26 [ ASSEMBLY 
FERTILIZERS. 
Six analyses of fertilizers were made for private parties, but as we 
had no control over the sampling, it is not proper to publish the 
results. The Station must act impartially and justly as between fer- 
tilizer manufacturers and the farmers, Sampling is a difficult opera- 
tion at the best, and unless ‘a sample is properly drawn, it cannot 
represent the average composition of the mass in bulk. 
RULES AND REGULATIONS. 
In order to promote discipline and efficiency the following rules for 
the government of employees were issued in the early spring and have 
been strictly enforced : 
Rules of the Establishment. 
The working hours shall be from 6:30 A. M. to 12 M. and from 1 P. 
M. to 6 P. M., except as otherwise noted. 
Every employee must consider himself as his own foreman, must ex- 
pect to be instructed and directed, but not watched. A man that re- 
quires to be watched is not wanted on the place. 
Every employee, from the director down, shall give his whole time 
and duty to the Station during working hours, 
All necessary work shall be done irrespective of hours of labor. 
All causes of complaint to be at once referred to the director. 
Every employee shall exercise due courtesy toward visitors. 
Duties of the Assistant. 
See that the laborers each morning are assigned to their proper 
work, and that they are on time and diligent during work hours. 
To go to the village after mails and to attend to errands there, un- 
less otherwise directed. 
To make the rounds of every experimental plat, and to make proper 
notes on each and every fact observed in relation to the growing crop, 
to the condition of the land and the weather. 
To exercise supervision over the condition of the buildings, and to 
accept the responsibility of maintaining precise neatness everywhere, 
and to especially be responsible that the rules of the tool room are 
observed. 
Lo care for the surveying and draughting instruments. 
To do such special work as may be assigned to him by the director. 
To take careful notes of all observations relating to the soil, plant 
and climate, especially those relating to the condition of the soil, the 
temperature and the rain-fall in their daily or weekly variations. 
To submit his notes and a written report of the day’s work to the 
director each night. 
Duties of the Chemist. 
To conduct such analytical investigations as may be laid out for 
him by the director. 
To maintain the laboratory in neatness, and to exercise due vigi- 
lance to economize and protect the laboratory supplies and fittings. 
