fail to benefit the 

 vital interests of our farming community. For this reason, 

 arrangements were made, as in previous years, to attend to 

 the examination of substances of interest to farmers, to the 

 full extent of the resources placed at the disposal of the 

 officer in charge of this work. 



These investigations are carried on free of charge to farmers 

 of the State, and as far as the financial resources of the lab- 

 oratory admit. The examination of the materials is, as a 

 rule, carried on in the order they arrive at the station, and 

 the results are considered public property. 



The following statement of the names of the diff'erent 

 articles sent on and thus far analyzed may suffice here to 

 convey some more definite idea concerning the general 

 character of the work : — 



Materials sent on, Dec. i, 1897, to Dec. i, 1898 



