46 EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



REPORT OF THE CHEMIST. 



JOSEPH B. LINDSEY. 



DEPARTMENT OF PLANT AND ANIMAL CHEMISTRY. 



Research section: Edward B. Holland, Robert D. MacLaurin.* 

 Fertilizer section : Henri D. Haskins in charge. 

 Feed and dairy section: Philip H. Smith in charge. 

 Assistant chemists: Lewell S. Walker, James C. Reed, Philip V. 

 Goldsmith,'' C. D. Kennedy.' 



Assistant in animal nutrition : Roy F. Gaskill. 



Inspector: Jambs T. Howard.^ 



Clerks and stenographers: Harriet M. Cobb, Alice M. Howard. 



In the following pages is given a brief ontline of the work 

 carried on by the department for the year ending Dec. 1, 1900. 



1. Correspondence. 

 The nnniber of letters sent out during the year ending Decem- 

 ber 1, on the basis of stanii)s used, has been 5,G-11, some 841 

 more than in the preceding year. Comparatively few stamps 

 are nsed for packages. The correspondence divides itself 

 principally into (a) answering letters of inqniry, (h) the ex- 

 ecution of the fertilizer aud feed laws, (c) testing of cows, 

 and (d) in the ordering of supplies. 



> Resigned Sept. 1. 1909. 3 Proin Oclolwr. 1900. 



2 Resigned Dec. 1, 1909. ■* From April 1, 1909. 



