aL ech Aster ee nse a angen wate es ee ee ae yt \. hss ay, y aed ve i A NAN NN + NGS y Ni BRE et Fa 62 ee <- RRA: s eA ORO Rh ne So cerns a aro a tae oF se: Sarees SENN) wi " HAAR LIBRARY OF THE > < 7 io y "2 MG ‘ \ x N u in a te 7 iy ¢ a) i it j . , - & i] i RM i J cere 7» rye on i. Zz . uo ‘ Mi. Tee ‘ ‘ : : . Book Binpears, a i A JS rs, en allie? thc tet Ai ia ™ i MOTTO NOLLVALS SUN GOIN Te GL eX OF » i“ 7: pg Rg a aS SIXTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT Maine Avricultural Experiment Station ORONO, MAINE, 1900. AUGUSTA . sce so ashen esse de dein oe oto 103 Nie On se CB liebe Os) core eee sete eich ete asters oe ate ee eee 108 WMestinen Grass. Seeds Ch tilletinnos)) eto ieee eis oceans re ke 112 PotatonmomacenCbulletimaOs))tcyn oe eee ae Center its Beriiizer, inspections Gb alletin O06 es. seas ao tee oe eo e eee ee ee 117 Digestion Experiments with Sheep (Bulletin 67).............. 133 Experiments with Insecticides upon Potatoes (Bulletin 68)..... 171 MOACKHOWIEGOMENtS: (i> ulletine OQ )l-2 a ac an ae. ie aa erare meee es 193 Meteorological observations (Bulletin 69)..................... 196 Reporter the: Treasurer’ (Bulletin 60)... 26s os lone. sees 198 | TrrahSece Ge all Reet n Vere oy eae Rc ea eI OA Se eae ec 201 ANNOUNCEMENTS. THE AIM OF THE STATION. Every citizen of Maine concerned in Agriculture, has the right to apply to the Station for any assistance that comes within its province. It is the wish of the Trustees and Station Council that the Station be as widely useful as its resources will permit. In addition to its work of investigation, the Station is pre- pared to make chemical! analyses of fertilizers, feeding stuffs, dairy products and other agricultural materials; to test seeds and creamery glass-ware; to identify grasses, weeds, injurious fungi and insects, etc.; and to give information on agricultural matters of interest and advantage to the citizens of the State. All work proper to the Experiment Station and of public benefit will be done without charge. Work for the private use of individuals is charged for at the actual cost to the Station. The Station offers to do this work. only as a matter of accom- modation. Under no condition will the Station undertake analyses, the results of which cannot be published, if they prove of general interest. INSPECTIONS. The execution of the laws regulating the sale of commercial fertilizers, concentrated commercial feeding stuffs, and agricul- tural seeds, and the inspection of chemical glass-ware used by creameries is entrusted to the Director of the Station. The Sta- tion officers take pains to obtain for analysis samples of all brands of fertilizers and feeding stuffs coming under the law, but the organized co-operation of farmers is essential for the full and timely protection of their interests. Granges, Farmers Clubs and other organizations can render efficient aid by report- 8 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. I90OO. ing any attempt at evasion of the laws and by sending, early in the season, samples taken from stock in the market and drawn in accordance with the Station directions for sampling. In case there should be a number of samples of the same brand sent in, the Station reserves the right to analyze only in part. STATICN PUBLICATIONS. The Station publishes Io to 12 bulietins each year, covering in detail its expenses, operations, investigations and results. The bulletins are maiied free tc all citizens who request them. The annual Report is a reprint of the bulletins of the year and is bound with the Report of the Board of Agriculture and dis- tributed by the Secretary of the Beard. This combined report can be obtained by addressing the Secretary of Agriculture, State House, Augusta, Maine. CORRESPONDENCE. As far as practicable, letters are answered the day they are received. Letters sent to individual officers are liable to remain unanswered, in case the officer addressed is absent. All com- munications should, therefore, be addressed to the Agricultural Experiment Station, Orono, Maine. The post office, railroad station, freight, express and telegraph address is Orono, Maine. Visitors to the Station can take the electric cars at Bangor and Old Town. The telephone call is “Bangor, 27-3.” Directions, forms and labels for taking samples, of fertilizers, feeding stuffs and seeds for analysis can be had on application. Parcels sent by express should be prepaid, and postage should be enclosed in private letters demanding a reply. Remittances shouid be made payable to the undersigned. CHAS. D. WOODS, Director. - FEEDING STUFF INSPECTION. Cuas. D. Woops, Director. J. M. Bartvert, chemist in charge of inspection analyses. CuriEF REQUIREMENTS OF THE LaAw.* The points of the law of most interest to dealer and consumer are: Kinds of Feed coming within the Law. The law applies to all feeding stuffs except hays and straws; whole seeds and meals of wheat, rye, barley, oats, Indian corn, buckwheat and broom corn; brans and middlings not mixed with other substances, but sold separately, as distinct articles of commerce. Inspection tax and tag. To meet the expenses of inspection, a tax of ten cents per ton must be paid to the Director of the Maine Agricultural Experiment Station. On receipt of the inspection tax, the Director of the Station is required to fur- nish a tag stating that all charges have been paid. This tag, which bears the Director’s signature, shows that the tax has been paid but is not a guarantee of the quality of the goods. The brand. Each package of feeding stuff included within the law shall have affixed the inspection tax tag and shall also bear, conspicuously printed; the number of net pounds contained in the package, the name or trade mark under which it is seld, the name of the manufacturer or shipper, the place of manu- facture, the place of business or manufacture or shipper, the per- centage of crude protein, the percentage of crude fat. These statements may be printed directly on the bag, on a tag attached to the package, or on the back of the inspection tax tag furnished by the Director of the Station. The quality of the goods is guaranteed b) the manufacturer, importer or dealer, and not by the Station. The samples collected and analyzed by the Station show whether the goods are up to guarantee or not. The goods must carry the inspection tax tag and the brand before they can be legally offered for sale in the State. It will not answer to affix tags at the time the goods are sold. Analysis. The Director of the Station is required to collect and analyze each year at least one sample of each of the brands of Feeding Stuffs coming within the provisions of the act; and publish the results, together with related matter, from time to time. 1 * The full text of the law will be sent on application. IO MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION, 1900. MANUFACTURERS AND PLACE OF SAMPLING. Station number. Manufacturer or Jobber. J. EB. Soper & CO ....24 oeeeee.ee J. BE. Soper & Co............. ... Doten Grain CoO.....-.....) «+++. Cloeijonban (4 (OKO) cdbdadncvenacS, aogaac Ojneyoria A COcoccccn00 aonennne 300 (Cingnjaulin 5 (Cho o660° caacconconcc0ac Olnayoni Ci (COoas scos000d0000000000 (Hoeyonver eri(KOGsssocqoeann0oncebccc (Javayoniay 0'4(O@o550000 saocoonopoKOKKG Humphreys, Goodwin & Co.... EK. B. Williams & Co............. EH. B. Williams & Co..... ......-. E. B. EK. B. H. B. E. B. Williams & Co.......... .. HK. B. Williams & Co...........- Humpbreys, Goodwin & Co.... 1H, Wig eatoale 46 CO sacecanco0s 400 1M, VAY, WHOIS ba CO casscence0000000 F. W. Brodé & Co.........-- ---- E.W. Brodé & Co..--.......---=. EK. W. Brodé & Co... .... ...... F. W. Brodé & Co..........+-+-- Arlington Oil & Fertilizer Co .- Arlington Oil & Fertilizer Ue The American Cotton Oil Co . Walliams & Cones. 2.5 ae. Williams & Co..........-.. Williams & Co The American Cotton Oil Co... The American Cotton Oil Co... The Southern Cotton Oil Co .... Paris Flouring Co.......-....-... WAMEMONIN coooo condodeboneson000D Unknown ....-:.-- UMEMOWAN asccccpesn Gaatsooccacns LOiMkOMNONWIN s6 bocoscogca0G vod00K00 WANG coo Gconds Stodcodnsoo: Unknown LO KINWONIN adooveanvceccshcco60 oud Unknown ........-....-- The Glucose Sugar Refining Co. The Glucose Sugar Refining Co. The Glucose Sugar Refining Co. The Glucose Sugar Refining Co. The Glucose Sugar Refining Co. The Glucose Sugar Refining Co. The Glucose Sugar Refining Co. The Glucose Sugar Refining Co. The Glucose Sugar Refining Co. Manufactured at Sampled at Boston, Mass ...... Boston,Mass .....- St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis, Mo....... St. Louis, Mo...... St. Louis, Mo.. .... St. Louis, Mo...... St. Louis, Mo...... Memphis, Tenn.... Memphis, Tenn.... Memphis. Tenn.... Memphis, Tenn.... Memphis, Tenn.... Memphis, Tenn.... Memphis, Tenn.... Memphis, Tenn.... Memphis, Tenn.... Memphis, Tenn.... Memphis, Tenn.... Memphis, Tenn.... Memphis, Tenn... Memphis, Tein .. Memphis, Tenn ... Georgia....;.. Georgia. Little Rock, Ark... Little Rock, Ark... Little Rock, Ark... Little Rock, Ark... eee tee wee ee eee. of eee eee see ee we wei eee eee ecces sees se sect eee eee e corse es ereeseecece wee e eee see cece ee soee ee cet cess cess eeees ce Ce wero eeccessecseresae se eee ces scores esascese Kennebunk ........ Ne@Wport........-.0.8 (CRIS o50dn0cscc0000 - BEM cagoc0 GoGoRdCeC Dexter South Brewer...... IBENOSOIC coscanaecoadd Monmouth......... BOVE Sao ssossocen POHANG) Gasoanoc60 ILOUASMOMcsoo: sone South Biewer...... Bann eases 6) cele. BENAFEONR bonne cooDoGs BYORI aaosocconcndC Auburn....--. erence IeXow{tlehauel Saoccadaocd Westbrook ......... Bowdoinham ..... (Chhdahbavese Sonououno0G Brunswick .......-. Bethel Be lials titeertrcretsteteleratei= Winterport ........ (GOavUN, codocsaascne INODKGMOI, cosssonsa0e Hampden .......... IDB noccndoonedss Bangor . Freeport ..... ss... South Paris ........ Augusta AMWGUSTA. Jenene s ele IDYESAKDPsoonoonocccccc BENE s5000 soocce PANIBORP os ponocoaes é Bethel .............. South Brewer...... Bucksport..... .... JOOROWOER ss5000 cocC OOiriniNG sooacocnb0ce Newport.........- dp Biddeford ...... oO Bridgton ...-..e..0e Augusta ........-.0. Brunswick.... .... FEEDING STUFF INSPECTION. ANALYSES OF SAMPLES. II PROTEIN. FAT. 2 o | | a re rc A D co) 5 Name of Feed. ;e se [3 $43 a ge | go | we | as | & 27 a aide a 5 = ox a) oo =) hey mo ida f= a | oa 7) Cotton Seed Meal ...... «20.6.2... 0.55. 46.50 43.00 12.12 | 9.00 8841 Cotton Seed Meal ........ .....2.. 0200s, 44.40 43.00 13.07 9.00 8687 Cotton Seed Meal ............20..seeeeee 43.69 |No guar 12.04 |No guar.| 8342 Cotton Seed Meal 43.69 43.00 13.66 | 9.00 | 8688 Cotton Seed Meal 44.75 43.00 10.49 | 9.00 8689 Cotton Seed Meal 43.69 43.00 13.86 | 9.00 8690 (Ofoxeinoray Several WEENL Gao Bobo cpopobooouns 45.19 43.00 10.20 9.00 3691 Cottom Seed) Mie all so ecicsieeclerleielsieleiee'el=) = 45.06 43.00 12.07 9.00 8692 Cotton Seed Meal.............. ED OaODOG 45.81 43.00 9.46 | 9.00 8693 @optoniseed Meals csc slo. <2 weak oan: 45.06 | 43.00 9.27 | 9.00 | 8694 Cotton Seed Meal .--. 0.2.05. .-.cewsce 43.00 42.00 10.63 | 8.00 8677 “Daisy Brand” Cotton Seed Meal....- . 43.00 43.00 12.10 9.00 8676 “Daisy Brand’ Cotton Seed Meal ...... 45.31 43.00 8.96 9.00 8695 “Daisy Brand” Cotton Seed Meal .....- 45.06 43.00 11.53 9.00 8696 “Daisy Brand” Cotton Seed Meal ...... 44.31 43.00 10.76 9.00 8697 “Daisy Brand” Cotton Seed Meal ....-. 44.56 43.00 11.52 9.00 8698 “Daisy Brand’ Cotton Seed Meal... . 45.88 43.00 10.87 9.00 3835 Dixie Brand Cotton Seed Meal.......... 44.94 43.00 8.29 | 9.00 8699 Owl Brand Cotton Seed Meal. ......... 44.31 43.00 11.58 | 9.00 | s7u0 Owl Brand Cotton Seed Meal .........-. 44.06 43.00 13 63 9.00 8701 Ow1 Brand Cotton Seed Meal .... .....- 37.31 43.00 ilsialshy || 9.00 8702 Owl Brand Cotton Seed Meal ....-...... 45.06 43.00 11.91 9.00 8703 Ow! Brand Cotton Seed Meal. ......... 43.19 3.00 11.67 9.00 S704 Owl Brand Cotton Seed Meal ........... 44.44 43.00 12.03 9.00 $705 GathoniSeede Meal... ecsoce lee cea: | 44.63 43.00 8.69 9.00 | S836 Cortonrs ceduMleallierersceiiocstrecireeecieet 44.94 43.00 10.88 9.00 8840 Prime Cotton Seed Meal ............... 41.69 43.00 10.19 9.00 S706 Prime Cotton Seed Meal -............... 43.19 43.00 10.35 9.00 8707 Prime Cotton Seed Meal ................ eae 3-00 10.96 9.00 8708 Prime Finely Ground Cotton Seed Meal) 45.56 43.00 Moy 9.00 3709 Prime Memphis Cotton Seed Meal.... 42.69 43.00 13.66 9.00 8710 WOTONESECE CVC Wie erreertelelsticieiotatsictelelstaislala= 43.31 42.00 11.80 8.00 8711 Cottonseed Meal ae cae eects ese alee 39.06 42.00 14.06 8.00 8714 CottouSeed Measles seas ssecece er eee 43.44 |Noguar.| 12.83 |Noguar.| 8712 (Crone Saad) MWA anocooegcoopomeonboSsaqn0 45.31 |Noguar.; 11.68 |No guar 8713 Cotton Seed Meu) ...........--..-...-.-.-- 45.81 |No guar. 11.81 |No guar 8715 (Choptirroyal Severe! W@W) ce ooonoepG acaoadocdde 43.56 |Noguar.| 14.10 |No guar 8716 Cotton Seed’ Meal --- 252-2 ee... 43.69 |Noguar.| 13.78 |Noguar.| 8717 Sea Island Cotton Seed Meal............ 25.69 |No guar.) 6.56 |No guar 8718 ChicasoiGluten Meal --tas-sees-csa eek 36.31 38.00 4.57 2.00 | s719 Chicago Gluten Meal ....-......-.......- | 32.51 38.00 4.15 2.00 8720 Chicago Gluten Meal ..................-. 33.31 38.00 4.15 2.00 8721 Chicago Gluten Meal ... . .............- 34.56 38.00 4.21 2.00 8722 Chicago Gluten Meal ........-..........- 35.19 38.00 4.15 2.00 8723 Chicago Gluten Meal ..........- .--.se0- 34.56 35.00 4.08 2.00 $724 Chicago Gluten Meal ............... .... 35.44 38.00 3.43 2.00 8725 Chicago Gluten Meal ...... ...---......-. j 32.94 38.00 4.28 2.00 8726 Chicago Gluten Meal ...... ............. 35.06 35.00, 4.12 2.00 8727 I2 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. I9QOO. MANUFACTURERS—Continued. Station Number, Manufacturer or Jobber. The Glucose Sugar Refining Co. The Glucose Sugar Refiuing Co. The Glucose Sugar Refining Co. The Glucose Sugar Refining Co.) The Glucose Sugar Refining Co.) The Glucose Sugar Refining Co. The Glucose Sugar Refining Co. The Glucose Sugar Refining Co. The Glucose Sugar Refining Co. The Glucose Sugar Refining Co. Charles Pope Glucose Co... ..- Charles Pope Glucose Co....... Charles Pope Glucose Co......- Charles Pope Glucose Co....... Charles Pope Glucose Co....... Charles Pope Glucose Co ....... Charles Pope Glucose Co...... Charles Pope Glucose Co....... Charles Pope Glucose Co....... Charles Pope Glucose Co...... Charles Pope Glucose Co...... National Starch Manf’g Co ..... National Starch Manf’g Co..... National Starch Manf’g Co ..... National Starch Manf’g Co ..... National Starch Manf’g Co ....- National Starch Manf’g Uo... - National Starch Manf’g Co.... National Starch Manf’g Co ..... National Starch Manf’g Co ..... The Glucose Sugar Refining Co The Glucose Sugar Refining Co. The Glucose Sugar Refining Co. The Glucose Sugar Refining Co.’ Norton Chapman Co ............ E. W. Blatchford & Co..-...-.-- E. W. Blatchford & Uo -.-.......- E. W. Blatchford & Co....-...... E. W. Blatchford & Co..-.-....- The Cleveland Linseed Oil Co..| * The Cleveland Linseed Oil Co.. The Cleveland Linseed Vil Cu - The Cleveland Linseed Oi1Co.. The Cleveland Linseed 011 Co.. The Cleveland Linseed Oil Co.. A. &J.H. True Co.......-... a Ate A Ded Re CGOlaaa aes ee A: dad ene! Cees -mess sees DH D Manufactured at ee es ee ed i Des Moines, Ia...- Des Moines, la....- Des Moines, Ia-.... Des Moines, la..-.- Des Moines, Ia.... Des Moines, Ia....- Des Moines, Ia..-.. Indianapolis, Ind.. Indianapolis, Ind.. Sampled at Auburn...... >outh Paris. Winthrop ... Pittsfield .... Portiand .... Skowhegan South Brewer...--- Camden ..... Lewiston ..-.. Brunswick .- Gardiner .... Freeport -... SHYED orsete oe Biddeford ... Westbrook .. Stroud water Portland .... Portland .-.. Auburn...... South Paris. Waterville .. Dexter. Niloeen-- 2 wae se wee Senne ene ee wee ae s+ eeee Chicago, Ill ---=---- Chicago; Hl. .------ | Chicago, lll .......- ee Gardiner .-.. Freeport ..-.. Westbrook .- Augusta ..-.. Newport. -.-. Pittsfield .... Auburn ...... eeeeae FEEDING STUFF INSPECTION. ANALYSES—Continued. PROTEIN. FAT. i = 5 Hi A ce = 3 - Name of Feed. |< =e 1+ pel A Lot) a S is) 3 ao ra) Bn py 5 a, | 3 oo So oo So ra) & oa a A, oa, D Chicago Gluten Meal ...........0+ ss2se- 31.69 38.00 13.89 2.00 Chicago Gluten Meal .... .-.cseeseeeeees 34.94 38.00 2.91 2.00 Chicago Gluten Meal ..........+.eseeeee 35.56 35.00 5.03 2.00 Chicago Gluten Meal 33.19 28.00 nazi! 2.00 Chicago Gluten Meal 34.06 38.00 5.30 2.00 Chicago Gluten Meal 32.44 38.00 4.16 2.00 Chicago Gluten Meal .. ..-...s.--.es00e- 31.56 36.00 4.11 3.37 Chicago Gluten Meal ..........-. ...... 33.44 36.00 4.74 3.37 Chicago Gluten Meal... ...-...060. eee 34.06 36.00 4.41 3.37 Chicago Gluten Meal ...........--...00. 31.56 36.00 3.79 3.37 Cream Gluten Meal 32.81 34.12 2.79 3.20 Creain Gluten 34.81.) 34.12 2.93 3.20 Cream Gluten 31.44 34.12 2.65 3.20 Cream Gluten 31.44 34.12 2.81 3.20 Cream Gluten 33.31 34.12 2245 3.20 Cream Gluten 34.06 34.12 1.64 3.20 Cream Gluten 30.31 34.12 2.44 3.20 Cream Gluten 32.56 34.12 2.57 3.20 Cream Gluten 32.69 34.12 ori 3.20 Cream Gluten 34.56 34.12 2.91 3.20 Cream Gluten 34.94 34.12 2.91 3.20 King Gluten Meal 31.44 32.00 15.88 16.00 King Gluten Meal 31.56 32.00 16.26 16.00 King Gluten Meal 31.44 32.00 14.86 16.00 King Gluten Meal ............2-. ss. 31.06 32.00 16-28 16.00 ieGhays Ghia Wieeleoaooonene Socne-oG00K5 31.31 32.00 16.18 16.00 iegnayee (Cdioiein Wieeleakoanogcas 6600 onaoca5 32.19 32.00 14.25 16.00 King Gluten Meal............. 2 oo cope) sO-CeE 32.00 16.05 16.00 Onaver (Ennai WileMlasanoo, , ooggoconsooence 35.44 32.00 7.21 16.00 Ksin'g= Galrhem! Wea eile) coe eleale viejaie ele eie 34.81 32.00 4.81 16.00 Burtalo Gluten) Heed 5 scsce. soccer sen 25.94 25.50 4.67 4.00 BurialorGluten) HEC sec eocncec cleo 25.56 25.50 4.53 4.00 Buffalo Gluten Feed .................-. 26.81 25.50 3.80 4.00 Rockford Diamond Gluten Feed........ 25.06 24.20 3.85 3-7 CONN IEIo UGYAG) 52 Goon Hoc onoooDdoUnApONOuUOOOOS 22.31 24.20 | 4.04 3.76 Blatechford’s Calf Meal ............---- 25.31 |No guar.| 5.67 |No guar. Blatchtford’s Calf Meal ...... <...+..-.-- 25.44 |No guar. 5.58 |No guar. Blatchford’s Calf Meal... .............- 24.96 |No guar. 5.39 {No guar. Blatehford’s Calf Meal ..... ..........-- 24.44 |No guar. 5.09 |No guar. @leveland HMlasxa Melee nseereecsan emcee 36.31 39.00 | 3.45 1.50 Cleveland Flax Meal........... ..... «-- 34.69 | 39.00 | 2.90 1.50 Cleveland Linseed Oil Meal ............ 38.44 39.00 | 1.60 1.50 Cleveland Linseed Oil Meal ............ 35.81 39.00 4.14 1.50 Cleveland Linseed Oil Meal....... mistetetars 37.31 39.00 2.44 1.50 Cleveland Lirseed Oil Meal ............ 35.81 39.00 2.12 1.50 True’s Linseed Oil Meal...... ..... ... 29.81 36.94 8.57 6.58 True’s Linseed Oil Meal................. 29.06 36.94 8.40 | 6 58 True’s Linseed Oil Meal................. 33.44 36.94 9.45 6.58 14 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION, I9QOO. MANUFACTURERS—Continued. 5 ze = Manufacturer or Jobber. Manufactured at Sampled at S 3 D ] 8775 International Milling Co.......- | ApS odGesc0e nese sososs Brunswick ........- Si7 International Milling Co........) ------.-.-eeeseee- see | Foxcroft ........... 8777 Sieve el = Ind baal Cee po noonood| | ococgsescocodenconeosa (Minar bingly AAs----5- S778 OO Holway &/Co- Jo-cce.- eee ee | Auburn..........- JNU Ss So55c56s55- Si7 @: Holway & Co. ...----.....-.. | JADE NscSsecsencecal Winthrop ......... ° 8780 OP Holwayres COs0- eae | SVE Ee ssss5soccss- HG@RCLOlterses-=—seae 8781 | The American Cereal Co........ Chicago, I] ........| Portland. ---..--..- 8782 The American Cereal Co .......| Chicago, Ill....... | Portland. ----.-.... £783 The American Cereal Co........ Chicago, Ill ........ S2CO)- ssc ercceeeeeeee 8784 | The American Cereal Co....... | Chicago, I ....... | Amsustasescossoeeee 8785 | The American Cereal Co........ | Chicago, Ill ........) Brunswick. ....... 8786 The American Cereal Co.......-| Chicago, Ill ........ Am DHER esses aa 8i8i | The American Cereal Co........ Chicazso; til. .---.| Benhelio.--ce-sa---e 788 | The American Cereal Co........ Chicago, Ill ........| Monmouth......... 8789 | The American Cereal Co........ Chicago, Ill ........ { ISSRESii soss5+ sse-s 8790 The American Cereal Co........ |) Chieaso: Tl... 225. |) Bathiacs- er esecee cS $844 The American Cereal Co........ Chicago, Ml -... -. | Bastport.---.... ee 8791 The American Cereai Co... .... | Chicago, Ill ......-.) Skowhegan ....... 8792 The American Cereal Co....... | Chicago, Ill ........ Newport .--.......- $793 The American Cereal Co........ | Chicago; Il 22-.---] Bucksport.......... 8794 The American Cereal Co........| Chicago, Ill ........ | South Brewer...... 795 The American Cereal Uo.......- Chicago, Ill BAR FOr ese 8846 The American Cereal Co....... | Chicago, fll .. Calais ses eee 8196 | The American Cereal Co ......- Chicago, Il Brunswick. ...-.... 8797 The American Cereal Co........ Chicago, Ill ....-... AUDEN: cs. eee 8798 The American Cereal! Co......-.. Chicago, Ill... ..... Camden) = >--.5----- 87 The American Cereal Co ...... | Chicago, Ill ........| Foxcroft $800 The American Cereal Co........ | Chicago, Ill ...4.... Portland sos 32s $801 The American Cereal Co.... ... Chicago, Ill... .... Stroudwater ....... 8802 The American Cereal Co..... .. Chicago, Ill........ SACO ws -ccuci oes 8803 | The American Cereal Co........ Chicazo, Wee. | Augusta ....... eee 8804 The American Cereal Co....... Chicago, Ill .... .-. Brunswick -.....-.... $805 The American Cereal] Co........ _ Chicago, Ill ........ LiFe sss 55 Ss5-055 8845 The American Soret oes sel Chicago, Jll..... ..-| Eastport. .......... 8806 The B-O'|Cays-..----= socc256 Buffalo, Neer e eee Freeport. ---->--s=6 8807 The H-O COlee-csee~ ese eee ese Buffalo, N. ¥.-.--- Augusta... <<... 8s0s Rie H- Ol Core. -e-eeeee eee ee Buffalo, N. Y....... Waterville ........- 83809 UM ie) 13 6 hy pa osesorinas coscoscescs Buffalo, N. Y....-.. Rockland). -=2--+---. 8810 TUNE ERO ND s2essescosssestscsess: Buffalo, N. Y...-.-- Skowhegan ........ $811 INT ERD OD acdcescocsessscescgose Buffalo, N. Y....... Portland) socesen-ne 8812 ANNE OUD sodestsoocs Ssacnde=e Buffalo, N. Y. ..-.. Freeport .....-...... 8813 Suis ONO) Haon6 6 Soo Sosoocgce Buffalo, N. Y.----- AUDUTIN 222522555056 8814 Mew —O Comes sweeseeseccaeceee BiialowNe Vice Waterville ......... 8815 Wingels UNC casedoscocas cbcoonsee Buffalo, N. Y......- Skowhegan .......- 8816 AVNER ipcossssessos sososas S|) Using sini avcsssace ETEGPOrb- -----=- => S817 he O Cee eee Buttalo; Ne UY~...--- Hreeport ------c<-== 8818 The American Cereal Co........ } Chicago, MU Ssssance Portiand| 32.22. s-=-1- $819 The American Cereal Co........ | Chicago, Ill. Ad Dates see = FEEDING STUFF INSPECTION. 15 ANALYSES—Continued. PROTEIN. FAT. ie 2 il Hat a FA 5 = Name of Feed. j= Ss }4 $< 5 co ao Lo) ao S f=) =O ao xo — a S Dn Bn S oo Sy oo Ao me caroh Oa fy Sy 5 2, Nn Siroreina Or WIG ooge doseacoboonso0005Nn 23.31 24.75 8.53 3.50 8775 SUCKENMEIOUMEMC alin a\nintet-olaitialolalllclalelsle’s|siclsicle 26.94 24.75 3.65 3.50 8776 True’s Corn and Oat Feed............... 9.31 9.63 3.45 4.23 8777 Monarch Corn and Oat Feed............ 10.94 10.25 8.29 7.47 8778 Monarch Corn and Oat Feed...........- 9.81 10.25 7.16 7.47 8779 Monarch Corn and Oat Feed............ 9.94 10.25 7.56 7.47 3780 Victor Corn and Oat Feed..... ......-.. 8.19 9.46 3.84 3.92 8781 Victor Corn and Out Feed............... 7.31 9.46 DeoD 8.92 8782 Victor Corn and Oat Feed............ «- 8.44 9.46 3.49 3.92 8783 Victor Corn and Oat Feed.... .......... 7.31 9.46 3.23 3.92 8784 Victor Corn and Oat Feed........... «.. 7.94 9.46 3.46 3.92 8785 Victor Corn and Oat Feed............ .. 7.94 9.46 3.68 3.92 8786 Victor Corn and Oat Feed....... ....... 8.56 9.46 3-71 3.92 8787 Victor Corn and Oat Feed.... ........ 5 8.06 9.46 3.31 3.92 8788 Victor Corn and Oat Feed.. .........:.. 8.19 9.46 3-60 3.92 8789 Victor Corn and Oat Feed...... ........ 7.56 9.46 3.18 3.92 8790 Victor Corn and Oat Feed............... 9.94 9.46 4.91 3.92 8844 Victor Corn and Oat Feed......... ..... 9.69 9.46 5.12 3.92 8791 Victor Corn and Oat Feed..............- 7.56 9.46 3.15 3.92 792 Victor Corn and Oat Feed............... 7.oL 9.46 3.21 3.92 8793 Victor Corn and Oat Feed............ .. 8.81 9.46 4.06 3.92 8794 Victor Corn and Oat Feed. ..... ....... 8.69 9.46 4.14 3.92 8795 Corn, Oats and Barley. .................. 10.81 11.26 4.98 4.15 8846 Quaker Dairy Feed ...-......65 2. sees 10.31 12.03 3.19 3.49 | 8796 Quaker Dairy Feed .................-2--- 11.56 12.03 3.44 3.49 8797 Quakers) ainyaHeedmer were eter tnee eee 13.69 12.03 4.13 3.49 | 8798 Quaker Dairy Feed .......... ...... .... 13.81 12.03 3.40 3.49 8799 Quaker Oat Feed..............2.20. couse 11.31 12.03 4.35 3.49 8800 Qyrevkerw Oni MMeexdlooooas Gesasas6n000000I00 12.94 12.63 3-13 3.49 8801 Quaker Oat Feed..........- .....-.000.. 11.94 12.03 3.67 3.49 8802 Quaker Oat Feed... ........-..........-5. 11.06 12.03 3.62 3.49 8803 Quaker Oat Heed... ....6ceneee se oe os 13.94 12.03 3.69 3.49 8804 Quaker O ait HES Craerelaian ersisels ereicverecereicseieye ere 14.56 12.03 Belt 3.49 8805 Quaker Oat Feed.....-......0....sec00 os 13.69 12.03 4.08 3.49 8845 The H-O Co.’s Dairy Feed......... .... 17.44 18.00 4.84 4.50 8806 The H-O Co.’s Dairy Feed............... 16.94 18.00 4.7) 4.50 8807 The H-O Co.’s Dairy Feed...........-.+- 17.63 18.00 5-32 4.50 8508 The H-O Co.’s Dairy Feed.............. 18.50 18.00 4.63 4.50 8809 The H-O Co.’s Dairy Feed. ............. 18.63 18.00 4.81 4.50 8810 The H-O Co.’s Dundee Corn & Oat Feed 8.13 8.38 3.42 2.95 SS11 The H-O Co.’s Dundee Corn & Oat Feed 8.56 8.38 3.31 2.95 83812 The H-O Co.’s Dundee Corn & Oat Feed 8.39 8.38 3.24 2.95 8813 The H-O Co.’s Dundee Corn & Oat Feed 8.44 8.38 2.98 2.95 S814 The H-O Co.’s Dundee Corn & Oat Feed 8.00 8.38 3.59 2.95 S815 The H-O Co.’s Horse Feed........2...... 12.19 12.30 4.42 4.90 8316 The H-O Co.’s Poultry Feed......... ... 15.31 16.80 6.36 7.00 8817 American Cereal Co.’s Pouitry Feed... 8.31 |No guar. 6-32 |No guar.| 8818 American Cereal Co.’s Poultry Feed... 12.06 |No guar. 6.06 |No guar.) 8819 16 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION, MANUFACTURERS—Concluded. 1900. Station number. Manufacturer or Jobber. Manufactured at Sampled at 8820 WAMEINVOWTIN oc sucocanovcoonned000 || conncagsosadscn09a000C Freeport ........... 8821 B. Randall & Co ...- ........«--- Kast Boston, Mass.| Bowdoinbam ...... 8822 Nash Manufacturing Co........ South Brewer..... Winterport ........ 8823, Nash Manufacturing Co........ South Brewer....-.. Bangor..... ...)- 2 5824. The Bowker Co........--+ sees Boston, Mass. ..... Portiand ........... $825 The Bowker Co........... .....- Boston, Mass....... Freeport ......-.... 8826 The Bowker Co...........-....-- Boston, Mass....... Gardiner.... ....-. 8827 The Bowker CoO....22 .cseevceees Boston, Mass......- Belfast . pococd 8828 The Bowker Co)|................. Boston, Mass.......| Portland ...... Ro 000 8829 Bradley Fertilizer Co........... Boston, Mass...... Portland ...... .... 8830 Bradley Fertilizer Co.......... Boston, Mass...... IBYWOVEXOWE oGan gc0cq00c 8831 Nash Manufacturing Co... .... South Brewer......| South Brewer.... - ANALYSEHS—Concluded. PROTEIN. FAT. 2 ® | | 2 3S LS) ‘S| ) SS = Name of Feed. 2 es 2 Ss 5 | gs BI aq r= Lo) aed So eo iS) [= (2) HO go =~ Oo i Se Sw za 4 S a = =) o = S, oe eS on | & TRI®® WEOlacos coansossanosonsv0enancoG0006 10.69 |No guar.| 11.31 |No guar.| 6820 American Poultry Meal. ............... 35.00 |No guar.| 23.88 |No guar.| 8821 Nash Manufacturing Co.’s Beet Seraps| 46.94 52.19 26.41 28.42 8822 Nash Manufacturing Co.’s Beef Scraps| 42.94 D2 27.29 28.42 8823 Bowker’s Animal Meal... .... ......... 43.56 30.00 10.15 5.00 8824 Bowker’s Animal Meal - ..-........... 45.56 50.00 11.06 5.00 8825 Bowker’s Animal Meal ...... ,.......- 46.06 30.00 9.37 5.00 8826 Bowker’s Animal Meal................. 42.81 30.00 10.51 5.00 8827 Bowkevr’s Pure Beef Scraps .....-.. ---- 48.50 |No guar. 17.14 |No guar.) 8528 Bradley’s Superior Meat Meal ..... ..- 45.69 40.00 10.93 10.00 8829 Bradley’s Superior Meat Meal.......... 47.94 40.00 9.47 10.00 8830 Cattle or Poultry Bone ................. 16.06 11.00 Deoh |) weer 8831 FEEDING STUFF INSPECTION. 17 SUMMARY OF ANALYSES. PROTEIN. FAT. al | = ® o S D is | seal 3 £45 oF ANS) Ag | a = as 2 ZS | fee seal ae =a SH Su Sx Sx a ° = oo So Za a [sxe 2. aa, | Of J. E. Soper & Co.’s Highest AGa 50 im | tetstetetetetarers 13.07 | Cotton Seed Meal. 2 Lowest 44.40 43.00 12.12 9.00 Average| 45.45 |.....-... 12.60 | Chapin & Co.’s Highest WE losocagiac 13.86 | Cotton Seed Meal. 6 Lowest 43.69 45.00 9.46 | 9.00 Average GEIATY AligqcoGcggoe 11.62 Humphreys, Goodwin & Co.’s Cotton Seed Meal. iL Wl ocemdo000e 45.06 43.00 9.27 | 9.00 Humphreys, Goodwin & Co.’s Dixie Brand Cotton Seed il il oeoobeosos 44.94 43.00 8.29 9.00 Meal. E. B. Williams & Co.’s Cotton Seed Meal. NWS gneccooosd 43.00 42.00 10.63 8.00 E. B. Williams & Co.’s Highest LIEGE. Iinsanoo0ace 12.10 “Daisy Brand’ Cotton Seed| 6 Lowest 43.00 43.00 8.96 9.00 Meal. Average| 44.69 |.......... 10.96 F. W. Brodé & Co.’s Highest CGN Wes scudas 18.85 Owl Brand Cotton Seed Meal.. 6 | Lowest 7.31 43.00 11.67 | 9.00 Average EBMYS Ilsosoodstas 13.34 | The American Cotton Oil Co.’s Highest ZBI) |iscacasaona 10.96 | Prime Cotton Seed Meal. 3 Lowest 41.69 43.00 10.19 9.00 Average! 42.40 |.......... 10.50 | The Southern Cotton Oil Co.’s | Prime, Finely Ground Cotton; 1 | ......... 45.56 43.00 11.17 | 9.00 Seed Meal. Arlington Oil & Fertilizer Co.’s Highest AAR OAIN I ao ors leneiereters 10 88 | Cotton Seed Meal. 2 Lowest 44.63 43.00 §.69 | 9.00 Average| 44.79 |.........- 9.79 | Doten Grain Co.’s Cotton Seed Meal. IL lle SgaaGoad0e LB8S). lagooacsdac 12.04 Paris Flouring Co.’s | | Prime Memphis Cotton Seed ibe Wie naSodor sas 42.69 43.00 13.66 | 9.00 Meal. Manufacturers Unknown. | Highest | 43.31 |... - oR 14.06 | Cotton Seed Meal. 2 Lowest | 39.06 42.00 | 11.80 | 8.00 INVITE) ZBI) Nosogso. 900 12.93 Manufacturers Unknown. Highest AD TS ln | esteleteletstetars | 14.10 Unguaranteed Cotton Seed 5 Lowest (ERIE E WIsnecccoede|| | IMIaGts Meal. Average| 44.36 |..... .... |} 12.84 Average of Cotton Seed Meals. 38 AVerage|) 43-98) ieccian ciel 11.79 Sea Island Cotton Seed Meal...) 1 | .......... IR, 25769" [Menoseane 6e56 The Glucose Sugar Refin’g Co.’s Highest | 36.31 38.00 | 5.71 Chicago Gluten Meal. 19 MOweStm ole bO hee nee: 2.91 2.00 Average 33.80 eee e eee ee 4.24 Charles Pope Glucose Co.’s | Highest | Bay Be ene doocete 2.93 Cream Gluten Meal. 11 | Lowest 30.31 34.12 1.64 3.20 Average 32.99 |..-.eeeee 2.63 18 SUMMARY OF ANALYSES—Continued. MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION, I9QOO. National Starch Manf’g Co.’s King Gluten Meal from Des Moines Mill. The National Starch Man. Co.’s King Gluten Meal from In- dianapolis Mill. 3 The Glucose Sugar Refin’g Co.’s Buffalo Gluten Feed. The Glucose Sugar Refin’g Co.’s Hock iord Diamond Gluten eec. Norton Chapman Co.’s Gluten Feed. E. W. Blatchford & Co.’s Blatchford’s Calf Meal. The Cleveland Linseed Oil Co.’s Cleveland Flax Meal. The Cleveland Linseed Oil Co.’s Linseed O11 Meal. ‘ S.A. & J. H. True Co.’s Linseed Oil Meal. International Milling Co.’s Sucrene Oil Meal. S.A. & J. H. True Co.’s Corn and Oat Feed. O. Holway & Co.’s Monarch Corn and Oat Feed. The American Cereal Co.’s Victor Corn and Oat Feed. The American Cereal Co.’s Corn, Oats and Barley. The American Cereal Co.’s Quaker Dairy Feed. The American Cereal Co.’s Quaker Oat Feed. The H-O Co.’s Dairy Feed. PROTEIN. | 3 3 e x | + 23 | 25 res 2 c am =5 aS = ES Sm an f=) Bs ee) So So Aa Fy 2 oa, J Highest BY)8) enoteo ce 16. Lowest 30.94 32.00 14. Average PUL \seacsasoec 15. Highest SEYAEE Iicconeesacc fe 2 Lowest 34.51 32.00 4. Average BH-1B3 |lesccoosos 6. | Highest | 6.81 |........-. re 3 Lowest 25.56 25.50 3. Average| 26.10 |. ........ 4. Wi oe coade 25.06 24.20 3. | We Good, c60as 22.31 24.20 4. | Tpbresaeste || PRE Neecscooce 5. 4 Lowest PAL Wigenoaeece De | Average 24.81 5. Highest HRB - liscogoteses 3. 2 Lowest 34.69 39.00 2s Average Si!) |/saoe cooos Bs Highest BH flaccoo is=c0 3- 4 Lowest 35.81 39.00 als Average BT-D9 | eee sees 2. | Ipbtsln@sty || BEALE ‘likondoceone 9. 3 Lowest 29.06 36.94 8. Average BDF |lsooeeocess 8. Highest UGG | sccccceaos 3: 2 Lowest 23.31 24.75 | 3. Average} 25.12 |...- ....- 3. Hts |e retecsieterstererers 9.31 9.63 3. Highest TO NGenacoe se 8. 3 Lowest 9.81 10.25 7. Average W789 Noecessaeec fie Highest 9940 o| caectieerss 0 16 Lowest 7.31 9.46 Average S745) \lcoosscscus| Tl alle" secboosaoc 10.81 11.26 Highest 13-81 |..