NINTH ANNUAL REPORT 



The ninth annual report of the New Hampshire College 

 Agricultural Experiment Station, for the year ending Novem- 

 ber I, 1897, is hereby respectfully submitted. The reports of 

 the departments will be found upon the pages indicated in the 

 follovvinof list : 



Financial Statement .... 

 Report of the Vice-Director . 

 The College Herd . ... 



Department of Agriculture and Horticulture 

 Department of Entomology 

 Department of Bacteriology . 

 Department of Meteorology . 



Charles S. 



117 

 119 

 120 

 122 



138 

 146 

 148 



MURKLAND, 



Acting Director. 



ANNUAL STATEMENT 



Of the Hatch Fund of the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and 

 the Mechanic Arts, for the year ending June 30, 1897. 



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