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BULLETinsr OSTO. 14. 



MARCH, 1885. 



The publication of bulletins, which for economical reasons was 

 discontinued in November, is herewith resumed, to assist in the farm 

 work of the coming season. The results of investigations carried on 

 at the Station towards the close of the past, and at the beginning of 

 the present year, are incorporated in the second annual report of the 

 institution which is contained in the last annual report of the Secretary 

 of the State Board of Agriculture ; those of a later date, including 

 some feeding experiments and chemical inquiries of various descrip- 

 tion, will be published as speedily as circumstances permit. 



Arrangements are made to attend to the examination of objects of 

 general interest to the farming community, to the full extent of 

 existing resources. Requests for analyses of substances — as fodder 

 articles, fertilizers, etc. — coming through officers of agricultural 

 societies and farmer's clubs within the state, will receive hereafter, 

 as in the past, first attention, and in" the order that the applications 

 arrive at the office of the Station. The material for examination 

 ought to be sent on, transportation prepaid. The results will be 

 returned without a charge for the services rendered. Application of 

 private parties for analyses of substances, free of charge, will receive 

 a careful consideration, whenever the results promise to be of a 

 more general interest, and so far as the present quite limited pecuniary 

 means admit. For obvious reasons no work can be carried on at 

 the Station, of which the results are not at the disposal of the man- 

 agers for publication, if deemed advisable in the interest of the citi- 

 zens of the state. 



The bulletins to be issued from time to time will be sent in the 

 future, as they have been in the past, free of charge to the agricul- 

 tural press, the various agricultural associations in tlie state, and all 

 parties interested in its work whose names are on our list of regular 

 recipients. New applications will receive, as far as practicable, 

 prompt attention. Parties connected with the publication of agricul- 

 tural topics, will confer a favor on the institution by sending on a 

 copy. 



All parcels and communications sent on to the "The Experiment 

 Station" must have express and postal charges prepaid, to receive 

 attention. 