--- --« 4 Lowest 10.31 12.03 Average, 12.34 Highest | 14.56 Lowest 11.06 12.03 Average| 12.78 Highest 18.63 5 Lowest 16.94 Average 17.83 | seeee ROU GO 00H COOH He COC OF Fat. per cent. Guaranteed— per cent, 16.00 16.00: 3.49: 4.50 FEEDING STUFF INSPECTION. 19 SUMMARY OF ANALYSES—Concluded. PROTEIN. FAT. | | 4 2 a 245 re) pe) o» le ene Ie ad ES 2H Sie a B py S56 oo So ome) 30 Aa me oa ey om The H-O Co.’s Highest Pate) ligoocionh onc 3.59 Dundee Corn and Oat Feed. 5 Lowest 8.00 8.38 2.98 2.95 Average S26 laa loletelsteielaiete 3.31 The B-O Co.’s Horse Feed. |! so0ncdococ 12.19 12.30 4.42 4.90 The H-O Co.’s Poultry Feed. ol) spadcocoe 15.31 16.80 6.36 7 00 American Cereal Co.’s Highest WAIVE jlooocosoac 6.32 Poultry Feed. 2 Lowest S231 es. eseee 6.06 Average NsiI} | concodoon 6.19 Rice Feed. IL || goooe dees 10.69 |No guar. 11.31 B. Randall & Co.’s American Poultry Meal. No | soecpo0 06 Bc) oasanouces 23.88 Nash Manufacturing Co.’s Highest AG.94 |e aee ene Socll Palsees) Beef Scraps. 2 Lowest 42.94 52.19 26.41 | 28.42 Average| 44.94 |......... 26.85 The Bowker Co.’s Highest AB lladon oodooe 11.06 Bowker’s Animal Meal. 4 Lowest 42.81 30.00 9.37 5 00: INvyereeyst| MEM oop Gnonded 10.27 The Bowker Co.’s Bowkevr’s Pure Beef Scraps. Th | cbadcagdan HES) Nonogoagaogs 17.14 Bradley Fertilizer Co.’s Highest Alt Agana \ereineteretete tats 10.93 Bradley’s Superior Meat Meal 2 Lowest 45.69 40.00 9.47 10.00 Average A@atey) \lado0cac0agc 10.20 Nash Manufacturing Co.’s Cattle or Poultry Bone. Wo | sodeoccoto 16.06 11.00 5.87 VIOLATIONS OF THE Law. Because of the newness of the law and that its requirements would be unwittingly violated, after consulting with the Secre- tary of the Board of Agriculture it was deemed best that for a year or two the Director directly notify dilinquents and only report to the Secretary cases of willful and persistent failure to comply with the law. Last October the law had been in opera- tion two years, long enough time for dealers to become familiar with its requirements and it seemed time to see that the law is literally complied with in every instance. Accordingly each violation of the law reported by inspectors and each substan- tiated complaint from consumers has been, since December, 20 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION, I9QOO. 1899, reported by the Director to the Secretary of Agriculture who has given the formal notice to the delinquents required by law. Subsequent violations by dealers who have been thus notified will make them liable to prosecution without further notice. The total number of violations thus reported are 38, of which 22 are for offering goods without having the tax tag affixed. In nearly all of these cases the dealers had the tags in the office and claimed that they attached them at the time of sale. In 16 instances the goods did not carry the guarantee. The goods thus unbranded consisted of 4 lots of Blatchford’s calf meal (of which there is little sold) 1 lot of beef scrap for poultry, 1 lot of poultry meal, I car of rice feed, 2 small lots of American Cereal Company’s poultry feed, 1 car Victor corn and oat feed, and 7 lots of cottonseed meal. One of the cottonseed meals was old low grade goods which were in stock (and which the dealer had analyzed by the Station in 1897) when the law went into effect; the other cottonseed meals were high grade goods from houses that have usually fully complied with the requirements of the law. The dealer did not know that the rice feed was sub- ject to the law. It was the first he had handled (and the first reported to the Station). Beiore selling, the law was complied with. The American Cereal Company did not know that the law applied to poultry foods and will in the future see that these goods are tagged before they leave the mill. As Victor corn and oat feed is all tagged at the mill, it would seem that a car not intended for this State was shipped here. Two cars of feeds with Vermont tags were shipped into the State; the jobber pro- vided Maine tags for them, however. GUARANTEES AND RESULTS OF ANALYSES. As in the past cottonseed meal, both in number of brands and in carloads sold, probably leads the concentrated feeds coming under the law. Only one lot of Sea Island cottonseed meal was found by the inspector and that was in the State in 1897 when the law went into effect. One lot of Owl Brand cottonseed meal carried only 37.31 per cent of protein. Five other samples carried from 43.19 per cent to 45.06 per ent. As the sample low in protein carried 18.85 per cent of fat instead of 12 per cent as the others did, the FEEDING STUFF INSPECTION. 21 low protein is probably explained bw the fact that the oil was not as completely expressed as usual. On this account the case was not reported to the Secretary of Agriculture. In 1897-8 the American Cotton Oil Company’s cottonseed meal was one of the best in the State, averaging about 45 per cent of protein. The quality of this output has steadily decreased, and only one of the three lots sampled were up to guarantee: the others carried 41.69 and 42.31 per cent with a guarantee of 43 per cent protein. All of the other samples of cottonseed agreed fairly well with the guarantees. The sample of the Sea Island cottonseed meal was from a lot 3 years or more old. While in 1896 and 1897 considerable of these low grade cottonseed meals were sold in the State, so far as we can learn, (and we investigate every suspicious case re- ported to us) there is very little now sold. Chicago gluten meal changes in composition very greatly from time to time as the following comparisons show : 3 PROTEIN. | Far. % | SB | : . = Ws & | ¢ Z = = [eemme<4 = =) | < | | % I Be aN Ae lee = 306%: % | %o_ Winter 1898 ...........-- | 15 38-38 | 34.00 | 35.64 4.15 2.48 | 3.37 I STIMPI BG Rees see en's aceccs 14 | 40.63 36-13 | 38.01 2.79 1.70 | 2.15 | Winter 1899..........-.. 4 38.94 34.50 | 37-42 SeGU. il, Deen aa Or HMallPISGOs see sess oes “vost | 19 36.31 31.56 | 33.83 5.30 2.91 | 4.27 These goods are guaranteed 38 per cent protein and 2 per cent fat. The Norton-Chapman Company of Portland are the State agents and all of the goods sold in the State are guaranteed by them. These goods contain substantially less protein than guar- anteed and the dealers have been reported to the Secretary of Agriculture.* Five of the 11 samples of the Cream gluten meal fall below the guarantee in protein and. the other 6 are but little above. * Five samples of Chicago gluten sent to the Station in January by the State agents were above guarantee. 22 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION, Igoo. The guarantee is 34.12 per cent protein and 3.20 per cent fat, and the average of the 11 analyses is 32.99 per cent protein and 2.63 per cent fat. King gluten meal from the Des Moines mill agrees fairly well in composition with its guarantee, being on the average .6 per cent below in protein and .3 per cent in fat. The King gluten from the Indianapolis mill is richer in protein and lower in fat and more nearly resembles Chicago gluten meal in com- position. It is much below the guarantee in fat, but is three per cent above the guarantee in protein. Buffalo gluten feed agrees quite closely with the guarantee of 25.50 per cent protein and 4 per cent fat. Blatchford’s Calf meal was not guaranteed. The dealers were reported to the Secretary of Agriculture. Cleveland Flax meal is much below the guarantee in protein. The two lots examined have been reported to the Secretary of Agriculture. The average of four samples of Cleveland linseed oil meal shows it to be 1 per cent below guarantee in protein. S. A. & J. H. True Company’s linseed oil meal averages 7 per cent below the guarantee in protein; the cases have been re- ported to the Secretary of Agriculture. The International Milling Company’s Sucrene Oil meal agrees fairly well with the guarantee. ‘Lhe same is true of S. A. & J. H. True Company’s corn and oat feed and monarch oat feed. Victor corn and oat feed runs lower in protein than in the past. It is guaranteed to carry 9.46 per cent protein. While two samples carried more protein than this, two samples had only 7.31 per cent and 16 samples averaged 8.25 per cent of protein. Dairy feed, Quaker oat feed, the H-O Company’s feed, the H-O Company’s Dundee corn and oat feed, the H-O Com- pany’s horse feed, and the H-O Company’s poultry feed all practically agreed with the guarantee. The guarantee of Nash Manufacturing Company’s beef scrap was based upon an analysis made by the Station of a sample which they sent for that purpose. Evidently the sample did not represent the output. The company and the dealers have been reported to the Secretary of Agriculture. The other poultry meals analyze above their guarantee. The Bowker Company have furnished a guarantee for their beef scraps. BER OILIZER INSPECTION. Cuas D. Woops, Director. J. M. BartLett, Chemist in Charge of Fertilizer Analysis The law regulating the sale of commercial fertilizers in this State calls for two bulletins each year. The first of these contains the analyses of the samples received from the manu- facturer, guaranteed to represent, within reasonable limits, the goods to be placed upon the market later. The second bulletin contains the analyses of the samples collected in the open market by a representative of the Station. The figures which are given as the percentages of valuable ingredients guaranteed by the manufacturers are the minimum percentages of the guarantee. If, for instance, the guarantee is 2 to 3 per cent of nitrogen, it is evident that the dealer cannot be held to have agreed to furnish more than 2 per cent and so this percentage is taken as actual guarantee. ‘The figures under the head of “found” are those showing the actual composition of the samples. In 1894 this Station stopped printing trade valuations. The chief reason for so doing was that commercial values are not the same as agricultural values. Trade values are determined by market conditions, the agricultural value is measured by the increase of crop. Printing trade valuations increases the tendency, already far too strong, to purchase fertilizers on the ton basis without regard to the content or form of plant food. The agricultural value of a fertilizer depends upon the amount and form of nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash it contains and the use to which it is to be put. The purchase of a fertil- izer is really the purchase of one or more of these ingredients, and the thing of first importance is not the trade value of a ton, but the kinds and pounds of plant food contained in a ton. 24 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 1900. DEscRIPTIVE List oF MANUFACTURERS’ SAMPLES, I9OO. | Manufacturer, place of business and brand. Station number. | HIRAM BLANCHARD, EASTPORT, ME. aot Blnehasds Fish, Bone and Potash. a sia |oiele| stole’ ais ciolele) ci=ielcieis elvis cl efotec sistereloieie siersisieie merce THE BOWKER FERTILIZER CO., BOSTON, MASS. 1852, Romer SiCormEhos phates ee semmecneerceeecseeeiecaitie ree nemcs qecoTadoosppcasctios 2370; Bowker’s Early Potato Manure. ........... sonososecs sooaccossoon06 nsaossos LOD C OUST 1251| BowKer’s Farm and Garden Phosphate .............--cccceece ae aitele lareioe wales 237 |Bowkers)Hreshi Ground Bone! PHOSpPhate rece niccclcicicvicleele sislenieesneieien eeeineeneieieisen 1248 Bowker’s Hill and Drill Phosphate ........... BpnONeSrAcOShsos DdbDonsos Son0cs0enno> 72 |BOWKeLSILOtLASH BONG cee eee eee Cee noe eee maja alsie’ aia aleisieinis ws eyerammesresiereteee reer niee 1249 | Bowkei7s)Potatoiand Vecetable) Mentilizer’. —os--nes-ee oad acieicie ence one eens 1389|Bowkers Eotatojand Vegetable: Phosphate 22. sazcoicicter-sclale'el seer) sin teer ee eee 1390| Bowkerzsisix Ber Cent LOtato) Mertili zee = cesses ciel yecieie osieacisceeienies ote eiaisicee 1250) Bowker’s Square Brand Bone and Potash ......... --.--sccse scceces-cccecnes eae 1866, Bowker’s Staple Phosphate or Three Per Cent Fertilizer ....... ....... "eebosnS 9374 | Bowker Sure Crop PhOsphaterseccscecensoce econ sooce cee seme eee cee me ener ie s|Bowker’s Ten Per Cent Manure shn'h als levate fate toretcvsisyetaluraia(s aiareieiereiae ote acciaverere ete we ieietateeionsisietars a Gloucester Fish and potaen Fo SoaesodE sononcoda sleleisia iejeleie)sickaiaioleleaieiz ele pemiciniee iacreee 1870|\StockbiidsesPexu.ande beanuManuneyesee-necccielses-cie eee nee eee ee ceeeeee 1388 Stockbridge Potato and Vegetable Manure ..... 2373 Stockbridge Seeding Down SMA EGS (at hs ek SM cn MeO eee BRADLEY FERTILIZER CO., BOSTON, MASS. 2112, Bradley’s Complete Manure for Potatoes and V egetables sqeEgoodS eocooCSNosCes= ell Bradley 7s. Cormpenosphater sean eee ener ee eee eee ee rere eereree PANU i sheer gleNyis) Withrelien, ANSMHAMNETP 6 oc copoennancbpacasodeUc ao soboQDaN DCD DOOSb Se GODOOSOOCECS 2322 |Bradley2s Niagara PHOSPHabe ee acer ciclclle sci clelnie acinieiclestels\aleatalelera stele (clove seat e tee tareiateiete 23| Bradley’s Potato a FOUN Bao pede an Oran sboETadoou omoDEdebboo Cooeoadaoues Gaudeonase 24 Bradley si eotato Manure nceseca secant coe ene ets ee eee Seareistetoiete 9395 [Bradley S Xo DaSuperphos phates snen ene te: beter ne eee eae Spcingcoo CLEVELAND DRYER CO., BOSTON, MASS. : 1607\Clevelandyhertilizerfor Alli Crops ie. -cew- sees cicieeaere cieloeisieisielelale ele eteletoste yoleee ieee 2o20i Cleveland: botatovPhosp hates stec. sacere = oe miaac coin cee cece teeisioisies ieiceaieer aerate 2109'Cleveland Seeding Down Fertilizer........... a rievavbvetejasatave ataveta tisie eine lope sieiescwe create feces 2330 Cleveland Superphosphate. EMS ea aon nS BOC COe rR OoeE DUeED aa ode Gnecadad.coccsnTs BE. FRANK COE CO., NEW YORK, N. Y. 2117 E. Frank Coe’s Columbia Corn Fertilizer. 2118 E. Frank Coe’s Columbian Potato Fertilizer . 2119 E. Frank Coe’s Excelsior Potato Fertilizer. ......... Ree RAM ele ro. 1617|E. imigryke (Covert Gams eyeel omnia Siocrtl oooo55a5 sacnoccacod sos00550000n ag oaeonSooS: 7116 E. Frank Coe’s High Grade Ammoniated Bone Superphosphate. ......... .....- 1884). Frank Coe’s High Grade Potato Fertilizer...... 1.2202. 2 102 --ccccce cc onccreceeees 2288|E. Frank Coe’s New Englander Corn Fertilizer..........--- 200 .ccsseccccwce secnes 2141|E. Frank Coe’s New Englander Potato Fertilizer .... -....-...-.0...-.c.secence aS | 2120, E. Frank Coe’s Prize Brand Grain and Grass Fertilizer...... aire tiateveleforc alee aunt a | 23989|)E.hrank Coe?s) Red Brand) Excelsior: Guan)... cee oe iis clei ese cieiaieleleleeiine cee ieree 4 1405) Siraniks COGS) S PECIaI Gk OFALO) We BOUL Cian elelatelotelolalelole lotrel eke ieee 2121,/E. Frank Coe’s Standard Grade Ammoniated Bone Superphosphate............ ANALYSES OF MANUFACTURERS’ SAMPLES, 1900. FERTILIZER INSPECTION. Station number. Available. Guaranteed. ACID. PHOSPHORIC fs cs: 5 © 3 a 3 Ll 2 , . ro) i o 2 e 2) 2) Q . re oe 5 < = 4 5 S 2&5 /c ey 2 o iol rl Boa] Ss S 5 > ° 3 =. n 5 = o m is) lows [I [o) aa =| De |= oS N fe = fy Y % % | % | % | 1.08 2.68 ag 2.84 62 2.98 3.14| 3.09 3. DOD) «eee eeceece see ee weeeerleecvee saw eel ees ereleseece ob Ole ee OF ero tl a r Dee eS pee LO lt SD ed Se wot BOL sate mkehite steele roe ron co ob iss) bo bo bo Co bo 9 CO Be CO N eZ) We) S - ror rR roid Oh On eu DO. Onc ow = wwe aaare (lo) Dn roe bo Sooo ios) iS ere ee OO toe bob mi Oo hoe Ol Onond Gu 0 bebo oo mts bo Glo Oona r > OD ee hme bo Pe ih en) Ooo oe ow ry “107M 68 G2 co CD SOSODM Mow (ook) Kon} (o oon or) =e olor) Gn os & Cael ae oo. oO Ci pes eeregiate aie einen Siar oie — — ADS Ga ad or <5 Mm~i~nI “10M “160 ARO [o alle oie oil 2) oer ot | lo silo le 0} > S> S> NS Sz Wolo oon) —t ons ot Dow Guaranteed. Guaranteed. Found. to oe ro -1 bo lor On. no Co bo no CO LD — ro — oc long =) a Kor) ore a) sf ene Sent be bo hoe 1 node no OT Oo et is a ror wb Loot ow) “1ne om Si) ile 2) to Go OO Ome wrt Loe hoe CO 26 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. IQcCo. DescripTivE List oF MANUFACTURERS SAMPLES, 1900. Station number. Manufacturer, place of business and brand. 2326 2327 1219 2328 2376 2377 1578 1230 1231 2384 2383 1874 1875 1876 1879 2386 2387 1877 2105 2104 2103 2102 1885 1886 2385 2378 2379 2369 2380 2368 2338 2339 2340 2341 2342 2343 2344 2345 1619 CROCKER FERTILIZER AND CHEMICAL CO., BUFFALO, N. Y Crocker’s Ammoniated Corn Phosphate ........c000 ceecccceccccers cpoodcad BAKO ROO ers) Entass gyaal Orie) WerEhiAGilo soon ccoaogoam »2a0c090n000 GononuocomounEAaGS 500 3|Crocker’s New Rival Ammoniated Superphosphate............. -.ssseeeeeeeree atic Crocker’s Potato, Hop and Tobacco Phosphate ........--. 2.002.002 eeececeenence CHOKES) Soy DO MIOR LeAnn s ncnoodoaoctsansoabb0Ode a4odbos § oeececuor stcemoacoes CUMBERLAND BONE PHOSPHATE CO., PORTLAND, ME. 3 (CumiberlanailZotatopHer tiiliiz er Apes crstere cvetotelselevelstetsierstevereniels crenata ietarsleioiereleternicieleveleranereiotetenete (a Cumberland Seeding Down Manure ........ccee.eees-cseecerccccce G ao0d0d0000 aonode 7|/\Cumberland Superphosphate RboRoOoU Conan bon badananGonoduopoadacnoOomocudEDdndGcn CLARK’S COVE FERTILIZER CO., BOSTON, MASS. Bays tate: Her till zevey raves spores atessraya'sVovayereieceataye save elatehctalcetelereyselavasastarotsraleters ool nrelovelerslomcterrevarsiers Beay Shans lercinnhizxeney (Cy, (Cr ce eccaqunoagns adonenuaedaanc Bay State Fertilizer for Seeding orn King ee AWEEUIITNG CUEING) 150608, 095000000 socepons eoeanas . B. DARLING FERTIL EE CO., PAWTUCKET, R. 1. eon! 8 Animal Fertilizer, G. Brand........-..... aloie lacie elaislsvolele faverelolayannstevekeval stetetaters Darling’s Blood, Bone and Ota Sl Hees escent eT AW eee ea paoece 9000 GREAT EASTERN FERTILIZER CO., RUTLAND, VT. GreatphHasterneDis Solve dus OmlCreererere crecicicteitasieteletetstleieiaieleis aisle evelel elelatstelstatetsistets mistavetetstetstete Great HastenniGenerale Hert ZT 6) -jss1 nodose s00d06 Great Eastern Grass and Oats Fertilizer . ....... 2.2.2. ccceceec cease soeences poo0d000 *Great Eastern Northern Corn Special..........02 cen ees wc ccs coceesovsace goodonon *Great Hastern Potato Manure .............---e+0+-seeeces soogaa0000000 penscsonce 30 LOWELL FERTILIZER CO., BOSTON, MASS. Siwalht?s Wow ell Animal Rem GHZ Wi yerere reece) oletels) — H ra ol r . ® A - ~ | - ah | SSS 5 x = = a 5 z a llc 5 2 ae ae| a Fs 2 a || 2 = = z z= = z= =| | S = S s 5 3 5 = 5 as See ee | o>) s ell Eh s| soe eset een pect iit hes D | NA | sn | & es) n =] = oy a) oy oS || & eo} — % % % % % % % % Gy | Yo || % 2331 26) 2.06! 2.32) 2.05 4.52) 3.65) 3.87) 6-17!) 8:00) 12.04) 9.00); 2. 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Bais) Boslossscs|laccass 1.33) 9.35) §.00) 10.68) 10.00 6.31) 6.00 2385) 1.22) 1.00) 2.22) 2.47|| 4.45) 2.60) 2.48] 7.05) 6.00} 9.53] 8.00|/ 5.94] 5.00 2378 -76| 1.02) 1.78] 1.64 3-85) 4.93) 1.33) 8.78} 8.00) 10.11} 9.00 3.23) 3.00 2379 -88 88} 1.76] 1.64 3.46) 4.89 98}. 8.35] 7.00} 9.33) 8.00 4.28) 4.00 2369 -77| 1.22) 1.99) 2.06 5.68} 5.03) 2.42) 10.71) 8.00) 13.13) 10.00 3.20) 3.00 2380 -49 62 Peel lee b 5.46} 2.89] 1.35] §.35} 8.00) 9-70} 10.00 1.56} 2.00 2368 -68 38} 2.06; 2.06 6.94] 2.92) 2.43) 9.86) 8.00) 12.29) 10.00 2.16} 1.50 2338| .42| .64| 1.06] .82|| 5.46] 3.01] 1.43] 8.47/ 7.00] 9.90] 8.00|| 2.99] 1.00 2339 40 -66) 1.06) 1.03 5.52| 2.66] 1.63} 8.18] 8.00) 9.81) 9.00 1.97| 2.00 2340 fO\) Wed) 2200) 205 5.69} 4.27| 2.70) 9.96 8-00) 12.66) 9.00 3.15} 3.00 2341 52} 1.46) 1.98) 2.06 6.72) 2.72) 2.32) 9.44) 8.00) 11.76} 9.00 PSST beau, 2342) 31| 2.10} 2.41) 2.47|| 5.64) 3.22] 3.46 8.86) 9.00. 12.32) 10.00 1.91} 2.00 2343 26| 1.42) 1.68) 1.25 4.65) 2.55! 2.15) 7.20) 6.00| 9.35) 7.00}| 3.59) 3.00 2344 96; 1.10] 2.06) 2.06 4.85! 3.16) 1:85) 8.01) 38.00) 9.86) 9.00 2.26) 6.00 2345 25 *90/> 121) .§235 6.05] 3.22} 1.46) 9.27; S§.00) 10.73) 9.00 5.04) 4.00 WH b Sogdlcaccoa a Wocooce Jooood. Nelo oo 1.20) 10.92 11:00 12.12) 12.00 2.39) 2.00 28 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. I9QOO. DeEscripTivE List oF MANUFACTURERS’ SAMPLES, 1900. Manufacturer, place of business and brand. Station number. ~ PARMENTER & POLSEY FERTILIZER CO., PEABODY, MASS. 2124|Parmenter & Polsey Fertilizer Co.’s Special Potato Fertilizer............-...e0« Pipi elyimaorbitln |Roele IHN OVGls accoouso1dadbocdbsacnvesDeGaGoDDON00 caodOnog couonoKOntoeN TOS DRYAS), Ayal Po? Jerolirine) REM AIINAGIE ooucccacs00banc005 coD00DbDDODDNDG HaDddoOCONDOSDAOOOOS 2125|Star Brand Superphosphate........---cssc0e seers cern 2: ccerscccccese) saccsevcses EDWIN J. PHILBRICK, AUGUSTA, ME. Uses) Plavilorenelhkrs; MernvhyAO vacosoo-oasocanas gnoounencano aoodonsanonounoOdDDODODODOOKOONOD PORTLAND RENDERING CO., PORTLAND, ME. 1616|Portland Rendering Co.’s Bone Tankage Bodo HOa0gnOHODRNOOOO adoodoasoGD0000DI00 0 THE QUINNIPIAC CO., BOSTON, MASS. SBT AULITIN TOA Croan MIEVNONTE> cosconcovaso0ceccoNDKCNDODGGSR COT ONOONUG0O SOnDDOOnOSOCCONDOE BBY KOonba a OneAe /PINO@S HIN oog.0s0ceDcG00 DoDD SOROUDDOOODNDOUOOONGONDODADHONS G0 aDD0RbEC CRUG Ayonvarniljonave LOIN IIH ODIHE> o6500c p000s000GD5500000 C60 GnG00DDUHUGb40 DoDUnDOMDHGONGCCdS 2350|QUinnipiac POtAtTO PHOSPHATE........seeececesecccececes ceccececnersescaccees ppoono 9351|Quinnipiac Seeding Down Manure......-. 2200 cece scccccscnscccerensecenssrssceecs EAD FERTILIZER CO., NEW YORK, N. Y. ORAS GIHSS IEONEEUKO) IIGNMIBDES coo00s nosg cooscedoDOd0N0O 0000 6000000, DoDGGDd0000K2000000NN00 TBR SENOS) Jeanie IRON SOCEM odsoscasoo0scoddoenda Sobavendoqdccbed OoDGGD0 coCDe 1397|/Read’s Standard Fertilizer ............... Samn0Do sno SdobnodaceoaoUGobvAODODROCO 5060 OBR RenGles) Sine Cayielor iNeitiiliAeiva boccoas BocandoedonnoDoNGG0DGUSBD0NG cOGOadUNODODODDU C00 9355|Read’s Vegetable and Vine Fertilizer ...........200cccecees cones cocecsecsacerecs OBER ISeyan oso IenUnZAEIPs ocogoosno00e doossc0D0nds00 doudcoGGDDGEGoDDDDO 00 adodSODONGD0 OO THE RUSSIA CEMENT CO., GLOUCESTER, MASS. 1410} Essex Complete Manure for Corn, Grain AID CG AS Shei eretarerere ss fers alalerevelevorehebertereversiataletete 1411]Essex Complete Manure for Potatoes, Roots and Vegetables........eccesee oe: PANS WSeer< Corn INSTHNNWASIs coo. 65090s06000 GnD00bGOanOCODOKOND ODDS 20400 G0NDDDD0ADODDONNS ‘ Ole} | WISE TEOUBUKO) JNGIPEMINIAEIP poooococopasc0Gn DaOdoDCG DoDSDODOOODObR0N HoDDODDODGDOOdGOGG" TAGS BERGbx< 2-0-0 JOIN BuaGl JOUR eoocoocopo 706 DoOdeaD6ccK0DpDOGNDODONDOEOUDDOS4a0 No0CDS 1891|Maine State Grange Chemicals.......... c22 secs cee sect se ec ese r eens veccscescceseces 1892} Maine State Grange Potato Manure ..........cceecceeee ceceeesccerceses Aetelan eaierte 2107|Maine State Grange Seeding Down Fertilizer ..2. 2... .ecccec cee cesee cece coves SAGADA HOC FERTILIZER CO., BOWDOINHAM, MH. ORG DiieIeXO) IMEI HUNWAS-co06 aaooanoscogoabbe000 Dod00RbDa000000900N00030000 100DaKD00000n0000 2357|Merrymeeting Superphosphate ....... 90 2358|Sagadahoe Special Potato Fertilizer 2359|Sagadahoc SUPerphOSphate.... 2... ccc crececcrcnesceccrcersenceeces sat teereecrens GRYAN| Wehalkeye) IMereintliASeoqnodesdood cae, danonosodacsadoOoEdoo UNO baUdODODbOGdOOCNE.0 DooaDOKS STANDARD FERTILIZER CO., BOSTON, MASS. Tee iesuaalaegl SAV? IBresynGl ooscasogb00 co5000 Gor0e 6 BouDDcOUdKHOOL OoODUDbOOO ConDODDC0DO as ORR SheavaCleaneel IMEIROUMASIPs cononncduccoducogodosadaouGeaGuoueseO HanoDCCGCGOdONbODAaGOD dosaa! 2362|Standard Guano ............-.06 edooondd0b0NddDOR0G0G da000b0b0 ann DODGOGGIG00C0000 9363|Standard Special for Potatoes... 22... .c.cccseneversccedssce wvcccsevessccescursssces JOHN WATSON, HOULTON, ME. 2375|Watson’s Improved High Grade Potato Manure ........ -ccceecreecercccrccercess WILLIAMS & CLARK FERTILIZER CoO., 2364|Americus Ammoniated Bone Superphosphate ... ....-....ceeeeeeee sees cee wee ORI AV aASIENCWIS) (COIN IPINORO MANY cobdandsdodo coobogasqbG90D0GbEdOGIDODOGDDEGD oDaBHODOUGOS 9366|Americus Potato Manure................ ; 1236) Royal Bone Phosphate for All Crops..... 2367) Williams & Clark’s Potato Phosphate Note.—While this bulletin was in press there was received from the Provincial Chemical Fertilizer Co., of St. John, N. B., the manufacturer’s certificate for a Potato Phosphate, having the following guaranteed composition: Nitrogen, 2.88 per cent; available phosphoric acid, 8.00 per cent; potash, 6.50 per cent. The sample forwarded was received too late to allow the analysis to be inserted here. FERTILIZER INSPECTION. 29 ANALYSES OF MANUFACTURERS’ SAMPLES, 1900. = - a NITROGEN. PHOSPHORIC ACID. POTASH. § Total. | Available.| Total. 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I9QOO. tee” CHIEF PROVISIONS OP “chr PERT MIZER LAW APPLYING TO MANUFACTURERS, IMPORT- IBIS ZUNID) IDIGALIZIR'S, The law for the regulation of the sale and analyses of com- mercial fertilizers makes the following requirements upon manufacturers, importers or dealers who propose to sell or offer for sale commercial fertilizers in the State: 1. The Brand. Each package shall bear, conspicuously printed, the following statements : The number of net pounds contained in each package. The name or trade mark under which it is sold. The name of the manufacturer or shipper. The place of manufacture. The place of business of manufacturer or shipper. The percentage of nitrogen or its equivalent in ammonia. The percentage of potash soluble in water. The percentage of phosphoric acid in available form. The percentage of total phosphoric acid. 2. The Certificate. There shall be filed annually between Nov. 15 and Dec. 15 with the Director of the Station a certifi- cate containing an accurate statement of the brand. This cer- tificate applies to the next succeeding calendar year. (Blanks for this purpose will be furnished on application to the Station. ) 3. Manufacturer's Samples. There shall be deposited annu- ally, unless excused by the Director under certain conditions, a sample of fertilizer, with an accompanying affidavit that this sainple “corresponds within reasonable limits to the fertilizer which it represents.” 4. Analysis fee. For each brand of fertilizer sold or offered for sale in the state there shall be paid annually to the Director of the Station “an analysis fee as follows: Ten dollars for the phosphoric acid and five dollars each for the nitrogen and potash, contained or said to be contained in the fertilizer.” 5. Ihe license. Upon receipt of the fee, the certificate and the sample (if required), the Director of the Station “shall issue a certificate of compliance.” [ The full text of the law will be sent to those asking for it.] [The papers which follow were prepared by Professor Harvey in the fall of 1899 before his illness, and were in press at the time of his death. C.D. W.] NOTES ON INSECTS OF THE YEAR 1899. F. L. Harvey. The year has been somewhat remarkable on account of the great abundance of several species of plant lice, leaf rollers and bud moths, and the great number of forest tent caterpillars. The important species of the year are considered below in notes or in greater length under special titles. The less important forms are merely mentioned in the table of insects (page 40) examined in 1899. CHINCH BUG. (Blissus leucopterus). The chinch bug is reported as being quite abundant on the farms of Mr. Chas. Evans and Mr. W. L. Howe and others in the intervale lands near Fryeburg. It attacks herdsgrass, eating the bulbous bases of the stems after haying, requiring reseeding. Figured on page 111 of Report of this Station for 1894. DESTRUCTIVE PEA LOUSE. (Nectarophora destructor, John- son). This new species of pea aphis was very abundant in Maine the past season, doing much damage to garden and field peas. CUCUMBER PLANT LICE. Plant lice were very abundant on squashes and cucumbers the past season, doing much damage. The common species, Aphis gossypu, was responsible for most of the injury, though another species common on rough amaranthus was also found on squashes. THE CORN LOUSE, (Aphis maidis), was abundant on sweet corn in some parts of the State. Dosson FLY. HELGRAMITE. (Corydalis cornuta). The nymphs as well as the flies of this species have been received several times for examination, indicating that the species is abundant in Maine waters. The nymph is the well known bass bait. The nymphs and flies are both large and attract attention. The former is the terror of smaller water insects, while the latter is conspicuous by its large head, powerful jaws, and long coarsely nerved wings. 32 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. IQ00. THE LESSER LEAF ROLLER. (Teras minuta). The specimens examined were bred from apple foliage. It also attacks cran- berries and huckleberries and is one of the fire worms of cran- berry bogs. It is considered in detail in Bulletin 56 of this Station. THE OBLIQUE-BANDED LEAF ROLLER. (Cacecia rosana). This was bred from the foliage of apple trees sent by Mr. Chas. S. Pope, Manchester. It is a new apple insect in Maine, at least we have not seen it before on apples. We reared the moths from currant leaves in 1894. AMERICAN ELM PLANT LOUSE. (Schizoneura americana). This insect was abundant about Orono, Bangor and Augusta. Work of the elm plant lonse. Work of the eye-spotted bud moth. EYE-SPOTTED BUD MOTH. (Tmetocera ocellana). The moth was bred abundantly from apple twigs. It has done much damage to the flower and leaf buds and foliage of apple trees the past season. It is considered in detail in Bulletin 56 of this Station. CHERRY TREE UGLY-NEST. (Cacecia cerasivorana). This is a new apple insect for Maine. It was reported, also, as feed- ing upon choke cherry, its more common food plant, and upon NOTES ON INSECTS. 33 hazelnut. The conspicuous nests are common on choke cherry bushes in Maine, but uncommon on apples. APPLE BUCCULATRIX. (Bucculatrix pomifoliella). The cocoons of this insect were received from Mr. L. F. Abbott of the Lewiston Journal, who reports them abundant in Lewis- ton. He also reports having seen them at Wilton, Jay and Livermore. For detailed account see Bulletin 56 of this Station. THE AMERICAN TIGER MOTH. (Arctia americana). This was found on beets in a garden. It is not a common species in Maine. The fore wings are brown with white bands, the hind wings orange with round black spots. The moth has nearly three inches spread of wing. The beet belongs to the same family as the pigweeds( Amaranthus) upon which some tiger moths feed. SPHINX MOTHS were quite abundant the past season. The elm sphinx was abundant on elms; the grape sphinx (Philampelus achemon) reported on grapes; the twin-spotted sphinx on apple. These insects are not usually abundant but the larve are capable of doing much damage on account of their large size and voracity. THE STALK BORER. (Gortyna nitela). Specimens of straw- berries containing the half grown larve-of the above species were received from Buxton. The caterpillars were entirely buried in the berries. This habit is not new to entomologists, but so far as we know has never been observed before in this State. It has been detected boring into potato vines in Maine. The usual number of specimens of Cecropia, Promethea and Polyphemus moths were reported. All were found in the cocoon or larval form upon apple trees. Cecropia was also reported feeding on plums. THE VELLEDA LAPPET MOTH, though not an abundant insect in Maine, continues to be reported as doing some injury to plums. The books give the apple, poplar and other plants as its most common food. It is called the lappet moth because the cater- pillar has a flat lobe or lappet on the sides of each segment. These lobes are provided with long hairs, giving the caterpillar a fringed appearance. When at rest the larvee lie close to the branches and are hard to find. THE FOREST TENT CATERPILLAR was very troublesome the past season in southern and western Maine. Many articles 34 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 1900. appeared in the papers of the State regarding them. The Sta- tion issued a newspaper bulletin on the insect and the writer prepared an article for a bulletin issued by the State Board of Agriculture. It will be impossible to treat this insect in the forests, but an effort ought to be made to prevent its ravages upon ornamental and orchard trees. THE FALL CANKER WoRM, though reported from the center of the State, did not do great damage the past season and has become scarce about Orono. THE MONARCH BUTTERFLY. (Anosia plevxippus). This was unusually abundant the past season in the center of the State. The pale green chrysalids with golden spots on them are very beautiful objects and sure to attract attention. This large brown butterfly has black-veined wings on the black borders of which are many white spots. The larve feed on the milkweed. It is believed that the species dies out each season in the northern states and that the butterflies migrate from the south each spring. \Ve have seen masses of this species as big as a bushel basket clinging together on the branches of a tree. THE MOURNING CLOAK BUTTERFLY was exceedingly abundant the past season. It is a very bad elm tree insect, doing much dam- age to the shade trees in villages and cities. It is described in Experiment Station Report, 1888, p. 187. THE DRONE FLY. (Fristahs tenax). This species was reported as being found about bee hives. These flies feed upon pollen and honey. They may have been attracted to the hives by the odor of the honey, but they would not venture into the hive and could do no harm. ' ANTHOMYIID. FLIES, probably .Pegomyia vicina, were reported as doing much damage to the beet leaves in gardens. The larve of these flies work between the upper and under sur- face of the leaves, eating the leaf pulp and leaving whitish trails, not only injuring their functions but rendering them unsuitable for greens. (Trme CURRANT FRUIT FLY. (Epochra canadensis). This species which has done so much injury about Orono was reported from Augusta, the past season. It attacks the fruit of the currant, causing it to turn red early, and drop prematurely. See Experiment Station Report, 1895, p. 111. NOTES ON INSECTS. 