‘ 50 THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY.  
4 V Berea, Lincoln Ridge (Shelby County), Greenville, Russellville, Pa-
` ducah and Mayfield. There are more than a thousand plots on these
- fields devoted to the study of soils and crops under the various *
conditions represented by these different parts of the State. The rc-
° suits of this work are presented to the students in agriculture. `
Feed Control-Under an act of the General Assembly of Kentucky
of 1906, known as the Kentucky Concentrated Commercial Feeding
Stulfs Law»—a law regulating the manufacture and sale of commer-
cial feeding stuffs in Kentucky——the feeding stuffs laboratory was
· established. This laboratory consists of a suite of four rooms and is
located in the Kentucky Experiment Station building. It is equipped
. with the latest improved scientific apparatus necessary for carry-
ing on the work of the Department of Feed Control.
Fertilizer Gont1·0l——The fertilizer laboratory is located in the south-
east corner, second floor of the Kentucky Agricultural Experimenf
» Station building. It is well lighted and consists of a laboratory proper 4
261:24 feet and a balance room and office adjoining 1Sx8 feet. The
equipment comprises an electric furnace, electric oven, Kjeldahl nitro- `
gen distilling and digestion apparatus, hot water baths and all the
other necessary apparatus and appliances used in fertilizer work.
Three chemists are actively engaged in analyzing fertilizers and `
over fifteen hundred analyses were made during 1915. Commercial I
fertilizers are analyzed for their content of nitrogen, phosphoric acid 4
_ and potash. _
Food and Drugs-—The Department of State Food and Drug Control `
occupies the eastern half of the first floor of the Experiment Station `_W"
building. The files of the office contain inspection cards showing thnx
sanitary condition and statistical data connected with the dairies.,
bakeries, slaughter-houses, grocery stores and other food places in ilir V
State. The bactoriological laboratory contains all modern equipment
for the examination of foods and waters in the main laboratory, illliill
low-teinperature incubators, dust-proof closet and similar equipment}
in the smaller laboratory. The laboratories for the chemical analysii
of food consist of one large laboratory, fully equipped throughout, and :.4
a small laboratory for research investigations, a balance room and
offices. The laboratories for the analysis of drugs consist of a largfi
laboratory, balance room and office. The laboratories for food teclrb
nology contain baking ovens and similar equipment for supplementin$ Q
chemical and bacteriological examinations with physical tests 0i `J
foods. The basement floor contains a room fitted up as a modfY·