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of miscellaneous materials, wood ashes, lime ashes, soils, etc. 

 Such samples as are sent in by the farmers are usually ana- 

 lyzed and the results reported without charge. 



The bulletin on tomatoes under glass is an important con- 

 tribution to knowledge on the best methods of handling this 

 crop, which is coming to be one of much importance in this 

 State. Bulletin No. 106, on condimental stock and poultry 

 foods, presents analyses of a large number of foods coming 

 under these classes. It discusses the utility of such foods, 

 and their cost as compared wdth the more common food 

 stuffs. It is clearly shown that their cost is in excess of 

 what appears to be a perfectly fair estimate of their value. 

 The bulletin presents a brief resume of the results of experi- 

 ments in the use of stock and poultry foods, which tends to 

 show that the claims made for these foods are not justified 

 by facts. The results of an experiment in the department of 

 foods and feeding are presented and discussed, the conclusion 

 being that the food under trial (Pratt's) did not appear 

 to be superior in any way to a like mixture of corn meal and 

 wheat middlings, while the cost was considerably greater. 



In the division of foods and feeding, under Dr. J. B. 

 Lindsey, a number of other important lines of investigation 

 have been followed during the year. A somewhat full state- 

 ment of the results in a number of these will be found in 

 Dr. Lindsey's report, which is transmitted herewith. Among 

 the more important results of these investigations are the 

 following points : Bib1)y's dairy cake, a food which has been 

 persistently urged ui)on the attention of our milk producers, 

 has been carefully tested, but has been found to be loss satis- 

 factory from an economical point of view than some of the 

 ordinary food stuffs. 



Eureka corn has been carefully comi)ared with Sibley's 

 Pride of the North corn, from the standpoint l)()th of pro- 

 duction and of food value. It is found that, although the 

 Eureka gives a much heavier yield, the excess in Aveight is 

 made U}) almost exclusively of Avater. The food value of the 

 product of an acre of Eureka corn is not equal to the food 

 value of the much smaller acre pi-oduct of Sibley's Pride of 

 the North. 