35 THE BUFFALO CARPET BEETLE has been reported the past season from seven localities, representing every section of the State. For a consideration of this insect see Experiment Station Report, 1894, p. 115. THE STRIPED SAP BEETLE. (Jps fasciatus). The last of June the following letter accompanied by specimens was received from Mrs. J. K. Garland, Eden, Maine: “I send you an insect that is killing my locust trees. It works on the trunk of the tree boring under the bark. In ten days it has apparently killed one tree and is attacking others. Is there anything that will destroy them? Will they be likely to attack maples and elms?” The specimens received were the above species, an insect that has never been accused of more serious depredations than suck- ing the exuding sap from wounds on trees produced by mechan- ical injury, or insect depredations. Although we did not see the trees we feel sure they were suffering from attacks of borers and the sap beetles were there to feed upon the sap exuding from the borings. THE MAY BEETLE continues to do damage in grass lands. The large white grubs of this species are the larve of the well known June bug. They feed upon the roots of grass and other plants, often doing great damage. THE CHERRY LEAF BEETLE. (Adtwmnomia cavicollis). This beetle was reported as doing much damage to the foliage of cherry trees. The species is common about Orono. It is red- dish brown in color and about three-sixteenths of an inch long. BEAN WEEVILS were reported as feeding upon stored beans. This pest seems to be widely distributed in Maine. LARRID BEES. Last September we received a box of specimens from Mr. F. A. Campbell of Cherryfield and the next day speci- mens of the same insect from Mr. B. F. Grace of West Harring- ton. Mr. Campbell says his specimens “were dug from a gravelly, loamy hillock in a pasture. They have been known in the locality for three years. Over an area of 100 feet by 30 feet the ground is completely perforated with small holes the size of a pea and with a little earth around the entrance. In the middle of the day when it is sunny it is said they swarm over the hillock in great numbers making a noise with their wings that can be heard several hundred feet in the woods which surround the hillock. They are supposed to be Italian bees by some, but 36 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. IQOO. if so, their habits are different from what I supposed. Some would like to dig for a ton of honey, but we shall not have them disturbed until we hear from you.” Mr. Grace confirms the above account. The specimens sent were land bees and were accompanied by cells filled with bee bread, the pollen of plants, probably stored as food for the young bees. The larrids usually store their burrows with grasshoppers and related insects and are beneficial. The bee bread in this case had the smell of old cheese. There are fully fifty species of these sand bees in the United States and Canada, found mostly in the southwest. They do not make honey. THE BROWN TAIL MOTH. (Euproctis chrysorrhea). Ease a ErARvE: | Specimens of the brown tail moth were taken the past season on Cut’s Island, Kittery Point, Maine, by Mr. Charles Elliott Thaxter. He thinks they were imported from Cambridge, Mass., in household goods and that they have been on the island for two years and are probably established. This insect was reported from South Berwick, Maine, in 1897, but we were in doubt as we did not see specimens. (See Experiment Station Reports, 1897, p. 175 and 18098, p. 126). Mr. Thaxter kindly sent us a specimen taken by him asstated above. Thisdangerous insect enemy of the pear and many other trees, herbs and shrubs has to be added to our long list of insect pests. Distribution and History. The brown tail moth is a native of the eastern continent, occurring in Europe, Northern Africa and Asia Minor. In the United States it was first called to the attention of the Gypsy Moth Commission of Massachusetts in May, 1897, at Somerville, Mass. Investigation showed that it had been in that region for at least three years. How it was introduced is not known. The first knowledge the Experiment Station had of its appearance in Maine was the following letter from Mr. Sessions of the Gipsy Moth Commission of Massa- chusetts : “We are now making an inspection of the territory infested with our new imported pest, the brown tail moth (Euproctis chryssorrhea). Our inspector in discharge of his duty called on Dr. Geo. E. Osgood of No. 283 Highland Avenue, Somerville. =e ee NOTES ON INSECTS. 37 The doctor is one of the reliable physicians of Somerville. His place is infested with the moth. He said that he saw the brown tail moth in South Berwick, Maine, while on his last summer’s vacation, and was sure that it was identical with the Somerville pest. He also said that while he was in South Berwick he pro- fessionally treated two cases of poisoning by contact with the moth and that the symptoms of the patients were identical with those of his Somerville patients who had been poisoned by the brown tail moth. The premises in South Berwick are owned by the doctor’s father-in-law, Andrew Whitehouse, 10 Goodwin St., South Berwick. I send you notice that you may take such measures as you think proper in the case.” We have no doubt but what Dr. Osgood’s observations were correct, although we were not able to secure specimens at the time or since. Mr. Whitehouse wrote us in 18098 as follows: “I cannot find any specimens to send you. In the summer of 1897 my boy was badly poisoned by them. They were numerous on a woodbine on my premises and a few on my fruit trees. Last year I cut down the woodbine and burned it and have not seen any since.” Mr. Whitehouse may have destroyed the colony, at least it is to be hoped that he did. He thinks they were imported on roses from Somerville, Mass. Charles Elliott Thaxter writing under date of July 14, 1899, from Cut’s Island, Kittery Point, Maine, says, “My father thinks that you would be interested to know that we have caught two brown tail moths this month, one on the wing July 3d, and another at rest July 12. My father thinks the cocoons or cater- pillars must have been brought here from Cambridge two sum- mers ago on our househould goods, as brown tail moths were very plentiful about our house in Cambridge while we were packing. My father feels sure that they were not brought this year and thinks that they are likely to have become established on this island.” We requested Mr. Thaxter to send us a Maine specimen of the moth and he did so. Food plants of the moth in Europe are the apple, pear, plum and rose of the rose family, and a number of forest trees. In this country it seems to prefer the pear but has been found feeding upon between thirty and forty herbs, shrubs or trees including many families, showing it to be a general feeder. 38 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. I9QOO. The following account of the life history of this insect is taken from a special bulletin issued July, 1897, by the Massachusetts Experiment Station. DESCRIPTION. “The eggs are laid in July, in masses of from 200 to 300, usually on the under side of the leaves, and are covered with the brown hairs from the end of the abdomen. They hatch in a short time and the young caterpillars feed during the rest of the season on the surface of the leaves, leaving in a few days only the skeleton. While still young they begin to make a regular dwelling in which they hibernate during the winter. This habi- tation is constructed at the ends of the twigs and is made by drawing together a few leaves, lining them with silk and sur- rounding them with a mass of silken threads. -These tents are so firmiy fastened to the twigs that they cannot be removed without using considerable force. “Before the leaves begin to grow in the spring, the young caterpillars emerge from their winter retreat and often feed on the swelling buds. They reach their full growth in the early part of June and transform to pupz. In a lot of about eighty, bred in confinement, the last one pupated June 18. “The full grown caterpillars are from an inch and a quarter to an inch and three-quarters in length. The head is pale brown, mottled with dark brown, with reddish brown hairs scattered over the surface. The body is dark brown or black with numerous fine, dull orange or gray spots over the surface, most pronounced on the second, third and fourth segments. Long, reddish-brown, finely barbed hairs arise from all the tubercles, and white branching hairs arise from the upper side of the lateral tubercles on segments 4 to 12 inclusive. These white hairs form elongated white spots along each side and are one of the most striking characteristics of this caterpillar. The subdorsal and lateral tubercles on segments 4 to 12 inclusive are covered with fine short spines of uniform length. There is a vermillion red, retractile tubercle on the top of the tenth, and a similar one on the top of the eleventh segment. NOTES ON INSECTS. 39 “When the caterpillars are done feeding they change to pupz among the leaves, two or more often transforming together, spinning an open cocoon of coarse silk. The pupze are about three-fourths of an inch in length, dark brown in color, and with fine yellowish brown hairs scattered over the surface. In a short time the moths emerge from the cocoons and after mat- ing lay their eggs. “The males are pure white with a satin-like luster on the fore wings, a reddish brown tuft at the end of the abdomen and some- times there.are a few black dots on the fore-wings. The anten- ne are white and fringed with pale yellowish hairs. They measure about an inch and a quarter between the tips of the expanded wings. “The females are of the same color as the males, except that they have no black spots on the wings, the anal tuft is larger and lighter in color and the antennz are shorter and have shorter fringes. Expanse of wings, about an inch and three-quarters.” , HABITS OF THE CATERPILLARS. ‘The young caterpillars of the brown tail moth, after hiber- nating in the tents which they construct at the tip of the branches, emerge in the spring and feed downward towards the main branches and trunk, leaving the naked twigs bearing the gray tents at the ends, a conspicuous evidence of the presence of this insect. They eat the entire leaf except the midrib, and, in leaves having strong ribs, like those of the sycamore maple, all the larger ribs are left untouched. When the caterpillars are numerous they devour not only the buds, leaves and blossoms, but even the green fruit. One of the most annoying features of this caterpillar is the painful irritation or nettling caused by the insects when coming in contact with the skin. The hairs of the caterpillar are brittle and easily become detached, and when they come in contact with the skin, produce a most intense irritation. 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  • CWOLbOUMIS CCAM arse icccccclvisicels(cisjoietecielne Cotton Seed Meal ............ -- ECE Cotton Seeq MEAl Gases cise n. cnccles cess | COLON SCEAUM eal Pie seiseisiclelsreiciciste -ot-yere/-1- Coston eedeMealliemecc selene cial clstelaiclle Cotton) SGEqUNleall .2ccoccsuccececiccens ea Cotton Seed) Meall.... ....:....... sapRaaS Prime Cotton Seed Meal ..............- Prime Cotton Seed Meal .............+0 Prime Cotton Seed Meal ........ ...... Prime Cotton Seed Meal .... ......-.. ‘ Prime Cotton Seed Meal... ...........- Owl Brand Pure Cotton Seed Meal..... Owl Brand Pure Cotton Seed Meal..... Owl Brand Pure Cotton Seed Meal..... Owl Brand Pure Cotton Seed Meal..... Daisy Brand Cotton Seed Meal ......... Daisy Brand Cotton Seed Meal......... Daisy Brand Cotton Seed Meal......... Daisy Brand Cotton Seed Meal..... ... Daisy Brand Cotton Seed Meal. ....... Daisy Brand Cotton Seed Meal......... Daisy Brand Cotton Seed Meal......... Daisy Brand Cotton Seed Meal......... Daisy Brand Cotton Seed Meal.... .... Daisy Branc Cotton Seed Meal......... Daisy Brand Cotton Seed Meal......... Prime Cotton Seed Meal .....-.......... Prime Cotton seed Meal ......-........ Prime Cotton Seed Meal ................ Prime Cotton Seed Meal .. ...-.......- } Prime Finely Ground Cotton Seed Meal Prime Finely Ground Cotton Seed Meal Cotton Seecli- Meals a = 2: cissejets siersjou .o\s:etsisreiers Prime Memphis Cotton Seed Meal..... Dixie Brand Cotton Seed Meal ..... ..- Dixie Brand Cotton Seed Meal ......... Coytion Gretel WWIGEN Geers no dgodceconuenoonoe AO ULO MIS CHENG li rererera.s)eieisielolaisisisra.aicbai> slessie | PROTEIN. al ) . So. a so ey a2 Be 5H rated eee == oS & 50 43 56 43 69 43 69 43 56 43 50 43 SO} ele 43: 63 | 43 3.94 | 43. ots! || eB s 3-81 | 43. | i) 43, 31 43 4445 38 43 25 43 63 45 19 45, 25 435 50 43 38 | «438 75 43 13 45. 25 43. 13 3. Guaranteed— per cent. per cent. ooco ooo i—— i=) ooo ooo oo ooo oo oo oo Omnn — Niswd “17M alates * Not determined. Station number. 8991 8992 8985 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. MANUFACTURERS—Continued. 1900. Station number. Manufacturer or Jobber. { f | | Manufactured at Sampled at . Soper . Soper J. E. Soper . Soper . Soper S. W. Hamilton.... Matthews & Houston S.A. & J. H. True Co The Glucose Sugar The Glucose Sugar The Glucose Sugar The Glucose Sugar The Glucose Sugar The Glucose The Glucose The Glucose Sugar Sugar Sugar The Glucose The Glucose The Glucose Sugar Sugar Sugar The Glucose The Glucose The Glucose Sugar Sugar Sugar The Glucose Sugar The Glucose Sugar The Glucose Sugar The Glucose Sugar The Glucose Sugar The Glucose Sugar The Glucose Sugar The Glucose Sugar The Glucose Sugar The Glucose Sugar Charles Pope Glucose Co Charles Pope Glucose Co sett weet eee Refining Co. Refining Co.) Refining Co. Refining Co. Refining Co.) Refining Co. | Refining Co. Refining Co.| Refining Co. Refining Co.| Refining Co.) Refining Co. Refining Co. Refining Co. Refining Co. Refining Co. Retining Co.) Refining Co. Refining Co. Refining Co. Refining Co. Refining Co. Refining Co. Refining Co.) ese ecee Charles Pope Glucose Co. ..... Charles Pope Glucose Co Charles Pope Glucose Co Charles Pope Glucose Co National Starch Manf’g Co..... National Starch Manf’g Co...... National Starch National Stareh National Starch National Starch Nationa! Starch Manf’g Co...... Manf’g Co... . Mant’g Co..... | Manf’g Co ..... Mant’g Co...... National Starch Manf’g Co...... ee ee ee eee eee ee eee eee see eeee see eee wees cee e eee wees Se er er i Beet tee ee ee feet e eee Few eree nesses seses eee) ee ee ee ee Des Moines, Iowa. Des Moines, Iowa. Des Moines, Iowa - Des Moines, Iowa .} Des Moines, lowa. Des Moines, Iowa. Des Moines, Iowa. Des Moines, Iowa. NOW. ale n nen st seen wees Saco Portland Palmyra.....--....- Pittsfield Cumberland June. Portland Biddeford Pittsfield Portland settee ewes ese ene wees Portland Portland Bangor ee ete e tee eeee South Brewer...... Bangor Bangor ee cece eee eeee Bangor Biddeford ........-- Hirain Rockland Camden [BIB VEAIONG, Gagosooonce Brownfield. ....... Auburn POY DUBHN ofoc0das. 6 so4 seen eee ee cee Winterport... ..- saco OAGTOWMEr en. cic Pittsfield Lewiston Augusta see eceescee sheets ccece sence ence ere PMH DUWGHN 66 6 Hoocsac Saco Stroudwater Bath Brunswick Auburn...... ooseous eter ee Beet eee e sees cee Lewiston. ...... isc Portland Freeport . .. ...-<. wre eesecce South Windham... RichMOnGsee-ceweee Auburn NOLrWaY..--- 00 cece Lewiston Monmouth FEEDING STUFF INSPECTION. 79 *Not determined. ANALYSES—Continued. PROTEIN. - [reevt al Name of Feed. ;+ — je | Bel iS sO ao cS ao S 25 ts 2 aL = Cotton Seed Meal ........ cecceeeeseceeee!| 44.13 43.00 10.32 9.00 8986 Cotton Seed Meal .... ....0- seeeeeeseees 42.50 5.00 9.00 8987 Cotton Seed Meal ....2... secsecrececoee- 44.50 43.00 9.00 9040 Cotton Seed Meal ......-eeeececeerceesees| 45.19 43.00 9.00 8904 Cotton Seed Meal ...-. cesses ceeeceeeee | 44.50 43.00 _ 9.00 8905 Cotton Seed Meal .....-.ceeeeee ceeereeee | 45.44 No gual Noguar., 8850 Cotton Seed Meal ....- .-.seeeeeee. see. | 45.06 No guar. No guar.| 8996 Cotton Seed Meal tec sasclerecssisesciece-|) lilo | NOwuar. No guar.) 8871 Sea Island Cotton Seed Meal..... ..-.-- 25.44 No guar. No guar. 8903 GothoulSee dm Measles rcscmerecricte!telelsiie eral. | 23.63 \No guar. 7.$ No guar. 8916 Chicago Gluten Meal .....----ss+ssseeee | BESTS) 38.00 Bo _ 2.00 8856 Chicago Gluten nono ndanooogcaaeas | 38.56 38.00 Be 2.00 8857 Chicago Gluten Meal ...--+.----+sse.005 | 39.38 38.00 3.05 2.00 8861 Chicago Gluten Meal ........... .... «- 39.56 38.00 2.6 2.00 3862 Chicago Gluten Meal ...-. .---+-+.+..-.-- 34.50 38.00 4. 2.00 8875 Chicago Gluten Meal......--+- --++++5-- 33-25 38.00 4. 2.00 8876 Chicago Gluten Meal ........-..-+eeeeeee | 35.38 38.00 4, 2.00 8852 Chicugo Gluten Meal.... ..-......--...- 33.38 38.00 Be 2.00 8883 Chicago Gluten Meal ...........--.-2002- 35.81 38.00 4. 2.00 8884 Chicago Gluten Meal .. ........-s-+---0e| 39.13 38.00 2 2.00 8914 Chicago Gluten Meal .......-. «s+. eee: 34.25 38.00 4.46 2.00 8948 Chicago Gluten Meal ..........-.....---- 39.75 38.00 3.3% 2.00 8949 Chicago Gluten Meal .....-- ..+.-++--ee- 34.25 38.00 4.6 2.00 8930 Chicago Gluten Meal........... .....--- | 33-63 38.00 4.8: 2.00 8951 | Chicago Gluten Meal ........s00-eeeeees 34.13 38.00 3. 2.00 $952 Chicago Gluten Meal..................-- 33.85 38.00 4. 2.00 9000 Chicago Gluten Meal..............+....- | 34.88 38.00 3.38 2.00 9002 Chicazo Gluten Meal..........-. :--.-< | geet 38.00 By. 2.00 | 9045 Chicago Gluten Meal.........-....-+20.- 32.94 38.00 4. 2.00 8913 Chicago Gluten Meal... ....... «....--- 33.19 34.20 3. 3.75 $892 Chicago Gluten Meal ........ ..........- 34.06 34.20 3. 3.75 8998 @hicaso Gluten Mealliscercce) seen esses 38.00 34.20 3. 3°75 $999 Chicago Gluten Meal ............. sess 36.88 36.00 2. 3.37 8997 | Chicago Gluten Mea ..............-- 36.31 36.00 4. 3-37 9001 Cream Gluten Meal..................----| 32.63 34.12 Sie 3.20 8911 Cream Gluten Meal.. .......:eese-seeeee 34.19 34.12 2s 3-20 $912 Cream) Gluten! Meal. co .c..2--sccse eee = 33.00 | 34.1 ae: 3.20 | 8953 Cream Gluten Meal..................000: 32.13 34.12 1.6 3.20 8954 Cream Gluten Meal.................- «.: 32-13 | 34.12 Ne 3.20 9003 Cream Gluten Meal............0022.eeee. 32.69 34.12 2 3.20 9004 King Gluten Meal........ .......- soeee 31.06 | 32.00 12. 16.00 8915 KingGluten Meal.........+ .... J onoub0de 31.50 32.00 10. 16.00 8955 Lowes (lier Wieklosass ooeed Sas joesonees 30-69 32.00 We 16.00 8956 King Gluten Meal.....2... ccesscsccscoccs 30.44 32.00 3. 16.00 9005 apie (iki We Iho6 Gaagdogcoosesdoedde 33°94 | 32.00 20% 16.00 9006 Bane GlntentMeallsetis ser .. fa. Jase ese. see NOE MAME)... s-22eecessecus ue oo Not named Not named ... NOEMAmMEe@d~ 3-3 22-e teens ceo eee ee ee ee wee we eee we eee Manufactured at Des Moines. Iowa.. Rockford, lll ......- | ee wee twee tee tee ee Fort Wayne, Ind .. South Chicago, I1l..) ee ee ee ed wee ee peer cence eee cee eee fees wee eee Chicago, ni Chicago, fl Chicago, Ml... -.- Chicago, ll Chicago, Ill seen eiee Chicago, Ni Chicago, Ill Chicago, Ill Chicago, Ill. -..-.-.- | Chicago, Ill --<....- Chicago, Ill Buffalo, N. ¥ ..-..- Plattsburgh, N. ae) Chicago, 111 Chicago, I) Toledo, Ohio | Buffalo, N. Y .--..- Chicago, Ill ........ Chicago, Il... -.- Chicago, Ill ---.---. | Chicago, Il ....... Chicago, I] . Chicago, Il Chicago, Ill ........ sece- | 1900. Sampled at Corinna Banpors.--- --iess 2 Norway.-.--------..<- QOrono:--225--5--see Portiand . .. Bridgton Bath .... Fryeburg .-......... Rockland.......... Winthrop Norway Lewiston. --.-.-..- NeW DOM: ----2--n-- Bangor... ---. Fear South Windham... Richmond.....- ... Bethelee ----ee-ee - Lewiston ........... Skowhegan Belfast ecce ewe wees Oidtown +. s caoopo= HoossoaecoodG The Doten Grain Co..........+. The Doten Grain Co...... .....-! The Doten Grain Co. ........... The Doten Grain Co............. The Doten Grain Co..... ....--- The Doten Grain Co............. Not named. Not named.... Not named..... ... Not named......... INL NAMA! douacooevoccedsdno Soc bibs: Bon Kee COs 6oacasc0seo50dcd MINER OM Kel © Olt eieterieieletelab tarts Y Maye) JexonnvlieerP (CO)eocconcganpos aano “Mn {Bon kEw OMaccns sooocanosdoe Bradley Fertilizer Co... Ine Wie Wierrolivaere (Wi) s456 scc0n e006 The Armour Fertilizer Works.. Sagadahoe Fertilizer Co........ wm m ew ee ee et eee eee ee eee eee bee cee ee averse Boston, Mass .....- Boston, Mass ..... Boston, Mass ...-.- Boston, Mass ..... Chicago, Ill .... ... Chicago, Ill .-...... Bowdoinham .....- eopplshavel agsuacadc 3 WAY WOW ROYS) ssccoscace Brunswick. ......- Brunswick ........: Readfield Depot... Newport........... Winthrop Ae Lewiston....... fone HOXCL OL Neeewtereiter South Brewevr...... IBEW OVEROWP GoonancoccdKe Biddeford .......... JeGheaing cooaaccoa00sch South Windham... Freeport ..... <..- IBEW OO 5 pono ndcnca0s Fryeburg... NOIWAY--=-- oo-e-e Bethelitmerece cere South Paris ........ ISRUMEKOIP Gogg Con 3000 JRORMHENDEl saeco so000 JEXe MOWING! Soo goaqaacc INGRWEINos00 sonao006 JPORUENNG coocoocn Ko Parley! sasconasaoc JEXoptulley Cl ace Gooade Bowdoinham ...... FEEDING STUFF INSPECTION. 83 ANALYSES—Concluded. PROTEIN. FAT. 1 ee } S | = Name of Feed. ;+ es 1+ ey | & Loy, ao Lo) eo S £9 =o £9 ZO = 68 ee) a 25 | a 52 ae or DP Purity Mixed Feed ........... .. d oa0 10.88 |No guar. 3.51 |Noguar.| 8927 Purity Mixed Feed ............ ......06. LT Sin iNO ua 3.62 |Noguar.| 8936 Purity Mixed Feed ........... ... ooaraat 12.63 |No guar. 4.15 |Noguar.| 8969 Purity Mixed Feed -........-...seise0e ie 12.25 |No guar. | 4.16 |Noguar.| 8970 Purity Mixed Peed .......... ........--- 12.19 |No guar. 3.14 |Noguar.| 8973 Purity Mixed Feed ...... ......... «..- 12.63 |No guar. 3.93 |Noguar.| 9023 Pima Wihiecexel LNG! sscbases caood0sd0009 12.683 |No guar. 4.14 |No guar.| 9024 Purity Mixed Feed ..................... 12.75 |No guar. 3.95 |Noguar.| 9025 Purity Mixed Feed :.......... ...... o006 12.13 |No guar. 4.45 |Noguar-| 9049 Crown Faney Winter Wh’t Mixed Feed 12.13 No guar. 4.48 |No guar.| S877 Crown Fancy Winter Wh’t Mixed Feed 12.25 |No guar. 3.81 |Noguar.| 8878 Crown Fancy Winter Wh’t Mixed Feed 12.19 |No guar. 4.19 |No gaur.| 5929 | Crown Fancy Winter Wh’t Mixed Feed) = 12.00 ‘Nog guar. 3.22 |No guar | 8966 Crown Fancy Winter Wh’t Mixed Feed 12.06 |No guar 4.02 |Noguar.| 8967 Crown Fancy Winter Wh’t Mixed Feed 11.44 |No guar 3.95 |Noguar.| 8968 . Kentucky Mixed Feed................... 9.13 11.00 4.28 |Noguar.| 8886 | Kentucky Mixed Feed...... .. poasds 13.50 |No guar. 4.08 |Noguar.| 8971 Kentucky Mixed Feed...... 50 90006 GOOD 11.88 |No guar 3.25 |Noguar.| 9027 | : Kentucky Mixed Feed.......... Apoadoob 13.00 |No guar. 3.58 |Noguar.| 9028 Mixed Feed. .. .. docoangodgoaqo0NN 12.50 |No guar. 3-52 |Noguar.| 9026 Bowkev’s Animal Meal. poode to aoo0 soo 39.75 30.00 10.63 5.00 8889 Bowker’s Animal Meal.............-.... 7.63 30.00 9.10 5.00 | 8932 | Bowker’s Beef Scraps .....-.2+- weeeiees 48.56 30.00 16.95 20.00 8933 | Bowker’s Ground Beef Scraps ........ 56.00 | 60.00 18.94 14.00 9016 | | | Bradley’s Superior Meat Meal. ....... 48.75 40.00 9.93 15.00 | 8931 | Horse Shoe Brand Gr’d Beef Cr acklings 64.63 60.00 18.26 16.00 | 8934 Meat Meal for Poultry............ ...... 58.88 60.00 7-60 16.00 8935 Raw Ground Bone Méal....... ......... 27.94 18.75 2.44 |Noguar.| 9017 84 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 1goo. SUMMARY OF ANALYSES. = PROTEIN. Fat. | 1 iS 3) S) 2 a @. A ©. ao i a= Ne Be Se =9 ea) =o a9 Chapin & Co.’s Highest Cary |\ Eondcsse: 16.52 Cotton Seed Meal. 16 Lowest 41.69 43.00 8.95 9.00 Average CRIB) | soccescaoo) 1] .32 The American Cotton Oil Co.’s Highest AN AGBS |lscasocacn: 12.03 Prime Cottun Seed Meal. 5 | Lowest 43.38 43.00 8.48 9.00 - Average 45.40 |...2- woo | 10.02 | F. W. Brodé & Co.’s Highest{| 49.13 |....-..... | 14.34 Owl Brand Pure Cotton Seed! 4 Lowest 46.19 43.00 | 9.04 9.00 Meal. Average| 48.02 |.......... 11.37 E. B. Williams & Co.’s Highest Adi) |\eooosesae 12.57 Daisy Brand Cotton Seed} 11 Lowest 44.19 | 43.00 §.21 | 9.00 Meal. Average, 46.11 .......... ay “Sleci bes The Southern Cotton Oil Co.’s Highest AT). Fy | seteraelee ae 10-17 | Prime Finely Ground Cotton 2 Lowest 46.19 | 43.00 | 9.28 9.00 Seed Meal. Average, 46.72 pesos 9.73 Butler Breed Co.’s | Cotton Seed Meal. Ue |) e560) dodc6 45.50 43.00 11.30 9.00 Paris Flouring Co.’s nee Prime Memphis Cotton Seed} 1 | .......... 45.38 | 43.00 | 10.12 9.00 Meal. | Humphreys, Goodwin & Co.’s Highest GEIST |lcoosec = 9.67 Dixie Brand Cotton Seed) 2 Lowest 44.13 43.00 8.33 | 9.00 Meal. Average 44.44 |.......... 9.00 | J. E. Soper & Co.’s Hishest |) 45519) \lneseseeeer 12.72 Cotton Seed Meal. 7 Lowest 42.50 43.00 8.69 9.00 Average ALT |ececcce- on 10.05 Manufacturer unknown Highest Wiel \sosocecse 14.05 Cotton Seed Meal. [eae Lowest | 45.06 |.---: ..-- 12.37 Average 45.29) |\vecenwicece! 13.21 | Ss. A. & J. H. True Co.’s Highest | GF ale ccee eee 8.11 | Prime Cotton seed Meal. 4 Lowest 22.19 45.00 7-14 9.00 TEINS) PB) Nloscecoodes 7-71 Mannfacturer unknown Highest Wig B} |lecsodoones 7-99 Cotton Seed Meal. ess Lowest PAR) |lecososssss 6.91 | | Average 25.40 [pcseunce: (ey || | | The Glucose Sugar Refin’g Co.’s, Highest 39.75 | 38.00 4.83 | 3-15 Chicago Gluten Meal. | 24 Lowest | 32.94 | 34.2 2.58 2.00 Average, 39.73 | soogoosese 3.80 | ‘ | — Chas. Pope Glucose Co.’s | Highest lel) ||cotence vc 3.29 | Cream Gluten Meal. |} 6 Lowest 32.13 34.12 | 1.13 | 3.20 Average, 32.78 |--.--+..-- | 2.10 | National Starch Manf’g Co.’s_ | Highest 38.44 | --eeeeee | 12.39 | King Gluten Meal. |} 9 Lowest 30.44 32.00 | 2.04 | 16.00 Average| 34.40 |...--..---| 4.65 FEEDING STUFF INSPECTION. SUMMARY OF ANALYSES—Continued. Number of analyses. The Glucose Sugar Refin’g Co.’s Diamond Gluten Feed. C. B. Cummins & Son’s Gluten Feed. Manger L. 0. Co.’s Linseed Oil Meal. S. A. & J. H. True Co.’s Linseed Oil Meal. S. A. & J. H. True Co.’s Linseed Oil Meal. Mayflower Mills’ ° Oil Process Oil Meal. The American Linseed Co.’s Linseed Meal | The Cleveland Linseed Oil Co.’s| Cleveland Flax Meal. Cleveland Linseed Oil Co.’s Cleveland Linseed Oil Meal. Manufacturer Unknown Linseed Oil Meal. Manufacturer Unknown Unguaranteed Linseed Oil| Meal. The American Cereal Co.’s Victor Corn and Oat Feed. The H-O Co.’s | Dundee Corn and Oat Feed. Dock & Coal Co.’s Dandy Corn and Oat Feed. S.A. & J. H. True Co.’s Corn and Oat Feed. Manufacturer Unknown Oat Crop. The American Cereal Co.’s Quaker Oat Feed. W. H. Haskell & Co.’s Oat Feed. The H-O Co.’s Dairy Feed. oo ween ewwne weet eeee Highest Lowest Average Highest Lowest Average wae eet eees Highest Lowest Average Highest Lowest Average PROTEIN. | oS) . ws i ee = hPe Se oo i) 2. oo 26.25 26.20 19 26.00 eed) jlodooso. ood 36.75 39.00 37-77 200 BSH) |loacascba00 37.50 38.00 37-58 |eeeee woes 39°00) |ececcnce 9.75 9.46 8.13 8.23 8.83 |eeee. cone 8.13 8.38 9-13 |------s00 7.50 9.63 9.13 8.00 13-38 |.ceesscees 10-06 | 12.03 Blo) |esocds a6 9.50 9.62 Guaranteed— Found— per cent. iS) ro -1 is) ror ro i DEO bo os non oo ~ Dam on Coe o D w oo rm -50 -00 86 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 1900. SUMMARY OF ANALYSES—Concluded. PROTEIN. FAT. pod q ae) | 2 22 ae Bi | oes 25 =5 | 28 == Naec=es Ae ps BS 22 | os =o oo a5 Zac | carey, oye, = oe The Ainerican Cereal Co.’s | Highest 14)250)-\lllease succor 4.12 3.49 Quaker Dairy Feed. . 6 | Lowest 13.00 12.03 2.79 2.50 r |; Average IB.GPF Nl Geoccdccs 3.32 The American Cereal Co.’s Highest WHE) Nesarceone 6.22 American Poultry Food. 2 | Lowest 12.69 13.96 5.52 5.49 Average) 135118) jlo soesc004 5.87 Manufacturer Unknown : Rice Feed. Uys eee cae aT) |loovoshoooe 9.03 Manufacturer Unknown | JeHeAN@S || «TRS lvco00 woes 4.45 Purity Mixed Feed. 13 | Lowest IGA |) Goce one 3-14 | Average| 11.90 |....-..... 3.94 The Doten Grain Co.’s Highest WH Noosccacsse 4.48 Crown Fancy Winter Wheat 6 Womens |) IM! Gees con: 3.22 Mixed Feed. Avrag e| 12.01 |.-.--. ... 3.95 Manufacturer Unknown Highest IB.B0 |looneocooc 4$.28 | Kentucky Mixed Feed. 4 Lowest 9.13 11.00 3-25 Average USE |looaoe coe 3.80 Manufacturer Unknown | Mixed Feed. Lo eeeeee eee UWP) |looosoncoc 3-52 The Bowker Co.’s Highest “HSB || socececos 10.63 Bowker’s Animal Meal. 2 | Lowest 39.75 30.00 9.10 5.00 | Average] 43.69 |....-..... 9.87 The Bowker Co.’s Bowker’s Beef Scraps. | DT | cneseeeee 48.56 30.00 16.95 | 20 The Bowker Co.’s | Bowker’s Ground Beef Scraps.| 1 | ....-..... 56.00 60.00 18.94 | 14.00 Bradley Fertilizer Co.’s Bradley’s Superior Meat Meal DWC koaanoc sae 48.75 40.00 9.93 | 15.00 N. W. Fertilizer Co.’s Horse Shoe Brand Ground] 1 | .......... 64.63 60.00 18.26 | 16.00 Beef Cracklings. The Armour Fertilizer Co.’s Meat Meal for Poultry. IE) Gesdcocons 58.88 60.00 17.60 | 16.00 Sagadahoc Fertilizer Co.’s Raw Ground Bone Meal. i po0DeS Sat 27.94 18.75 2.44 = FEEDING STUFF INSPECTION. 87 VIOLATION OF THE LAW. Two samples of high grade wnguaranteed cottonseed meal are reported. Sample 8850 was sent by a correspondent and 8896 was taken by the inspector. Both samples came from the same car. The violation was reported to the Secretary of Agriculture. Seven samples of low grade cottonseed meal are reported. Samples 8866, 8872, 8880 and 8902, bearing the guarantee of S. A. & J. H. True Company, were, in accordance with the state- ment of that firm, all from one car. Three of the four samples were from correspondents and the other was drawn by the inspector. The violation was reported to the Secretary of Agri- culture. The firm say that this “was purchased for the best of meal and this is what we obtained.” Sample 8871 was sent by a correspondent and was drawn from goods sold by S. W. Hamilton. Sample 8903 and 8916 were taken by the inspector at the request of the dealers in order that they might put a proper guarantee upon them. All of the recent shipments of Chicago Gluten Meal are up to guarantee, 38 per cent of protein and 2 per cent fat. The goods shipped into the State in the summer of 1899 were below this guarantee, and the State agents of the manufacturers have sup- plied correctly guaranteed tags for the old goods. King Gluten Meal varies greatly in composition, that low in fat more nearly resembles Chicago Gluten. As the high per- centage of fat called for by the guarantee is of doubtful advan- tage and its absence is always accompanied by higher protein content, the falling off in fat in these samples has not been reported. The unguaranteed sample (go12) of oil meal is from high grade goods. The firm was reported to the Secretary of Agri- culture for not branding. The unguaranteed Daisy Corn and Oat Feed (8926) was reported to the Secretary of Agriculture. One old lot of Amer- ican Poultry Food was not guaranteed. All late shipments are guaranteed. 