il i ~ 30 Thirtietlz, Ann-ual Report of the `
1 .   " ~ CHEMISTRY
; . . M `T, BY A. M. PETER. ·
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i f`  i This year the Department of Research was discontinued,
    . those members of that department not already connected with
? E Q1  y other departments being added to the force of the Department
  i 0 . of Chemistry. Messrs. Averitt and ller have handled analyses
i A ._ i of soils and the general analytical work of the Department, I
l  `. » Messrs. Shedd, McHargue, Buckner and Blumenthal have worked
i .   upon chemical research problems and Dr. Healy and Mr. Gott
      . V have handled problems in baeteriological research, including the
  ’   " 4 bacteriological side of the soil·potash investigations.
“ 1   "l ` _ Soics. Analyses have been made of 123 samples of soil,
·_   E pj. of which 64 were from Shelby County and 28 from Logan
  ` { County, in connection with the soil surveys of those counties,
c C Q`, i _ conducted by the Bureau of Soils, in co-operation with the Ex-
  0     periment Station. Qualitative tests were made of 157 samples
      sent in by farmers and others.
  1 i Soni Snavrtvs. Our eo-operative work with the Bureau of
tp  {_   . Soils in Shelby County has been practically completed and the
i     Bureau has its map and report nearly ready for publication.
5 ```B _,   Mr. Averitt was in the lield in Logan County during the greater
: “     part of the summer, and collected a number of samples, some of
i ·   A which have been analyzed. It was not found possible to com-
  _l   plete the field work this year.
Y` T   Aoa1cUL*ri*1z.x1. Lmnsromss. Partial analyses were made of
._    .y 244 limestones sent in by farmers and county agents, to deter-
    · mine their quality. for agricultural use. We now have a tabu-
  ii . lation of sonic 2,000 analyses of Kentucky liniestones, which
  ·`i·· T I-`4   · would make a valuable bulletin, if published.
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