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22. REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE © 
It is, however, a considerable expense to the Station to print 
and post them, and when we consider that nearly 380,000 of our 
citizens are directly engaged in agriculture, it will be seen that 
our resources do not permit us to reach but a small fraction of © 
even one per cent of those who may be directly benefited 
from the result of our labors at the Station. Besides these 
bulletins there have been issued circulars setting forth the needs 
of the Station, the proposed plan for the thorough investigation 
of our several breeds of dairy cattle to determine their relative 
value for the dairy; and a plan to establish at the Stationa 
permanent exhibition of all the agricultural tools and implements 
which are manufactured and sold for use upon the farm. 
The publication of these bulletins and circulars has resulted 
in a very greatly increased interest in the plans and work of the 
Station as is shown by the great mass of correspondence elicited 
by this means, not a mail but which brings letters of inquiry as to 
details or making offers of aid in carrying out the plans con- - 
templated. 
More especially has this been the case in reference to the sub- 
jects of: 
1, A fertilizer control being established at the Station. 
2. The proposed tests of dairy cattle. ; 
3. Branch Experiment Stations. 
4, The poultry industry. 
5. The permanent exhibition of tools and implements of agri- 
culture. 
1. THe CHEmicaL Conrrot oF FERTILIZERS. 
The following bulletin was issued in reference to this matter, in 
which appears a 
DIGEST OF THE FERTILIZER LAWS IN SEVERAL OF THE STATES. 
Connecticut. 
To all fertilizers retailing at ten dollars or more per ton the 
seller must affix a correct label and furnish to the director of the 
Experiment Station a certified statement of its composition and a 
sealed sample must be deposited by the manufacturers or import- 
ers with the director. The manufacturer or seller must deposit 
with the director of the experiment station an analysis fee of’ ten 
dollars for each fertilizing ingredient which the fertilizer contains. — 
Every person who sells or acts as agent for the sale of any com- — 


