TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Pages. 



TREASURER'S REPORT m 



DIRECTOR'S REPORT iv 



INSPECTION OF FERTILIZERS 1-35 



Observance of fertilizer law , 1-2 



Selection of samples...... 2-3 



Methods of analysis 3 



Trade values for 1889 3-4 



Valuation of superphosphates, etc 4-5 



Character of fertilizers sold .i'. 5 



Home mixed fertilizers 5-6 



The accompanying tables , 6 



Special mention of certain fertilizers..... 7-8 



Tables showing analyses, etc 9-29 



The quality of the nitrogenous material, etc 30-35 



Suggestions for buying fertilizers 35 



CATTLE FOODS 37-68 



Analyses of hay from vailous grasses, etc 37-J(» 



Digestibility of hay from grasses, etc 40-44 



Composition, digestibility and yield of early-cut and late- 

 cut Timotln' -J4-J5 



The composition and yield of fodder from three varieties 

 of corn, and the digestibility of the same, both as dried 



fodder and ensilage 46-57 



Composition and value of various commercial feeding stuffs 57-60 

 The comparative digestibility of wheat bran and wheat mid- 

 dlings 61-65 



Composition and digestibility of pea meal 66-68 



FEEDING EXPERIMENTS, (miscellaneous.) 69 84 



The value of the digestible matter of good haj- as compared 

 with the digestible matter of corn ensilage, for milk pro- 

 duction 69-75 



The value of the digestible matter of ensilage as compared 



with the digestible matter of bay, for growth , 75-79 



•General remarks concerning ensilage and other succulent 



foods 79-80 



