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attention to this subject, at least in the way of rigid scientific 

 investigation, and an inviting and important field of work seems to 

 be open. The nutrition of animals has received a much larger 

 amount of attention. 



Experiments now under way in the forcing house give promise 

 of a far greater degree of success than has been possible under 

 previously existing conditions and Prof. Baleutine is desirous 

 that there shall be erected a new^ forcing house which shall be 

 entirely utilized, for a time at least, by experiments of this kind. 

 This idea has my most hearty endorsement and through you I wish 

 to urge upon the trustees the importance of developing this line of 

 investigation. The present forcing house is entirely inadequate to 

 accommodate any additional experiments. As this new forcing 

 house would stand in a prominent place, it should be somewhat 

 more ornamental than the one already built, and not less than 

 $1,500 should be available for its construction. 



Acknowledgements. 



The Experiment Station is under obligation to the following 

 parties for gifts of various kinds : 



Donations 1892. 



O. M. Lord, Minnesota City, Minn., apple cious. 



J. S. Harris, La Crescent, Minn., apple cions. 



C. G-. Patten, Charles City, Iowa, apple cions. 



Jewel Nursery Co., Lake City, Minn., 6 Thompson Seedling 

 Apple Trees ; 6 Windom Dewbery ; 6 North Star Currants. 



Ellwanger & Barry, Eochester, N. Y., specimen fruits of au- 

 tumn pears. 



Field Force Pump Co., Lockport, N. Y., 1 Little Gem spraying 

 pump. 



The following newspapers and other publications are kindly 

 donated to the Station by the publishers during 1892 : 



Farmers' Home, Dayton, Ohio. 



Holstein Friesian Register, Boston, Mass. 



Farm and Home, Springfield, 111. 



Jersey Bulletin, Indianapolis, Ind. 



Monthly Bulletin, Philadelphia, Pa. 



Farmers' Advocate, London, Ont. 



Maine Farmer, Augusta, Me. 



Southern Cultivator, Atlanta, Ga. 