88 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 1900. MIXED FEEDS. In section 3 of the feeding stuffs law, it is stated that “mixed feeds’ come under the requirements of the law. Under section 2, however, an exception is made of wheat rye and buckwheat bran or middlings not mixed with other substances. Soon after the law went into effect the Station analyzed a large number of the wheat offals which were being sold in the State and found them to be practically all good goods, although many of them were branded “mixed feed” and would therefore come under the law. After consultation with the Secretary of the Board of Agriculture it was decided for the present to omit all wheat offals from the requirements even though they might be denom- inated mixed feed. In the fall of 1899 the Station began to receive from corres- pondents samples of goods that were bought for bran, but were of very low grade carrying from 9 to 12 per cent protein instead of the 15 to 17 per cent that good bran ought to carry. Investi- gation brought out the fact that certain mills in Kentucky and Tennessee and perhaps in other sections as well were aduiter- ating bran by grinding and mixing with it such materials as -corn cobs ,the waste from corn broom factories, and the like. In the present bulletin there are given twenty-four analyses of four brands of these mixed feeds which carry a much lower percentage of protein than brans should. The handlers of these ‘particular brands are at the present time placing guarantees and tax tags uponthem. In view of the fact that these adulterations make it necessary for the Station to examine all mixed feeds in order to see whether they are straight wheat offals or not, it has been decided that from this time on the strict letter of the law will be observed, and that the only concentrated feeds which will not be subject to the requirements are the meals made from pure ‘grains and wheat, rye and buckwheat brans or middlings. All mixed feeds, even though they are the straight refuse from the milling of wheat, will be hereafter included in the require- ‘ments and it will be necessary for these goods to carry the brand, as defined in section 1 and the inspection tax tags, as defined in ‘section 5 of the feeding stuffs law, chapter 334, Public Acts of 1897. FEEDING CHICKENS FOR GROWTH. G. M. GowELt. COOPS Vs. YARDS. This study was undertaken to compare the rapidity of growth of chickens confined in small coops vs.chickens kept in sheds and small yards. Ten coops, each with a floor space sixteen by twenty-three inches, were constructed of laths with close end partitions of boards. ‘The floors were of laths placed three-fourths of an inch apart and one inch from the walls, so that they might be kept clean by the moving about of the birds. The coops were made two together without cutting the laths. The laths ran length- wise of the coops on bottom, top and back, but on the front they were placed upright, and two inches apart so that the chickens could feed through between them readily. V-shaped troughs with three-inch sides were placed in front of and about two inches above the level of the floors of the coops. These coops are of about the same size and form as those used by the English and French chicken fatteners who make a spec- ialty of the business, fattening many thousands each year. They were located in the light, airy, cemented basement of the barn where they were free from disturbance, and the variations of temperature were not great. The chickens used in the test were raised under similar con- ditions and from the same hatch. They were one hundred and thirty days old at the commencement of the test and all were pure blooded Barred Plymouth Rocks, White Wyandottes, or the Eaton strain of Light Weight Light Brahmas. Four chickens were placed in each coop and fed on thick raw porridge, made by mixing meal with cold skimmed-milk, mak- ing it thick enough so it would drop and not run from the end of a wooden spoon. 7 gO MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 1900. The meal mixture employed was made up by mixing 100 pounds corn meal, 80 pounds wheat middlings, 50 pounds fine ground oats, and 40 pounds of fine animal meal. They were fed all of the porridge they would eat, twice each day. The troughs were removed and cleaned in half an hour after the com- mencement of each meal. They were constantly supplied with water. Feeding was commenced August 24th and continued until September 28th—thirty-five days. The birds were weighed at the end of each week, at the same hour so that they might be equally empty of food at each weighing. They consumed 477 pounds of meal and 84 gallons of skimmed milk. The forty chickens weighed at the commence- ment of the test 147.9 pounds and at its close 237.1 pounds and had gained 89.2 pounds, an average of 2.23 pounds per chicken live weight. The quantity of the dry meal required to ae a pound of gain was 5.94 pounds. On the day that the feeding of the cooped birds was com- menced, twenty of their mates were put in a house nine by eleven feet in size, with an attached yard twenty feet square. The yard was entirely bare of anything that would serve as green. food. They were fed, during the thirty-five days, on the same grain mixture with milk, as those confined in the small coops. The twenty birds weighed at the commencement of the test 66.6- pounds and at the close 116.0 pounds, making a gain of 49.4 pounds; an average of 2.47 pounds to each. The quantity of the dry meal required to produce a pound of gain was 5.52 pounds. In these tests greater total and individual gains and cheaper flesh productions were secured from the birds with. partial liberty than from those in close confinement. The labor was less in caring for the yarded birds. The cooped birds were very quiet and did not appear to suffer from confinement. When dressed, all of the carcasses in both lots were even, well- formed and handsome. ‘The results indicate that there is no- advantage in close confinement, but that rather greater gains. . and cheaper production result from partial liberty. That our success with the small coops was as good as that of the for- eigners is shown by the reports of the English and Canadian FEEDING CHICKENS FOR GROWTH. gi fatteners. In another test made for the purpose of noting the effects of age, on the development and fleshing of chickens, as detailed beyond, it was incidentally shown that there is no advantage in very close confinement. The tables which follow give the details of the experiments. CHICKENS CLOSELY CONFINED IN COOPS AND FED THIRTY-FOUR DAYS AGE OF CHICKENS AT COMMENCEMENT OF TEST—130 DAYS. LIVE WEIGHTS DURING EXPERIMENT. = zt <>) Increase. = Chickens. : : 2 = _ = = = ee) 5 p a a lod = nO a é of a 3 Z 2 = S RUAN SOMA Sarl as eater [ones ona es ro) = S D> ro) 5 > Sc CS Cal S < < D | D D n = R a lbs. | lbs Ibs. | Ibs Ibs. | Ibs. | Ibs. | Ibs. | 1bs._ 1] 4 Plymouth Rocks..| 12.2) 14.9 | 17.3 19.1 | 21.7 |) 22.8} 10.6 | 2.65) 16-5 2) 4Plymouth Rocks..| 14.2 | NGI }) WO |) PADS! I Bese |) BBB) | loz || ees |) Mrfote! 4 Plymouth Rocks..| 16.0 18.0 20.1 222 24.3 | 25.4 9.4 | 2.35 19.5 4 Plymouth Rocks..| 15.4 | UgisB I) Sats | IO PEC DESY I Aes |) Pacey |) tore oh oo oO ~~ OO 4 Plymouth Rocks...) 14.5 |) 16.8) 18.8} 20.3 | 22-8 | 23.7 4 Plymouth Rocks..| 138.4 | 15.0 | 17.1] 18.6 7 | 4 Plymouth Rocks..| 16.2.) 18.2 | 20.1] 21. 8 23.8 8 |. 4 White Wyandottes| 14.8) 16.7] 18.8] 19.9] 21.6) 22.3) 7.5 | 1.87] 16.8 GO) || GE IBEW ONOTEIS) 6 cooodcHoe 16.4 19.2 21.3 22.6 24.4 | 25.5 eth | Per 19.0 10) 4 White Wyandottes) 14.8) 17-2 19.0 20.3 21-7 | 22.4 7-6 | 1.90 | 16 8 Total weights... 147.9 | 170-0 | 190-3 | 207-1 | 227.9 237-1 |......|eeeee- | 180.7 Increase in weight..|....... PP | WB | 1G) BOS | SB || HP |) BAB ileasace Pounds of grain mixture required to produce a pound of gain 5.94. TWENTY CHICKENS (FOURTEEN PLYMOUTH ROCKS, FOUR WHITE WYANDOTTES, TWO BRAHMAS) CONFINED IN HOUSE AND, SMALL YARD AND FED THIRTY-FIVE DAYS. AGE OF CHICKENS AT COMMENCEMENT OF TEST—130 DAYS. LIVE WEIGHT. | Increase in weights. Total dressed weights. August 24. September 28. Total. Each. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs. 66.6 116.0 49.4 2.47 92.0 Pounds of grain mixture required to produce a pound of gain, 5.52. Q2 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. I9OO. Financial Results. Taking the sixty cooped and uncooped birds together and con- sidering the gains in flesh, and the cost of the food used, enables us to form opinions as to the advisability of selling chickens from the range when in growing condition, or specially prepar- ing them for higher priced markets. If these birds had been dressed without fattening at the com- mencement of the feeding test, and had shrunk the same per cent that they did when slaughtered, they would have yielded 165.5 pounds of dressed meat worth at 13 cents per pound, $21.51. At the close of the test thev dressed 272.7 pounds and were sold at 15 cents per pound net, yielding $40.90. This shows that their value was increased by fattening $19.39. The increase was probably more than this amount as we found in other tests that the percentage of shrinkage in dressing lean chickens was greater than in fat ones. Thirteen cents was as much as the unfattened birds would have sold for—slowly—while the fat- tened ones sold quickly in the same market at fifteen cents per pound. ‘They were very much improved in quality by fattening. ‘The flesh was white and soft and when roasted the thighs were soft, juicy and free from strings. The amount of the dry food used was 750 pounds and cost $7.91. The skimmed milk was 140 gallons, worth $2.80, making the total food used worth $10.71, which amount taken frora the increased value of the chickens leaves a balance of $8.68 gain on the sixty birds; an average increase of a little more than 14 cents on each one above the cost of food used. A very large proportion of the chickens raised in this State are sent to market alive, without being fattened, usually bring- ing to the growers from twenty-five to thirty-five cents eac). These tests indicate that they Cana Ie metained aincl wel B ew weeks in inexpensive sheds or large coops with small runs and sent to the markets as dressed meat and make good returns for the labor and care expended. The quality of the well-covered, soft-fleshed chickens, 1f they are not too fat, is so much superior to the same birds not spec- ially prepared that they will be sought for at the higher price. The dairy farmer is especially well prepared to carry cn this work as he has the skimmed milk which is of the greatest importance in securing yield and quality of flesh. FEEDING CHICKENS FOR GROWTH. 93 EFFECTS OF AGE. In order to compare the gains made with chickens of different ages, twenty of the same hatch that were used in the previous tests were taken for the later feeding. When the former tests were started the birds were one hundrd and thirty days old. This test was commenced when they were one hundred and seventy days old. During the time that their mates had been shut up for fattening, they had the liberty of a large yard with an abundance of green food. They had been fed mash in the morning and mixed grain and cracked corn at noon and night. They had been growing bone and muscle but were not meaty. Twenty of them were put in the small coops—four in each one— and fed from the same meal and milk mixture that was used in the previous tests. When the experiment began, October t1th, they weighed 100.2 pounds. They were fed twenty-one days and then weighed 117.5 pounds having gained 17.5 pounds, an average to each bird of .87 pounds. They consumed 144 pounds of the dry meal and the same relative amount of milk as in the earlier test. 8.2 pounds of the mixed meal was required to make a pound of live chicken. With the confined young birds in the previous test but 5.94 pounds of food were required to yield a similar amount. The gain per bird of .87 pounds was markedly less than that of the younger birds of 1.48 pounds during the first twenty-one days of their test. When these chickens were put in the small coops twenty-five of their mates of the same hatch were put in a house nine by eleven feet with a yard twenty feet square, and fed twice a day on the same mixture of meal and milk. None of the birds received green food. During the twenty-one days they gained 23.2 pounds, an average per bird of .g2 pounds, while in the pre- vious test with the young yarded chickens, the average gain during the first twenty-one days was 1.59 pounds. This decreased gain in the case of the older chickens corre- sponds with the recognized law in animal feeding, that the younger the creature is the less the quantity of food required to produce a pound of growth. For the moderate difference (6 weeks) in the ages of the two lots of chickens this variation in the amounts of food required to produce a pound of gain Q4 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 1900. seems extravagant, but when it is considered how rapidly chickens mature it is not unreasonable. The practice of suc- cessful poultrymen in selling the cockerels at the earliest market- able age is well founded, for the spring chicken sold at Thanks- giving time is an expensive product. The average live weights of the two lots at slaughtering was very nearly alike, viz. 5.88 pounds for the younger and 5.83 pounds for the older ones. The young ones were better in appearance, being thicker meated and softer, while the older ones showed a trifle more bone and a little harder flesh. The details of the test are given in the tables which follow. CHICKENS CLOSELY CONFINED IN COOPS AND FED TWENTY-ONE DAYS. AGE OF CHICKENS AT COMMENCEMENT OF TEST—177 DAYS. LIVE WEIGHTS DURING EXPERIMENT. Increase. Chickens. | =] eles et (emer Umeha Yue he = z 2, ; i Sa Wade “ = z = oo | “oS = o | c 2] O| Ole } mw | a e/a lee 1 |Four Plymouth Rocks .........- 18.5] 20-5] 21-0] 2.0] 3.5| -87| 17-4 2 |Four Plymouth Rocks ........-.| 20.2} 21.4/ 22.6) 24.4) 4.2) 1.05) 19.3 3 |Four Plymouth Rocks .........- |} 20.8} 22.4 22.8 PASI) | Bf) 67 | 19.0 4 |Four Plymouth Rocks.... .....| 18.7] 20.4| 21.0) 22.4| 3.7| .94] 18.6 5 |Four Plymouth Rocks .......... 22201} 23-3) 25229) 25245) 324 Sa tees | | Potal weight --222-222--2-2)| 40022\1/0 10820) 102-6) tT 7p eee eee 93.6 Imerease in weight .........-|......- | 7-8 4.6) 5-1 | 17-5 Si) |---=-. unds of grain mixture r ired duc né gain, 3-2. Pounds of grain mixture required to produce 2 pound of gain, TWENTY-FIVE PLYMOUTH ROCK CHICKENS CONFINED IN HOUSE AND SMALL YARD AND FED TWENTY-ONE DAYS. AGE OF CHICKENS AT COMMENCEMENT OF TEST—I177 DAYS. LIVE WEIGHT. increase in weight. Total dressed weights. October 11. November l. | Total. Each. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs. | Lbs. 121.7 144.9 23-2 ie 115 Pounds of grain mixture required to produce a pound Of gain, 7.63. . ho FEEDING CHICKENS FOR GROWTH. 95 Financial Results. The forty-five birds weighed 221.9 pounds at the beginning of the test. If, they had been dressed at that time and had shrunk at the same rate as they did when they were slaughtered they would have yielded about 177 pounds of dressed meat, worth at thirteen cents a pound $23.01. They ate 321 pounds of mixed meal costing $3.40, and 60 gallons skimmed milk worth $1.20, altogether $4.60, which taken from the increased value of the chickens leaves $3.71 as the net gain,—not accounting for labor—or an average of 8.25 cents for each chicken. Although the chickens employed in this test had been growing during the five weeks in which their mates in the first test had been undergoing fattening, they had not improved in condition sufficiently to sell at a better price per pound than at the com- mencement of the first test. THE EFFECT OF GREEN FOOD. To study the effect of green food in fattening chickens, the following trial was made with twenty-four pure-blooded Plymouth Rock chickens that were one hundred and forty days old at the commencement of the test. They were confined in the small coops, described on page 89, four in each coop, and all fed for four weeks on the mixed meal and milk porridge twice each day. The birds in coops 1 and 2 received no green food. ‘Those in coops 3, 4, 5, and 6 received no green food during the first and second weeks, but during the third and fourth weeks they were given all the finely chopped green rape they would eat once a day. They did not consume as much of the rape per day as they had previously while living in the large yards, where they ate it voraciously. ‘The quantity of porridge eaten by them was not noticeably greater or less when the rape was supplied. The gains made while the birds were supplied with green food were hardly as great as while confined to the porridge alone, but the difference was not very great. The following table gives the details of the experiment. 96 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 1900. TWENTY-FOUR PLYMOUTH ROCK CHICKENS FED TWENTY-EIGHT DAYS WITH AND WITHOUT GREEN FOOD. LIVE WEIGHTS DURING EXPERIMENT. | | (ee = | INCREASE. | > hore cS = | | =/2 |3 = 2eT Ee ee c | = = = S a | = = -| Feed. f Blea. | ew | ws. =. | ete | Son =| S 2S |) = = | SEs | SSe = | & cso | <2 =O =o 2D SEs = 1 2 25 => =e =2 39% | S20 S Boe =F = as Se ane | nF (| } 1 i q if | | Ibs. | Ibs Ibs. Ibs. | lbs Ibs. | Ibs. 1} Nowape--2.-.---: Secall aaet! 7] 6 18.2 20.3 | 22-6 1 4.4 | | | | 2| Norape -..... ceased. || DET! | 37-8.) 1925. 4 -21kS | B68 3.8 4.1 3'| Nowape al . < . * A Gr] 1 <] = mt Bt aH co oi 6 c ol . . Lowa . . . bet . . + Hw ars Ge TL a Aaeie mite ett ae (merle a 2 on ai = , =i "OL mal tr Yel i> . . . 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FROM 56 LIGHT BRAHMAS. 1898. 1899. = > 3 as - Lo ra m i; > eer ae ae A q ; : a £5 Bete RveSea|he eet limites Sere Me deans estanieaeris|| Miya lnbe leg Ree || roy | Ss ° Y| = BS Sl Ga ey Eph Bi) CNN a i) 22 Mb Neal ria tent teal al ei alll ial ti N= =~ = | | | Boe sier | eiaieie ILS eH 2001) 21h 207 TGs 20) || SRI She eee as | 194 OD) S3SoN oSene eee CM EE SEU Oy Se a Oa eR) Te bir lle 6| 194 | | | Bllseiers a Cae TIS aks | a Pere eA TGS IP al. ZEEE leoooe 190 | 1Boacaadlecdee BE OP eT Te Sep eRe NOTE) Tea Get Bb ae toll ona 181 382. sogeaa|aabenl Naewnl ocaee| 2 BI, Te Na | a HB PGB TB Bk) |) aie 0) soa |loakioo Hla |) TY St Pat a Ve tea) Tt aR} | Gs aks 179 208 gee Bepee eeoee eneek | 1} Ww) 6) 6) My) Ww) 5) S] 4)....J-.... 87 II teagan BSaes eee nee | QO} Dy ay} | ey ay} ae} 2] & seria 86 2/8): AoC] SABES SOG] Meee 3 TO] TOP GI Te eG Billecnss 75 D7i/suddesleacaal eaeseal eee GP ah BF Bl GB loovsall govslloo eolfoosanlloeaae 59 | | Fs Aaonm Hoses eeu lances Bi My OF Bh Ly Fi Sy DW Iosccallocovalcccac 55 A study of the monthly record sheets shows great differences in the capacities of hens, and marked variations in the regularity of their work; some commencing early and continuing laying heavily and regularly month after month while others varied much, laying well one month or poorly or not at all the next. It is impossible to account for these vagaries as the birds in each breed were bred alike and selected for their uniformity. All pens were of the same size and shape and contained the same number of birds. Their feeding and treatment were alike throughout. Whenever changes were made in the feed in one pen, they were made in the others. That they were in good health is shown by the fact that but two were ailing, and were taken out early; two crop bound; and one injured by rough treatment by a cockerel. Many of the lightest layers gave evi- dence of much vitality and in many instances there were no marked indications in form or type by which we were able to account for the small amount of work performed by them. Numbers 234, 70 and 236 yielded respectively 36, 37 and 38 eggs in the year. They were of the egg type and gave no evi- dence of weakness or masculinity. Number 101, 286, 36, 47 and 14, with their yields of 204, 206, 201, 200 and 208 eggs during the year, were typical birds with 102 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. I9QOO. every indication of capacity, but they were equaled in appear- ance, in the minds of good judges, by other birds that yielded a much less number of eggs. The size and uniformity of the eggs yielded are of a good deal of importance. It was very noticeable in these investiga- tions that theeggs from hens that laid the greatest numbers aver- aged smaller in size than those from hens that did not produce somany. That this is not always the case is shown by the eggs from numbers 101 and 286 which were of good size and dark brown, while those from number 36 were small and lacking in color. For this defect number 36 has been excluded from the breeding pens. Number 14 is a good, large, strong White Wyandotte and because of the quantity and quality of her productions she is a phenomenal bird. Wher she went into the test November Ist, 1898, she had been laying for over two weeks. At the end of the year she had two hundred and eight good brown eggs to her credit, and she still kept on, laying 18 eggs in November, 22 in December, 21 in January, 18 in February, 15 in March and 18 in April (just closed) giving her 112 in the first six months of her second year, and 320 in eighteen months, a little more than an egg in a day and three-fourths for the entire year and a half aiter she commenced laying. When the eggs irom the hens that had been laying long and freely were placed in incubation, many of them were found low in fertility, or entirely sterile, notwithstanding the hens had mated freely with vigorous cockerels. The percentage of infertility was much greater than in eggs from hens that had been laying moderately. The question arises whether a large percentage of the chickens raised each year are not the produce of the tardy and moderate layers that are comparatively fresh, rather than of the more valuable and persistent layers that have been hard at work all. winter? If this is so, breeding from eggs as they are ordinarily collected, without a knowledge of the hens that produce them, can but tend to iurnish a large proportion of chickens from the poorest hens in the flocks. The cockerels as well as the pullets raised in this way furnish the breeding stock for the next year and in this manner the reproduction of the poorer rather than the better birds is fostered. e CORRES shill iinet Ss: Cuas. D. Woops and L. H. Merritt. During the last few years there has been a marked increase in the number of mixtures offered under different names as substi- tutes for coffee. Some of the earlier mixtures contained low grade coffee to give them flavor, but a quite exhaustive examina- tion a year or two ago by the Connecticut Experiment Station showed them to be free from adulterations of this kind and that for the most part they are made from the cereal grains as claimed. Because of the extravagant claims made for the nutri- tive value of the decoctions prepared from these materials the following analyses were undertaken. ‘The comments here made are in no wise intended to condemn these beverages but to point out that the claims for great nutritive value are not founded on fact. Whether hot beverages are or are not hygienic, a chemical study cannot show, but from the chemical composition of the infusions it is a simple task to pass upon their merits as food. The materials here reported upon were purchased in the open market. No attempt was made to obtain samples of all of this class of preparations but it is believed that those here reported upon are fairly representative. Description of Samples. No. 6179. Postwm Cereal made by Postum Cereal Company, limited, Battle Creek, Mich. ‘This is probably the most exten- sively advertised of any of the coffee substitutes. The following is from statements on the package. “A toothsome and healthful beverage. Coffee sick people seldom charge their ill feelings to the true cause. Analytical chemistry shows the poisonous alkaloids of coffee, as in tobacco, whisky and morphine. A perfectly healthy man or woman can stand these for a time, but ‘constant dripping wears a stone’ and 104 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. IQOO. finally headache, torpid liver, sick stomach or heart, and that ‘weak all over’ feeling show that a poisoned nervous system is calling for help and relief. Every morning and perhaps at din- ner and supper another brutal blow is given. Small wonder that a fixed organic disease of some of the members is finally set up. Relief cannot be obtained unless the cause is removed.” “An honest product of the healthful grains given by all-wise nature for man’s proper sustenance. It nourishes, strengthens and vitalizes.” “This natural food drink has a fragrance of its own. It is not tea or coffee, but is made from the healthful grains. Those who care to conserve their health and bodily vigor will find that the unnatural taste for tea and coffee will leave them in a few days, and a natural taste for a healthful drink will take its place.” No. 6180. Caramel Cereal manufactured by Battle Creek Sanitarium Health Food Company, Battle Creek, Mich. “A mixture of cereals so prepared as to constitute a wholesome sub- stitute for coffee.” No. 6181. Golden Grain Coffee prepared by John A. Tibbs, Buffalo, N. Y. “Recommended by the medical profession for its nutritious and healthful properties.” “Contains the phosphorus besides other nourishment of the grain in a concentrated form.” “Children may be allowed free use of this preparation at each meal, as it is always wholesome, and in some cases may be pre- ferable to milk.” No. 6182. Old Grist Mill Entire Wheat Coffee, Potter & Wrightington, agents, Boston, Mass. “Healthful and nutri- tious. The best substitute for coffee.” “Old Grist Mill Entire Wheat Coffee is a perfect hygienic product containing the entire wheat kernel roasted and ground.” “Tt aids digestion, is easily assimilated by the weakest stom- ach, and assists nature in preserving the complexion clear and fresh. It is in every sense a pure health food.” No. 6183. Wheat-Shred Drink manufactured by The Cereal Machine Company, Worcester, Mass. “A perfect food in liquid form.” “Wheat-Shred Drink, is nutritive in the highest degree.” . i COFFEE SUBSTITUTES. 105 No. 6288. Grain-o prepared by the Genesee Pure Food Com- pany, LeRoy, N. Y. “Grain-o is a pure food drink.” “Grain-o aids digestion.” “Has that rich seal brown of Mocha or Java, but it is made from pure grains and the most delicate stomach receives it without distress. It’s nourishing and strengthening.” No. 6289. Dr. Johnson’s Cereal Coffee. Wholesale and retail at Johnson Educator Food Store, No. 82 Boylston street, Boston, Mass. “A palatable,nutritious and wholesome beverage.” No. 6290. MO-KO prepared by John F. Bauer & Company, Mt. Morris, N. Y. “Mo-ko aids digestion, soothes and quiets worn and wasted nerves.” ““Mo-ko, as a complexion beautifier, cannot be equalled. It tones the blood, and by its daily use will impart to the skin the healthful glow of youth.” “Give the children Mo-ko to drink. It will make them strong and healthy, and will not injure them.” ANALYSIS OF THE WATER-SOLUBLE CONSTITUENTS OF COFFEE SUBSTITUTES. SOLUBLE IN WATER. ab & : ae g a S So Coffee substitute. 2 a = as ee a as & = : 25 © 25 iS) aS a as jam] Cra a => n Ae * Bg aS loa < % % % % % 6179 lecoysjabban (GER GooganqqaoK000 ODDD0DOOC 48.8 51.2 | 3.1 44.9 3.2 { 6180 Caramel Cereal ...........- Ba0000000 71.5 28.5 2.0 23.8 Pela $181 Golden Grain.......-.-.-06 Rear os Sell eats 92.4 | 4.9 13.4 4.1 6182 Old Grist Mill Coffee ..............--- 64.9 35.1 56 26.9 2.6 6183 Wheat-Shred Drink ........ ssssee--- 61.0 39.0 DED) 345 2.0 6288 (SEMIN) 5. ganudeounaoou- odedocos oneeads 53.2 46.8 9.5 42.5 18 6289 Dr. Johnosn’s Cereal Coffee ........- 63.7 36.3 3.3 31.3 17 6290 IMO = Ons Sie vafe,ssase!siainie rasa. sie va ielieinss\6 eisisiinieyes 72.0 28.0 1.4 | 25.1 5 The portions insoluble in water including the water in the preparations as sold. From the above table it will be observed that Postum Cereal is the most soluble and Golden Grain the least soluble of the samples analyzed. The directions for preparation are quite different but in each case the coffee substitute is measured by spoonfuls and the water by cups. Measuring the material by rounded spoonfuls and assuming a cup to hold 180 cubic centi- 8 106 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 1900. meters (about 5 cups to a quart) gives the figures in the follow- ing table: AMOUNT OF INFUSION YIELDED BY ONE POUND OF THE COFFEE SUB- STITUTE WHEN PREPARED AS DIRECTED. ‘a ° _ o_ ‘ ~~ ze Coffee Substitute. B z oe me = Ee po) o = 26 as = = =B Ha — 7 OT 617 Postiamyl Cereal esmreeiscisleiercieisleioe ctelereieleler waietete eicieiteleisieinicie 10.31 10.9 57 6180 CarameliC reals ctererstertoiseieiintcteinalieinciseresnicnteenecinicnter 11.34 12.0 63 6181 GOVMEMIG TAIN closers toicic siwlale a lelovsleloiovee cinintalvicisiesisisel ten te 15.12 16.0 §3 6182 Old Grast Mal Off ern aaccnrersltieer tere atereisioeesersterceiate 32.40 34.1 180 6153 Wiheat- shred iDrinke-r- cscs cists caleiensis cincie oe lslnicisistolateine 5.89 6.2 33 6288 Girraim=ON sealers cles clatecs sleieiaeleisiereve oniaetemtatersieieinionteteteloiontoine 6.48 6.9 36 6289 Dr. Johnson’s Cereal Coffec.......scece cecccceccecee 4.54 4.8 25 6290 IM O= KO ere civaccictieislestelecieeisisielslaisiseielceieleln cleleicicielestevsleiele ete 3.63 3.8 20- The directions for preparation have no relation to their differ- ent solubilities, so it does not follow that the least soluble mate- rial makes the thinnest drink. For example, Caramel Cereal is less soluble than Old Grist Mill Coffee but when prepared in accordance with directions, the infusion of the former contains more than twice as much solids as that of the latter. Skimmed milk is generally considered a pretty thin beverage but as seen from the following table it contains from three to: twenty times as much solids as these so-called nutritious drinks. Wheat-Shred Drink is perhaps a fair illustration of these goods. The label claims it to be “nutritive in the highest degree” and yet one would have to drink four and one-half gallons of the infusion to get the amount of protein furnished by one quart of skimmed milk. A teacup full (1-5 of a quart) of the decoction ot Postum Cereal, which it is claimed “nourishes, strengthens. and vitalizes’’ contains about 1-7 of an ounce of solids (dry matter) and about 1-100 of an ounce of protein (nitrogenous matter). While it would take nearly 1-4 of a cup of skimmed milk to furnish this weight of solids, the protein of a cup of Postum Cereal is contained in a dessert spoonful of skimmed milk. COFFEE SUBSTITUTES. 107 As stated above, the present paper has nothing to do with the hygienic question of hot or cold drinks. Viewed from the nutritive standpoint alone the following table shows that these coffee substitutes, like coffee itself, depend more for their food value upon the cream and sugar used than upon their own soluble constituents. NUTRIENTS FOUND IN SKIMMED-MILK COMPARED WITH THOSE FOUND IN COFFEE SUBSTITUTE INFUSIONS PREPARED ACCORDING TO PRINTED DIRECTIONS. Db ~ One 0 eu aS val BO s | Sa oe acl || 2S Ze : AZ =) a re, 5s 4 % % % % % Skimmed milk............ oo00dc0000e0e| Baa) 3.50 -30 5.15 -50 6179 Postum Cereal..........e.00 steleitctalstereretet 2.25 -14 1.97 14 6180 CaranvreliCeneallrercteretsclereisiencisterelelelsvele reverie coil 4 -08 -95 oalil 6181 GoldeneGaraiaereretascretatersrerstelencieelereistersteverae -67 15 -40 12 6182 Old Grist Mill Coffee......... cislelcieve se -50 -08 -38 04 6183 Wheat-Shred Drink ....... ...ceeeee0e-| 3-00 19 2.66 15 6288 (EME NIIEO) caqgqq0 ndKKnODe alsteletalrerstele op o0000'|| lors} oh l7/ 2.98 13 6289 | Dr. Johnson’s Cereal Coffee...........| 2-63 .38 3.13 silyl 6290 Mo-Ko ..... Scan SG000090006 misisielelsielsioteleiela) | COCOU -18 3.14 -19 108 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. IQgoo. oa NUT Ole s: L. H. MERRILL. In the summer of 1899 seventeen kinds of nuts were analyzed at this Station. The results of these analyses, tegether with a discussion of nuts as foods, were published in Bulletin 54. In those cases: where the material at hand allowed, a sufficient amount of oil was obtained to permit a determination of the fuel value and a few other constants. Since several nut oils have already found an extended use, a contribution to the knowledge of those less known may prove of interest. The nut kernels were finely ground and the dried material extracted with anhydrous ethyl ether. The solvent was removed by heating the solution upon the steam bath for one hour, or until the smell of ether had entirely disappeared, when the hot oil was filtered into bottles. Several objections to this met1od of extraction suggest them- selves, chief among which may be mentioned: (a) A possible failure to entirely remove the ether; (b) The oxidation of the oils in the final heating; (c) The presence of ether-soluble for- eign matters which were present in the nuts and passed through into the oils. Some of these dangers might have been avoided by using pressure instead of a solvent. But the use of pressure intro- duces another difficulty. Each of these oils consists of a mix- ture of from three to six or even more ethereal salts of widely varying fluidity. For this reason extraction by pressure must inevitably result in a partial separation of the oils, the less fluid remaining behind. The pressure method was employed in but one case, that of the cocoanut. It is interesting to note that in this particular instance the resulting oil (6227) differed but slightly from that obtained by ether from the same nut (6228). If a solvent be used, ether seems as little objectionable as any, since it is more readily removed from the extract than petroleum ether, and the second danger mentioned, that of oxidation, is materially reduced. As regards the third objection, the extrac- tion of matters not oils, it should be said that so far as known 2 —~-- NUT OILS. 109 there is no practicable method of extraction which would yield a mixture of pure fats. Petroleum ether undoubtedly yields an extract freer from impurities than ethyl ether, but its higher boiling point would render it more difficult to remove. Some of these nut oils are very complex compounds. Cocoa- nut oil contains large proportions of trimyristin and trilaurin, smaller quantities of tripalmitin and triolein, and also the glyce- rides of the volatile caproic, caprylic and capric acids.