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other constituents of the food, its source at present must be held 
as the fat present in the food of the animal. 
It is proposed to make other experiments the coming season to 
clear up this point if possible. 
It is obviously far from established by the preceding experi- 
ment that all, or in fact any of the fat produced by the animal is 
derived from the fat present in the food, but it seems highly 
- probable that such is thefact. In the case of certain animals and 
certain herds, there is evidence, which, upon careful investigation, 
may prove, whatever may be the general source of fat, that there 
is in the animal economy the power of converting either 
albuminoid or carbonaceous food, or both, into fat. | 
It is hoped that our further investigations of this matter may 
afford a solution of this important question. 
Exhibit of Fruits and Vegetables at the World’s Fair. 
Complying with the requests of Mr. George T. Powell, director 
of the New York horticultural exhibit at the Columbian exposi- 
tion, and his assistants, Messrs. KE. G. Fowler and George C. Snow, 
this station sent frequent exhibits of fruits and vegetables to the 
exposition throughout the season. The exhibit of fruits con- 
sisted of: 
1 Strawberries.— Forty varieties of potted strawberry plants 
_ in fruit, including twenty-nine of the crosses produced at this 
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station, and also the fruit of thirty-four varieties from the Station 
beds. 
2 Currants— Twenty-five varieties of currants, including nine 
black, twelve red and four white varieties. 
3 Gooseberries.— The gooseberry exhibit made by this Station 
at Chicago undoubtedly constituted the finest collection of 
gooseberry fruits ever placed on exhibition in America. It 
included one hundred and sixty-seven varieties, of which num- 
ber twenty-seven originated at this. Station and have not 
yet been named or disseminated. Exclusive of Station seed- 
lings not yet fruited, there are two hundred and thirty-seven 
kinds of gooseberries growing on the Station grounds. Two 
hundred and twenty-six of these are European varieties or 
their seedlings, and eleven are derived wholly or in part from 
species indigenous to America. | 
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