REPORT OF THE CHEMIST. MIT 
Report of the Chemist. 

To the Director of the Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station: 
Str:—The work of this department during the past year 
may be divided into three heads: 
1. The investigation of the chemistry of soft cheese. This 
work is in charge of Mr. A. W. Dox whose report appears 
elsewhere. 
2. ‘The analytical work required in connection with exper- 
iments carried on by the other departments. This work has 
included the analyses of manure, feed, milk, and air. 
3. An investigation of the solvent action of weak acid solu- 
tions on various soil samples. The method of analysis followed 
in this work was a modification of the method described by C. 
~€. Moore (J. A. C. S., vol. 24, pp. 79-116). This work was 
started under the direction of Dr. B. B. Turner. Much of this 
work has been preliminary to a more extended study of soil 
fertility problems. A few details of this work are incomplete 
but I expect to present a report of the work at an early date. 
The equipment of the department has been largely increased 
and the laboratory space more than doubled by a rearrange- 
ment of the room used in the cheese investigation, and the 
addition of a separate room for my work 15 xX 17 feet, with 
large storage closets at each end. 
Respectfully submitted, 
| H. D. EDMOND. 