* The walnut contains myristic and lauric acids, together with oleic, linolic, linolenic and isolinolenic acids.f Among the bodies not fats which frequently occurs are the lecithins, cholesterin and chlorophyl. Of the oils here reported, those from the cocoanut and pistachio present the most marked peculiarities. Above 24° C. the former is perfectly colorless and clear as water. At the ordinary room temperature it hardens to an opaque white solid. The pistachio oil is a dark yellowish green, perhaps through the presence of chlorophyl. All the other oils are fluids at ordinary temperatures and to the casual observer present few points of difference, except as regards color, which varies from light straw to deep amber. For the most part they are without pronounced odor, though several readily suggest the nuts from which they were derived. The instrument used in determining the refractive index was that of the Societé Genevoise, furnished for the purpose by Prof. Stevens of the department of physics of the University. The instrument permits very accurate measurements. Although from four to six readings were taken for each oil, the variations were for the most part confined to the fifth decimal, here omitted. The temperature selected was that of the room at the time the work was begun. The specific gravity was determined by a carefully calibrated pyknometer, the standard chosen being dis- tilled water at the same temperature, 24° C. The combustions were made in a bomb calorimeter of the Atwater model, made by O. S. Blakeslee of Middletown, Conn. Even with the usual pressure of oxygen, twenty atmospheres, it was found impos- sible to ignite the oil directly. After several unsuccessful * Lewkowitsch, Oils, Fats and Waxes, p. 538. t Ibid, p. 350. IIO MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. I9QOO. attempts of this kind, weighed filter blocks were used to absorb the oil. By previous experiments the fuel value of these blocks was found to be 4.130 calories per gram. For the iodine absorp- tion number, Hubl’s method,* as adopted by the Association of Official Agricultural Chemists, was employed. The great capacity of some of the oils for iodine made necessary the addi- tion of large quantities of the iodine solution, as in the case of the walnut oil, where 7occ were used. This fact is important since the method is an arbitrary one, the amount of the ahsorp- tion being to some extent affected by the excess of iodine present. The results are not, therefore, so strictly comparable as in the case of butters, where the absorption varies so little that a constant amount of iodine can be used. So far as the writer is aware no study has been made of the changes which these oils undergo through rancidity. They are so susceptible to such changes that the age of the nut must toa considerable extent affect the physical and chemical properties of the oils. ‘The work here reported was done during the sum- mer months and the nuts must therefore have been nearly a year old. As regards the changes which oils may undergo by heating, attention may be called to the oils from the raw and roasted peanuts (6225 and 6226). Although the roasting was carried farther than usual, resulting in a decided darkening of the oil, the constants so far as determined were practically the same. It is probable that the drying oils, containing considerable amounts of linolic, linolenic and isolinolenic acids, would have undergone appreciable oxidation under the same conditions. The refractive index, the specific gravity, the idoine absorp- tion number, and the calories per gram of the different nut oils here reported are given in the table on the following page. * Wilcy’s Agricultural Analyses, vol. III, page 364. NUT OILS. CONSTANTS OF NUT OILS. LUE £2 Kind of Nuts. che ae obs =e ce az | 2s Sam | as 4s oe MD 50 Sr Om ‘6216 Beechnuts, Fagus Americana ........| 1.4715 -9124 97.31 9.511 6217 Brazil nut, Bertholletia excelsa...... 1.4699 -9156 90.59 9.426 6218 Butternut, Juglans CUNETER..ccccccere 1.4786 +9255 129.09 9.417 6219 Filbert, Corylus......ccccsccsecssve 505 1.4686 -9158 82.74 9.510 6220 Hickory, Hicoria 0vata .....seeeceeees 1.4696 9164 102.79 9.450 6221 | Pecan, Hicoria pecan.......s0.0++++--| 1.4708 -9158 99.47 | 9.497 6222 Pistachio, Pistachia verd....ccccoces- 1.4687 9134 §3.82 9.412 6223 Pine nut, Pinus edulis.....scecccseoee 1.4659 -9174 105.80 9.448 6224 Walnut, Juglans regid........eecee00-| 1.477 -9224 138.84 9.438 6225 Peanut, raw, Arachis hypogea...... 1.4701 -9136 92.51 9.750 6226 Peanut roasted......... .eesceeerene 1.4697 9142 92.37 9.577 6227 Cocoanut, a, Cocos nucifera .....c020+ 1.4550 -9228 6.17 9.027 6228 Cocoanut, 6 ............-.c06- ecccccce- 1.4553 -9223 6.27 9.066 ESTAZAl Mn Ut) Oo eA era ans ceeeee Sec oat or [eae ect 9182 106.20 COCOAMUT A lerorerercrereralelel fears ialeicteteietsielererers 1.4410 | .8736-.925 8.0-9.5 Peanut, €........... BOODOOOUOOO OOOO OOE 1.4540 -911-.922 |85.6-1905. Walnut, f....... elelsiclolclelelslclelsloisinie-sic/e\s\eie 1.480 -925-.928 | 143.-151.7 a Extracted by ether. Extracted by pressure alone. ¢ Lewkowitsch. Oils, Fats and Waxes, p. 396. d Ibid., p. 539. eIbid., p. 443. f Ibid., p. 351. II2 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 1900. TESTING GRASS SEED. Cuas. D. Woops. The Legislature of 1897 entcted a law entitled “An Act to regulate the sale of agricultural seeds.” This act makes it the duty of the Director of the Station to prescribe the methods to be used in examining seeds, and to “publish equitable standards of purity together with such other information concerning agricul- tural seeds as may be of public benefit.” The standards and methods of analysis were published as Bulletin 36 of this Station, copies of which can still be had on application. Since the enactment of the seed law in Maine quite a number of samples (chiefly grass seeds) have been received by the Sta- tion for examination. Five grams of all the seeds submitted (excepting redtop of which only two grams were inspected) were examined. ‘The inert matter and foreign seeds were sepa- rated by hand and then the foreign seeds classified into harmful and noxious. ‘The inert matter and foreign seeds were weighed and the per cent calculated. The weed seeds were usually counted so as to give the number in a pound and the names of the weeds determined by comparison with sets of named seeds. The samples of seeds received in 1898 were reported on pages 60-62 of the Report of the Station for that year. The samples examined in 1899 are here reported. The inert matter consisted of sand, fragments of stems and leaves, chaff, whole insects, fragments of insects and insect excreta. The harmless foreign seed consisted mostly of redtop and clover in timothy, timothy, red top and clover in alsike and timothy and clover in redtop. Most of the samples examined came from outside the State and were purchased to sell as seed. The kinds and amount of weed seeds found in the samples examined leads to the belief that seed for planting is not the only source of weeds in the State. A good many of the weed seeds found in the samples would not grow. An examination of whole grain brought in by the car-load and distributed in the State shows that it frequently carries many weed seeds. Inter- TESTING GRASS SEED. 113 state and State commerce where packing material is used are also important sources of weeds. It will be noticed from the appended tables that the per cent of purity of seeds was for the most part high and that a large number of samples contained no.weed seeds or only those that were not pernicious. It is impossible to get a correct idea of the average per cent of purity of seed sold in the State from samples sent for examina- tion, as one sample may represent only a few bags and another a car-load. A statement of the per cent of purity of a seed gives but little idea of its nature, as the impurities may be large and consist of harmless seeds or indifferent weeds, while one show- ing a low per cent of impurities may contain the vilest weed seeds. The tables showing the results of the analyses of samples of seeds follow. TABLE SHOWING THE RESULTS OF SEED ANALYSES INCLUDING PER. CENTAGES OF PURITY, TOTAL IMPURITIES, INERT MATTER, FOREIGN AND WEED SEEDS. nN 2 ie HE Le 2 w ey 19 lle 12) =) + = 2 re) | S J SEE ee alee) ye tee) Ge 1 Sie Be ai Salen ° H Solo ere | eee SOIPS|2m) H H 5) RES || Ee oy Common Name. |#<|S&2|SS/a5 Bs 2 S D5 || Be 25 ae !o | 3 ¢ D om m z pelsel(Salse| ee |e2|/S2)22/22/ 92/4 | 2. Ssleclemtle.,| 22) o8)/S5 | of) oe) Se | Sai $e Se(Sel(Sales! of S| as | 546 SN Psy || LN Se BS\SRIS2/80) ma] Fa) On| ee | FR] OF] WS] uo8 Syleg=|25l2° me Cu rn oe Ou Po og os Zd|Nn\naulee| Foleo | : Shepherd’s Purse..... Capsella bursa-pas- WIS), eaccdonscoouccece Bi, @ i ll6ndelloocalibes - sooallocac Wild Peppergrass ....|Lepidium virginicum.,....| 5| 9] 1] 1 |....|.... So0a|loo0c Chickweed ............ Stellaria media........|. soalloce logo |} IL Ils soalloscel|o ac Evening Primrose....}@nothera biennis..... pocal| Jl || iG |lscscllocac coesl|scodllone lece Five-Finger — Cinque MOM eects ee-.---|F Otentilla monspelien- SiS...... sooscsececcoues ° WHI | 2 leoo Soscallscse < se Cone Flower—Yellow IDES EN fagpnocoo paoacean Rudbeckia hirta....... sooo) IL || PEE BB le Sadalloos 1 MayoWieedl---n-cesce nes Anthemis cotula....... Wi BW Th a ece 1 Sallecoc Roman Wormwood...|Ambrosia artemesiz- HONEY od qacacdodocécoses It lssca|loaca|loace DL |icierwi-| «ini Blue Verbena........|Verbena hastata.......| ---|----| 16] 2 |. 1| 2 |....|.-.- Catnip ................|Nepeta-cataria......... 3000!) IL |locadllbadalleaos|loaacileace Ohalloons HealvAll 2. cocee -#-/ Brunella Vulearts, »--<- ® \Isccalloza. \locss|[et0 |leoodllesee podd||ooc Dooryard Plantain . -|Plantago major........ Hl) Qi) 3) jl. caclloocclleccsliocos oogallocs Rugel’s Plantain..... Plantago rugellii...... 15; 4] 17 S0cllo il |) G0e)loac English Plantain ..... Plantago lanceolata...| 11 | 1 | 2 |.-.-|..--[eees/eoeeleceeloeee Awned Plantain ...... Plantago aristata ..... @ |iscoc|| IU |josoc : so|lo soc Prostrate Pigweed ...;Amaranthus flitoides.| 2 socolloassllocoa|te : Sos||ooo Rough Pigweed..... .|Amaranthus_ retro- HOUSE ecocseee 50 3) Bll 83 liscos|loosal[oqce 2/. cle Goosefoot .............;| Chenopodium album..| 7| 7 | 23 |....|. no ile A006 Sorvel@eserccceer ceases Rumex acetosella..... 12) 14) 5] 4 |....|.. socliccoc!| Pennsylvania Smart- WEES se5S556500e~ ---.-/Polygonum Pennsyl- TELCO GoGcn06 soses Tosi 5 Lady’s Thumb ........ Polygonum persica- P 4 Black Bindweed...... Polygoniin conyolyu- - WS ee isjcmisicicee siecle sac00 || 2b lleose Yellow Foxtail........ Setaria glauca.........| 20 | 4 |.... Green Foxtail........ |Setaria viridis .... Ag jj dL ya Willow Leaved Dock.|/Rumex salicifolia || 83 lloogd Curled Dock.......... Rumex Crispus ........ |... |-«: 1 Tall Buttercup........ Ranunculus acris......}.---|.00+|+--- @atehtlyse-aaescaeeeoes Sileneg-ccseeneeseterrce soe} 2b lesac Common Chickweed . Stellaria media........} 1} 3]... Clustered Dock .......;Rumexconglomeratus| 1] 1 Sprouting Crab-grass./Panicum proliferum grecizan ....... scccod) Ik |'o ee sal|cocallo WiGoos||6 Tumble-weed .........; AMALraNthus -..ccocsese|-oe-|- cogollocoolleooollooacllocce 20 |loo0e POTATO POMACE. 115 POTATO POMACE. J. M. Bartrerr. Potato pomace is the residue which is left in the manufacture of starch from potatoes. This material contains nearly all the fiber, protein, fat and a large part of the starch found in the fresh potato. As it comes from the factory it is necessarily incorporated with a large amount of water through the method of manufac- ture. The process in general use in this country and Europe is briefly stated as follows: The tubers after being thoroughly cleansed of all dirt are placed in iron grinding cylinders with saw teeth which lacerate the cells, setting the starch granules free. The ground mass is then washed with cold water on sieves placed over tanks, the starch granules passing through and settling out in the bottom of the tank while the pulp passes off with another portion of the wash water. As this pulp residue all goes to waste in this country the process is necessarily a wasteful one, and manufac- turers have been giving some thought to devising a method of recovering it. The chief obstacle to its use in the fresh condi- tion is the large amount of water it contains. If some method could be devised for cheaply removing the larger part of the water, the dry matter would have considerable value as a feed- ing stuff. Of course, the material could be fed with 80 to 90 per cent of water present, but in this condition it would keep but a short time, and as the period for manufacturing starch extends over but a few weeks of the year it would be available for only a very limited time for food; dried, however, it would keep any length of time. In Europe the potato and beet residues from the manufacture of alcohol are quite extensively used as feeds in the wet condi- tion, 80 to 125 pounds being fed to cattle daily per head. This material probably does not vary greatly in composition from the starch factory residue, but the manufacturing is conducted on 116. MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. I9OO. a small scale, usually by the farmers themselves, and extends over quite a long period so this pomace can be conveniently fed out in the wet state. Two samples of potato pomace have been sent to the Experi- ment Station for analysis to determine their value. One was from a New Sweden factory and the-other from Houlton. The results of the analysis are given in the following tables: TOTAL FEED NUTRIENTS IN POTATO POMACE. FRESH MATERIAL. WATER-FREE. - [sips ee S E Sepia 3 SO Bes a Tile Btih) Seale = a 2 2 as ~ = iS 2 Zs = nD ~ = Ss 3 nN = = b --% Seg a WE BS AN OLN vstatctatatarere 2444|Cleveland Superphosphate............. SonbEEboOdGodn |soresley eles aqgaqs E. FRANK COE CO., NEW YORK, ONG aE 2445|E. Frank Coe’s Celebrated Special Grass and Grain Fertilizer,| Bangor ..ccccoce 2446/E. Frank Coe’s Columbian Corn Fertilizer ........ece. soeeeeoee-|POrtiand.. 2447|E. Frank Coe’s Columbian Potato Fertilizer .................--- | BANQOY ».ccceece a Sy FERTILIZER INSPECTION. 121 ANALYSES OF STATION SAMPLES, 1900. Station number. NITROGEN. PHOSPHORIC ACID. POTASH. Total. Available. Total. & |e a |¢ : © a) ie d & 2) Belin - | 2 ) = Ae jee | te |e 5 = RW ~s | = a la (ab) a) < = = L = S = (=| pels =| x ie los eae a |e enll ee ure se dee lee onli ee les en ere |i ae |e | py | cS D er = ea extn || eee fe a) % | % | % |% || %.| 6 | % | % | % | m | % | % | % 1.32) 2.08) &.40) 3.00 Jee ence) Be 22 Soll 822) SeO00l Beos| 4-00) veld) 38200 1.10) 2.70) {8.80} 4.47,|....-. 3.41 65| 3.41] 3.00] 4.06) 4.2S|| t1 30] 2.00 1.14) 2.54) {3.68 4.00 | onoo0d 3.65 53 3.65) 3-00 4.18) 4.00 | 7-89} 1.00 1] | | .43| 1.20| 1.63} 1.60] 4.19 4.13) 1.90] 8.32| 7.00] 10.22] 9.00|| 9.49] 2.00 2.41 78| 3-19) 3-00)| 5.70; 2-10) 2.17) 7.80) 7-00) 9.97) 9-00)) 7.58) 7.00 -54) 1.12) 1-66) 1.50:| 6.15) 3.09) 2.45) 9.74; 8.00) 12.19; 10.00/| 2.26) 2.00 | | } =/E))” DEG sAl Mall S204 be ouae ly meaellemaeer | tacco: [Pesca 24.10| 24.00/|..-... ae 1.18} 1.08] 2.26] 2.25)) 4.94) 8.96) 2.58] ¢S-90) 9.00) 11.48] 12.00|| 2.30) 2.00 lie) -66 -8l 75.) 1.14) 6.58) 2.71) 7.72) 6.00] 10.43] 8-00!) 2.57) 2.00 | | | 85] 1.66) 2.51] 2.25)! 6.70, 2.92) 2.90) 9.62) 8.0] 12.52) 10.00 | 4.58] 4.00 BO Toe) IS ow Ueki) 7.24; 3.24) 2.12) 10.48) 8.00) 12.60) 10.00 2.34) 2.00 24 68 OZ 75)| 5.14) 3.92) 1.80) 9 06 | 7-00} 10.86) 10.00)| 6.15) 6.00 51] 1.34) 1.85) 1-50)} 1.85! 4.80] 5.60) 6.65) 6.00 12.25] 12.00|} 2.51) 2.00 22 62 S4 75 3-60} 5.22) 1.66) 8.82) 8.00) 10.48) 10.00 3-28) 3.00 24 a2 96 75|| 5.83) 3.86] 2.39) 9.69} 9.00) 12.08} 11-00|| 2.05) 2.00 | 1 20] 62) 82] .75]| 2.57] 4.41] 3.40] 6.98] 6.00] 10.38} 8.00]| 10.44] 10.00 -16 68) .S4 -75|| 5.26) 5.03) 2-04) 10.29) 6.00) 12.33) 9.00)) 1.35] ~ 1.00 Wass) Wee BO) BOW | 7.46) 2.43! 1.22) 9.89) 8.00) 11.11] 10.00}} 7.07) 6.00 -20) 2-00) 2.20; 2.00 3.29) 3.87! 4.12) 7.16) 6.00) 11.28) 8.00|| 11.59] 6.00 1.20) 1.64] 72.84) 3.25 4.72) 2.44) 1.49) 7.16) 6.00) 8.65] 7.00)| 79.92) 10.00 1.36] 2-00} 3.36) 3.25)! 5.41) 2.45) 1.27) 7.86) 6.00) 9.13) 7.00|) 10.23) 10.00 -73| 1.32) 72.05] 2.50)] 8.47) 4.54) 2.69) S.01) 6.00) 10.70} 10.00|| 10.22] 10.00 1.71} 1.28) t2.99} 8.30)| 5.41) 3.44) 1.50) 8-85} 8.00) 10.55} 9.00|| 7.10) 7.00 1.54) 1-58) 13.12] 3.30 5.29! 3.26) 1.80! 38.55) 8.00! 10.35) 9.00)! 7.71] 7.00 -94| 1.15) 2.08! 2.06|| 5.70) 3.45) 2.31) 9.15) §.00) 11.46) 10.00)| 1.89) 1.50 | -52) 1.78) 2.30) 2.06]| 6.13) 3.54) 2.34) 9.67) 8.00) 12-01] 10.00|}) 2.02) 1.50 .22 -95) 1.20) 1.03}| 5.63) 2-55) 1.77) 8.18) 8-00} 9.95) 9.00)| 2.25) 2.00 Ol; 1.14) 1.15: -82|| 3.22] 5.09 Dee 8.31] 7.00] 10.00) 8.005) 1.35) 1.08 72) 1.36] 2.08) 2.06|| 6.44] 2.71] 1.54) 9.15] 8.00] 10.69) 10.00 | 3.17) 3.00 7| 1.15) 2.12) 2.06]| 5.94; 2.71) 1.97) 8.65) 8.00} 10.62) 10 00)! 3.18) 3.00 -91) 1.60) 2.51) 2.50)| 4.36) 2.12) 2.16) 6.48) 6.00 8.64) 5.00} 5.58 5.00 -95| 1.56) 2-51) 2.50}| 6.73) 2.99) 2 10) 9.72} 9.00) 11.82) 11.00)) 2.32) 2.00 | 1.44) 1.06) 2.50) 2.47!) 6.09) 3.01 -99) 9.10) 9.00) 11.09 10.00 2.38 2.00 -61| 1.56] 2.17) 2.06]| 5.36) 4.29) 2.43) 9.65) 8.00} 12.08 00|| 2.08) 1.50 mill -86] 1.13) 1.03)| 5.55) 3.55) 1.75) 9.10) 8.00} 10.85) 10.00 2.47) 2.00 -43 £6] 1.29 -82/| 4.22) 4.86] 2.37) 9.08] 7.00) 11.45) 9.00} 1.80) 1.00 oBy 88) 1.20) 1.03)) 4.78) 3.71) 2.89) 8.49] 8.00] 13.38) 9.00)| 2.16) 2.00 -41 -74| 1.15) 1.03)| 5.538) 3.84) 1.28) 9.37) 8§-.00) 10-65} 9.00)| 2 29 2.00 1.06} 1.18) 2.24) 2.05!) 5.66) 2.86} 2.00) 8.52) 8.00] 10.52) 10.00} 3.29) 3.00 +30 -88) 1.23) 1.03)! 4.88) 3.77) 1.66) §&.65) 8.00) 10.81) 9.00) 2.29, 2.00 “97 1.10) 2.07) 2.03)} 6.20) 2.48) 2.30) 8.68) 8.00) 10.95) 9.00} 1.87, 1.58 44 -64| 1.08 -80/| 7.06) 2.90) 2 44, 9.96) 8.50 12.40, 10.00}} 2.08) 1.25 71 48) 71.19) 1.20)) 5.40) 3.66) 3.29) 9.06) 8.50) 12.35) 9.50 2.50) 2.50 72 -70| 1.42) 1.20'| 5.80} 3.44) 2.51) 9.24) 8$.50) 11.75 10.00) *2.S31) 2.50 | | | | * Potash largely sulphate. 9 tBelow guarantee. am MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 1900. DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF STATION SAMPLES, 1900. Station number. 2448 2549 2449 2450 2451 2452 2453 2454 2455 2550 2456 2457 2458 2459 2460 2551) 2461 2462) 2552 2463) 2464 2465 2466 2467 2468) 2469) 2476 2471 2472 2553 2480 2481 2482 2554 2483 2484 2473 2474 2475 2476 2477 2478 2479 Manufacturer, place of business and brand. Sampled at E. Frank Coe’s Excelsior Potato Fertilizer....... .. SoogEduoaae Portland ....... E. Frank Coe’s Excelsior Potato Fertilizer ..................- Bangor ....... oe E.Frank Coe’s High Grade Ammoniated Bone Superphosphate}Portland ....... E. Frank Coe’s High Grade Potato Fertilizer . ................ Baneorkecee res E. Frank Coe’s New Englander Corn Fertilizer..........-...... ponte le ano do E. Frank Coe’s New Englander Potato Fertilizer. ............. Bangor ......006 E. Frank Coe’s Prize Brand Grain and Grass Fertilizer....... Portlandeere er E. Frank Coe’s Red Brand Excelsior Guano...............2+-+: Portland ....... E. Frank Coe’s Special Potato Fertilizer ............-..0.2es00-- IBansOreeneencene E. Frank Coe’s Special Potato Fertilizer ...-...........---.-..- Portland ..... oe. E. Frank Coe’s Standard Grade Am’d Bone Super panos pate Bangor CROCKER FERT. & CHEM.CO., BUFFALO, N. Crocker’s Aimoniated Corn P hosphate Relay overe ele veteteve ic iecieststeisieiele Belfast ........ Crockews GrassmndeOats Merville v-telanisen cto tyseieteists)/-terelerars Bangor ........ 4 Crocker’s New Rival Ammmoniated Superphosphate............ Belfast ....... 0 Crocker’s Potato, Hop and Tobacco Phosphate............s.+- Bangor. ..... oe Crocker’s Potato, Hop and Tobacco Phosphate. ....... ......-. Belfast ..... 6000 (CirOOl KOE Supemoe MEM OUNAD Pacsongo0nades _cconaonanoe axc9090000 Bangor ........ : CUMBERLAND BONE PHOS. CO., PORTLAND, ME. Cumberland Potato Fertilizer.......... dodbadbocanAJooDonasosoneD Portland ....... Cumberlandee oratoshentiliZ era aneeer reer ener rerctertertsrtscatcts ANgOr...... 500 Cumberland Seeding Down Manure ..............-ccs0+ --ssce-- Ban@oreueeeeece CumibenlangdieSuperpros plate nmereres sere etree stsit Bangor sere L. B. DARLING FERTILIZER CO., PAWTUCKET, BR. I. Davline7s Blood bonemndeeotashpere rere rience triers Houlton ....... 5 HENRY ELWELL & CO., NEW YORK, N. Y. I AUPS WexOGisior |PORIO CUENNO>s.0sc¢6nosnnnq00cnoaKseSs doDRGoan Presque Isle... GREAT EASTERN FERTILIZER CO., RUTLAND, VT. Great Eastern Dissolved Bone.........0. nobbdansbdoebhoocusboo0ee Bangor ......... Great Hastern General Fertilizer. ....-.....0...-.-ss0e Sitnie sities Ban SOLE steers Great Eastern Grass and Oats Fertilizer. ....-.....000. esesceee- IB elitalstaeneeeeeer Great Eastern High Grade Potato Manure .........-........-.-. Carilboue-recerte Great Eastern Northern Corn Soe -caonocsac 900 s000000n Conse JMET o ooooande (Gunes BEI IPO KO IMI MUURE Soo¢nebscannoponocoaraooededenoodcao Bangor cence seee (Cavenhe WEISER OTE MIEVOUIR® so oconconnssabonndansose ms anoueNe Belfast ......... LISTER’S AGRICUL. CHEM. WORKS, NEWARK, N. J. Lister’s High Grade Special for Spring Crops Bpcuccouoanacondsan JeoptMleyaVGl 6 ooacce Lister’s Seeding Down Fertilizer ...... ae cieeebincea eae atclain etetotsiaye Portland ....... Lister’s Special Potato Fertilizer.......... dnosDD000G0G00R9e00N050 Bangor ......... ListewsiSpecialeZotaAtopHentilt7 ei eeretsteitelsiecdecietteriterielcmctistecit Portland . Lister’s Success Fertilizer .......... BOS 8000000000 posedonoDd b0000 Bangor ........- DVIS! LU, Sie SOSH ONOSIONENIC. ap coonpseo0s aosoncneeo aeeca0dc0 5000 || BXMMEKOP onogooacn LOWELL FERTILIZER CO., BOSTON, MASS. Swift’s Lowell Animal Fertilizer.......... ....s+.00+8 oon o0n00000 Bangor ......... Swarts WwowellBone) Hextilizerceceecee ser nisceses cect cre ......|Portland ..,..- . Swift’s Lowell Dissolved Bone and Potash noooeOoMONDUODS coospo| | BENOEOI? Sq500 920 Swift’s Lowell Fruit and Vine Fertilizer Portland ...... Swift’s Lowell Ground Bone........ aledions Bangor. .....+.. Swift’s Lowell Potato Manure ...............00. Portland ..... . Swift’s Lowell Potato Phosphate ........--....0..-.0-- BO Sait Portland .«...e5- } | : ANALYSES OF STATION SAMPLES, 1900. FERTILIZER INSPECTION. Station Number. Soluble in witer. ed as) NITROGEN. c & o Perales =>/| é S28 sie x Jo_| To 1.54) 3.11 1.02] 2.50 1.00} 1.97 1.14) 2.46 46| 96 64| 2.15 196} 1.03 90) +1.98 1.14] $1.81 98| 1.00 .78| +1.91 1.12] 2.94 1.24] 1.94 2.14] 2.14 1.12} *3.95 .961 2.12 1.20) 71.94 .92| $2.00 1.08} 1.88 Seles! -82| 1.69 1.20) 1.84 .86| 1.44 1.30] 1.42 1.12} 2.64 .96| 1.75 1.68] 1.88 1.46] [3.19 1.56] 2.04 ead} tets2 1.26] 2.54 Total. Soluble. Reverted. bo EO =o om or Le aS) SRE) lorslor) lororser) > 1 nme wor Corr Oo Go bo bor bo bo _ BR PR FOTSR Warn aan f t & i) rm wR - co BHO Se et DO oO Gkw Wor BHM OISwW anaw Ww WwW Pwr woo hoe bo 0 woo PHOSPHORIC Available. ACID. Insoluble. Found. mS 2A, 2.20 40) 2.50) 8.04 82} 1.80] +8.68 24) 2.13) 7.99 60} 3.07] 8.44 10} 1.61) 9.07 60) 3.35/10.36 15) 1.93) 78.56 Ss} 2.17) 8.69 7} 1.97) 8.59 93) 2.70) 9.89 27) 1.55) 9.05 38] 1.38/710.29 7| 2.24| 9.64 1.72] 9.08 yi) Bale) tsacsys) 82} 2.01) 7.75 56} 1.68) 8.74 12) 2284)" (921 84) 1.62) 8.69 20) 2.33) 9.05 58} 1.39) 8 17 79 -30| 6.13 67 93!713.15 3) 2.63) 8.91 63) 1.81/10.17 28) 2.12) 6.98 -98} 1.86) 9.04 -O1| L95|| 8.8] 1} 2.38) §.3s8 2) 3-11) +§.46 Of) Led)! yo! | 3-23) §.44 60} 3-18] 9.45 30} 1.93) 9.89 72) 3.04) 7.75 09} 1.86) 9.64 71) 2.87) §.07 40) 193] 9.4] 4-141 — mo Mos — new Dnn -I NARnnDD od oO (ooo ole oon) [eh SEs rT ps iomo 2) aon co CD 2 -00) S IS 3.00) 11.37 | * Potash largely sulphate. + Below guarantee. Guaranteed. Found. Found. mone ATR wun + * ow De te bo bo . bobo br roe aes mt 09 OO SE tieo ro 09 OO = boro oO OF rm hoo 09 oa “1 = DM D-II i bo bo 09 =) Ook Oo Tod Sate Nte sigalie Own ay =a Mrewo oro iy Liles) 1 o¥=) bo Oo a So bo Rwnr -- 124 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. I9OO. DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF STATION SAMPLES, 1900. Manufacturer, place of business and brand. | Sampled at Station number. NATIONAL FERTILIZER CO., BRIDGEPORT, CONN. 2485 Chittenden’s Ammoniated Bone F Phosphate wicscet cas = memeetee Presque Isle.... 2456 Chittenden?s Coniplete Mertuizer. | Gites. poseseseees eee ee Fort Fuirfield.. 2487 Chittenden’s Market Garden Fertilizer .. —...... Presque Isle.... NEW ENGLAND FERTILIZER CoO., ‘BOSTON, MASS. 2488 New England Corn Phosphate ..... SA ILO ESATA AC AES ROR Cac OBE Bane or. aeseee 2459 New England VPotatorbertilizenrcg essence eee ee Portland ....... 23553) New England Botatorbertilizernsea soso eee eee eee eee Ban@or . 22522. 3 Se OTIS, HALLOWELL, MAINE. PADD OLISIROLALOs BER SGIIZ Gr oases eo oak Eee eiete ate alee eeu eee Houlton! 2222225. Ul Otis Scedins, Down Mertilizere cose scay (ae peecceaen ee ceeniaeee Skowhegan .... 2492) OLS Superphosphnate eee ccp eee = ce ecank ple se eee eee eee North Deering. PACIFIC GUANO CO., BOSTON, MASS. 2493, Pacific Guano Co.’s Grass und Grain Fer tilizZenc ee eee Bangor. 2-o.ee 2494 Pacific Guano Co.’s Nobsqnue: Guano! 22h se assess esceeeeeee Portland<--.->- 2495| Pacific Guano Co.’s Potato Special. — _..... 2... SR crs Meee Banvor. 2496 Pacific Guano Co.’s Soluble Pacific Guano —_.... ..... Portland . ..... PACKERS’ UNION FERTILIZER CO., NEW YORKE,N. Y. 24971 Packers’ Union Animal Corn Fertilizer...............cccccccece- Eddingtou..... - 249s) Packers’ Union Economical Vegetable Guano ......... ....... Eddington...... 2499 Packers’ Union High Grade Potato Munure............. .cseeee- Eddington ..... 2500} Packers’ Union Universal Fertilizer. ............ 222-2020 secee- Eddington...... 9555) Packers’ Union Universal Fertilizer. ........ccce5 cccnees occe- Bangor: = -oces 2501, vackers’ Union Wheat, Oats and Clover Fertilizer............. Eddington ..... PARMENTER & POLSEY FER. UCO., PEABODY, MASS. 2502 Parmenter & Polsey Fertilizer Co.’s Special Potato Fertilizer Presque Isle... 2503 Plymouth Rock Brain ies o eases ae eee. oan eh eaten ae Caribou. ...-.-- 9504)P. and P. Potato Fertilizer ......... ..........- saoceosca COSsed= Presque Isle... 2505) Siar Brand: SupeLtpnospnatem: eee nes ce sca oe roe a ereeeerl | Augusta aaenooaS EDWIN J. PHILBRICK, AUGUSTA, MAINE. 6 PhilbrreksSiPeGrtllizer a eee eee ee eet || Nugustaye eee - PORTLAND RENDERING CO., PORTLAND, MAINE. 07|Portland Rendering Co.’s Bone Tankage SOA NEEE Ronpaaa on eect East Deering... PROVINCI Nhs CHEM. FER. CO., L’ td, ST. JOHN, N. B. 290s Provincial Chemical Fertilizer Co.’s Potato Phosphate........ |Presque Isle ..- THE QUINNIPIAC CO., BOSTON, MASS. 3 2509 Quinnipiac Climax Phosphate Recsieetelecsoenceaeeeics noe feogese Bangor -eecesse De Oye GEE LUNES - os cccc6 conc nooesess ccoacesocessoseaseos |Portland........ PR) QTM pe ANOS Rec cscneccsa cnencocno cSoscooesbes seecotesss- Bangor 22-2 2e5 2512 Quinnipiac Potato Manure ........... ....2eeeee scoooosecseneso¢ Portland........ 2513 Quinnipiac Potato JETS DIU Heo eose cooddatoss cpecesocoanaces oo DAnLOM- Ep esseees 2514 Quinnipiac Seeding Down Manure scossocece- Belfasuzeccsscese READ FERTILIZER CO., NEW YORK, N.Y: 2515,)Read’s Potato Manure... ......--- SS 2iSc50 cottses sotsscosescsones Caribonu.--s---=< 2516 Read’s Practical Potato Special........ eo, ieee eens nuweesieeenseee Bucksport...... 2517, Read’s Standard Fertilizer........ coer cocees nosso ceosoccs shecone Bucksport..... . 9518) Read’s Sure Gatch Fertilizer 2.) 5.< o oe cc cccosecscccs ooo-es- Bucksport...... 2519 Read’s Vegetable and Vine Fertilizer Fort Fairfield .. 2520 Read’s Sampson Fertilizer....... snSa0 Gockencacoes cine sem etceesee= Buckspotrt...... FERTILIZER INSPECTION. ANALYSES OF STATION SAMPLES, 1900. 12 5 Station number. NITROGEN. Total. 8 |e og 2. 8 eyes gS esis35| 2 /2:/| 2] 3 BE} 98 5 as 5 > Sse Oo as So 2 ea | eee (ey |) eis D oc) % % % % % % -66) 1.46) 2.12) 1.65 3.34) 6. 1.05) 2.30) 3.35} 3.30)) 4.88) 2. 1.01} 1.56) 2.57) 2.45)| 3.56] 2. -56| 1.14) 1.70) 1.64)| 4.89) 3. -36 -26|) 1.62) 1.64 (helt) Pas -52) 1.49) 2.01) 1.64 2.18) 4. 1.12 94) 2.06) 2.06)} 5.63) 2. 62 coy apllas Wl! alas!) tay. P20 1.02) 1.10) 2.12) 2.06)) 6.14] 2. 44 -80| 1.24 +$2|| 4.24) 4. 51 Si Le2d) T0ah 4562) Si ici) -96] 2.08] 2.05)| 5.89) 3. iealy/ -96] 2.13] 2.06)| 5.94) 2. 1.22) 1.40) 2.62) 2.47 6.62| 3. -51 -70| F1-21) 1.25)) 5.64) 3. 1.24) 1.06) 2.30) 2.06)| 5.86) 3. -71 42) 1.13 =92]|| 5-08) 3. oot AO |ele2t .82|| 4.81] 3. soDndlloooanclloso0culla5oca0 5.14) 5. 1.79) 1.70) 3.49) 38.29]) 3.55] 6. 1.44) 1.46) 2.90) 2.47]| 2.81] 6. -79) 1.18} 1.97; 1.64)) 4.00) 3. -73| 1.22) 1.95) 1.64)) 2.81) 5. -61) 1.02] 71.63) 2.00)} 3.22) 4. 88! 3.96} 4.84! 4.54 Br! 8) Doo .88} 3.21) 2.85)| 7.45) 2. Bo lO eA Ti Ool Pe Os4| or 1.02) 1.10) 2.12) 2-06]) 5.41) 4. -94) 1.70) 2.64) 2.47)| 5.95) 3. 1.31) 1.18) 2.49] 2.471) 4.20) 4. 1.00) 1.18) 2.18) 2.05)) 4.86) 5. -20) 1.00] 1.26) 1.03)) 5.42) 2. 1.02} 1.34) 2.36) 2.47)) 3.44) 3. -16 -92) 1.08 choy] cvs) Gis 23 -86| 1.09 -83|| 5.61) 2. mtetavatel | erernisteres|| mete (atau! |lsietattais 2.41) 4. soz) L626) 2208) 2205) D716) 2. -42| 1.44) 71.86) 2.05)} 4.54) 2. * Potash largely sulphate. PHOSPHORIC ACID. RES Insoluble. Lad Sd born ron wb ero Le ell eee mt bo bo bo Done iS) for) Available. Total. ce 5 ro 2 Sate ee ets S) Be iS) fa} ey SS fe | iS | Yo |) Yoo) % 9.81; §.00| 11.78) 10.00, +7-72| $.00/ 10.01) 10.00) 6.38| 6.00) 5.48} 8.00 8.79| 8.00] 11.43] 9.00 7.38] 7.00| 10.35] §.00 6.67| 7.00) 8.20] 8.00 8.54| 8.00] 10.71] 10.00 8.23] 8.00) 10.73) 10.06) 8.36] §.00| 10.75] 10.00 8.49] 7.00] 10.87| 8.00 8.43] 8.00] 11.76] 9.00 9.00) §.00| 11.50} 9.00 §.37| 8.00] 10.70) 9.00 10.03} 9.00) 11.81] 10.00 8.78| 6.00] 11.47] 7.00 9.16} 8.00) 10.68) 9.00 §.72| 8.00) 11.26) 9.00 §.52| 8.00) 11.30) 9.00 10.80] 11.00) 12.53) 12.00 9.65| 8.00) 10.82) 9.00 9.30| $.00) 11.18) 9.60 7.94| 6.00| 9.36] 7.00 8.24; 7.00) 9.38] 8.00 7.62 7.00) 10.02} 9.00 OVGLseseee | 15.91] 16.65 9.67| 8.00| 13.53|....-- 9.25| §.00| 11.08] 9.00 9.66] 8.00) 12.08] 9.00 9.89) 9.00) 11.98) 10.00 | 8.30] 6.00) 9.22] 7.00) 10.24) §.00) 11.72) 9.00) +7.97| §.00/ 10.41} 9.00) 7.35) 6.00} 8.82] 7.00) 6.11| 4.00] 7.06] 5.00] 8.58] 8.00) 10.93} 9.00) | 46.61} 10.00) 8.25) 11.00 8.61} §.00| 10.95] 9.00 {7.09] 8.00, 8.69) 9.00 POTASH. * * errr me bo to ee OO Ce tte a Smee jet efits a + bo Oo CO Os to score Sbrsieie — + + He Ol OO Roo { Below guarantee. Found. Ss OIrc> bs oe bo Dh bo Om or Guaranteed. more n— me whe hm ro 09 He OO Wee wh iors ts | or see fer) bo Gy Ot 126 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 1900. DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF STATION SAMPLES. 1900. Manufacturer, place of business and brand. Sampled at Station number. THE RUSSIA CEMENT CO., GLOUCESTER, MASS. 2521 Essex Complete Manure for Corn, Grain and Grass ..........- Bangor 2) 2225.5 2522|Essex Complete Manure for Potatoes, Rools and Vegetables.. Bangor ........ < Epes) | Distr eC yet elie) a LAP oe oss te 8 ss ee 5 Bangor . ...... « 2524|Hssex Porstomernlzergece... ssc o- ease eee eee eeee nee |Bangor ........ é 9595) WSSEx- RRR HISh and! Potash: -2 28222-53202 see oeee noes eee eae Bangor ......... 