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college, and it has been used with much satisfactiou through 

 the season. 



With the approval of the highway ageuts, a close watch has 

 been kept upon the work done by them on the town roads, 

 while the needs of these highways have been studied with the 

 intention of reporting upon them at the close of the season. 

 It is expected that the details of all this work, so far as they 

 are of public interest, will be presented in bulletin form at a 

 later date. 



Popular talks on road construction and kindred topics have 

 been given on seventeen occasions during the year. 



C. H. Pettee, 

 Meteorologist. 



DEPARTMENT OF BACTERIOLOGY 



During the year ending October 31, 1806, this department- 

 has carried on experiments on tuberculosis, on the pasteuriza- 

 tion of milk aud cream, aud the use of pure cultures of bacteria 

 for the ripening of cream. Considerable work has been done 

 also in the study and treatment of the fungous diseases of the 

 apple and potato. 



H. H. Lamson, 

 Bacteriologist. 



DEPARTMENT OF ENTOMOLOGY 



The four bulletins issued by the eutomological department 

 during the year have discussed at length six of the most destruc- 

 tive insects in New Hampshire, namely, the army worm, apple 

 maggot, codling moth, sugar maple borer, tent caterpillar, and 

 white-marked tussock moth. In addition to the work upon 

 these subjects, the entomologist has given attention to a num- 

 ber of other injurious insects, bulletins upon which are in 

 preparation. A summary of the more important insect injuries 

 during the year will be found in the accompanying insect calen- 

 dar for 1896. 



