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3. Feeding Expcrz'vzcrzts.——A number of feeding experiments
have been made, whose object has been to test the value of differ-
ent food stuffs on hogs and milch cows, and in this connection about ‘
700 milk analyses have been made during the year, and it is the
purpose of the Station to greatly enlarge its facilities for this kind
of work. y
4. Food AduZtcrati0ns.—During the year 175 analyses of
sugars, syrups, molasses, honeys and candies were made by the Di-
rector, from samples collected in Lexington, Louisville and Cin-
cinnati. The results showed that adulterations were more frequent
in syrups aud honeys than is generally supposed.
5. E¢zt0m0l0,gz'caZ and B0z‘am'caZ.-—The Division of Ento-
mology and Botany was organized under the charge of Prof. H
Garman in July, 1889, as a new feature of the Station work. The'
in-door work of the department is provided for in two well lighted
rooms on the second floor of the new station building. These rooms
are fitted up with tables, gas and water fixtures, office desk, and
with cases for the collections and special library.
The object of the department is the investigation of the botany
entomology of Kentucky with relation to the agriculture of the
State.
To this end it is equipped with a good outfit of microscopical
apparatus and all necessary appliances for the study of bacteria
having to do with plant and animal diseases; with apparatus for
the treatment of plants suffering from the attacks of insects or fungi;
with appliances for preparing botanical and entomological speci-
mens; with reference collections of plants and insects; and a good
working library containing the more important works bearing on
the economic entomology and botany of the United States. The
1 botanical collection is devoted mainly to plants of economic inter-
est, such as injurious fungi, weeds, grasses and the like. The en-
tomological collection now contains several thousand specimens,
over one thousand species of which are named and arranged in sys- _
tomatic order. .
The ultimate aim of the work is the discovery of practical
means of checking, lessening, or avoiding the injuries of insects
and parasitic fungi, and the dissemination among the farmers of the
State of information concerning these pests. Experiments on the