HATCH EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



REPORT OF THE CHEMIST. 



DEPARTMENT OF FOODS AND FEEDING. 



J. B. Ltndsey. 

 Assistants, E. B. IIoixand, G. A. Billings,* B. K. Jones. 



Part I. 



Laboratory Work. 



Outliue of year's work, together with chemical investigations 

 of a technical cliaracter. 



Part II. 



Feeding Experiments and Dairy Studies. 



(a) Effect of narrow and wide rations npon tlie quantity and cost 



of milk and butter, and upon the composition of milk. 

 (h) Rice meal v. corn meal for pigs, 

 (c) Oat feed v. corn meal for pigs. 

 (cZ) Digestion experiments with sheep. 



Part III. 



Compilation of fodder analyses. 

 Compilation of fertilizer constituents of fodders. 

 Compilation of analyses of dairy pi'oducts. 

 Compilation of digestion coefficients. 



* Left Sept. 1, 1896. 



