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ample facilities for carrying forward the various lines of chemical 
investigation, which may be grouped together as follows: 
(a.) The analysis of commercial fertilizers under the provisions : 
of “An act for the protection and education of farmers and manu- 
facturers in the purchase and sale of fertilizers.” (Chapter 437 of 
the Laws of New York.) The extent of this work may be inferred 
when we say that over one thousand samples in all of such fertil- | 
izers have been taken by agents of the station from the several 
counties of the State. : 
(b.) The analysis, chemical and microscopic, of the milk from 
each individual of the seven different breeds of dairy cows under 
investigation at the station. 
_(c.)\ The analysis of the several foods, hay, roots, ensilage, : 
fodder, green forage crops and orain for the different breeds of. 
dairy cattle, by which means the amount of each food constituent 
consumed by these animals is accurately determined. 
(d.) A. determination, at present in progress, of the quantity and 
composition of the ash of the several varieties of fruit trees, and 
the fruit of the same, in order that the demands of these upon ~ 
the soil may be definitely determined, and its supply more intelli- 
gently provided for by our fruit growers and nurserymen. 
(e.) General chemical work so far as it may be done without 
interfering with the regular investigations in progress, in reply 
to the requests of correspondents. q 
1. A supply of gas for the laboratory and the house has baat > 
secured by connections made with the gas mains of the village, 2 
thus greatly facilitating the work in the laboratories. e;, 
2. Four cold-storage rooms have been constructed by the Wicke’s : 
Refrigerator Company, by which it is hoped that important 4 * 
’ results may be secured in reference to the preservation of the 
Several varieties of fruits and berries. 
8. An ice-house twenty-four feet wide, forty-eight feet long — 
and 30 feet high has been built according to the most improve s 
methods of construction, and capable of holding 450 tons of ice, 1 
a quantity ample for the needs of the station in its investiga- iB 
tions in the dairy and with the cold-storage system. = © 
