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 A . ‘ . _ i xii ‘ · ELEVENTH ANNUAL -1<1si>oR¢i*roi¤ THE “
  —‘ · a ment of a new fertilizer law; theiotlrer `a pure fOOd'Fi9.W.i`Y The enforce.
E .; ment of both these laws will _inatef_ii:illy`:i1icrea'se the iivorkiof the Sta.
    _ tion, but the laws also provideiforgiincreased revenue; ‘ Under the old Tr
  C C   . fertilizer law we received aninially aboi1t$4,ooo. The new fertilizer I Oi
j , ,. l , law has not been in effe&~long enough to-estimate t~he annual income, m
1 _"   A , ‘ but it should range from $I2,0QO'tO $r6`,ooo per year. rltrprovideg
      = funds enough to pay expenses-of'ahalyses, inspection, and»a`—thorongh mul":
l . · i enforcement of the law. , ·“ · ii ‘ "`   V · »--
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  ` , i   ` The pure food law provides for the expenditure of only $2,500 Dtillag
  {5 7 A   per year out of tl1e State treasury. M W ‘ —· p 1 . xl
  ii l _ · The Station has purchased theitract or landiknown as the f‘Land
ji ° ‘ _   i i Place." It contains 64% acres, and lies nearly adjacent to the land ·
rj i ,`   now owned by the Station, just beyond the city limits of Lexington.
ii V     . Before this land can be put in proper shape for experimentation, al
  li ·   , least $3,ooo worth of improvements will be required ai fencing, re-
l, , V   4 pairing buildings, barns, etc. This has been authorized by the  
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é 1 1 l tive Committee. ·
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li · ~ . , · More detailed statements of the work 1nay be found in the reports
  . from the various divisions which follow, after which the bulletins pub-
l ~ i K _ lished during the year are incorporated. » i
-   j lc M. A. SCOVELL, Director.
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  . _ _ Division of Chemistry ` ‘
  C · M. A. SCOVELL, D11<1~:cToR,
  i · · Sr1<»—I herewith submit a report of the Division of Chemistry for
ii »' i the yefir 1898. Very respectfully,
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'·: , ‘ ‘· A. M. Pl£'l`I£R.
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1 The chemical work i11 1898, besides the analyses of coinmercial
, fertilizers published in Bulletins 75, 76 and 79, and the work done
j under the food law, included numerous analyses of butter, sugar
 j . , beets,'sorghum cane juice, waters both mineral and potable, fertilizer ·
 l materials rocks, nnnerals and miscellaneous materials, many being of
  · ‘ only transient interest. Such of these analyses as are thought to
{  be of sufficient general interest to be worth recording are reported
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 1 herewith. -
  ` The analyses of foods made under the pure food law will be i11c0F·
 ` . porated in a report to be published later.
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