1900.] PUBLIC DOCUMENT — No. 33. 103 



REPORT OF THE CHEMIST. 



DIVISION OF FOODS AND FEEDING. 



J. B. LINDSEY. 



Assistants : e. b. Holland, f. w. mossman, b. k. jones, p. h. smith, jr. 



Pakt I. — Laboratory Work. 

 Outline of Year's WorTc. 



Part II. — Feeding Experiments and Dairy 



Studies. 



Part I. 

 Extent of Chemical Work. 



The work of the chemical laboratory connected with this 

 department has materially increased during the past year, 

 notwithstanding the prolonged illness of Dr. Lindsey, which 

 necessitated a temporary rearrangement of the stafl*, leaving 

 the bulk of the analytical work to be carried on by two 

 assistants. 



There have been sent in for examination 167 samples of 

 water, 144 of milk, 193 of cream, 36 of pure and process 

 butter, 25 of oleomargarine, 147 of feed stufl's and 52 of 

 miscellaneous substances. 



In connection with experiments by this and other divisions 

 of the station there have been analyzed 62 samples of milk, 

 54 of butter and 429 of fodders and feed stuffs. 



In addition to the al)0ve, 748 samples of commercial con- 

 centrated feed stutfs have been collected under the provision 



