114 THIRTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT 



F. S. Johnston, associate agriculturist, resigned Aug. 20, to 

 accept a similar position in Purdue University, Indiana. 



D. B. Bartlett, assistant biologist, resigned Sept. 1 and is now 

 an instructor in the State Normal School. 



H. P. Richardson, assistant agriculturist, resigned Sept. 15, 

 and is now in charge of the poultry department at the North Car- 

 olina Agricultural and Mechanical College. 



H. F. Hall was appointed assistant horticulturist, April 1. 



A. F. Conradi was appointed assistant entomologist July 1. 



Alexander Williams was appointed herdsman, Aug. 20. 



The bulletins issued during the year are : 



No. 80. Inspection of Fertilizers in 1900, by Fred W. Morse. 



No. 81. The Insect Record for 1900, by Clarence M. Weed. 



No. 82. Feeding Farm Horses, by Charles Wm. Burkett. 



No. 83. The Value of Meadow Muck, by Fred W. Morse. 



No. 84. Forcing Dwarf Tomatoes, by Frank Wm. Rane. 



No. 85. Remedies for the Cankerworm, by Clarence M. 

 Weed. 



No. S6. Part I. Growing Watermelons in the North. Part IT. 

 Classification of Watermelons, by Frank Wm. Rane. 



No. 87. Thirteenth Annual Report. 



Technical Bulletin, No. 1. 



An Annotated Catalogue of the Butterflies of New Hampshire, 

 by Wm. F. Fiske. 



Technical Bulletin, No. 2. 



Classification of American Muskmelons, by Frank Wm. Rane. 



Technical Bulletin, No. 3. 



The Food of the Myrtle Warbler, by Clarence M. Weed and 

 Ned Dearborn. 



DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY 



Tlie department of chemistry has confined its investigation 

 work to the subjects of silage and apples. The former line has 

 been concluded and the results will be prepared for publication 

 during the ensuing year. Some work was also done for the de- 

 partment of agriculture in connection with its manure experi- 

 ments and soil-moisture determinations, while during the last 



