AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION 81 



REPORT OF THE VICE-DIRECTOR AND 



CHEMIST 



The membership of the Station council has continued 

 unchanged throughout the year. The organization was 

 changed May 1, 1896, by the appointment of F. W. Morse to 

 the position of vice-director. 



The position of clerk was made vacant May 1, 1896, by the 

 resignation of Richard Fitzgerald and was filled June 1, by 

 the appointment of Clement S. Morris. 



Eight bulletins with a total of seventy-nine pages of printed 

 matter have been published, as follows : 



Bulletin 32, Studies of Maple Sap, by Fred W. Morse, 14 

 pages. 



Bulletin 33, Two Shade-Tree Pests, by Clarence M. Weed, 7 

 pages. 



Bulletin 34, Surface aud Sub-Irrigation Out of Doors, by F. 

 William Rane, 14 pages. 



Bulletin 35, The Codling Moth and the Apple Maggot, by 

 Clarence M. Weed, 7 pages. 



Bulletin 36, Analyses of Three Common Insecticides, by 

 Fred W. Morse, 3 pages. 



Bulletin 37, Crimson Clover, by F. William Rane, 4 pages. 



Bulletin 38, The Tent Caterpillar, by Clarence M. Weed, 15 

 pages. 



Bulletin 39, The Army Worm in New Hampshire, by Clarence 

 M. Weed, 15 pages. 



The feeding experiments conducted during the year have 

 been in charge of the writer aud have included trials with milch 

 cows, to determine the relative food values of different kinds of 

 corn silage, and tests of the value of skim-milk as food for 

 calves and pigs. The varieties of corn compared were San- 

 ford, Learning, and Mosby's Prolific, and further experiments 

 with the same will be tried during the coming season. The 

 trials with pigs and calves are also to be continued. 



In the chemical laboratory, the most important work on 

 account of time used, was the inspection of fertilizers for the 

 secretary of the state board of agriculture. Two hundred and 



