I. 



REPOET — EXPEKIMENT STATIOK 



To the Board of Conlrol of 



The State Agricultural Experiment Station. 



Gentlemen : — Receiving the notice of ray appointment 

 as director of the State Agricultural Experiment Station at 

 Amherst towards the close of the past year, I have confined 

 my attention, on account of the lateness of the season, to 

 the chemical examination of the various materials sent to 

 the station for that purpose ; and to an inquiry into the re- 

 sources of various departments of the college, for the pur- 

 pose of ascertaining the extent of assistance the State 

 Agricultural College may be able to render to the Experi- 

 ment Station. 



The chemical examinations comprise the following sub- 

 stances ; — 



Two samples of eel-grass, New Bedford, Mass. 



One sample of swamp peat, Harwich, Mass. 



One samjjle of a marine deposit, Harwich, Mass. 



One sample of raw wool, Clinton, Mass. 



One sample of ashes, Boston, Mass. 



One sample of ashes, Northampton Mass. 



Two samples of Canada ashes, Sunderland, Mass. 



Two samples of Canada ashes, Amhei'st, Mass. 



Six samples of chemically prepared leather refuse, Boston, Mass. 



Two samples of green corn for ensilage, Marblehead, Mass. 



Two samples of corn ensilage, Marblehead, Mass. 



A stomach of a pig, South Hadley, Mass. 



A stomach of a cow, Egremont, Berkshire County, Mass. 



Cotton-seed meal for feeding, Hatfield, Mass. 



Cotton-seed meal for fertilizer, Hatfield, Mass. 



A detailed statement of the analytical results accompanies 

 this communication under the heading, ''Report of the 

 Chemist." 



