10 AGRICULTURAL EXPERLMENT STATIOX. [Jan. 



work in the chemical laboratory may be judged from the 

 following statement, which represents the third part of 

 the report : — 



Part III. 



Special Work ix the Chemical Laboratory. 



I. Communication on commercial fertilizers : — 



1. General introdnction. 



2. State laws for the regulation of the trade in commercial 



fertilizers. 



3. List of licensed manufacturers and dealers from May 1, 



1894, to May 1,1895 (58). 



4. Analyses of licensed fertilizers (253). 



5. Analyses of commercial fertilizers and manurial substances 



sent on for examination (145). 



6. Miscellaneous analyses (4). 



7. Miscellaneous fodder analyses (69). 



The chemical analyses made in connection with investigations 

 carried on at the station are reported in the description of the 

 work. 



II. Analyses of milk sent on for examination (40). 



III. Analyses of water sent on for examination (200) . 



IV. Compilation of analyses made at Amherst, Mass., of agri- 



cultural chemicals and refuse substances used for fertil- 

 izing purposes. 

 V. Compilation of analyses made at Amherst, Mass., of fodder 

 articles, fruits, sugar-producing plants, dairy products,, 

 etc. 

 VI. Table of digestibility of American feed stuffs. 



The weather observations for local purposes have been 

 continued, and copies of our records have been regularly 

 sent to the United States department, according to direc- 

 tions. The periodically published bulletins have been as 

 many as in previous years. The number of regular appli- 

 cants for copies is increasing. The supply of copies of 

 previous years is in many cases exhausted. 



The condition of the buildings pointed out in my preced- 

 ing report has not been changed ; some of the farm build- 

 ings need repairing of roofs and repainting. The laboratory 