2526| Maine State Grange Chenticals. -............... oSseteos sescect Bowdoinham .. 95277|Maine State Grange Potato Manure ......--.-...---.----...--.- Bowdoinham .. 2525) Maine State Grange Seeding Down Fertilizer. _... _......- Bowdoinham .. SAGADAHOC FERTILIZER CO., BOWDOINHAM, ME. Sap ie te WEVA ee so ee sao otes nS Sconces so aoe sone soc cSS se: Bangor .- ...... . 2530 Merrymeeting Superphosphaterice. 52s eee ee bee nena eae eee Bangor nee ae 2331 Sagadahoc Special) Potato Merittzer- es sose- = eee ee eee oe Bangor - ees =: 2555|Sagadahoc Special Potato Fertilizer. -..........-......---s.ec-. Bowdoinham .. 2552|Sazadahoc Superphosphate-_-_.--.-. ..---..----. es oe ones Bangor ....... oe 2551 Sagadahoc Superphosphate--2-sssceseeeiearccee seas Socee essere rer ‘Bowdoinham -- atl Yankee Pertilicer sieica: beeen se eee ee aed ae Banvor 222-2205 STANDARD FERTILIZER CO., EOSRON, MASS. St Standard Avbrand 0.20555 eee ee eee eee ‘Portland ..... 5 2535|Standard Complete Manure. -.................... =o sasscssSssce: |Bangor ....... 2500 SbAmGard Meri Zere eee eee een cen ameeseees Sootosscssce ‘Portland Aitsrewitcb neti eere kit) geese eo ee a ocS550 spodstsarcssssoscccosca: |Bangor ........ = 3538 Standard Specialitor Poimtoes:----scsces a= -sseee emer em eso aeeee Bangor aor ace JOHN WATSON, HOULTON, MAINE. | 2539 Watson’s Improved High Grade Potato Manure ...........-.-. |Houlton ....... | WILLIAMS & CLARK FERTILIZER Co... BOSTON, MASS. | 2549) Americus Ammoniated Bone Superphosphate eRe swcenteeesee |Portland........ 2541| Americus Corn Phosphate ........ SOS ee pene ee eee = S556 |/Bangor . ....... 2542| Americus Potato Manure .......--.....-........- Sosos5 soos: - Portland. scescsc 2543| Royal Bone Phosphate for All Crops............-....-.-- os anca5) {Bangor < --<-.ce- 2544|Williams & Clark Fertilizer Co.’s Potato Phosphate............| |Portiand ....... - ee a FERTILIZER INSPECTION. 127 ANALYSES OF STATION SAMPLES, 1900. NITROGEN. PHOSPHORIC ACID. POTASH. i | Ss Total. Available. Total. | tyes 5 = L | = =e Milas! ® ,. c C) 2) Bailia. ao P Bea Shan eee nage 2 Ales elbee ©) SNe ASSP || MER Merete aly al) EPR SIO ee BLP ee he eh We Uh Beem Se || ae mee ae lal PeaN ee lie as Tif] 2 Eaaliaeeey ty ap Cal er lO Snr Cro a We Re | Ye NW FON GON GoM Gor’ Yea Gar MW Oy A WG eee IN) Sell 2521} ‘.94| 2.90) 3.84] 3.70|] 2.88] 5.59] 2.43] 8.47] 7.00] 10.90} 9.50|| 10.11| 9522/ .54| 3.42] 3.96] 3.70|| 3.19} 4.96] 2.88] 8.15] 7.00] 11.03] 9.00|| *8.69| 8 2523| .59| 1.54 2.13] 2.00|] 1.68] 7.09] 5.11] +8.77| 9.00] 13.88] 10.50|| 3.41] : 2524/ .47| 1.56] 2.03] 2.00|/ 2.45/ 6.51] 4.52] +8.96] 9.00] 13.48] 10.50|| 6.27] 5. 2525| .86] 1.90| 2.76] 2.10|| 2.85] 6.71] 5.87] 9.56] 9.00] 15.43) 12.00|| 2.82) 2. 2526] 1.14] 1.70) 2.84] 2.50/| 2.91) 6.44] 4.60] 9.35] 8.00] 13.95] 12.00)| 5.44] 4. 2527; .90| - .78| 1.68] 1.50|) 3.40] 7.56] 3.24] 10.96] 9.00] 14.20] 12.00||f11.16| 12. 2528] 16] 1.44] 1.60] 1.50|| 1.52/ 5.34) 7.17| 76.86] 7.00] 14.03] 13.00|| ¢5.47| 5. 2529] 18] 1.40] 1.58] 1.50|| 1.39] 4.73] 3.80] 6.12] 3.50] 9.92] 9.00|| 4.23] 3. 2530} .83| .46] 1.29] 1.20|| 2.03) 5.58] 3.03] 7.61] 5.00] 10.64| 9.00|| 3.14) 2. 2531] .33| 1.08] ¢1.41| %.40|| 5.69] 3.59) .62/ 9.28] 6.50] 9.90) 9.50|| 9.64] 7. 2556] .78| .68| 71.46] 2.40|| 5.81] 3.55/ .64] 9.36] 6.50| 10.00) 9.50|| 9.73] 7. 2532| .94| .98| 11.92] 2.05|| 2.85| 5.64| 2.51) 8.49] 6.50] 11.00] 10.00|| 4.21) 4. 2557| .84| .96| f1.S0| 2.05|| 3.77| 5.30] 2.08] 9.07| 6.50] 11.15) 10.00|| 4.60] 4. 2583} .56| .46] 1.02} .40|/ 1.27| 3.93] .66] 75.20] 5.50| 5.36) 7.00|/ 4.90] 1. 2534| .50/ .78| 1.28] .82|| 2.99] 4.98] 3.42] 7.97| 7.00] 11.39] 9.00|/ 1.58) 1. 2535} 2.48] .86| 3.34] 3.30|} 4.00] 4.30] 1.91] 8.30] 8.00] 10.21) 9.00|| 7.15) 7. 2536] 1.10) 1.22| 2.32} 2.06]| 5:70] 3.18] 2.12] 8.88] 8.00] 11.00] 9.00|} 2.69] 1. 2537; .57| 66] 1.23] 1.03|/ 4.56] 3.85 2.28] 8.41] 8.00] 10.69} 9.00|| 2.33] 2. 2588} .94| 1.26] 2.20] 2.05|| 5.69) 3.79 2.12] 9.48] 8.00] 11.60] 9.00|| 3.14] 3. 2539| 1.12| 1.60) {2.72| 3.00|| .67| 5.17| 1.95] 75.84] 6.00] 7.79] 7.00/| 74.97] 5. 2540/ 1.38] 1.20) 2.58] 2.47|| 5.67| 4.00] 1.90] 9.67] 9.00] 11-57] 10.00|} 2.49] 2. 2541/ .62| 1.58| 2.20] -2.06|| 5.89] 3.55| 2.05] 9.44/ 8.00] 11.49) 9.00|] 1.94) 1. 2542| 1.00) 1.10} 2.10) 2.06|/ 5.21) 3.57] 2.15] 8.78] 8.00) 10.93] 9.00|| 3.42] 3. 2543/ .38| _.72| 1.10] 1.03|| 5.80] 3.62] 1.84} 9.42] 8.00] 11.26] 9.00]/ 2.63] 2. 2544| 1.24) 1.12] 72.36] 2.47|| 3.82) 2.32/ 2.53] 6.14] 6.00| 8.67| 7-00|/ 5.94] 5. * Potash largely sulphate. { Below guarantee. or > i=) 128 DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF STATION SAMPLES, 1900, MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. CARRYING 1900. ON THE PACKAGE A GUARANTEED ANALYSIS DIFFERING FROM THE CERTI- FIED STATEMENT FILED WITH THE STATION DIRECTOR. Bl 2 5 Brand. Sampled at 5 S) 5 3 ~ mM 2408/Blanchard’s Fish, Bone and Potash .............006 Houlton ........ 2409) Blanchard’s Grass and Grain Fertilizer.. -|Hastport ....... 2410/ Blanchard’s Ground Fish Scrap. ............ elotetelatelstatn ‘Eastport . 5D: 2411)Bowker’s Corn Phosphate....................0.- pletefeteteteteteteketetetsieteters |Bangor ....... 30 2413| BowKer’s Farm and Garden Phosphate.............. ss oceosa |Portland ....... 2415| Bowker’s Hill and Drill Phosphate ....................000. sees. Bangor one-time ° 2417| Bowker’s Potato and Vegetable Fertilizer......... Donocasodoeer Bangor ....... Go 2418) Bowker’s Potato and Vegetable Phosphate. . 2423 DOW KeLASy ener ela © eM tele Mie er elpteteistlaciisieieterlelsislstetelisieietsiatelaier= alieloyolhiore pa55cq5 6 2425|Stockbridge Corn and Grain Manure............6.....00-ceccese- /Portland 2426) Stockbridge ReavandeBeantManmunreenery cerned ease eee elien|is dill. e eee 2427|Stockbridge Potato and Vegetable Manure...............eee:: Portlanders: . 2545|/Stockbridge Potato and Vegetable Manure. .................... BAM OW eels 2428|Stockbridge Seeding Down Manure..........ccescece-ccorecsncee Bane Oreste 2432| Bradley’s Niagara Phosphate.......... sogbo noaoa00000060 dosacadone IBER SORES Anotoooc ERT sany Suawe Werribee Gio Er ccosceocoaos odaoncosoD cago DUD DCOOOODODOOS Ban? Olesen ide ClevelandEsuperxj los phair cettelatereeatasteletalelelelesisteteteleierstat stele later Portland,...... 5 2445|K. Frank Coe’s Celebrated Special Grass and Gr ain Fertilizer} Bangor ........ | 2446|K. Frank Coe’s Columbian Corn Fertilizer ....... a0060D 00000000 Portland ........ 2447/K. Frank Coe’s Columbian Potato Fertilizer .....ccceeee wcceeee: Banogorveeccees 2448|E. Frank Coe’s Excelsior Potato Fertilizer..................... Portiand. ...... 2449 E. Frank Coe’s High Grade Ammoniated Bone Superphosphate Portland ...... 5 2450\E. Frank Coe’s High Grade Potato Fertilizer....................| Bangor ........ : 2451|E. Frank Coe’s New Englander Corn Fertilizer ......... Ganones |Portland. ..... ° 2452) EK. Frank Coe’s New Englander Potato Fertilizer........ 909000 || LERINMEOVP onsos0 ace 2453)E. Frank Coe’s Prize Brand Grain and Grass Fertilizer........ |Portland .«...... 2454/E. Frank Coe’s Red Brand Excelsior GUuan0....cccccesccsecesee: Portland ...... . 2455|H. Frank Coe’s Special Potato Fertilizer....... po0aD0000000b0000" TS¥OVEXONE 6 goda0600 2550/EK. Frank Coe’s Special Potato Fertilizer ........................ Portland ...... . 2456/E. Frank Coe’s Standard Grade Am’d Bone Superphosphate..|) Bangor .......0. 2457|Crocker’s Ammoniated Corn Phosphate .......0. noDLODbOD000 ---|Belfast. .cccscce 2460|Crocker’s Potato, Hop and Tobacco Phosphate...............-.| BANgOr .«.... 5000 2551|Crocker’s Potato, Hop and Tobacco Phosphate. ......... ......| Belfast. S40500 2462|Cumberland Potato Fertilizer ......... so0000065 sooonponodaSsoo0n Portland ....... 5 2552; Cumberland Potato Fertilizer ....... ooegodboLe spesooon s0p000 EAOEOI sosoconcc 2464, Cumberland SUP ETHOS pMatvery eerie alololetalelelslalaisiatelelotetstalelelaters Bangor 50 2466 Elwell’s Excelsior Potato Guano........ nfetoletefentelelalaleleteteteleteisierateratats Presque Isle... 2467, Great Eastern Dissolved Bone... ...... o0dC0DOnDDbaN CODROODDOORD ISHOVEKONP Sooosoooc 2468|Great Eastern General Fertilizer......... ....... onooanod po000Qd0n|LEUOEOIP caace aged 2469 Great Eastern Grass and Oats Fertilizer......... ..ssecsecs oe--.|belfast......... S 2471/Great Eastern Northern Corn Special ........ ....eecee--eeeseee Belfast. <2... .--- 2472|\Great Eastern Potato Manure ....... efelelelanetetetst=t sao woneogocono008 Bangor .......0» i ANALYSIS OF FERTILIZER INSPECTION. STATION SAMPLES, 1900, CARRYING ON THE 129 PACKAGE A GUARANTEED ANALYSIS DIFFERING FROM THE CERTIFIED STATE MENT FILED WITH THE STATION DIRECTOR. AVAILABLE TOTAL i NITROGEN. PHOSPHORIC PHOSPHORIC POTASH. he ACID. ACID. all ) 3 SS = ; 2 o o o o | ae) a pe) ~ A 3 3 ei 3 i=} Vo o oo o OD |j.o >t) Do a 2s £ 24 |38 22/3 £2|38 2 5 ee aA 5 a9 | GQ 5 39] ga 5 al} ga 8 iS 2 iS Pate © | Be | Bre o | Pea | ae OF Aiea n Fy Oo Bo Fy Bo Woe Sy Ie) || (2) ay Cio | Oio | | i} % % % GH | YW | Yo i Yo | % | % eo. || Yo. |) Ye 2408 3.40 3.00 4.47|| 3.22) 3.00 ae DrOD es 00l moe le 3.15) 3.00) 6.00 2409 3.80 4.47 4.47 3.41) 3.00 * 4.06) 4.25) 5.15 1.30) 2.00) 3.00 2410 3.68 4.00 4.47|| 3.65) 3.00 x 4.18} 4.00) 5.15 -89| 1.00 * 2411 1.638 1.60 1.50)| 8.32) 7.00} 8.00)} 10.22) 9.00} 10.00|) 2.49) 2.00) 2.00 2413 Uatqay} > be taXd) 1.50]/ 9.74) 8.00) 9.00}| 12.19} 10.00} 11.00|| 2.26) 2.00) 2.00 2415 2.26 2.25 2.10}/ 8.90} 9.00) 9.00!) 11.48) 12.00) 12.00}} 2.30) 2.00) 2.00 2417 2.51 2.25 2.25)| 9.62) 8.00) 9.00); 12.52) 10.00) 11.00!) 4.58) 4.00) 4.00 2418 1.66 1.50 1.50|| 10.48) » 8.00 8.00) 12.60! 10.00] 11.00|| 2.34) 2.00) 2.00 2423 ~82 BY) -82|| 6.98} 6.00] 6.00); 10.38) 8.00) § 00) 10.44, 10.00) 10.00 2425 3-02 3.00 3.00}; 9.89} 8.00 7.00 | 11.11} 10.00) 10.00 | 7.07| 6.00) 6.00 2426 2.20 2.00 2.00|| 7.16) 6.00! 6.00}; 11.25) 8.00 | 11.59) 6.00) 6.00 2427 2.84 3.25 3.20|{ 7-16) 6.00} 6.00)| 8.65) 7.00) 8.00 9.92) 10.00) 10.00 2545 3.36 3.25 3.20|| 7.86] 6.00} 6.00)! 9.13) 7.00} 8.00|| 10.23] 10.00) 10.00 2428 2.05 2.50 2.25|| 8.01) 6.00 8.00), 10.70} 10.60) 10.00), 10.22; 10.00) 10.00 2432 1.15 82 -82|| §.31] 7.00) 7.00)| 10.00) 8.00) 8.00 1.39| 1.08} 1.00 || 2437 2.17 2.06 1.85)! 9.65) 8.00) 8.50/| 12.08) 9.00) 10.00 2.08| 1.50) 2.00 2444 2.07 2.03 2.03|}) 8.68} 8.00) 8.00); 10.98] 9.00) 10.00 Vote Abia) Ila i8) 2445 1.08 80 -80/| 9.96] 8.50) 9.00|)} 12.40) * | 10.00/| 2.08) 1.25] 1.25 2446 1.19 1.20 1.20}; 9.06) 8.50) 8.50)| 12.35 * 9.50)) 2.55) 2.50) 2.50 2447 1.42 1.20 1.20}; 9.24) 8.50} 8.00)| 11.75) ~* 10.00)}) 2.81} 2.50) 2.50 2448 3.11 2.40 2.50); 7-40] 7.00) 8.00 9.60 * 9.00)| 7.55; 8.00) 8.00 2449 1.97 1.85 1.85/) 8.68] 9.00) 9.00)| 10.48 * 11-00) 2.72) 2.25) 2.25 2450 2.46 2.40 2.40)| 7.99} 7.00) 7.00)) 30.12 * 9.00}) 6.70) 6.50) 6.50 2451 -96 -80 -80}| 8.44) 7.50) 7.50)) 11.51 is 8.00 3.18} 3.00) 3.00 2452 1.03 80 -80)| 9.07) 7.50 7.00) | 10.68} * 8.00}| 3.61) 38.00) 3.00 Pe etalalelatetate pdo0deos looaseso 10.36) 10.50) 10.50)| 13.71 * 12.00} 2.26] 2.00} 2.00 2454 3.43 3.40 3.50!| 8.56) 9.00) 9.00) 10.49 * 10.00)} 6.31) 6.00 6.25 | | | 2455 -1.78 1.60 1.65|| 8.69) 8.00 §8.00)| 10.86 * 10.00|; 3.79, 4.00) 4.00 2550 1.78 1.60 1.50}} 8.59) 8.00 8.00} 10.56 10.00) 10.50); 3.89) 4.00) 4.00 2456 easy! 1.20 1.25)| 9.89} §.00) 9.00); 12.59 * 10.00}| 2.66) 2.25) 2.25 2457 2.15 2.05 2.05}/ 9.05} §.00) 8.00/| 10.60} 9.00) 10.00}; 2.00) 1.50) 1.50 2460 1.98 2.05 2.05|| 9.08} 8.00} 8.00!| 10.75) 9.06] 10.00)} 3.26) 8.25] 3.00 2551 1.81 2.05 2.05}| §.99} 8.00} 8.00|| 11.16) 10.00} 10.00)/ 3.42) 38.25) 3.00 2462 1.91 2.06 2.06|| 8.74] 8.00) 8.00]! 10.42} 9.00] 10.00|} 3.17) 3.00| 3.00 2552 2.24 2.06 2.06]! 9.21! 8.00) 9.00!| 11.55) 9.001 11.06)] 3.16; 3.00); 3.00 2464 2.14 2.06 2.06} 9.05) 8.00} §.00]| 11.38) 9.00) 10.00)| 2.32) 1.50) 1.50 | 2466 2.66 2.88 2.88)) 6.18) 5.50) 5.50)} 6.48) * * 10.68} 10.00} 10.00 DA UiTi| etatateretetetel |feratenets soollodacao6 18.15) 14.00} 14.00}} 14.08} 14.00) 16.00})......)/..-eeeJue oes 2468 1.02 «82 82!) 8.91] §.Q0} S.00]} 11.54) 8.00) 10.00!} 3.71) 4.00) 4.00 DAGS ltce clsteise |lesstalsistera| a's, cedars || 10.17] 11.00) 11.00|) 11.98] 11.00] 12.00} 1.97) 2.00) 2.00 2471/ 2.12} 2.06] 2.06/} 9.04] 8.00) 8.00]| 10.98} 8.00] 9.00|| 1.51] 1.50) 1.50 2472 1.94 2.06 2.00)) 8.81 eeu 8.00 | 10.76} 8.00) 10.00}} 3.38) 3.25] 3.00 | i * Not guaranteed. 130 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. Igoo. DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF STATION SAMPLES, 1900, CARRYING ON THE PACKAGE A GUARANTEED ANALYSIS DIFFERING FROM THE CERTI- FIED STATEMENT FILED WITH THE STATION DIRECTOR. s = f= 5 Brand. Sampled at iB = & Nn 2553|Great Eastern Potato Manure. ...............0. Sfofeletaye nierersieisisie(ereies Beliastiermesser . 2476|Swift’s Lowell Fruit and Vine Fertilizer ..................-.-.- Portland ....... 2477|Swift’s Lowell Ground BOne...........000.0.csneeeces cocssnccce Ban eoiaeceenees 2485/Chittenden’s Ammoniated Bone Phosphate......... .....--...-- Presque Isle ... 2486) Chittenden’s Complete Fertilizer _..........-..sscecesee> eevee Fort Fairfield.. 2496) Pacific Guano Co.’s Soluble Pacific Guano. ............00. sees. Portland ......: 2006 /|IRhillbrickisMertilizene ecards: aiieiecisieietersisn sei eisiecreen eeieeieciseeaiies Augusta........ 2507| Portiand Rendering Co.’s Bone Tankage .......ccccce-seeeee ..» |East Deenusy 2508) Provincial Chemical Fertilizer Co.’s Potato Phosphate Uatstatetstere Presque Isle . 2509/Quinnipiae Climax Phosphate........... Sire etels stetsiotereiare afetereyerernet Bangor ........ o 2510 Quinnipiac Corn Manure)...-.......- soggo0900000 oadaoNdSN0000 .....|Portland ....... 2518 ey s SHURE Catch Hexrtilizeniesaecceeeecnetiene Bleleelecisieleieitinicceisiele] || LLCS) Olt bites : 2519 Read’s Vegetable and Vine Fertilizer......... B5000000000 00006 .-.|Fort Fairfield.. 2520) Read’s Sampson LEIP EUNVAGIE 55600000580 0da00D00000000 BO000000 ...--|Bucksport...... 2521/Essex Complete Manure for Corn, Gr ain and Grass ..-+.+2++e-- Bangor ..... cece 2523)Essex Corn Fertilizer.......... moktelateis sieieretns eieeinietsteveleiers pd000G000 000 | IEENAVEFOIP Soqcancoc 2524|Kssex Potato Fertilizer.......... .. ates iatojercuclarstaversteicierstaters po0odco0e IEE AVETOIE So555066 2 2529) Dirigo Fertilizer............ odooauoed elelelareyetslevsicielctersielowiee S506 00500006 |)! BERIVEKOIE 6 Sog5K005 2530|Merrymeeting Superphosphate ............. p00 s000000b Cg000D0N0 Bangor ....... oe 2531/Sagadahoe Special Potato Fertilizer . ....... ...seescees-seeee+e-| DANZOL «....0- a0 2556|/Sagadahoc Special Potato Fertilizer. ...... o900000 ooSad0aD0 -.--- |BOwdoinham .. 2532|Sagadahoe Superphosphate . ........-..-se-cee0 ooo0000 eee Bangor ......... 2557|Sagadahoe Superphosphate ..... oogaaD0ds do00G00000 0 cdO000OBaD0ds Bowdoinham .. 2533) Yankee Fertilizer ......c..ccsccee ccoce:seee Gooo! co00e ajetlemsiefetelelels{sieters|| (3 SUL1 & Olsmetlelatetatatete 2536|Standard Pertilizer..............00 s-ccccccecccccsse ScoocDa.c0000s Porn! ao55000 2S SPAM CACM G ATA Optereteleislereleleleleletetinistetelierenelre 5000000000 S000GHOONG0G00N8 Bangor ...scceee 2541) Americus Corn Phosphate .......csccccsccccccccsccsscccsccsccccs-|DANZOY «+ seecsee 2543) Royal Bone Phosphate for All Crops. .....cccccssecccees sieleteleverees Bangor . .ccocoes ANALYSIS OF MENT FILED WITH THE STATION FERTILIZER INSPECTION. STATION SA MPLES, 1900, CARRYiNG ON THE A GUARANTEED ANALYSIS DIFFERING FROM THE CERTIFIED STATE- DIRECTOR. 131 PACKAGE Station number. Guarantee on bag. cS) se — noc nner bo bo Cee On Ono Bromo siete Me hobo NITROGEN. 2 a. oF Zs = aS } Se = Oo % % 2.00 2.06 3.19 B29 2.04 2.46 2.12 1.65) 3-30| - 3-30 2.13 2.06 1.63 2.00 4.84 4.54 3.21 2.88 1.47 1.03 2.12 2.06 2.08 2.05 1.86 2.05 3.84 3.7 2.13 2.00 2.03 2.00 1.58 1.50 1.29 1.20 1.41 2.40 1.46 2.40 1.92 2.05 1.80 2.05 1.02 -40 2.32 2.06 1.23 1.03 2.20 2.06 1.10 1.00 _ nor ro . - ee AVAILABLE. TOTAL TT PHOSPHORIC PHOSPHORIC POTASH. ACID. ACID. ) ® | | a = a | SS || SY 95 | o oS] 9 pels Spa |S hs P= (e) 5 I Sos (eS) Se /|Sea (o) Ss Sec x BIS || LIVES fe Bie, |\ (eis ca Oo Oo Vo N Go WG | Ya % Yo N Yo |! Yo. 8.88] 8.00} 8.00)) 11.26) 8.00) 9.00}} 3.14) 3.25) 3.25 8.99} 7.00} 8.00}) 10.62) 8.00) 9.00); 6.48) 6.00; 6.00 goood 5.00 rte | 28.76 22.90) * cag macond lopodcda 9.81) 8.00 7.00]| 11.78 10.00, 9.00|| 2.25)- 2.00) 2.00 7.72) 8.00} 8.00}) 10.01) 10.60) 10.00)! 6.14 6.00 6.00 8.37) 8.00) 8.00) 10.70} 9.00) 10.00)| 1.93) 1.50; 1.50 7.62) 7.00} 7.00)| 10.02) 9.00) 9.00)} 6.34 5.00) 6.00 9.64) * * Warley] Nilonoooe sierereratistereiotes 9.67| 8.00) 8.00)| 13.53 * * 4.76| 6.50) 6.50 9.25) 8.00} §.00]| 11.08] 9.00) 9.00)| 2.58) 2.00) 2.00 9.66) 8.00) 8.00}| 12.08) 9.00) 10.00)} 1.75) 1.50) 1.50 6.61] 10.00) 6.00]| 8.25} 11.00) 7.00/| (4.18) 2.00) 4.00 8.61; 8.00) 8.00 | 10.95} 9.00) 9.00|| 5.85) 6.00) 6.00 7.09) 8.00} 6.00)) 8.69! 9.00) 7.00 4.61| 3.00, 4.00 8.47) 7-00) 7.50)| 10.90) 9.50) 10.00)| 10.11) 9.50) 9.50 8.77) 9.00} 9.00)| 13.88} 10.50) 11.00)| 3.41; 3.00) 3.00 8.96} 9.00) 9.00)| 13.48) 10.50) 11.00)| 6.27) 5.00! 5.00 6.12) 3.50) * 9.92} 9.00} 9.00|| 4.23) 3.75| 4.50 7.61; 5.00) 8.00}; 10.64) 9.00 * 3.14) 2.00) 2.50 9.28} 6.50} 8.00}} 9.90) 9.50) 9.00]/| 9.64) 7.00) 8S.00 9.36) 6.50} 8.00)| 10.00) 9.50) 9.00)! 9.73) 7.00) 8.00 8.49) 6.50) 9.00)| 11.00) 10.00) 10.00); 4.21) 4.00) 4.00 9.07; 6.50} 9.00|) 11.15) 10.00) 10.00|} 4.60 4.00) 4.00 5.20) 5.50 * 5.86) 7.00) 6.00)| 4.90) 1.50) * 8.88) 8.00} 8.00}| 11.00) 9.00) 10.00) 2.69) 1.50) 1.50 8.41} 8.00} 8.00}| 10.69} 9.00) 10.00)| 2.33) 2.00) 2.00 9.44) 8.00} 9.00}| 11.49) 9.00) 10.00/| 1.94; 1.50) 1.50 9.42) 8.00} 7.00)| 11.26) 9.00} 8.00)| 2.63) 2.00; 2.00 *Not guaranteed. 132 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. I9QOO. DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF MANUFACTURERS’ SAMPLES, 1900.* 5 = 5 Manufacturer, place of business and brand. 5 ~~ nD CLARK’S COVE FERTILIZER CO., BOSTON, MASS. 2390, DefiancervPhospnate crc cece reeset erates ielaleteleisio et lcreia ia) tniata stat ae rararaterteieters soee GREAT EASTERN FERTILIZER CO., RUTLAND, VI. 2395|Great Eastern Big Grade BotatoyManunrey.. ee scien insists reese euceen eee = seca |IPROVINCIAL CHEMICAL FERTILIZER CO., LIMITED, ST. JOHN, N. B- 2392 Provincial Chemical Fertilizer Co.’s Potato Phosphate SDCoHAOnAD < adadnas sbdosocr THE QUINNIPIAC CO., BOSTON, MASS. ABER Oopouanjoeae Ohba pe IPOS INK coospooson , psoeoe donne conoUTOODOnOIoSa0Rar ocataCS 5 RUSSIAN CEMENT CO., GLOUCESTER, MASS. ABM Ds(eo-< OGOnlesis) IDR Aal IDIROSSIE Cc o6565 eoscoanosco09 sonnonNDEGD OfD00bs000 anOcceNS 3 STANDARD FERTILIZER CO., BOSTON, MASS. 2394, Standard Complete Manure........... 9 -ogo8ss0000 0000 oe cee censccrncceresescscscses ANALYSES OF MANUFACTURERS’ SAMPLES, 1900.* NITROGEN. PHOSPHORIC ACID. POTASH. 8 Total. Ayailable.| Total. 5 S Ss co rc cS 5 a a ® : - ® eS) ® Fl | lace 2 2 fe) eS 2 3 2 Bie etan Nr Se Ul teca alae oF | oie , || ees Eo: Bie) Se, Me Se Wi Sale hr ee ee re ie pe) SS EEE te Selle socal seal feta [eanl ne elle na corse IL ERI GE) oI) SOS e sora eae for Ror i ced\Wior |S | ot al ecmaime mM | oe | ae | 5 Nn fs = So) es io) i &) %, | Go| Ys Y YD Yo. Yo || Yo | YN You Ye %_ | % 2390 -40 -€8 1.08 -82|| 5.24] 2.74| 1.48] 7.98) 7.00} 9.46) 9.00]} 1.59) 1.00 2395| 2.38] 1.00] 3.38] 3-.29|| 4.87| 3.25] 1.86] 8.12] 6.00] 9.98]..... 10.64! 10.00 2392} 1.99} 1.00} 2.99) 2.88]| 8.46) 1.25] 3.64) 9.71) 8.00) 13.35)......|| 4.33) 6.50 2393 -09| 1.06) 1.45] 1.03]} 5.10) 3.54) 1.63) 8.64! 8.00] 10.27) 9.00|| 2.91) 2.00: 2396} 3.92) .12| 4.04) 3.70)| 1.18) 4.98] 4.87) 6.16) 6.00) 11.03) 7.00)} 6.54) 7.00 2394| 2.40} .90} 3.30] 3.30]| 7-02) 1.99) 1.04) 8.81] 8.00} 9.85) 9.00}) 7.56) 7.00 * These goods were received after the March Bulletin was issued. DIGESTION EXPERIMENTS WITH SHEEP. vi BART ram Several digestion experiments with sheep have been made since the last work of this nature was published in the Station Report for 1898*, and the results are presented in the following pages. The larger part of the work was done in 1899, but a few of the experiments were made in 1898 and the early part of 1900. The chief object of the experiments was to determine the nutri- tive value of the several fodders and feeds used in connection with feeding experiments and growing forage crops. The method followed was practically the same as has been used heretofore at the Station, namely: Each experiment cov- ered a period of twelve days, the first seven being devoted to preliminary feeding, and the last five to the experiment proper during which time the pouches were attached to the sheep and ail the excrement collected, dried, weighed, and sampled for analysis. The rations were uniform and weighed throughout the twelve days. The coarse fodders were finely chopped, thor- oughly mixed to make them uniform, and a small sample was taken out each time the sheep were fed to make a composite sample for analysis. In most of the experiments three or four sheep were employed, but in a few cases only two were used. Seven different sheep were used in all. The four used in 1899, not being very satisfactory, were replaced by other strong young wethers in January, 1900. MATERIALS FED IN THE EXPERIMENTS. Clover hay: Made largely of alsike clover cut early in July when nearly all the plants were in bloom. © * Digestion experiments with sheep have been conducted at this station since 1885, and the results are given in the Reportsjfor 1886, 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891, 1893, 1894, 1896, 1897 and 1898. The Report for 1891 contains a description of the digestion room, stalls, harness, ete., used in the experiments. 134 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. IQOO. Clover hay: Made largely of alsike clover, from same field as the preceding lot, cut about ten days later when many of the plants were past bloom. Clover silage: Made from the late cut clover described above. The material was well preserved in the silo and when fed was in good condition, well relished by the animals. Corn iieal: Made irom ordinary western corn, rather coarsely ground. Oats: Maine grown, medium quality, fed whole. Hay: Largely timothy, fed with oats. Oat and pea hay: Harvested when oats were in milk. The seeding was 134 bushels oats and 134 bushels Canada field peas to the acre. Oat and pea silage: Same material as used for the hay, cut when the oats were in the milk and run through the ensilage cutter before putting in the silo. Oat and veitch hay: Made irom ordinary oats and sand veich, Vicia villosa, cut when the oats were in milk. Seeding, one bushel oats and one bushel vetch to the acre. _ _ Oat and vetch hay: Made irom ordinary oats and spring vetch, Vicia sativa. Oai and pea hay: Made from ordinary oats and Canada field peas, cut when the oats were in milk. Seeding, one bushel oats and two bushels peas to the acre. Hay: Largely timothy. Germ meal: A corn product resembling gluten feed. Oats: Maine oats of first quality, very plump and heavy, fed whole. Royal Oat Feed: An oat feed put out by the Akron Cereal Company. Kentucky Mixed Feed: Wheat bran, adulterated. DIGESTION EXPERIMENTS WITH THE COMPOSITION OF FEEDING MENTS IN 1899. SHEEP. STUFFS USED IN DIGESTION 135 25 Fe Se v . =e) ray = Bay 2 |. 3 ON FRESH BASIS. % % Clover cut in early bloom..... 4152 | 19.21 7.80 Clover cut in late bloom..... 4156 | 17.73 6.92 Clover silage............ 56 4160 | 78.84 2.20 (OHOVWEIO TENY Sed spacaecoscusdcodnen 4163} 19.25 7.38 Hay, mostly timothy ........... 4170 | 11.61 5.92 Oatand pea hay, ac. ccc. rece: 4174 | 14.50 7299) Oat and pea silage ............. 4202 | 73.80 2.05 Oat and vetch hay............. 4212 | 21.038 5.49 Oat and vetch hay ............- 4217 | 20.00 6.07 OF hats OER NEA Gondooade dood: 4222 | 25.08 5.93 Hay, mostly UTNOWMNS coooogoco 4235 | 13.00 5.32 QM saccoocastoceecongoncnesauador 4145 | 11.15 2.92 (COND WHE o Geesoncooneoo sopsodes 4180 | 14.55 1.60 OPIS! oneosaosdooon sogonotosdodegca 4234 13-16 3.15 (Everman el -sg0qecooc0doo pdoa00ds 4227 9.58 3.57 ON WATER-FREE BASIS. Clover hay (cut in early bloom) 4152 |.....-.- 9.66 Clover hay (cut in late bloom) 4156 |........ 8.41 Clowerssil de Ovacmercictelsinicis cere ONG) leocsooce 10.39 lover hayatecess noskue uate nee 4163 | seeks 9.14 Hay, mostly timothy ........... ANY |los Geo 6.71 Oatran dip ea Ways neeraicie/s« =< clciceat COWES Noeeosone 9.35 Oat and pea Silage .............. CONE) |looscacan 7.88 Oat and vetch hay............-. ADD | Mateietetatels 6.95 Oatandavietchwhayens cette ees ec (DATE IIa 5qnd000 7.59 Oat and pea silage ...........0.. ADD 2a letetetetarerels 7.91 Hay, mostly timothy........... 4235 ieaedlees 6.11 Oats.....- sielsjei~inleiminllcieiel«isiel=ie natal olele 4145 |........ 3.28 Cornmeal eeecimciemsa-nete soo0sc0s ANSON | ctareteriavere 1.87 QHD oo copSeeetoncen wonosodoneoncd| ¢PBY! [tree ees 3.63 CIT TEEN SoscadoasqooougaaEoDAT 4227 (ees ae 3.95 EXPERI- rat re Das i) =| as + SO | Be. |e % % Jo | % 12.60 | 23.36 | 35.24 | 1.79 11.99 | 24.95 | 36.71) 2.40 Sbael SFSi Ne weal ||. 2Be 12.08 | 25.36 | 34.34 | 1.56 9.24 | 26.76 | 44.12] 2.15 14.41 | 26.84 | 33.69) 2.57 Sad i See 010l4s) le lebl 7.71 | 26.12 | 37.20) 2.30 8.51 | 24.93] 37.68) 2.81 10.31 | 25.01 | 31.45 | 9.92 6.19 | 28.21] 44.91 | 2.37 12.56 | 11°28] 57.70| 4.39 9.63 | 2.18 | 69.17 | 2.87 11.38 | 10.31 | 57.06 | 4.94 22.94 | 21.45 | 32.26 | 10.29 15.59 | 98.91 | 43.62 | 2.22 14.57 | 29.47 | 44.63 | 2.92 12.10 | 37.18 | 36.45 | 3.88 14.96 | 31.42 | 42.55 | 1.93 10.49 | 30.34 | 50.02 | 2.44 16.85 | 31-39 | 39.41 | 3.00 12.74 | 33.40} 39.90 | 6.13 9.77 | 33-10] 47.26 | 2.92 10.64 | 31.16 | 47.10 | 3.52 13.76 | 3338] 41.99] 2.96 7.12 | 32.43 | 51.82 | 2.72 14.09 | 12.70] 64.99 | 4.94 11.27] 255] 80.95] 3.36 13.10 | 11.87] 65.71] 5.69 25.37 | 23.72 | 35.68 | 11.28 136 MAINE AGRICULTURAI, EXPERIMENT STATION. 1900. DIGESTION EXPERIMENT 7o—CLOVER HAY CUT IN EARLY BLOOM. RATIONS. Fed Sheep I 600 grams per day. Fed Sheep II 600 grams per day. Fed Sheep III 600: grams per day. COMPOSITION OF FODDER AND FECES. 2 W ATER-FREE. ® & ) Ei x 2 = o ca) S $ a = a 2 S Os 3 < c OM 5=| é - 2 z Sale ee Sul aoll ee z a eam Ges oy | ee ies |e |S a q og < oF Zo | & | O FODDER. % % % % % % % Early cut clover. 4152 80.8 | 90.34 9.66 | 15.59 | 28.91 | 43.62 | 2.22} 4367 FECES. SMHGEO Wc coacoo00s 4153 |..-.... | 86.27 | 13.73 | 12.94 | 32.94 | 36.69 | 3:70 | 4552 SHoeeyp) Wlsassossace (MIB. lacoo0c00 835.91 11.09 12.80 32.05 40.10 | 3.96 4719 Sheep IIlI......... EGY). |} coonaon $6.80) | 13-20))) 11.91 | 33-56) 37.67 |/-366) |) 45607; DIGESTION EXPERIMENTS WITH SHEEP. 137 TOTAL NUTRIENTS IN FOOD EATEN AND FECES EXCRETED IN FIVE DAYS AND PERCENTAGES DIGESTED. — wre <2 a — 2 = a Ce | ore & ath : 2 K os as S)j= ) oy . E Beh | ye 23 | os Sieg Bn 3 Of ieee oa aoa Se erie Se bs) ocs | See =—0 = 0 oc ae | =| on Ow oz os San HOG 5 5 5° ® ® HO Re) pe} ES eee nae FODDER: EARLY CUT CLOVER. Sheep l...... sqqa0c0086s 60000 10586 4265 6321 223 6098 57.6 Sheep II..... 9 Ob. 0900000000 10586 5069 5517 20% 5308 50.2 Sheep III........ oo0d0000003 10586 4853 5733 218 5515 52.1 IO 138 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 1900. DIGESTION EXPERIMENT 71—CLOVER HAY CUT IN LATE BLOOM. RATIONS. Fed Sheep I 600 grams per day. Fed Sheep II 600 grams per day. Fed Sheep III 600 grams per day. COMPOSITION OF FODDERS AND FECES. W ATER-F REE. FODDER. Late cut clover.. FECES. Sheep L......cccee Sheep II...... O00 Sheep II1......... H o a : : = 63 E 2 Bs 2, =) 2 fol n (S| & — nH = S ve oO S q a0 7) 2) oD 2 Gal 6 S S55 eo 2 Ke) Ne : OF a B me eS 2 5 Es 2 =¢8 + A ae od al +t A Sm a) =) Os < Ay iS) Ao & DS & % % % % % % % 4156 82.3 91.59 8.41 14.57 29.47 44.63 | 2.92 4350 ASIET |loaosn00c 87.78 12.22 11.07 37.52 35.27 | 3.92 4534 “NGYS) \loso6a06 87.74 12.26 9.30 | * 38.92 34.78 | 4.76 4745 LBS) \lososcoos 89.55 10.45 11.82 35.96 37.73 | 4.04 4563 _—" DIGESTION EXPERIMENTS WITH SHEEP. 139 TOTAL NUTRIENTS IN FOOD EATEN AND FECES EXCRETED IN FIVE DAYS AND PERCENTAGES DIGESTED. i) 2 oe le ee S| 88 me Gac 5 | ee be | ms 4 2 a | £5 < LS ~S D a t= =} a AA OF < a a Zo | a | SHEEP I. Grams |Grams Grams |Grams |Grais |Grams}| Grams Late cut clover ....... sonooose 2469.0 | 2261.3 | 207-6 | 359.7 | 727.6 | 1101.9 72.1 MOR Ebonc saeco sobbnsdedoossonsse= 1086.5 | 953.7 | 132.8 120.3 | 407.6 | 383.2 42.6 | | | Amount digested ............ 1382.5 | 1307.6 74.8 | 239.4 | 320.0 | 718.7 29.5 Per cent digested............. 56.0 | 57.8 36.0 66.5 44.0 65.2 40.9 SHEEP II. Late cut clover .............-- 2469.0 | 2211.3 | 207.6 | 359.7 | 727-6 | 1101.9 72.1 TRGB tooaakotsses eorossogcone 1118.1 | 981.0 | 137.1 | 104.0 | 435.2 | 388.6 53.2 Amount digested .............| 1350.9 | 1280.3 70.5 | 255.7 | 292.4 | 713.3 18.9 Per cent digested ............. 54.7 56.6 34.0 Ties 40.2 64.7 26.2 SHEEP III. | Late cut clover .........-..--.{ 2469-0 | 2261.3 | 207.6 | 359.7| 727.6 | 1101.9 72.1 MIQGBS ssacosesceoce eoccceceesse- | 1083-0 | 969-8 | 113.2 | 128.0 | 389.4 | 408.6 43.8 Amount digested ...........--| 1386.0 | 1291.5 94.4 | 231.7 | 338.2 | 693.3 28.3 Per cent digested............. 56.1 ayjolt 45.4 64.4 46.5 62.9 39.2 IAVETALE ~.cccccconee Saccsod) Bae 57.2 38.5 67.3 43.6 64.3 35.4 FUEL VALUE FOR FIVE DAYS. : ) ° ) = 4 5 =) Bo 3 eg og ae ea = 3 922 || SR 7 = a PS oe Ze | ess =o a) xc a3 3 os 5= hel 29 =°2 so | #89 &iS mS RS BS Be | wae LATE CUT CLOVER. | SIROGIY 1 eee nee seneenates 10740 4926 5814 198 5616 52.3 Shee peeLlcn esac Aceecorse ae 10740 5305 5435 223 £212 48.5 SHEET) WEE SosnogsedbssdonocTC 10740 4942 5798 202 5596 52.1 = I40 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 1900. DIGESTION EXPERIMENT 72—CLOVER SILAGE MADE FROM CLOVERICUSUN Ge AW abi O@ Ive RATIONS. Fed Sheep I 3,000 grams per day. Fed Sheep II 3,000 grams per day. Fed Sheep III 3,000 grams per day. COMPOSITION OF FODDER AND FECES. W ATER-FREE. 2 : ica) o Ps ® a 3 a 2 a 3 2 a ie n So S i = : aS ig 62 A | gs Salas a | os ae as > ac is ° r= fais) 3 Se C4 5 H eo n i) = “ot bd es} oS yy =A) =) S| < cy ica Ao iJ D a FODDER. % % % % % % Clover silage..... 4160 21.2 89.61 10.39 12.10 37.18 36.45 | 3.88 4652 FECES Sheep l........ ENGIN | Shoda 89.36 10.64 15.21 34.63 35.28 | 4.24 4720 Sheep II1........ 4162 |....... 86.24 13.76 15.41 35.22 32.37 | 3.24 4506 DIGESTION EXPERIMENTS WITH SHEEP. I4I TOTAL NUTRIENTS IN FOOD EATEN AND FECES EXCRETED IN FIVE DAYS AND PERCENTAGES DIGESTED. | | | | oO o 3 a om ; al 2 By lies £ d SAS) a ee 2 BP gee Ae os Po | be a g Se ilpresare.iC Aa | oF < By & | ao | & SHEEP I. Grams |Grams |Grams |Grams |Grams |Grams | Grams Clover silage ...... Bidasistelcyatersiays 3180.0 | 2849.6 | 330.4 | 384.8 | 1182.3 | 1159.1 123.4 IIGOGES aconancogo50n souscaDRDoOG 1523.1 | 1361.0 162.1 231.7 527.4 537.3 64.6 Amount digested ..........--| 1656.9 | 1488.6 | 168.3 | 153.1 | 654.9 | 621.8 58.8 Per cent digested............. AYJo Il 52.2 50.9 39.8 55.4 53.7 47.7 SHEEP III. @lOVer STALE cccicicccicicce se .. | 3180.0 | 2849.6 | 330.4 | 384.8 | 1182.3 | 1159.1 123.4 G@@GEIs. aadosoedsastonsecbengcans 1510.4 | 1802.6 | 207.8 | 232.8} 532.0] 488.9 48.9 Amount digested............--| 1669.6 | 1547.0 | 122.6 | 152.0 | 650.3 | 670.2 74.5 Per cent digested............. 52.5 54.3 37.1 39.5 55.0 57.9 60.4 LOTOUENRADS Boaacoussonoonobee 52.3 53.3 44.0 39.7 55.2 55.8 54.1 FUEL VALUE FOR FIVE DAYS. ; & A © r) os 5) 3 g ) >) oD ) ao SA 5 z EO | Es | 22 a Fy = oD 3 aa a0 a . p n rs > . io BS o m a] Be Eo Ze a5 ete || ae CLOVER SILAGE. SITS COM Ticietesctatsraistolercvare aeereieetere 14793 7199 7594 133 7461 50.4 Sheep IIl.......... g00s00005 14793 6806 7987 132 7855 53.1 142 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. IQOO. DIGESTION EXPERIMENT 73—CORN MEAL FED WITH CLOVER HAY. RATIONS. Fed Sheep I corn meal 300 grams, clover 400 grams per day. Fed Sheep II corn meal 300 grams, clover 400 grams per day. Fed Sheep I[I corn meal 300 grams, clover 400 grams per day. COMPOSITION OF FODDER AND FECES. ; W ATER-FREE. ° fo) o g 7 ei 2 = ® re) a : ~ ~~ ' & i 2 s he || Shes 5 = | 83 a8 elu 2 Bullies «|eescls Sal cee ape mee = ral tS a ° (5) Bas + =H Ss Si aS Q = Em ha?) 3 ao D a oy) < a 'S) Zo fy Sy FODDER. % % % i % % % % Clover hay ....... 4363 80.7 90.86 9.14 14.96 31.42 42.55 | 1.93 4370 Coinsmeal meee 4180 85.5 98.138 1.87 11.27 2.55 80.95 | 3.36 4352 FECES. Shee peelere-eeee AIGA | Ss siecis int 88.32 11.68 15.55 32.44 36.53 | 3.80 4727 Bheep II......... AL GSE|ieyeretererere 89.98 10.02-| 15.68 31.67 39.26 | 3.37 4649 Sheep Ill... 255 || coo0000- | SU ie 12.46 | 12.01 | 33.56 | 39.23 | 2.74 | 4631 DIGESTION TOTAL NUTRIENTS IN FOOD EATEN DAYS AND PERCENTAGES DIGESTED. EXPERIMENTS WITH SHEEP. AND FECES SHEEP I. Fed in clover hay...........