8 STORRS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 
food and nutrition of man. The results of these inquiries have 
been published in part by the Department of Agriculture, and 
in part by the Station in its own Reports and Bulletins. These 
statements are appropriate in order to explain what might seem 
a disparity between the resources of the Station and the inves- 
tigations it has undertaken. 
The subjects of experimental investigation by the Station dur- 
ing the past year have been similar to those of previous years. 
This is in accordance with the policy of the Station since its 
foundation, namely, to undertake comparatively few lines of 
work, have these as nearly parallel as practicable, and continue 
them from year to year. , : 
The principal inquiries have had to do with the nutrition of 
plants, animals, and man, and the bacteriology of the dairy. 
Meteorological observations have been made continuously. 
Besides the work of inquiry as such, no little attention has been 
given to the diffusion of the results obtained. To this end 
reports and bulletins are distributed in large numbers through- 
out the State of Connecticut and elsewhere. Facts are also 
given from time to time to the press for publication. ‘The 
officers of the Station attend farmers’ institutes and other 
meetings, and give lectures and addresses. Correspondence is 
carried on with persons interested in a large variety of subjects. 
And, finally, the Station is brought into the most direct con- 
nection with the practical farmers and dairymen of the State, 
by cooperative experiments conducted by these gentlemen on 
their own farms and in their own stables, with the aid of the 
Station and under its general direction. 
Much of the experimental inquiry, it is true, is of an abstract 
scientific character, and its usefulness might not be apparent 
to the superficial observer. As a matter of fact, however, 
research of this character is of fundamental importance, and 
the fact that the Station has been able to undertake so much 
of it is, in the opinion of those best prepared to judge, one of 
. the most fortunate circumstances connected with its organiza- 
tion and work. : 
THE WORK OF THE STATION DURING THE YEAR. 
The several lines of inquiry followed and the objects, meth- 
ods, and results of the work during the year may be briefly 
