New York AckicuLturaL EXPERIMENT STATION. 5 
cows, six heifers, and seven bulls, these rations being arranged 
according to the appetite, condition, age and size of the several 
animals. The grain feed has been changed at intervals to supple- 
ment the forage and coarse fodder available through the several 
months of the year. He has also prepared bulletins in reference 
to his work, and continued his investigation with selected varieties 
of sorghum for the purpose of determining those varieties best 
suited for the production of sugar, syrup and forage in this State. 
The chemist, Dr. Van Slyke, with his assistants, has carried 
forward the following : 
1. Analysis of milk of dairy cattle of different breeds. This 
work involves the complete analysis each week of from sixteen to 
twenty samples of milk. 
2. Determinations of fat in skim-milk, buttermilk and butter in 
connection with experiments with breeds of dairy cattle, involving 
from fifty to sixty determinations each week. 
3. Microscopic examination of eight to ten milks each week. 
4, Analysis of all foods used in various experiments at the 
Station. 
5. Investigation of cheese: 
(a) Experiments in the manufacture of cheese. 
(b) The influence of composition of milk upon composition and 
yield of cheese. 
(c) A study of the process of ripening cheese. 
6. Analysis of fertilizers. 
7. Analysis of chemical compounds and mixtures of chemical 
compounds used in spraying plants. 
8. Miscellaneous analyses. 
9. The chemist has attended and addressed the State Dairy- 
men’s Association at Owego, and given addresses on commercial 
fertilizers at farmer’s institutes held at Batavia, Genesee county ; 
Perry, Wyoming county; Geneseo, Livingston county; Lyons, 
Wayne county, and Albion, Orleans county, and has arranged for 
several other institutes yet to be held. | 
10. He has also prepared several bulletins covering the subject- 
matter of the investigations carried forward by him. | 
The work of the assistant horticulturist embraces the following : 
Varietal tests of small fruits. One of the most complete col- 
lections in the United States. 
