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EXPElllMENT STATION 



[Jan. 



volved in meeting ttis demand, and in the execution of the 

 control laws which have been referred to : — 



the staff, 



SUMMAKY OF STATIOiST WoRK NOT ExPPJRIMENTAL. 



Dissemination of information and work for individuals 

 Publications of the year 1908 : — ■ 



Reports, .... 



Bulletins, .... 



Cii"culai-s, .... 

 Answers to letters of inquiry, 

 Lectures and demonstrations by members of 

 Exhibits at fairs, .... 

 Miscellaneous analyses : — 



Water, 



Milk, 



Cream, 



Feed stuffs, .... 



Fertilizers and fertilizer materials. 



Soils, ..... 



Miscellaneous substances. 

 Tests of cows : — 



Yearly, ..... 



Seven day, .... 



Fourteen day, 



Thirty daj'', .... 



Forty-four day, . . 

 Miscellaneous : — 



Tests of seeds for germination. 



Tests of seeds for purity, 



Separation of seed. 

 Control work : — 



Fertilizers, samjilos analyzed, 



Feeds, samples analyzed, 



Babcock apparatus, i^ieces tested, 



Candidates examined, . 



1 



8 



8 



8,000 



67 



2 



143 



625 



2,899 



122 



169 



33 



26 



76 

 68 



5 

 10 



6 



196 



12 



160 



624 



895 



2,713 



23 



This statement makes it ajiparcnt that these lines of work, 

 many of which are undertaken on the request of individuals, 

 and which are of such a nature that the results are of value 

 chieily or exclusively to the particular individual concerned 

 and of little or no interest to the public, must make very heavy 

 inroads both upon station funds and upon the time of members 

 of the station staff. The members of our staff are unfailingly 