- Fed in corn meal............. Mota LEG enews pedcocace Total feces Total digested Digested from clover hay.... Digested from corn meal.... Per cent digested from corn meal ee er ii st eee eenee SHEEP II. Fed in clover hay............. Fed in cornmeal...........-. TWO WEG Soosbocscen0e oanoods MOLAIERE CE Siete ieteeleiereloserareleis et Total digested Digested from clover hay.... Digested from corn meal .... Per cent digested from corn WNEAN o cuoossago05 cooadCsoaNOn SHEEP III. Fed in clover hay............. Fed in corn meal Total fed Total feces Total digested Digested from clover hay.... Digested from corn meal.... Per cent digested from corn OGL osooqb0n005 sp ooagoo0nsa. PAGVCT: AD Olen leretsietsieieeoieleiciels FUEL EXCRETED FOR FIVE Nitrogen-free Crude fiber. extract. s 3 Cis 5 i=} ao ‘ D> p | fs $ 6 Qa Of 4 - Grams} Grams| Grams| Grams 1614.0 | 1466.5 147.5 241.5 1282.5 | 1258.5 24.0 144.5 2896.5 | 2725.0 171.5 386.0 815.7 720.4 95.3 126.8 2080.8 | 2004.6 76.2 259.2 903.8 $47.6 53.1 160.6 1177.0 | 1157.0 23.1 98.6 91.8 91.9 96.2 68.2 1614.0 | 1466.5 147.5 241.5 1282.5 | 1258.5 24.0 144.5 2896-5 | 2725.0 | 171.5 | 386.0 907.8 816.8 91.0 142.3 1988.7 | 1908.2 80.5 243.7 882.9 830.0 50.2 153.6 1105.8 | 1078.2 30.3 90.1 $6.2 fois lind ceo tio 62.4 1614.0 | 1466.5 | 147.5 | 241.5 1282.5 | 1258.5 24.0 | 144.5 2896.5 | 2725.0 171.5 386.0 869.6 761.2 108.4 104.5 2026.9 | 1963.8 63.1 281.5 905.5 $37.4 67.0 USD 1121.4 | 1126.4 3.9 126.0 87.4 89.5 16.2 87.2 88.5 89.0 65.7 72.9 VALUES FOR FIVE DAYS. CORN MEAL. SHED LL sooossansccdoccsos00- Sheep IIl...... Some hore & MuIND SPH ® NHaopeH urea. Total available fuel value. Per cent — available fuel value. a oH I cS oH ° ° oo lo) ) ) on Co) = 5 Re) i) a a ao a SS a st} > rh 38 sy 3 5 2) 2) =] [cs By cm ey 5581 572 5009 5581 688 4898 5581 732 4748 144. MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 1900. DIGESTION EXPERIMENT 74—HAY, MOSTLY TIMOTHY. RATIONS. Fed Sheep II 600 grams hay per day. Fed Sheep IV 500 grams hay per day. COMPOSITION OF FODDER AND FECES. & | W ATER-FREE. } = } ee at l | ] { o | = I ~p ] 2 = Bi | so Weert 3 BI = =)4 | : =| é€. R ag | = Sasa al = 1 ea 2 ot fl es | lacs e | ¥° =: Sh il hee Fl ee lh ee cS oS : of Sel. ees) esah en Meee aa eyes bee = = 7) a | oF Ss |} G oO | Ze = Oo & I J J j | | j | | FODDER. | % | % | & | & % | % % | Hay se. secon] 4170 | 88-2 | .98.29| 6.71 10.49 | 30.34 | 50.02 | 2.44 | 4487 FECES | | | | | Sheepalcecsa-s- 2 4168 aoa occ | 92.84 7-16 | 7-91 38.02 | 43.82 | 3.09 | 4741 Sheep IV ......0-. #0) Cee 92.42 | 7.58) 9.36 | 36.32) 43.45 | 3.29 4660 { DIGESTION EXPERIMENTS WITH SHEEP. 145 TOTAL NUTRIENTS IN FOOD EATEN AND FECES EXCRETED FOR THREE DAYS AND PERCENTAGES DIGESTED. o . o ol a 2 oa ; 2 r= a Oe = =| os sen Seen), |e SS otal eee es mo Le S So =] ae ~ - x ~ = mK a (e\ fe ) 2 < my iS) Zo ty SHEEP IT. Grams} Grams! Grams) Grams} Grams! Grams} Grams TRIERY coonocoa0cnooB cagocune 9do4 2646.0 | 2468.4 | 177.6 | 277.5 | 802.8 | 1323.5 64.6 INEGAS coaosas vdng0000 coa00n000 1154.2 | 1071.6 82.6 91.3 | 488.8 | 505.8 35.7 Amount digested....... eseeee-| 1491-8 | 1396.8 95.0 | 186.2 | 364.0 | 817.7 28.9 Per cent digested............ 56.4 56.6 53.5 67 1 45.3 61.8 44.7 SHEEP IV. LEE? ooGpaeesoD Seacaiesisre ste tevelelelsierels 2205.0 | 2057-0 | 148.0 | 231.3] 669.0 | 1102.9 53.8 NGOS) conaenccoaanes 6 ereyerelereratatate 908.9 | 840.0 68.9 85.1 | 330.1] 394.9 29.9 Amount digested.............. 1296.1 | 1217.0 79.1 | 146.2 | 3388.9] 708.0 23.9 Per cent digested............ 58.8 59.2 53.4 63.2 50.7 64.2 44.4 PAWVICTAS Ciemcletecleletoiisielelsievereiate 57.6 57.9 53.5 65.2 48.0 63.0 44.6 FUEL VALUE FOR FIVE DAYS. was e8 oO (<3) . . 5 Bie eel es 22 | 228 SH ae = 5 ae sac Beye So My Seeks eee ees =o aD mire Ca) ain = on | on o os 23ayq Hae 5 =| 5° 5 oe So aS as BS Se | eae | mee Hay. Sheep II..... o0add000 Soonne 11872 5472 6400 162 6238 52.6 Sin@e@iy MYaccsaappaccceioass 9894 4236 5658 126 5532 55.9 146 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. I9OO. DIGESTION EXPERIMENT 75—OATS FED WITH HAY. RATIONS. Fed Sheep I oats, 400 grams; hay, 200 grams per day. Fed Sheep I. oats, 400 grams; hay, 200 grams per day. Fed Sheep III oats, 400 grams; hay, 200 grams per day. COMPOSITION OF FODDERS AND FECES. | a : W ATER-FREE. | Z - o : = 3 2 | n ens =| ee = - | 8 |-8] 2 ee = == = a 2 22 | 241 6 F | | ODDERS. | i % % % To % 5 jie | 12 EN pee ee aie ee | 4170} $8.2 | 93.29} 6.71| 10.49| 30.34} 50.02 2.44 | Sats st: eee 4145 | 88.9) 96.7 3.28 | 14.09| 12.70 | 64.99 | 4.94 FECES | Siecpr Lhe. ETE eet ai 91.01) 8.99) 11.21 | 31.04] 45.90 | 2.86 | Sheep) Jie. es: real A aot | 91.68 | 8.32| 8.16} 34.10 47.13 | 2.99 | Sheep Iff.----... ANTS |oecae ene 90.69 9-31 | 11-24) 30.84 45.77 | 2.84 | per gram, a DIGESTION EXPERIMENTS WITH SHEEP. 147 TOTAL NUTRIENTS IN FOOD EATEN AND FECES EXCRETED FOR FIVE DAYS AND PERCENTAGES DIGESTED. a a B Z = SoS = vs a | €3 ee ie BE | oa Bie |aere o z a Si 3 Q | O8 < a & | Zo ta SHEEP I. Grams Grams Grams/Grams |Grams |Grams| Grams Fed in hay 882.0 822.8 59.2 92.5 267.6 44].2 210 Fed in oats .. oon |} Lyric) |) gor 58.3 | 250.5 | 225.8 | 1155.5 87.9 Wi htoufallnivere ll A spoaeccidoadocdpocead 2660.0 | 2542.5 117.5 343.0 493.4 | 1596.7 109.4 Total feces 884.5 | 305.0 19-5 99.2 274.5 406.0 25.3 . Total digested........... Aoad00 1775.5 | 1737.5 38.0 243.8 218.9 | 1190.7 84.1 Digested from hav............ 502.0 476.4 31.7 60.3 128.4 278.0 95.9 Digested from oOats.......... 1267.5 | 1261.1 6.3 183-5 90.5 D2 aii lisierouis iol Per cent digested from oats.. iliee 73.3 10.8 73-2 40.1 Thies). joo cadooe SHEEP II. NTS CURL TAL sai yreterereteretaistetaletetsieatetelet oO BS Sas =0 =D -—ne aH a = on On oF os as x27 5 5 539 5 om ops aS as pe} aS =a Bee SNES Deeluctetescticictscieteis cictetere 8326 2364 5962 160 5802 69.7 Seo) Il ssq case cosade 500° 8326 2653 5673 177 5496 60.1 SHES PALL. vee sietien serseecieae 8326 2531 5795 157 5638 61.7 148 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 1900. DIGESTION EXPERIMENT 76—OAT AND PEA HAY. Fed Sheep RATIONS. I 600 grams per day. Fed Sheep II 600 grams per day. Fed Sheep III 400 grams per day. Fed Sheep IV 400 grams per day. WASTE LEFT BY EACH SHEEP FOR FIVE DAYS. Sheep I. Sheep II. Sheep III. Sheep IV. 251 grams. 291 grams. 257 grams. 167 grams. COMPOSITION OF WASTE. Water. Asb. Protein. Nitrogen-free extract. Fiber. Fat. 24.54 6.99 4.58 29.99 32.85 1.05 COMPOSITION OF FODDER AND FECES. < W ATER-FREE. = aaem| = = = = | = a red) al . . = 2 = = a | 2 | g3 Fl eles 3s = > | $3 = = ae ee |S = ~ mS n = = = oS eS) DN = Ox =< S S AD = aye FODDER. | % % % % % % % Oat and peahay.| 4174 | 85.50 90-65 6.35 | 16.85 | 31-39 | 39.41! 3.00 | 4430 FECES SHEED LU scarscc- AVIG) | F205) 89.54 | 10.46 12.16 | 32.51 | 40.77 | 4.10 4690 Sheepe ihe. | 48 eeetcee $9.62 | 10.38 13.13 | 32.67 | 39-74 | 4.08 | 4702 Sheep elblee- scent 4178 eae. 88.45 | 11-55) 15.13 | 29-23 | 40.00 | 4.09) 4635 Sheep IV ........ [ie 4979 |e a5 oke 88.81 | 11.19) 15.08 | 30.65 | 39.31 | 3.77 | 4402 4179 | DIGESTION EXPERIMENTS WITH TOTAL NUTRIENTS IN FOOD EATEN DAYS AND PERCENTAGES DIGES SHEEP. AND FECES EXCRETED 149 IN FIVE SHEEP I. Oat and pea hay .......... 5a6¢ INEGI c600006 do0n jooocunbacones Amount digested ............ Per cent digested. .......... SHEEP II. Oat and pea hay. ............- Amount digested. .......... Per cent digested......... S00 SHEEP III. Amount digested ............. Per cent digested. Pere SHEEP IV. Amount digested ............. Per cent digested. ..... pooass Dry matter. Grams 2380.0 890.1 1489.9 62.6 -1 -1 -1 nm ir) o for) Nitrogen-free | extract. Grams| 937. 362.9 4 61.3 574 922. 308. 613. TED. F - 2 2 ms (= ic) 23 Seale Belt poe |g eae Of < a S Grams} Grams} Grams! Grams 2157.3 922.7 421.0 (24.7 797.0 93.1 108.2 | 289.4 1360.3 129.6 312.8 433.3 63.1 58.2 74.3 60.1 2122.5 | 219.1] 418.6 | 708.0 696.3 80.7 | 102.0 | 253.8 1426.2 138.4 316.6 454.2 67.2 63.1 75.6 64.1 1374.2 | 141.9] 276.4 | 452.3 497.2 64.9 85.1] 164.3 877.0 77.0 191.38 288.0 64.0 54.4 69.2 63.7 1135.8 148.2 280.6 481.9 503.5 63.4 &5.5 | 173.8 632.3 84.8 195.1 308.1 55.7 57.2 69.5 63.9 62.5 58.2 72.2 63.0 w © & 3 = — ~ ro = 23. to or (or) ter) o Ww 1 he Zo} ~~ oo I50 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. I9OO. FUEL VALUE FOR FIVE DAYS. o * =| S3 e 2) c On ® es = ajo 5 So = o Sc ‘a2 ee) aa = a Po Pre > S se =o =o -—— aed = 5. =o =¢ se rS aS aS Be BS a PEAS AND OATS. Slieepilestseenee ones 10685 | 4175 6510 272 6238 Shree pull eee eee eee 10513 3653 6860 275 6585 Shee pellice eee teas eae 6806 9952 4554 166 4388 Sheep IV. ...... phe Mea are h ed 7112 9217 4895 170 4725 Per cent fuel value. 58.3 62.6 64.5 67.5 DIGESTION EXPERIMENT 77—OAT AND PEA SILAGE. RATIONS. Fed Sheep I 2,000 grams per day. Fed Sheep II 2,000 grams per day. WASTE LEFT BY EACH SHEEP FOR FIVE DAYS. Sheep I. Sheep II. 1060 grams. 286 grams. COMPOSITION OF WASTE. Water. Ash. Protein. Crude fiber. Nitrogen-free extract. Fat. 75.08 1.92 3.20 9.34 9.03 1.43 COMPOSITION OF FODDER AND FECES. ie WATER-FREE. g { =} = | | S :) = 5 | = S =} >) | Se = = 3 : S +7 . = 2 | 22 gs males hee |S iS S| =—o) D os H 2) ne SS = = 2 a g 6) = EB | Bs z £ By | sige || salu Rn iS Se < | e 3 maa |) | |S FODDER. % % % % % % % Oat & pea silage. 4202 26.2 | 92.17 7.83 | 12.74 | 33.40] 39.90 | 6.138 | 4209 FECES SheepI.......... BOOK Toseteisces &8.1| 11 90] 10.24] 35.46] 38.54 | 3.86 | 4588 Sheep I1......... 4205 | ...... 90.15 9.85 8.61 | 38.04 | 40.19 | 3.31 | 4588 DIGESTION EXPERIMENTS WITH SHEEP. I51I TOTAL NUTRIENTS IN FOOD EATEN AND FECES EXCRETED IN FIVE DAYS AND PERCENTAGES DIGESTED. is ~ o Fy S 2 o i=} oe = 5 a E 2 cE 2 a é : 3 3 | of , a Ee 7 = leita = =) fo) < iy fy Ao J SHEEP 1. Grams| Grams} Grams) Grams} Grams} Grams| Grams Oat and pea silage ............ 9358.0 | 2173.5 | 184.5 | 3800.6 | 787.5 | 904.5 144.9 IMO CES)scoteversicieyesierastec: 10 aia’ avejelsiate 751.1 661.7 89.3 77.0 276.3 289.5 29.0 IDS FRSAENG| GodaacancooonGeraous6d 1606.9 | 1511.8 95.2 223.6 511.2 651.0 115.9 Per cent digested .......... Siete 68.1 69.6 51.6 74.4 64.9 69.9 73.1 SHEEP II. Oat and pea Silage .....sseeee-| 2620.0 | 2415.0 | 205.0 | 334.0 | 875.0 | 1045.0 161.0 ECE Sieristicisineccecineneinnciiieu anes 976.7 | 880.5 96.2 84.1 | 3871.5 | 370.3 Sie Digested utavetelolele(atatatsienietelereteleteters 1643.3 | 1534.5 | 108.8 | 249.9 | 503.5 | 674.7 123.9 Per cent digested ............ 62.8 63.5 53.1 74.8 57.6 64.1 76.9 Average per cent......... 65.5 66.6 52.4 74.6 61.3 67.0 75.0 FUEL VALUE FOR FIVE DAYS. a o 2 3 : 2 2 Ss S) r) oS iS) = z Bie ety ARES. |oahe ices ales a a eo 3 ae ale > >. rs a Sys o > Se on — Lond -~ ° go ecules en us se | 53 gS ae me ty He ae FODDER: OAT AND PEA SILAGE. Sheep I ...... 5000000 BOoGOD 9926 3446 6480 195 6285 50.3 SWeVACTO LU sooonecanaqcodcas006 11027 4481 6546 217 6329 57.4 152 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. IQOO. DIGESTION EXPERIMENT 78—OAT AND VETCH HAY. RATIONS. | Fed Sheep I 500 grams per day. Fed Sheep II 500 grams per day. Fed Sheep III 500 grams per day. WASTE LEFT BY EACH SHEEP FOR FIVE DAYS. Sheep l. Sheep II. Sheep III. 90 grams. 56 grams. 108 grams. COMPOSITION OF WASTE. Water. Ash. Protein. Crude fiber. Nitrogen-free extract. Fat. 29.8 6.54 4.02 23.0 35.66 98 COMPOSITION OF FODDERS AND FECKS. == WATER-FREE. 2 Wales 3 a = 2 S Bu g = alee fae Beye ee 2 ie p ee B 2 ses le | = n fa) } < & ey Zo fy 6) { FODDER. % % % % % % % Oat and vetch ISERY ogco0ces p0000 4212 78.92 93.05 6.95 9.77 33.10 47.26 | 2.92 4410 FECES Sheep I......... ADS) |\coccecce| 91-64 8.36 7.98 38.53 42.96 | 2.17 4742 Sheep IL.......... COME oacoone|| hla l7 $.83 7.41 37.23 43.77 | 2.76 4486 DIGESTION EXPERIMENTS WITH SHEEP. 153 TOTAL NUTRIENTS IN FOOD EATEN AND FECES EXCRETED IN FIVE DAYS AND PERCENTAGES DIGESTED. | oe 2 3 | 5 = > 1 2 ae a Zin f = : pas) Pe) 4 D> ~ ~2 5 2 => z 2 ) oe : a) 1 =) = So 2 se = if aS ni =, = ae | an OF < oy x Zo sy | SHEEP I. Grams |/Grams |Grams |Grams |Grams Grams Grams Out and veteh hay ...........- 1909.1 | 1778.0 131.1 189.1 | €32.2 | 900.0 | 56.7 IECOSs) eerrcn. tei s gpeonaucco0ae 851.4 | 780.2 Tilall 67.9 | 328.0 | 365.8 18.5 Amount digested. ........... 1057.7 | 997.8 59.9 | 121.2 | 304.2 534.2 38.2 Per cent digested............ 55.4 56.1 45.7 64.1 48.1 | 59.4 67.4 | SHEEP II. Oat and vetch hay........... 1933.5 | 1800.1 | 133.4 | 190.5 | 640.2 | 912.3 57.1 REGS) So csoonOnoDOSoHOODEUOapaGe 863.9 787-6 76.3 64.0 | 321.6 378.1 23-9 Amount digested ............. 1069.6 | 1012.5 57-1} 126.5 | 318.6 | 534.2 33.2 Percent digested. ..-.....:.- 55.3 56.2 42.8 66.4 49.8 | 58.5 58.1 ES TOROS aice Oe ee Ben aoe 55.4] 56.2| 44.3] 65.3| 49.0! 59.0 62.8 | FUEL VALUES FOR FIVE DAYS. ; aS 5 5 : = 3 = 3S g +2 £ Sc =3 20 er He. |) Be =o PO >s ro ites SEs =o a) = = = oS 4 = 25 ae ¢ eae Se | Ses mS =) eo iN) BS | wad FODDER: OAT AND VETCH Hay. SIGE Io cosconcdcecces00050 8419 4U31 4388 106 4282 50.9 SIGE WW ssocsssooscsdso0006 8527 3872 4655 110 4545 53.3 II 154 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. I9QOO. DIGESTION EXPERIMENT 79—OAT AND VETCH HAY. RATIONS. Fed Sheep I 300 grams per day. Fed Sheep II 5c0 granis per day. Fed Sheep III 500 grams per day. COMPOSITION OF FODDERS AND FECES. W ATER-FREE. a ° 2 2 et | re S = 2 = = S : 2 : z S| eos s os 2 = a = . Ea) = S a gs : 2 aA os z = Poor Bias | 2 a | Se) Slee = A ZO || nD = = = K a =) L fa) Oe eee o = ZS = S) FODDER. | % Jo Jo % To To Jo Oat and vetch 1 HBY -..cccccecnce 4217 | 80-00 | 92-41| 7.59 | 10.64 | 31.16 | 47.10] 3.51] 4342 FECES. HCC lesa acces 4218 | ......-| 92-96 7.04 8.13 | 37.97 | 44.46 | 2.40 | 4611 Sheep II. .......| 4219 |}....... -| 92.06 8.00 7.92 | 39.39 | 42.44 | 2.25 | 4651 2.28 | 4570 Sheep IIT.........| 4220 pease oe urS2-09 | 7-91 8.50 | 35.99 | 45.32 DIGESTION TOTAU NUTRIENTS IN FOOD EATEN EXPERIMENTS WITH SHEEP. AND FECES EXCRETED 155 IN FIVE DAYS AND PERCENTAGES DIGESTED. S : ra} Oo Hi o a oD S aol - - oi a & = oe S =) fas) = 2 % & 5 | oS : Q iS) < om & Ao < SHEEP I. Grams} Grams] Grams} Grams] Grams] Grams| Grams Oat und vetch hay........... 1967.6 | 1818.0 149.6 210.5 610.2 927.6 69.7 IE CES) oe cicisemess.ccc.cs S000d0 ater 851.7 | 791.7 60.0 69.2 | 323.4 | 378.7 20.4 Amount digested ............. 1115.9 | 1026.3 89.6 141.3 286.8 548.9 49.3 Per cent digested............. 56.7 56.5 59.9 67.1 47.0 59.1 70.7 SHEEP II. Oat and vetch hay............ 1981.5 | 1830.9 | 150.6 | 211.5} 615.8 | 933.7 69.9 MIGXYEGE) concanqasn06 oo donnGON00000 784.5 ToT 62.8 62.1 309.0 332.9 Wi ct7f Amount digested ............. 1197.0 | 1109.2 87.S | 149.4 | 306.8 | 600.8 52.2 Per cent digested. ........ 06 60.4 60.6-| 58.3 70.6 49.8 64.4 74.7 SHEEP III. Oat and vetch hay............ 2000.0 | 1848.2 151.5 | 212.8 | 623.2 | 942.0 70.2 WeCES .......20 Baro oie cicine ---| 734.7 | 676.6 58.1 62.4 | 264.4 | 333.0 16.8 Amount digested ........ «oe | 1265.3 | 1171.6 93.7 | 150.4 | 358.8 | 609.0 53.4 Per cent digested ....... doo008 63.3 63.4 62.4 70.7 57.6 64.6 76.1 AVETUZE . oe cece cece ees 0006 60.1 60.2 60.2 69.5 51.5 62.7 73.8 FUEL VALUE FOR FIVE DAYs. : g 3 3 ee | & E =I I a6 S SO) coe a 3 oof a aa = ele > >. po > o's ae aa mes aye alts Sete: “oo o fab) Oe aban Han 52 5° 5° 532 ee os? ea a ee as BG | wes FODDER: OAT AND VETCH Hay. Sheep I...... njenvevelevelatalaiaters 8543 3927 4616 123 4493 52.6 SWn@@e 1Ol cooosesamoocodoogn 8604 3649 4955 130 4825 56.1 Sheep III ......... aeons 8684 3358 5326 131 5195 59.8 156 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. IQOO- DIGESTION EXPERIMENT 80—OAT AND PEA HAY. RATIONS. Fed Sheep I 500 grams per day. Fed Sheep II 500 grams per day. Fed Sheep III 500 grams per day. WASTE LEFT BY EACH SHEEP FOR FIVE DAYS. Sheep I. Sheep II. Sheep III. 26 grams. 50 grams. 75 grams. COMPOSITION OF WASTE. Water. Ash. Protein. Crude fiber. Nitrogen-free extract. Fat.. 41.46 4.39 5.50 22.77 24.63 1.25 COMPOSITION OF FODDERS AND FECES. W ATER-FREE. : 5 ele E : “0 S 5 fe}. mn eo ee Se & . | Be 23 52 A EO ) o os H ob FE Ss 5 = © ae ; Oe Q val Ds = fo) 2 pr ae as a] aes n oH =| st i i) So Hs a és < 2 & Zo cs Om. FODDER. % % % % % % % Oat and pea hay. 4222 | 74.93 | 92.09 7-91 | 18.76 | 83.38 | 41.99 | 2.96 | 4445- FECES SEI Ils Gaosouc 4223 | 38.22 | 91.89 8.11 7.28 | 39.61 | 42.70 | 2.30 | 4575. Iie) MWlogsnocoas 4224 | 35.79 | 92.10 7-90 9.31 | 36.09 | 43.88 | 2.82 | 4592 SHOeey0) JOU AooG pecs 4226 | 41.89 | 92.64 7.36 8.74 | 39.18 | 42.30 | 2.42 | 4650 DIGESTION EXPERIMENTS WITH SHEEP. TOTAL NUTRIENTS IN FOOD EATEN AND FECES EXCRETED DAYS AND PERCENTAGES DIGESTED. 157 IN - FIVE 2 3 a S) 5 = a | 23 Bed | oe 2 | 33 : 2 Ss : re | Me a g 2 | S =p ols < a Fa Zo oa SHEEP I. Grams /|Grams |Grams |Grams |Grams |Grams} Grams ‘Oat and pea hay.............. 1856.4 | 1709.5 | 146.9 | 256.2 | 618.7 | 779.5 55.0 MBE@Saocacqnocgnoocedos0abosccan 785.8 | 722.1 63.7 ios) |) BUS} || BRS 18.1 Amount digested. ............ 31070.6 987.4 83.2 199.0 307.4 444.(, 36.9 Per cent digested. .........-- 57.6 57.8 56.6 77-7 49.7 57.0 67.1 SHEEP II. Oat and pea hay ........... ..-| 1843.3 | 1697.3 | 145.9 | 255.0 | 613.6 | 774.0 54.8 Feces..... patatatetefetetstsistetstetetere soodal) . Silla) 747.9 64.1 75.6 293.1 356.4 22.9 Amount digested. ....-.......| 1031.3 | 949.4 81.8 | 179.4 | 320.5 | 417.6 al-9 Per cent digested............. 55.9 55.9 56.1 70.3 52.2 54. 58.2 SHEEP ITI. Oat and pea hay ..............| 1826.4 | 1651.7 | 144.7 | 253.4 | 607.0 | 766.9 54.4 JNGYOE So on5ade cuooobE 9 conq00000 694.1 | 643.0 51.1 60.7 | 271.9 | 293.6 16.8 Amount digested. ......... -.-| 1182.3 | 1038.7 93.6 | 192.7 | 325.1 | 473.3 37.6 Per cent digested.............- 62.0 61.8 64.7 76.0 53.6 61.7 69.1 AVerage. ....... aeandods Wea 58.5 58.5 59.1 74.7 51.8 57.6 64.8 FUEL VALUE FOR FIVE DAYS. [ * oO cor 3 ro ‘S EI = 33 5 oe oe a. aa 3B ag Be aae Ps Ee pS SO aie S55 x6 4o aro rte a _ 5 ao Os Ou os on 25 HS@ Bay Bay BS Buy os Ops io ce) a ko Ba Aan FODDER: OAT AND PEA HAY. SMaE0 Us gaoassoogoo00e:00006 8252 3595 4657 173 4484 54.3 SHEED MW sacdcooq00500en00050 8194 3729 4465 156 4309 52.6 SMES PUL Werctatelalejeisieleiuisieielsietelsl= 8118 3228 4890 168 4722 58.2 158 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. I9QOO. DIGESTION EXPERIMENT 81—HAY, MOSTLY TIMOTHY. RATIONS. Fed Sheep I 800 peas hay per day. Fed Sheep II 800 grams hay per day. Fed Sheep III 800 grams hay per day. COMPOSITION OF FODDERS AND FECES. | W ATER-FREE. 2 = 2 =) = | 35 s = = 2 so on = Ze > ~ z 3 z 5 | 4 x & S = : = =e n = = = 2 aa lies g g 2 z : a Bo) 280" esis a c z a z zt |en |e] 2 S fa) } < y, 5) Ze = é) FODDER. % Yp TA Ge % % % 1g ena eneinnnccsace 4240 | 87.00] 93.89] 6.11] 7.12] 32.43 | 51.62 | 2.72 | 4599 FECES : Sheepmeleeeree TPR |e, aes §9.39 | 10.61] 7.93] 30.86 | 47.99] 2.61] 4530 iSheepieliigenene ee ASAD ASRS Se. 91.00 | 9.00} 6.65} 32.68 | 49.19 | 2.48] 457: Sheep III. ........ ADAR A oueeiees | 91.05 | §.95| 7.04] 33.31] 48.09 | 2.61] 4603 DIGESTION EXPERIMENTS WITH SHEEP. 159 TOTAL NUTRIENTS IN FOOD EATEN AND FECES EXCRETED IN FIVE DAYS AND PERCENTAGES DIGESTED. = Ps 2 5 2 = : =e S lees onl =e Bp 2 plas, | acl) ors ealeeaah g a Si/= < s S) Ao ea SHEEP [. Grams} Grams} Grams} Grams| Grams) Grams) Grams LEENY coccosa sooncopacogboccedds -.| 3480.0 | 8267.4 | 212.6 | 247.8 | 1128.6 | 1796.4 94.6 INGE sogoccoseccnce socccce 1501.1 | 1841.8 | 159.3 | 119.0 | 463.2 | 720.4 39.2 Amount digested .............| 1978.9 | 1925.6 53.3 | 128.8 | 665.4 | 1076.0 55.4 Per cent digested Soosoems0eds 56.8 58.9 25.1 52.0 59.0 59.9 58.6 SHEEP II. LEIEAY socooconscooscde 50 cooensoce 3480.0 | 3267.4 | 212.6 | 247.8 | 1128.6 | 1796.4 94.6 LINE@EES! cocodoce. one aac Socouends 1723.6 | 1568.5 | 155.1 114.6 | 563.3 | 647.8 42.8 Amount digested ...... soon: 1756.4 | 1698.9 57-5 133.2 | 565.3} 948.6 51.8 Per cent digested. ........... 50.5 52.0 27.0 53.7 50.1 52.8 54.8 SHEEP III. LEENA Guonoacess.caapaec. BC sone 3480.0 | 3267.4 | 212.6 | 247.8 | 1128.6 | 1796.4 94.6 HCCOS) mises icieysicisianiars seacscos | 1634.3 | 1488.0 | 146.3 | 115.1 | 544.4 | 785.9 42.6 Amount digested ............-| 1845.7 | 1779.4 66.3 | 132.7 | 584.2 | 1010.5 52.0 Per cent digested ....... eek le Soaeon | eetsks ba) ote, nosy |) oles ia besanl — baeO LST EUEERS. Seecce =o0c8 oe 56- 53.4 Doel 27.8 53-1 53.6 56.3 56.1 FUEL VALUES FOR FIVE DAYS. s 3 3 33] 3 ca z E 53 3 es 22s! 3 3 Bet 3 as Ras oi | sf] ge | ga] 25 | °S8 S28. | 68 | Be-| ee | 82 | mee FODDER: Hay. tSlaGeyo) de epnonde GuOOB0000s 15973 6800 9173 112 9061 56.7 Sree Mk Gsosscsoocascocad 15973 7889 8084 116 7968 49.9 BHCC DED reise civics ceca 15973 7523 8450 115 8335 52.2 160 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 1goo. DIGESTION EXPERIMENT 82—OATS FED WITH HAY. RATIONS. Fed Sheep I 400 grams oats and 400 grams hay per day. Fed Sheep II 400 grams oats and 400 grams hay per day. Fed Sheep III 400 grams oats and 400 grams hay per day. Sheep I left 177 grams waste for the five days. COMPOSITION OF FODDERS AND FECES. W ATER-FREE. i} 2 = | 8 5 5 5 gs | 4 =| 5 os . ial [oI = 3 g Ee Aes ig = eI 2 eves |) 3 B gb B © Bo ee 7) 3 a A 5 < q Sa | as | & FODDER. % % % % % % % IBIEWY gaocoocacn000 ote 4235 87.00 93.89 6.11 7.12 32.43 51.62 | 2.72: (OGWOS) aad aoeraDueAS 4234 86.84 96.93 3.63 13.10 11.87 65.71 | 5.69 FECES Spoveyyo Wa ssaoao0 HOR |lacaocacs 91.89 8.11 §.26 30.83 50.24 | 2.56 Sheep I1........ COB | sooaas call SRAM | 7fotB3 7.91 31.85 50.07 | 2.24 rsneXey0) JUME osgcucc ae MOBS) inoccoao 90.41 9.59 8.44 30.18 49.34 | 2.45 Calories per gram. 4599 4685 DIGESTION EXPERIMENTS WITH SHEEP. TOTAL NUTRIENTS IN FOOD EATEN AND FECES EXCR DAYS AND PER CENT DIGESTED. ETED I 61 IN FIVE s | Be = Sl me leoen Wane: 2 2 eos a se ic L = Ie = a Oz < a S ZS = | | | | | SHEEP I. Grams |Grams Grams Grams Grams Grams | Grams | Med in) hay-..... 2... ..-. seces- 1582.3 | 1484.0 | 98.3] 117.7 | 515.5 | S06.1 | 44.7 Fed in Oats ............ Jeceeee| 1736-8] 1678-8 | 6320! | 227-5)| 20652 | 1141-3 98.8 UO fale C Ceresistarsieiectelsiersies sooocs --| 3d19.1 | 3157.8 | 161.3 | 345.2 | 721.7 | 1947.4 143.5 TNS HVAC cog na saseoneDs onoot 1213.0 | 1114.6 | 98.4] 100.2 | 374.0 | 609.4 31.0 Motalidigested. --5.-.5 ....-.. 2106.1 | 2043.2 62.9 | 245.0 | 347.7 | 1338.0 112.5 Digested from hay ........... 898.8 | 874.1 24.7 61.2 | 304.1 | 452.8 26.2 Digested from Oats ........... 1207.3 | 1169.1 38.2 | 183.8 | 43.6 | 805.2 86.3 Per cent digested from oats.. 69.5 69.38 60.6 80.8 PALI 74.9 87.3 SHEEP II. IEel sia WEN SSaspseaseoouasace 1740.0 | 1633.7 | 106.3 | 123.9 | 564.3 | 698.2 7.3 ING! thn GENIE) Goososnous Sonopoons 1736.8 | 1673.8 | 63.0 | 227.5 | 206.2 | 1141.3 98.8 LUO VECloocsoscosnoscne ooax0Gbe 3476.8 | 3307.5 | 169.3 | 351.4 | 770.5 | 2039.5 146.1 SHOUMULE CCS ae aeceeisaieilelaletaiet 1319.1 | 1214.5 | 104.6 | 104.3 | 420.1 | 660.5 29.6 Motal Gigested=. ~~~ - oo cec econ 2157.7 | 2093.0 64.7 | 247.1 | 350.4 | 1379.0 116.5 Digested from hay......... 878.2 | 849.4 28.8 66.6 | 282.6 | 474.3 25.9 Digested from oats. ........ 1279.5 | 1243.6 35.9 | 180.5 67.8 | 904.7 90.6 Per cent digested from oats.. 73.6 74.3 57.0 79.3 32.9 79.3 91.7 SHEEP III. Fed in hay..... eneoconecteonece 1740.0 | 1633.7 | 106.3 | 123.9 | 564.3 | 898.2 47.3 INe¥6l TMG ENTS! Caooocoanonode ------| 1736.8 | 1673.8 63.0 | 227.5 | 206.2 | 1141.3 98.8 PRO GAIGLC C Cerrraictelseeteeieriseleielse roi 3476.8 | 3307-5 | 169.3 | 351.4 | 770.5 | 2089.5 146.1 Total feces. .......-.-+---------| 1314.8 | 1188-7 | 126.1 | 111.0} 396.8 | 648.7 32.2 ‘Total digested........ sooouce 2162.0 | 2118.8 43.2 | 240.4 | 373.7 | 1390.8 113.9 Digested from hay............ 922.9 | 889.7 33.2 66.4 | 292.1} 505.2 26.0 Digested from oats ....,...... 1239.1 | 1229.1 10.0 | 174.0 81.6 | 885.6 $7.9 Per cent digested from oats.. 71.3 73-4 15.9 76.5 39.5 77-6 89.0 PASVIOTIA Cate alalaleletstelstelsosleistas 71.5 72.5 44.5 78.9 31.2 77-3 89.3 FUEL VALUES FOR FIVE DAYS. re) ra) Oe ie) 3 E =| S a 2s 28 = = eo = as Sao > Pale Se S 3 ¢ o's eS =a ao Z = ae ris Seis Se lacer son Se scan see me 2 mo &S | fae | wad FODDER: OATS. hie Aescaooad occccvecece. 8137 3179 4957 160 797 60.0 SGD MW lossocscaccsccesne 3137 2190 5947 157 5790 71.2 HOGG JONG aoedo conan os08e 8137 2270 4867 152 5715 70.2 162 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. I9QOO. DIGESTION EXPERIMENT 83—ROYAL OAT FEED. RATIONS. Fed Sheep I 4oo grams Royal Oat Feed and 400 grams hay. Fed Sheep II 400 grams Royal Oat Feed and 400 grams hay. Fed Sheep III 400 grams Royal Oat Feed and 400 grams hay. Left by Sheep I, 118 grams hay for five days. COMPOSITION OF FODDERS AND FECES. W ATER-FREE. | x Fe o ie i 3 2| 8) | : S S ae S ow 3 a EI 3 4 | 2s 3 2 Be a 2 2 | so | 4 a fa is) < -¥ & Zo FODDER. % % % % % % % Hayoecsoceee 4244 | 37.00 | 93.89] 6.11] 7.12] 32.43 | 51.62 | 2.72 Royal Oat Feed..| 4245 | 89.63 | 93.61| 6.39 | 7.46| 24.98 | 57.73 | 3.44 FECES. SHIGEO IW no00000 4246 |......- 91.68 8.32 5.45 | 32.42 | 52.26 | 1.55 SHIGEO I crocsdso0 MAT |. veces 90.87 9.13 6.09 | 30.84 | 52.20 | 1.74 aeeyo IWOl o5oGG0c00 A248 |. .20022.| 91.58 8.42 5.58 | 31.91 | 52.59 | 1.50 Calories per gram. 4599: 4430: 4478: 4472) 4480 DIGESTION EXPERIMENTS WITH SHEEP. 163 TOTAL NUTRIENTS IN FOOD EATEN AND FECES EXCRETED IN FIVE DAYS AND PERCENTAGES DIGESTED. Sen eee =z 5 = 2 a Scalise cE oe 7 = 25 Bs 2 5 ore : Re | Be mn z Sele = FR | O8 < m4 m | Ao SHEEP I. Grams |Grams Grams |Grams/}Grams|Grams| Grams AHL Ua DD Yee eretvic ote cicicleleisseleimisieye 1740 1633.7 | 106.3} 123.9) 664.3} 898.2 47.3 Fed in atovel oat Feed’’..... 1792.6 | 1678.1 114.5 133.7 447.8 | 1034.8 61.7 Total fed. Vehicle sieleleisisieielen|) COOz6O) |oolLas | 220.58) 2or.6) |) LOLZ 1 | 193320 109.0 Total feces” abate fotetateteveristeletsista .--.| 1789.1 | 1640.2 148.9 97.5 580.0 935.0 VTi Total digested. ....... ...0..- 1743.5 | 1671.6 71.9 160.1 432.1 998.0 $1.3 Digested from hay............ 989.5 | 962.8 26.6 64.4 | 332.7 538.0 27.7 Digested from ‘Royal Oat IG CO iioracia sive @ eleveisivistsrsteisvess else 754.0 | 708.8 45.3 95.7 99.4 | 460.0 53.6 Per cent digested from “Royal Oat Feed’’..........- 42.1 42.2 39.6 71.6 20.0 438.9 86.5 SHEEP II. Mech Bivins iors sis he stelaielerseers 1630.2 | 1529.8 100.4 118.0 528.0 838.0 45.8 Fed in ‘‘Royal Oat Feed’’..... 1792.6 | 1678.1 | 114.5 | 133.7] 447.8 | 1034 8 61.7 MOLAUTEOD acess sce neice ana oobbee 3422.68 | 8207.9 | 214.9 | 251-7 | 975.8 | 1872.8 107.5 ODA PECES® z Bel se it 2 a2 | og Se an ac I aaa Se ES Sse i Sse (Se) eas BB] 32 / 33 | 32 | By | ses mS aS Be aS Be | ae ROYAL OAT FEED. SlOK22)9) dlospouocopuonono 20000 7941 4612 3329 83 3246 40.9 SUNGE]S) Wsasnoocoosooo9 000000 7941 3651 4290 75 4215 53.1 ‘shoveysyo) HOG Gosanqesd San00000 7941 3902 4039 383 3956 49.8 104 MAINE AGRICULTURAL ‘EXPERIMENT STATION. 1900. DIGESTION EXPERIMENT 84—MIXED FEED. RATIONS. Fed Sheep I 400 grams mixed feed and 400 grams hay. Fed Sheep JI 400 grams mixed feed and 400 grams hay. Fed Sheep III 400 grams mixed feed and 400 grams hay. COMPOSITION OF FODDERS AND FECES. W ATER-FREE. S 2 © = Pa a Pw 2 BA) ace Soles Aveo Noe eB] © | gs S E 5 E g ce oS : 3 Pp op é o 5 | BB | 3 py i) ei ~ o Rn (as} Nn 2) = < a (6) Zo J FODDER. % % % % % % % ayictsaaten “seeks 4251 | 87.00 | 93.89 6.1] 7.12 | 42.48 | 51.62 | 2.72 Mixed feed....... 4950 | 87.64 | 94.27 5.73 | 12.98 | 14.56 | 62-11 | 4.62 FECES SNE | Wasoscedes LEO Near scan|| Car 9.93 9.80 | 30.16] 48.28 | 1.83 Sheep lessee ee LOGS || cedonese 90.12 9.88 9.71 | 30.28 | 48.27 | 1.86 Sheepallileeeeeere (OR | noocnad 89.97 | 10.03 9.93 | 28.78 | 49.02 | 2.29 Calories per gram. DIGESTION EXPERIMENTS WITH SHEEP. 165 TOTAL NUTRIENTS IN FOOD EATEN AND FECES EXCRETED IN FIVE DAYS AND PERCENTAGES DIGESTED. : 2 @ | 2. : ass = i=) < a fy Zo fy | | | SHEEP I. ‘Grams Grams |Grams Grams Grams Grams) Grams. Hedin nayaneeee-eeeeer ce cece | 1740 1633.7 | 106.8 | 123.9 | 564.3.| 898.2 Hee Fed in mixed feed............ 1752.8 | 1652.4 | 100.4 | 227.5 | 255.2 | 1088.7 31.0 Stouril iets Gosadsooanatopocnosde 3492.8 | 3286.1 | 206.7 351.4 819.5 | 1986.9 128.3 Total feces ........- eereccees 1468.2 | 1322.4 | 145.8 | 143.9 442.6 | 708.9 | 26.9 Total digested ---...-. 2... -.- 2024.6 | 1964.7 60.9 | 207.5 | 376.4 | 1278.0 101.4 Digested from hay........... 989.5 | 62.8 26.6 64.4 | 332.7 | 538.0 27.7 Digested from mixed feed ...| 1035.1 | 1001.9 34.3 | 143.1 44.2 | 740.0 73-7 Per cent digested from mixed HY! “Goconbocdns acoondgc 30000" 59.1 60.6 34.2 62.9 17.3 65.0 91.0 SHEEP II. IGGL GA WARY o scoscesdqogs6n02 60 1740 1633.7 | 106.3 | 123.9 | 564.3 | 898.2 47.3 Fed in mixed feed........... 1752.8 | 1652.4 100.4 | 227.5 | 255.2 | 1088.7 81.0 THON EG! socaoogeners agoDooGeS 3492.8 | 3286.1 | 206.7 | 351.4 | 819.5 | 1986.9 128.3 CrP HCG Gos eoconcesouosnangs 1468.9 | 1323.8 145.1 142.6 444.8 709.1 27.3 Total amount digested....... 2023.9 | 1962.3 61.6 | 208.8 | 374.7 | 1277.8 101.0 Digested from hay.... .....- 878.2 | 849.4 28.5 66.6 | 282.6 | 474.3 25.9 Digested from mixed feed...) 1145.7 | 1112.9 32.5 | 142.2 92.1 | 803.5 | 75.1 Per cent digested from mixed LE CMe erecterdoeictelesielereiseiotenaecelate 65.4 67.4 32.7 62.5 36.1 73.8 Graal SHEEP III. INSGL TM NERY soscosoc np sossaeqbno0R 1740 1633.7 | 106.3} 123.9 | 564.3 | 898.2 7.3 Fed in mixed feed...... .. -- |-1752.5 | 1652.4 100.4 227.5 255.2 | 1088.7 81.0 Total fed........ so000 concogces || SEB) |! SPIE aI! 206.7 351.4 819.5 | 1986.9 128.3- Wotal feces ..........5.-. Sootcs|) LETecf)) |) 1BRINE 145.8 | 143.5 446.9 712.5 27.5 Total digested ................ 2016.8 | 1955.9 60-9 | 208.1 | 372.6 | 1274.4 | 100.8 Digested from hay............ | 929.9 | 859.7 | 33-2] 66.4 | 292.1 | 505.2 26.0 Digested from mixed feed...) 1093.9 | 1066.2 27.7 | 141.7 80.5 | 769.2 74.8 Per cent digested from mixed HAGEL ocontonocnoasec000 ao000 | 62.4 64.5 27.6 62.3 31.5 70.7 92.4. WAV. CUAL Clcleieicielsleietarichesierats sere| ozo 64.2 31.5 62.6 28.3 70.8 92.0: FUEL YALUE FOR FIVE DAYS. : g Se Seas eve o) 2 on 3) = $ = = =o 5 a5 en z es a2 | 3 ee | e384 sS = as 3 es ae a aa ae S25 33 33 3E 3s S~ | wad 5° 5° 5° 52 oe os? ee ae aes) qs Be | mee MIXED FEED. SIHEEO I onscnossogcocs00d000¢ 7909 2497 5412 125 5287 66.3: SHEED LM ccoguscadcadoosdona: 7909 1918 5991 124 5867 74.2 SI@ED INN So59660 s000080000¢ 7909 2165 5753 123 5640 71.3: 166 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 1900. DIGESTION EXPERIMENT 85—CORN GERM. RATIONS. Fed Sheep I 300 grams corn germ, 400 grams hay per day. Fed Sheep II 300 grams corn germ, 400 grams hay per day. Fed Sheep III 300 grams corn germ, 400 grams hay per day. COMPOSITION OF FODDERS AND FECES. W ATER-FREE. a r Ee & = ad a a Pa D> 5 2 5 Dh = f=) par) © 2 2 fs} 5 mn S S = =| c= ow g S s S > © m8 rm 2a S : 2 3 Os - S s 4 2 G € Aa echeeabies i) oe D a S) < ee S| ae | = tS) FODDER. % % % % % % %o IBIERT sqqcaqcoooobades 4235 87.00 93.89 6.1] 7.12 32.43 51.62 | 2.72 4599 Corn Germ........| 4227 | 90.42 | 96.05 3.95 | 25.37 | 23.72 | 35.68 |11.28 | 5110 FECES. SNEED Weassdacoal! CBS osssao00!) SOG 9.94 | 12.57] 30.70 | 44.59 | 2.20 | 4527 SOD IL s-cosono0 4256 |\..2.c0e 91.05 8.95 | 12.66 | 30.34 | 45.64 | 2.41 | 4603 Sheep III.........} 4257 |........| 89.65 | 10.31 | 14.53 | 29.30] 43.55 | 2.31 | 4520 DIGESTION EXPERIMENTS WITH SHEEP. 167 TOTAL NUTRIENTS IN FOOD EATEN AND FECES EXCRETED IN FIVE DAYS AND PERCENTAGES DIGESTED. Fe oC a Bs z 3 Bones ~ 4 rt = a 2. c S ope € co 4 < we Sealihes : Sl feels ro) Be G E Ee (ey = fa) Sr < a S) Ao cm SHEEP I. Grams |Grams|Grams /Grams |Grams |Grams |) Grams iNerGl TN UNREINYo o Gocdodoponoo0se00n 1740.0 | 1683.7 106.3 123.9 564.3 898.2 47.3 Fed in corn germ. ........... 1456.3 | 1398.8 57-0 369.2 345.4 519.7 164.4 4 Moyial WEXGlo sSn5dqan00a0 nooo OCR 3196.3 | 3032.5 163.8 493.1 909.7 | 1417.9 211.7 THOMA UIC sccoond woocadoua 1135.2 | 1022.3 113.0 142.7 348.4 506.1 25.0 Total digested ..... ..... ... 2061.1 | 2010.2 50.8 350.4 561.3 911.8 186.7 Digested from hay..........-. 989.5 | 962.8 26.6 64.4 | 332.7 | 538.0 27.7 Digested from corn germ....| 1071.6 | 1047.4 24.2 | 286.0] 228.6 | 373.8 159.0 Per cent digested from corn SANMNIN o po oga000n0nds. o onnooddas 73.6 74.9 42.1 77-5 66.2 Fle) 96.7 SHEEP II. TN@l WA WARS pooo0apdba0e coH0000 1740.0 | 1633.7 | 106.3 | 123.9 | 564.3 | 898.2 47.3 Fed in corn germ ............. 1456.3 | 1398.8 57.5 | 369.2 | 345.4 | 519.7 164.4 ANOHEW EC! casbocooceonse0can000 3196.3 | 8082.5 163.8 493.1 909.7 | 1417.9 211.7 MNOUEM EXER) oe agoo0s ocouSodcD 1151.5 | 1048 4 103.1 145.8 349.4 525.6 27.8 Total digested ........ ieiafeane 2044.8 | 1984.1 63.7 | 3847.3 | 560.3 | 892.3 183.9 Digested from hay........... 989.5 | 962.8 26.6 64.4 | 332.7 | 538.0 27.7 Digested from corn germ....