T AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. IX .
Study of Methods of Analysis.
. This feature of the Station’s work has been of great use-
ful11ess. The work has reference both to the development
of new and approved apparatus and adoption and use of
chemical 111ethods. The work under Prof. Peter has been
contined almost entirely to the study of soil analysis. As
stated last year, if a method of soil analysis can be discov-
ered whereb_v we can tell the available amount of plant food
to u certainty in illly soil. a great problem in agricultural
science will have been solved. and one which will be of in-
calculable value to agricultm···.
The Use of Paris Green to Destroy the Tobacco Worm.
The experiments ill this line have been continued on a.
more extensive scale than those of last year, and the results
may be found in Prof. tiill’lllilll`S report, found elsewhere in
this report.
_ l Butter-Fat in Milk.
· \\'e have continued our experiinents in the study of the
variations of butter—t'at ill the milk of cows, and our records
now cover nearl_v tive years of continuous work. lt is  
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hoped that these results may be published in bulletin torm. ?
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Publications. ?
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~ The publications ot' the Station since our lGl§i:'Il1Il_lll&li re· p
port are as follows:  
p _· . liulletin No. 54. Notes on Vegetables.  
i llulletin No. 35. Field ltlxperiments with Fertilizers. if
].—t_`orn. ‘
. 2.—l’ot‘atoes. '
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llulletin No. St}. -\nal_vsesoft`on1mert·ial Fertilizers. .
Bulletin No. 57. I.—\\`heat lixperiments. ri
2.—t”lats ]‘:X]lt‘1'llllt’l1t`S. ’
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