198 STORRS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 
of any one year have to be considered in connection with those 
from similar inquiries in other years of which they form a part. 
Therefore, instead of attempting to prepare the usual annual re- 
port, which would include only such work as was completed and 
could be reported for the year, it seemed best to carry the results 
along and combine them with the work of the year 1902-3. 
The feeding experiments with dairy herds that for a number 
of years had been carried on by the Station in cooperation with 
the farmers in different parts of the State, under the direction 
of Prof. Phelps, were not undertaken during the year 1901-2. 
_ The object of these experiments was to learn how representa- 
tive dairy farmers in Connecticut fed their cows, compare the 
results obtained by their methods, by the results of other 
methods elsewhere, and to suggest improvements wherever it 
seemed advisable. A stuummary of the work in this line was 
given in the report of the Station for rgor. 
The field and pot experiments with fertilizers upon the growth 
and composition of plants, including soil tests and soil improve- 
ment experiments on field plots and special nitrogen experi- 
ments both on field plots and in pots, were taken up as usual ~ 
by Prof. Phelps in the spring of 1902, but owing to his resigna- 
tion in June of that year these investigations were not completed. 
The work upon the bacteria of milk was continued during the 
year by Prof. Conn, aided by Mr. W. M. Esten and Mr. W. A. 
Stocking, Jr. The inquiries conducted under Prof. Conn’s di- 
rection were a continuation of those of preceding years and the 
results are included in the reports of Prof. Conn’s work in the 
present publication. 
The inquiries on the food and nutrition of man carried on by 
the Station in cooperation with Wesleyan University and the 
United States Department of Agriculture were continued dur- 
ing the year. ‘These included analysis of food materials, di- 
gestion experiments with men and metabolism experiments 
with men in the respiration calorimeter. The results of these 
investigations are given in connection with others in the same 
lines, as explained in an article on a previous page of the present 
report. 
The expenditures for the year 1901-2 are given on another 
page in the customary report of the treasurer. 
W. O. ATWATER, Director. 

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