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ANNUAL REPORT
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= Report of tbe Director.
, The work of the Station has been limited in tl1e 1l`l2].ll1 along
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p. CHEMICAL DIVISION.
In the Chemical Division we have examined and analyzed
488 samples, which may be classined as follows :
Fertilizers ..,,,................,......,,.....,........ 188
Waters .......... . .,.................... . .,.,...... 37
Butter—in connection with churn tests of cows ........... 52
Sugar beets and sorghum ......,...........,... . .,..... 122
Dry distillery feed ................................,.... 4 _
4 Insectic’<.les and fungicides ...... . ..,.. 4 ................. 9
Rocks, minerals and ores ..r.. . . . ...... . . . , ......... go
Coal and coke , . . . ....................... . ......... 9
Iro11 and steel ...... , . . ....... . .......,.,........., 1
‘ In studying and clnecking methods of analysis ............ 16  
Miscellaneous .,.....,....,. . ...,. . ....... . ......... 2O
‘ Total ..... . . . . .... . .,...,.................. 488 !
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