TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



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Letter of transmittal 5 



Officers of the Station 6 



Announcements 7 



Acknowledgments lo 



Bulletins issued in 1898 : 



No. 41, Dehorning cows 13 



No. 42, Ornamenting home grounds 19 



No. 43, Fertilizer inspection 25 



No. 44, Feeding stuff inspection 25 



No. 45, Fertilizer inspection 25 



No. 46, Some ornamental plants tor Maine 26 



No. 47, Wheat offals sold in Maine in 1898 32 



Inspections for 1898 38 



Box experiments with phosphoric acid ' 64 



Analyses of fodders and feeding stuffs 75 



Digestion experiments with sheep 79 



Oat hay harvested at different stages of maturity 93 



Effect of food on the hardness of butter and composition of 



butter fat 97 



Effect of feeding fat on the fat content of the milk 114 



Injuries millipedes 118 



An injurious caddice fly 122 



Insects of the year 125 



Notes on the plants of the year 131 



Tuberculosis and the Station herd 136 



Nest box for keeping individual egg records 141 



Number of laying hens that can be profitably kept in one pen. . . . 144 



Herd records 148 



Comparison of large and small radish seed 158 



Effect of subwatering radishes 161 



Blueberry in Maine 164 



Experiments upon the digestibility of bread with men 173 



Digestibility of bread 196 



Acquisition of atmospheric nitrogen. Soil inoculation 208 



Skimmed milk vs. water in bread making 213 



Pollination and fertilization of flowers 219 



Meteorological observations 230 



Report of the Treasurer 232 



Index to report 235 



