74 BEPORT OF OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



used part of the proceeds of the William R. Lockwood bequest in pur- 

 chasing waste land at Poquonock. This work, the inspection work, 

 attendance at farmers' meetings, and cooperative experiments in differ- 

 ent parts of the State have aroused more than usual interest among the 

 farming population. 



Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station, Storrs.* 

 Department of The Connecticut Agricultural College. 



GOVERNING BOARD. 



Board of Trustees: Gov. George P. McLean (ex officio Pres.), Hartford; W. E. 

 Simonds ( V. Pres.), Hartford; George A. Hopson (Sec), Wallingford; W. D. 

 Holman (Treas) , West Wellington; E. S. Henry, Rockville; M. M. Frisbie, Southington; 

 Edmund Halladay, Suffield; E. H. Jenkins, New Haven; Geo. S. Palmer, Norwich; 



B. C. Patterson, Torrington. % 



STATION STAFF. 



R. W. Stimson, M. A., Acting President of the College. 

 W. O. Atwater, Ph. D., Dir. (Middletown). W. A. Stocking, jr., B. S. A., Dairy Exper- 



C. S. Phelps, B. S., V. Dir.; Agr. imenter. 



F. E. Singleton, Sec. (Middletown). W. M. Esten, M. S., Asst. in Dairy Bad. 



H. W. Conn, Ph. D., Bact. (Middletown). (Middletown). 



LINES OF WORK. 



The work of the Connecticut Storrs Station during the past year 

 has included inquiries in regard to the nutrition of plants, animals, 

 and man, and the bacteriology of the daily. In connection with the 

 investigations relating to the nutrition of plants, the station has con- 

 tinued rotation tests to study the deficiencies of the soil and the needs 

 of the different crops for the different ingredients of fertilizers; pot 

 and field experiments with corn, cowpeas, soy beans, and other crops 

 for studying the effect of nitrogen in different quantities and combina- 

 tions upon the yields and composition of the crops; and experiments 

 in soil improvement for the purpose of comparing the relative 

 economy of stable manure, a complete chemical fertilizer, and green 

 manures, alone and in combination with mineral fertilizers, for 

 improving a soil apparently deficient in organic matter and in avail- 

 able nitrogen; and has started a new rotation experiment to study 

 the effects of nitrogenous fertilizers on yields and chemical composi- 

 tion of some of the more common forage crops. The inquiries relat- 

 ing to the nutrition of animals have included an investigation on the 

 rations fed to milch cows by farmers and dairymen in the State, and 

 the effects of the feeding upon milk production. The bacteriological 

 investigations have included a study of the bacteria of the dairy and 



a Telegraph address, Storrs via Willimantic; railroad station, express, and freight 

 address, Eagleville. 



