92 CHARLES ANTHONY GOESSMANN 



XVI. Compilation of tables of analyses of fertilizer 

 chemicals and fertilizer by-products, cattle feeds, dairy 

 products, and fruits. 



The chemists of the Experiment Station were always 

 busy, and as time passed a very large number of anal- 

 yses accumulated. In 1887, in order to make them 

 more readily available, Goessmann made his first tabu- 

 lation, which included all analyses made since 1868. 

 These compilations have been continued by the writer 

 and his co-workers with such modifications and en- 

 largements as circumstances advised. 



XVII. Water analyses. 



Free analyses of drinking water were made as early 

 as 1883. In the second report of the Station he dwelt 

 upon the importance of pure water upon the farm. 

 The analyses made from year to year indicated fre- 

 quent contamination, both from sewage and from the 

 use of lead pipe. Each year a large number of samples 

 were received from different citizens of the state, and 

 in 1903, because of an abuse of the privilege, a small 

 charge for an analysis was imposed and the water was 

 required to be shipped in containers supplied by the 

 Station. 



II 111. Meteorology. 



Beginning in 1883, a systematic record was kept of 

 the weather, including temperature, wind, humidity, 

 and rainfall. One of the assistant chemists was espe- 

 cially charged with this work. In his first report he says : 

 'The importance of meteorological data in connexion 



