148 HATCH EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



REPORT OF THE CHEMIST. 



DIVISION OF FOODS AND FEEDING. 



J. B. LINDSEY. 



Assistants : E. u. Holland, p. h. sjhith, jr., j. w. kellogg. 



Part I. — Outline of Year's Work. 



A. Correspondence. 



B. Extent of chemical work. 



C. Character of chemical work. 



(a) Water. 



(b) Dairy products and feed stuffs. 



(c) Chemical investigation. 



D. Cattle feed inspection. 



E. Dairy legislation. 



F. Miscellaneous. 



Part II. — Dairy and Feeding Experiments. 



A. Effect of feed on the composition of milk, 



butter fat, and on the consistency or body 

 of butter. 



B. Notes on summer forage crops. 



Part III. — Compilations. 



A. Composition and digestibility of fodder ar- 



ticles. 



B. Fertilizer ingredients of fodder articles. 



C. Analyses of dairy products. 



D. Coefficients of digestibility of American feed 



stuffs. 



