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be expressed iu figures. It consumes much time, but is 

 very necessary, and likely to be productive of valuable 

 results. 



Chemical and Physiological Investigations. — So far as 

 time and resources permit, the chemical staff is engaged in 

 investigating some of the many pressing dairy and feeding 

 i)roblems. The time at present is largely devoted to the ex- 

 amination of butter fat, the manufacture of l^utter and to the 

 digestibility of feeding stuffs. It is to be regretted that the 

 analysis of the various materials sent to the station — waters, 

 milk, cream, butter and feed stuffs — consumes each year an 

 increasing amount of time, and necessarily limits the extent 

 of experimental work. 



