CONTENTS OF REPORTS. \*J 



REPORT FOR 1889. 



Inspection of fertilizers. Composition, digestibility and 

 yield of hay from various grasses. Composition, digestibility 

 and yield of corn-fodder. Composition and value of various 

 commercial feeding stuffs. The comparative digestibility of 

 wheat bran and wheat middlings. Composition and digesti- 

 bility of pea meal. The value of the digestible matter of good 

 hay as compared with the digestible matter of corn ensilage, 

 for milk production. The value of the digestible matter of 

 ensilage as compared with the digestible matter of hay, for 

 growth. Feeding experiments with swine. Tests of several 

 breeds of dairy cows. Field and pot experiments with fertil- 

 izers. Field tests with varieties of barley, oats and peas. 

 Seed germination experiments. Experiments with forage 

 plants. The potato rot. Apple scab. The apple maggot. 

 Insecticides. Hog cholera. Parturient apoplexy, (milk fever). 

 The coefficients of digestibility for protein. Loss of food and 

 manurial value in selling sweet corn. 



REPORT FOR 1890. 



Inspection of fertilizers. Tests of dairy cows. Mechanical 

 loss of butter fat. Effect of delay in setting milk. The mineral 

 ingredients of milk. The fat globules of milk. Tuberculosis in 

 the college herd. Feeding experiments with colts. Feeding 

 experiments with steers. Feeding experiments with swine. 

 Field experiments with fertilizers. Germination tests of seeds. 

 Spraying experiments. Injurious insects. Meteorological 

 operations. 



REPORT FOR 1893. 



Investigation of the foraging powers of some agricultural 

 plants for phosphoric acid. The composition of fodders and 

 silage from the corn plant. Digestion experiments with sheep. 

 Corn as a silage crop. Feeding experiments. Feeding experi- 

 ments with cows. Feeding experiments with swine. Waste 

 of fat in the skimmed milk by the deep-setting process. Notes 

 of cabbages, cauliflowers, tomatoes, egg plants and potatoes. 

 Spraying experiments. Catalogue of Maine fruits. Bean and 



