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REPORT OF THE CHEMIST. 
The work accomplished in the chemical laboratory of the station 
during the past year comprises the following analyses and examina- 
tions: 
103 
Food as nas ——(a.) 49 analyses of fodder plants, feed, seeds, 
fruits, ete. 
(0.) 30 analyses of individual stalks of corn. 
» Milk.—- Cy. 48 complete analyses of the mixed morning and — 
evening milk from the four cows, during the 
feeding experiments, and determinations of the 
specific gravity, per cent of cream and solids of 
each milking of the same period. 
(0.) 5 miscellaneous analyses. 
. Sugar.— (a.) 9 estimations of sugar in the j juice of corn stalks. 
(d.) 22 estimations of sugar in the juice of sorghum at 
different periods. 
(c.) Several determinations of sugar in fruits, ete. 
. Fertilizers.— 15 analyses of superphosphates, kainits and other 
substances used as fertilizers. 
. Soils, muck, etc.— 6 examinations. 
. Water. ta) Monthly examinations of the water from lysimeters. 
(b.) 8 analyses of drinking waters. 
Ash.— 2 eet analyses.of ash of tobacco leaves; 1 of ash of 
the corn plant and several partial analyses of the ash of 
other plants and products. 