| 1055.3 | 1021.3 37-1 | 252.9 | 227.6) 354.3 156.2 Per cent digested from corn [SSW 6 ooo000009 dddandDDdC000= 72.5 73.0 64.5 76.6 |, 65.9 68.2 95.0 SHEEP III. Jere sho) ain Gocopuaneouudes docuos 1740.0 | 1633.7 | 106.3 | 123.9 | 564.3 | 898.2 47.3 Fed in corn germ ............ 1456.3 | 1898.8 57.5 369.2 345.4 519.7 164.4 TO TANT Coys tierce citeice saystsissierstese 3196.3 | 3032.5 | 163.8] 493.1 | 909.7 | 1417.9 211.7 ONE TIGXEGS) SSoq0G00h0 cousubG0ns 1116.2 | 1001.1 115.1 162.2 327.1 486.1 25.7 Total digested .............. 2080 1 | 2031.4 48.7 | 340.9 | 582.6 | 931.8 186.0 Digested from hay...... .... 989.5 | 962.5 26.6 64.4 | 332.7 | 538.0 27-7 Digested from corn germ....| 1090.6 | 1068.6 22.1) 266.5 | 249.9 393.8 158.3 Per cent digested from corn (AEP Gedddanoaee Bodooaoseebe 74.9 76.4 38.4 72.2 72.4 75.8 96.4 PAWVOMA Ousmaeieeiiaislriniciersistech 73.7 74.8 48.3 75.4 68.2 71.9 96.0 FUEL VALUE FOR FIVE DAYS. i o ot Ht eo SH ir) S lS) os ° ie g 2 ge) aor | cae a 3 ap ‘3 22 2a5 Sn lier ea MMe Saheene Peale arte es peers B= So ats a3 cr Se se a) 5° 52 oe os? re (Ses ip} gS ae Maa FODDER: CORN GERM. SIND lS eqacdeccooacedeas 7442 1739 5703 249 5454 73.3 Sexo IWlseoodacaa coooccees 7442 1356 6086 246 5840 78.5 Sine IOs oessooa anoconoae 7442 1282 6159 232 5927 79.6 168 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. SUMMARY OF DIGESTION COEFFICIENTS MENTS OBTAINED IN THE HERE REPORTED. 1900. EXPERI- 3 g re 2 < oO Ao ‘J Sy o 9 3 : : A pe = A 2 =| ) o s 5 =| 2 Bie ee heee te alee ee alten sername 5 a Suara 2 ey = 3 A 2) fo) < Ay Oo 4 ey % | % %|%\ % Jo % % Clover hay, cut in early bloom..... 70 | 57.6 | 59.0 | 44.6 | 65.9 | 51.8 | 62.9 | 27.9 Clover hay, cut in late bloom. .... 71 | 55.6 | 57.2 | 38.5 | 67.3 | 48.6 | 64.3 | 35.4 Clover silage made from clover cut in late bloom. .......... sagpcoeadae 72 | 52.3 | 53.3 | 44.0 | 39.7 | 55.2 | 55.8 | 54.1 COMM NE Moscocbe 500006 DO6500006 od0000 73 | 88.5 | 89.0 | 68 7 | 72.9 |..... 91.7 | 80.6 Hay, mostly timothy ............... 74 | 57.6 | 57.9 | 53.5 | 65.2 | 45.0 | 63.0 | 44.6 AUS) vis scioiavetcreisretoh eveinetaveraleteraecstetela awiate 75 | 69.2 | 71.3 | ..... 75.5 | 30.8 | 77.2 |..-... Peaandioantehayeeeecacectceccrioe 76 | 64.2 | 62.5 | 58.2 | 72.2 | 63.0 | 63.7 54.4 Oat and pea Silage ............0scc00- 77 | 65.5 | 66.6 | 52.4 | 74.6 | 61.3 | 67.0 | 75.0 Oat and vietch hay .......... .....-- 78 | 55.4 | 56.2 | 44.3 | 65.3 | 49.0 | 59.0 | 62.8 Oat and vetch hay =. 5.... «..sccce- 79 | 60.1 | 60.2 | 60.2 | 69.5 | 51.5 | 62.7 | 73.8 Oat and pea hay............ seeeeeees 80 | 58.5 | 58.5 | 59.1 | 74.7 | 51.8 | 57.6 | 64.8 Hay, mostly timothy ............... 81 | 53.4 | 55.1 | 27.8 | 53.1 | 53.6 | 56.3 | 56.1 OPNIE) Sapcooedpoouecd.cc00n cocon00G000000 82 | 71.5 | 72.5 | 44.5 | 78.9 | 31.2 | 77.3 | 39.3 HOVAlWOAty LEE teemileteresieleisiatselels 9000000 83 | 47.3 | 48.1 | 37.4 | 69.1 | 33.1 | 50.9 | 88.2 Mbisx@ (EHEC Git teyereieietetaisiet iarelstereier on0000 84 | 62.3 | 64.2 | 31.5 | 62.6 | 28.3 | 70.8 | 92.0 (COIN FEIT, ood060000en000000 90 G0000000 85 | 73.7 | 74.8 | 48.3 | 75.4 | 68.2 | 71.9 | 96.0 NOTE ON HEATS OF COMBUSTION. 169 A COMPARISON OF DETERMINED AND CALCU- LATED HEATS OF COMBUSTION. Ib Sty IM loinc, It has been frequently observed in this laboratory and else- where that the heats of combustion of vegetable foods as deter- mined are higher than the results obtained by calculation when the usual factors are employed. ‘This fact is illustrated by the wheat products in the following table in which it will be seen that thedifferences range from .026 to. 430 calories, or from nearly one to ten percent of the determined value. The wheat products were chosen because they contain nutrients of precisely the same character and origin, but in varying proportions. The milling products are placed in the table below the wheats from which they were derived. ‘The caluculated results are obtained by the use of Rubner’s factors, viz.: for I gram protein, 5.5 calories; for fat, 9.3 calories; for carbohydrates, 4.1 calories. HEATS OF COMBUSTION OF WHEATS AND THEIR MILLING PRODUCTS DETERMINED COMPARED WITH THE CALCULATED VALUES. HEATS OF CUMBUSTION. 3 Z Material. 5 = 5 = ae x 5} 5 & 2) s S es = Qs © a = a As A S) =) 6) Calories |Calories.| Calories.| % GRID aaeriatanooo odaabopaanooaconOedopsoorlaacangs 3.918 3.849 069 2.00 C302 MLOWMIE) AUS te SLAC E sicjeleiejeieieislel=)) efelale viclaleielolielalels 3.839 3.813 -026 -23 6303) Hlour, SCCOnd BVAME se oie cesiceccc- sce e ne 3.892 3.843 - 049 -29 (GBXOEY NATICK WnaVSEhe.6 oa cinoconoadsacDDG bdo jooosocaN0n 4.169 4.023 -146 4.80 SOD SVU en tete (aleieteiciela’stassheteieln sien lente eisiare cinlerneraiseretare 4.163 3.930 -430 Toe aFeeVes| AV VAIN G ED Litwetatapatafotelutele(atevuret sreraterinveLelove istelatetersteterereiciatos 3.922 3.83: -089 2.54 PALM ore, TUES, SINCIEo cobs BoaodoHoooOKdaRBOODO: 3.768 3.679 -089 -16 O20 MMOUI ESS COMMON CC ietelalelelaMtetsteleimlaleratetatente!sletaler= 3.780 5.701 079 27 OPIS MMC Cllr Ose relatetelereilslotetettialoletstalelsiefetelateratatetcietetelstetots 4.115 4.005 -110 3.20 SPY | ROY Geadcooo0Gbad. Osage SoboNnooDObOSOeZo0R000 4.142 3.946 -196 718 6270|Wheat...... S en0GaoebS0Co000K0 Coud0d ngoseooon 3-987 3.892 -095 1.96 6273) Hlour, high grade .....-.,..... o--.- Napstelsiercate 3.942 3.864 -078 BB) C270 LOU Oval OSC Ctteletelatelayalntalalelbieleretsleisiaisteteleleletele 4.365 4.218 147 + (2.47. CP) VEAL CH CHMTIN Cee teeetateteratelerslctayaisteleloteterelstetelalsleleretsteteratststere 4.350 4.075 275 9.62 ZOE SIT SUII Wa retateletatatelehs etetatetete\sialatatetelsistetslaysicrersnitetsia(e(sa pala 4.196 3.900 296 10.07 1 A very brief inspection of the table will show that the differ- ences noted stand in very intimate relation to the amount of crude fiber present, and leads to a suspicion that the fiber is the 12 170 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION.- I900. disturbing element. If this be true we should expect to find the greatest difference between the determined and caluculated heats of combustion in those materials which are especially rich in fiber, such as the coarse fodders and feces of herbivorous ani- mals. The following results of feeding experiments with sheep serve to illustrate this. HEATS OF CONBUSTION. Fodders and Feces. Determined Calculated. Difference. Crude fiber. number. % Calories. Calories.| Calories. A130| Oatinay sypssietee meee eee ees eee ee eeee 30.74 | 4.209 | 3.719 | 490 4131\Sheep feces from oat hay.................-.| 3.65 | 4.290) 3.682 -608 AIAN Clon Gino vera sae5aoscecee Anoa 060 Ha. ogocue | 33.43 4.184 3.638 | 546 4161 Sheep feces from clover silage...... .....- | 32-16 | 4.379 | 3-805 -574 4202\Oat and pea silage ------ 22 beccsn-sor= an = 312 | 4.209 3.984 «225 4204 Sheep feces from oat and pea silage | 32.88 | 4.163 | 3.4669 494 | The results given in the last column are not, however, pro- portional to the amount of crude fiber present, but are much greater in the feces. This suggested a study of the fiber itself. A quantity was prepared from both fodders and feces and burned in the usual manner. ‘The results, reduced to a water- and ash- free basis are given here. HEATS OF CONBUSTION OF CRUDE FIBER FROM FODDERS AND THEIR FECES CORRESPONDING. =a Heats of ||2¢| Heats of =z |Source of crude fiber.| conbustion. | |Source of crude fiber.| conbustion. | J 4130/Oat hay...-.-.....----- 4.405 ||4131|Feces from oat hay .-. 4.662 4160|/Clover Silage........-- 4.610 |/4161) Feces from clover sil.) 4202|Ouat and pea silage ...| 4.667 || |_ BBO cosceeycoceca coos | 5.215 Average.........-- | 4.561 |4204/Feces from oat and. | | pea silage........... | 4.820 Average. ......... | 4.899 The crude fiber from the feces had, in these three cases, au average determined fuel value over 7 per cent higher than that of the fiber from the corresponding fodders. In other words, the digestible crude fiber had a lower fuel value than that remain- ing in the feces, and consequently, lower than that of the mix- ture of carbohydrates included in that term as found in the original fodders. —e ee ee a ee EXPERIMENTS WITH INSECTICIDES UPON POLATOE Ss. Cuas. D. Woops. Through the generous cooperation of Mr. John Watson of Houlton the Station has been able to make under exceedingly favorable conditions field experiments upon the potato. Not only did Mr. Watson give the free use of land, but inne aiso fur- nished the labor and machinery. The management of the Ban- gor and Aroostook Railroad, with their characteristic interest in and support of all that has for its aim the improvement and development of Aroostook county, furnished free passengertrans- portation to a large amount. Because of this help the Station was enabled to make a series of experiments which it could not otherwise have undertaken. Experiments as follows have been carried to a successful issue: 1. A soil test experiment of 25 plots. 2. An experiment of 25 plots on the effect of fertilizers, par- - ticularly different potash salts, upon the starch content of the potato. 3. A spraying experiment with Bordeaux mixture and other fungicides for potato blight. 4. An experiment with several commercial insecticides in comparison with Paris green as a remedy for the potato beetle. The experiments with insecticides are here reported. The others will be prepared for publication as early as practicable. For the experiment with insecticides, Mr. Watson kindly placed a ten acre field of fairly uniform slope and soil at our disposal. This field was planted with Green Mountain potatoes late in April, the rows running east and west. There were 224 rows about 30 rods long running across the field, and in addition about 20 shorter rows at the north and ten at the south ends of the 172 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 1900. field. The piece was divided in this way into 14 plots of 16 rows each with 2 plots of shorter rows at either end. ‘The short rows were untreated except that Paris green and whitewash were sprayed on these July 27th so as to kill most of the bugs. The arrangement of the plots and their treatment is shown in the following plan: ARRANGEMENT OF PLOTS. Each plot consisted of 16 rows about 30 rods long. The rows ran east and west. Row lat north end. Hos No. of Kinds of Insecticides. a2 8 rows. 2 oe Pounds. 1to 17...../Paris green..... vse ceeee wane pooodod so00de Godan band 000b00060 Goo0NDr 4 17 to 32.....|Boxal (arsenate of lead as the poison).................--....00-- 5 33 to 48...-|Boxal (arsenate of lead as the poison)............ .see2 cess sees 10 EDE® Be oo col /PORIS GREOM agoo0a anooseposodsnns00n nHodoeonoDODODDSODODOONOOHONAOGC x 85 1O SW cosolletMEAEREME G05 6G Gooadoscapacd500 do0000000000 ennD00000000 so6eon0090 x SL LCO V9 coool PNAS GAKEEM cassaseson 90009900 dboODdUOBDDGGDODODSODNO BOSCODGNODDNG 3 97 to 112 ...|Swift’s arsenate Of lead .2....-. 25.6... eee cee s peewee ner ese rene= ile TS} TO) WAS 5|| ATES NG) ISI Qososucoosvoeanesa goooacdsosocosngoos0gso0s0000H Oo5a00 4 TB) HO) ME co | PAWNS GAABESIN coocdocs0snoon00 059 opagboDGOMeDD0G0DS00NNa BoOCDOanoONDOS 4b 1A GO WED ool ATASOMONG) IWO> Basaccossscascocgsnen000 gocondeaHedgo0M0s soGdsc00s00 4 TEL HO WIG o|| PAWS GEG coooss oosode sy amoccsaucdHce HooG ooDedOQ00D08eND0ROC0C 4 177 to 192..; Arsenoid No. 4.....+.....-..+5- Ee tecteevcees eres « Oe kat neti 4 AGSit 01208, VAUS CHOLCUN Gy bacicsetslsaetmaitelsaersse acetic ta dteckiseee eee eeeeee 4 P08) 110) BML PAWS) SUI noncd0 oooosdocb0gcnODOODNONSG0NG0N0 D000 AODDGDODORBUOD ra DATES OF APPLICATION. The insecticides were applied under the immediate oversight of the writer, with water together with a fungicide, either Bor- deaux mixture, or other similar materials, in the form of a fine spray at the folowing dates: . July it, rows LT tov128— july 12) rows et2o) to: 2242) julie rows I to 224; July 27, rows I to 224; August 10, rows I to 112, and August II, rows 113 to 224. The experiment was visited by the writer at least once a week during the growing season, and two or three days after each application each plot was carefully examined and full notes taken. EXPERIMENTS WITH INSECTICIDES UPON POTATOES. 173 THE APPLICATION OF PARIS GREEN AND OTHER POWDERED INSECTICIDES. When Paris green was first used for the potato beetle it seems to have been applied dry. This was probably partly due to the aifficulty of transporting the water and partly (and perhaps more especially) to the imperfect distribution which resulted from sprinkling the plants with watering cans. Since the introduction of improved spraying machinery, the poisons can be more evenly and effectively distributed with water than by dusting. None of the poisonous powders are dissolved in the water but are mixed with it and held suspended. The heavier the powder and the coarser the particles the greater will be the tendency for it to settle init. An efficient agitator is an indespensible part of a spraying outfit. ‘The materials are best applied as a fine spray, as in this way the whole plant can be readily covered and prac- tically none of the solution runs off the foliage. In the case of the copper compounds of arsenic, freshly slacked lime should be added to the water at the rate of 2 pounds to barrel.* This will make the Paris green, etc., adhere better and effectually prevent burning the foliage. Half a pound of good, finely pulverized Paris green can be sprayed on so as to be more effective than a much larger amount applied with a “gun” or other dusting devices. It can also be applied much faster and with less labor. One man with a 4-rowed mechanical sprayer can readily treat 20 acres a day, and 30 acres with a 6-rowed sprayer. In the experiments here reported upon, the poisons were all applied with a four-rowed mechanical sprayer fitted with a powerful hand pump. As it was desired to take every precau- tion for thorough spraying, two men were on the cart, one to pump, the other to drive and watch that the nozzles did not get stopped: In the first spraying one Vermorel nozzle was over each row and the rows were gone over twice in opposite direc- tions. The other three applications were made with a double Vermorel nozzle. three days at the end of which time the experiment was discontinued. THIRD EXPERIMENT. Statement of Conditions. The four plants which were taken in this group were all first thoroughly wet with water, then liber- ally sprinkled with Bug Death. The operation was repeated,” first wetting and then sprinkling, until the leaves were evenly covered with Bug Death, and there was no dust apparent as such. The plants were next freely covered with slugs. Results: As in experiments Nos. 1 and 2 the slugs soon: sought the underside of the leaves. After 6 hours a few of the slugs were noticed making their escape from under the netting and four were found dead under the plants. After 22 hours there were a few more dead under the plants. There was a general leaving of the upper leaves for the basal. Almost half of the insects were driven as in previous experiments, After 28 hours no marked change was noticed. A few more bugs had gone to the base of the leaves, and the semi-stupified condition was becoming evident. After 52 hours there were only a few slugs left on the vines, the others apparently have been driven away. After 68 hours the few remaining bugs were feeding freely on the basal leaves. The semi-stupor was not apparent. i During next three days no change was observed and the experiment was discontinued. EXPERIMENTS WITH INSECTICIDES UPON POTATOES. 189 FOURTH EXPERIMENT. Statement of Conditions. This experiment differed from No. 1 only in that al/ the plants were first covered with slugs and then very liberally dusted with Bug Death. Results: As in the three preceding experiments the slugs as soon as dusted started for the under side of the leaves and within an hour not a slug was left on the surface of the leaves. After 6 hours a few dead slugs were found under the plants. Several had already started to escape. After 22 hours several more dead slugs were found under the plants. Nearly one-half of the slugs had made good their escape by forcing themselves under the netting. After 28 hours the number of the remaining slugs was some- what decreased. The semi-stupor noticed in the corresponding observations of experiments Nos. I, 2, 3, was also here slightly noticeable. . After 52 hours no change was noticeable. The few remaining slugs were feeding on the under side of the lower leaves. After 68 hours only two slugs were remaining on the plants, and these were feeding on the basal leaves. The slugs showed no sign of any stupor. During the three following days no observation worthy of record was made and so the experiment was discontinued. Summary of the results. The effect most noticeable upon the bugs irom the application of the Bug Death is its great driving property. The principle exodus of the slugs took place during the first night, and the subsequent escapings were also mostly made at hight. In the four experiments in the observations which took place after 28 hours, a semi-stupified condition was quite noticeable. The slugs would hang onto the under side of the leaves slightly curled up, apparently dead. When knocked to the ground they would slowly uncurl themselves and perhaps in an hour or so would be back again on the plants or more likely they would have made their escape under the netting. During the next forty-five hours there was an apparently complete recovery from the stupe- faction. Only a small number of slugs were killed by the Bug Death. Whether these were killed by suffocation from the appli- TQO MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. IQ00. cation of the powder or from being poisoned by. eating the Bug Death, the experiments do not conclusively show. In the third experiment the death rate was about as in the other trials and here the attempt was made to get rid of the dust by wetting. Whatever value the material has is dependent upon the strong dislike which the bugs show for it, rather than to any insecticidal qualities which it may have. THE COST OF BUG DEATH. The price as advertised ranges from 15 cents for a single pound to 8 cents in the largest package which the company puts out. At the rate applied in these experiments it would cost $8.00 per acre for the material for each application. Two applications a fortnight apart would be needed: to keep the potatoes free from bugs. When applied to vines not covering the ground an appli- cation at the rate of 40 pounds per acre was without effect, so it would seem that the second application must be as great as the first. ‘To partly protect would cost for the Bug Death $8.00 per acre while to thoroughly protect against bugs would cost $16.00 for materials. The “Perfection Shaker” is a covered tin dish with small holes in the bottom.. Applied with this shaker a man would be kept very busy and might develop a lame wrist in the attempt to apply 100 pounds in one day. In Aroostook county there are in the neighborhood of 25,000 acres of potatoes on which the bugs must be killed within a few days time. In the presidential election of 1896 the county polled 6,472 votes. It would take ten days for these voters to protect the potato plants from bugs applying Bug Death with the Perfection shaker. A farmer growing 20 to 50 acres would find it impossible to get the help necessary to apply Bug Death at the right time. One pound of Paris green, or other arsenites applied at two different times will do all the work of 200 pounds of Bug Death. The Paris green can be applied with power sprayer at the rate of 20 to 30 acres a day, and a thorough application of Bordeaux mixture can be applied at the same time with only the added cost of materials (about.40 to 45 cents an acre). Reckoning a man’s time at 15 cents an hour it would cost at least for materials and labor 18 dollars an acre to apply Bug Death twice.. For two dol- lars and a half an acre can be treated four times with Bordeaux mixture and a reliable poison. EXPERIMENTS WITH INSECTICIDES UPON POTATOES. I9I SUM MARY. It is claimed for Bug Death that it acts as an insecticide, fungicide and fertilizer. Bug Death is chiefly zinc oxide. It contains no nitrogen, a mere trace of phosphoric acid and a small amount of potash. As an, insecticide. At the rate 100 pounds per acre it freed potato vines from bugs. At the rate of 40 pounds per acre it had no appreciable effect. Bug Death drives the bugs and makes them leave the vines. Bug Death kills comparatively few of the bugs. As a fungicide. Bhght did not appear as soon nor as badly on plants to which Bug Death was applied at the rate (in 3 applications) of 180 pounds per acre as on untreated vines. Effect on foliage. At the rate of 40 pounds per acre no appreciable effect. At the rate of 100 pounds per acre some of the leaves curled on the edges and finally died. As a fertilizer. As its only fertilizing constituent is a little potash it was not tested as a source of plant food. » Its economy. Because of its high cost and slow application, no one growing any considerable amount of potatoes can afford to use Bug Death. The price of the labor required to apply Bug Death to one acre will buy the materials and spray two acres with Bordeaux and Paris green. BLACK DEATH AND ENGLISH BUG COMPOUND. These two compounds have been quite extensively advertised and presumably more or less used in the State. Black Death is apparently Paris green diluted with gypsum to make weight and colored with charcoal. English Bug Compound depends upon white arsenic for whatever value it may have as an insecticide. Gypsum is employed to dilute the white arsenic and to give weight. As both of these goods depend upon arsenic as the 192 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. I9QOO. poison, they are no safer to use than any other arsenical insecti- cide. The English Bug Compound was not used in these experi- ments. Black Death was applied once on one-fourth acre by the Station at the rate of 40 pounds per acre and it had no appreci- able effect on the bugs. Fach of these mixtures are sold, considering their composition, at very high prices and are uncertain and expensive insecticides. If English Bug Compound does not burn foliage, it is only because the manufacturers have used largely of the cheaper plaster, and sparingly of the more expensive white arsenic. PRACTICAL CONCLUSIONS. In fighting the Colorado potato beetle no adequate substitute for arsenical poisons has yet been found and there is little hope that any willbe found. The efforts are now limited to finding cheaper or more effective compounds of arsenic than Paris green. The arsenical insecticides are best applied with water in the form of a fine spray as soon as the slugs appear. Unless applied in connection with Bordeaux mixture it is safest to use lime with all arsenical compounds. The applications should be repeated as often as necessary. Some of the cheaper arsenoids were in these experiments as effective as Paris green. There is no reason for using them or Paragrene in place of Paris green unless they can be had at a lower price. Lead arsenate is the most satisfactory of the insecticides used by the Station. It is apparently slower in action than the copper compounds of arsenic, but it can be more evenly applied and it adheres firmly to the foliage without burning. DIRECTIONS FOR SPRAYING. On application the following special publications of the Station will be mailed free: Condensed Directions for Spraying the Potato. Condensed Directions for Spraying Apples. How to Fight Cucumber Enemies. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. Acknowledgment is hereby made for the following gifts to the Station during 1900: Chinese Artichokes, Artichokes from Italy, Seed Wheat, Seeds from Japan and Italy, Lawn Grass Seed from France— United States Department of Agriculture. Carnations, Rooted Cuttings—Albert M. Herr, Lancaster, Ba: Sulphate, Carbonate and Muriate of Potash and Kainit— German Kali Works, New York City. Nitrate of Soda—Propaganda for Use of Nitrate of Soda, New York City. Seed Potatoes—George W. P. Jerrard Company, Caribou. Garden and Acme Corn Planters—Potato Implement Co., Traverse City, Mich. Seat Spring for Farm Wagons—Cramer & Co., Bradley, Mich. The following newspapers and other publications are’ kindly donated to the Station by the publishers: Agricultural Epitomist, Indianapolis, Ind. Agricultural Gazette, Sidney, New South Wales. American Cultivator, Boston, Mass. American Fertilizer, Philadelphia, Pa. American Gardening, New York City. American Grange Bulletin, Cincinnati, O. American Grocer, New York City. American Miller, Chicago, Il. Baltimore Weekly Sun, Baltimore, Md. Bangor Weekly Commetcial, Bangor, Me. Beet Sugar Gazette, Chicago, Ill. Breeders’ Journal, Himrods, N. Y. Canadian Horticulturist, Grimsby, Ont. Chronique Agricole, Lausanne, Switzerland. 194 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. IQ00. Country Gentleman, Albany, N. Y. Dairy World, Chicago, Ill. Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Mich. Elgin Dairy Report, Elgin, Ill. Farmer’s Advocate, London, Ont. Farmer’s Guide, Huntington, Ind. Farmer's Home, Dayton, O. Farmer’s Tribune, Des Moines, Iowa. Farm Home, Springfield, Ill. Farm and Home, Chicago, Ill. Farm Journal, Philadelphia, Pa. Farm-Poultry, Boston, Mass. Farmer's Magazine, Springfield, Ill. Farmer’s Review, Chicago, Ill. Farmer's Voice, Chicago, Ill. Farming, Dayton, O.: Florists Exchange, New York City. Florists Review, Chicago, Il. BOGester, ts tincetoim, Naa) Fruit, Dunkirk, N. Y. Golden Egg, St. Louis, Mo. Green’s Fruit Grower, Rochester, N. Y. . Hoard’s Dairyman, Ft. Atkinson, Wis. Holstein Friesian Register, Brattleboro, Vt. Homestead, Des Moines, Iowa. Horticultural Visitor, Kinmundy, Ill. Iniand Pouitry Journal, Indianapolis, Ind. Jersey Bulletin, Indianapolis, Ind. Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society, London, England. Louisiana Planter, New Orleans, La. Lewiston Weekly Journal, Lewiston, Maine. Maine Farmer, Augusta, Maine. Mark Lane’s Express, London, England. Market Garden, Minneapolis, Minn. Massachusetts Ploughman, Boston, Mass. Mirror & Farmer, Manchester, N. H. Modern Miller, St. Louis, Mo. Montana Fruit Grower, Missoula, Mont. National Farmer and Stock Grower, National Stock Yards, Il. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. National Rural and Family Magazine, Chicago, IIl. National Stockman and Farmer, Pittsburg, Pa. New England Farmer, Boston, Mass. New England Florist, Boston, Mass. New England Homestead, Springfield, Mass. New York Farmer, Port Jervis, N. Y. New York Produce Review, New York City. North American Horticulturist, Monroe, Mich. Northern Leader, Fort Fairfield, Me. Northwestern Miller, Minneapolis, Minn. Oregon Agriculturist, Portland, Oregon. Pacific Coast Dairyman, Tacoma, Wash. Park and Cemetery, Chicago, IIl. Practical Dairyman, Spencer, Ind. Practical Farmer, Philadelphia, Pa. Practical Industry, Gouverneur, N. Y. Public Ledger, Philadelphia, Pa. Ruralist, Gluckheim, Md. Rural Californian, Los Angeles, Cal. Rural New Yorker, New York City. Rural Topics, Morgan City, La. Southern Farm Magazine, Baltimore, Md. Southern Farmer, New Orleans, La. Southern Planter, Richmond, Va. Southwest, Springfield, Mo. Southwestern Farmer, Wichita, Kans. Strawberry Specialist, Kittrell, N.C. Sugar Beet, Philadelphia, Pa. Turf, Farm and Home, Waterville, Me. Vick’s Magazine, Rochester, N. Y. Weekly Union, Manchester, N. H. Western Agriculturist, Chicago, Il. Western Creamery, San Francisco, Cal. Western Fruit Grower, St. Joseph, Mo. The World, Vancouver, B. C. 195 METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS. The instruments used at this Station are the same as those’ used in preceding vears, and include: Wet and dry bulb ther- mometers; maximum and minimum thermometers; thermo- graph; rain-gauge; self-recording anemometer; vane; and barometer. The observations at Orono now form an almost unbroken record of thirty-one years. _ The mean temperature for 1900 was about one degree above the average for 32 years. The greatest monthly variations from the average were in April and October, which were 3°.74 and 5°.55 respectively higher than usual. The total precipi- tation, 53.8 inches, was higher than that recorded at any one year at this Station since 1870, when the fall was 58.04 inches. The rainfall was very unequally distributed through the year, April being dry, while in May the fall was more than double the average, thus greatly delaying planting. July and August were so dry that crops in this section suffered greatly. Lati- tude, 44°, 54’,.2” N. Longitude 68°, 40’, 11” W. Elevation above the sea, 150 feet. 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To receipts from the Treasurer of the United States as per appropria- tion for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1900, as per act of Congress DOW Te) Li eA ee US es ceccenscheeeoosescomsnesosocosdssn sts tebe ssc CR. By salaries: (a) Director and administration officers. ................+-: $2,360 91 (Dy) Scientific stattnencssoesmeeiacas-caae acne cee sei nee nites - 3.666 68 (ce) Assistants fo scientifie Staff oo eo 2. een. cee eece com nn 1,730 28 (d) Special and temporary ServiCeS.......---.--.2cces- «ses 55 06 TNO ED Seen to SHAbe San oU RUC Gos, GUOte Means cece | aeStecouaces5=Asatanc Labor: (a) “Monthlyemploy ces: : ~ssicc aes nace aacen er net et cimessiccelees $755 00 (b) Daily employees ... .-. ~ocacsccssoersce Soto 9 Ges sosde- 713 23 WGA etn sos aasadootocnatoccobecocdessccne nocctasosostsshesct cose: EDGAR ONS eee eaten =f BSE SI aCe CORR GOA SECEDE RAGE CO EGR: A Lone TEQS IDES Gina) SADA cose ses cease soon co season soos ctechenctes secede IntyeeivPayid) Geqneese ona6 Actes G Geneec Seesh soe + Gan Fc Sacer oso se Son DAS iS Veni MOTE ave? Sotsonec Srqseeccna Gatorccoups=ncees aobeds ofoast coves Chemical supplies: (Be CheiniGalS sence ussewer ee ies eae eee acme ete ene eoiolaelaiaio $308 37 (GD)) HINER SA TNNES eecoseten Soda accs GocttSsaose cacaocosoanse 68 89 Total -...... Doe cote rogecdretbeaecebossoeso ssn stecesesoc tsetse 2c Seeds, plants and sundry supplies: (a) Agricultural .....--..-ec cece eee eee eee eee eee eee cee eens $66 95 (G5) Ltoreiier init - pees shen do dacect ono chosssocsegsbeoncesnosec 160 52 (2) MISceHaAR CONS eee meee ee aes aa alee ae oy rien ates 418 93 AMT SeeSaauictesdso chosas RARSERTeOSmceade Sgte -S5R SaasocHaes scancac MErhNZCES Grasse dae eer SH ODN oS ae Den eOROGDs Lan aADS ane Gano ope ASaneasos LOGY MEY SSCH Uh t) apo ppc denen cbeD Ene reesone coBcsy pe soebecesoaaaaen) Gao Eseasor IDM NIE y csi cossoeecsce ls S2sthesedca SonadSsad teeta Srsetcgs5se Ssshoetecocsscor _ Tools, implements, and MACHINETY ....---- 2220 ccs erccccaee cnnerencesvess Furniture and fixtures......... SReaNboc BG ndoaasoo oodsace caccomAbe oan ameecs Scientific apparatus.........- ne ae Oe aE 3 AM Ci ee one ein mene anne SOA ES). $15,000 00 7,812 93 1,468 23 26 65 326 29 187 16 1,064 41 77 26 646 40 171 73 1,107 02- 243 34 190 78 262 01 58 37 REPORT OF TREASURER. 199 Maine Agricultural Experiment Station in account with Oreamery Inspection for the year ending December 31, 1900. DR To fees fox Calibrating SIASSWALE ....ccievecsccnscccrseccscccrcrcssresseeves $53 34 CR. By expense calibrating glassware ..... .. nbobauoe 0 bo GouotoomedoagDo Bode $53 3 Maine Agricultural Experiment Station in account with ‘General Account” for. the year ending June 30, 1900. ; ; DR. To balance from 1898-9 .... ........ slaidhayel etvevtevateral eas rataveds oleieleletoreterete $1,305 29 Sales of produce, etec..........-- © a caxeravenslaueyaveyessini nieve re ove Ten sells Paster 3,857 20 $5,162 49 CR. JEW SEVENBIGS) Goncoensoconcosoad . onGod000 sooondan 9950800 nadanDda000Kc $306 33 IGEN BOY? Goon cdanescddono ads saqdadonkanandanodador Seba hone anooohune 1,397 66 SHIMOMEMY cooccoodaooososodGHapoUdaGdoda. be SHS A OuD NanG eters 8 O04 1eieH ty UI one hovel TAMKEe paooou Basoe so. bbe sahoreteretaitie shfersiateleranlerere 22 00 Seeds, plants, and sundry supplies.......-.....05-. cpno0, 000 1,009 7 INS AES SHOUTS, G boqowa goo Goooe ooac caabbsp a00 Mister etahire staatetiecaee 41 93 Tools, implements and machinery ..... .... ...-.... ateleielelete 270 Furniture and fixtures...... obendsdote Sododos cosUdodcaDCONdE 55 87 Scientific apparatus ........ jooe 0d de. ga0send DOOODSOG abode éao 5 93 ILM) SMOKE spocan adoscoe DUDOSHD aDODNOGOODUSGCUbADHOOOS DONO aa 13 55 Traveling expenses............ nov gg000 GoSdo -a0 osnonand ooooana 1] 75 Contingent (chiefly insurance) ......... 2.22. weeee 6 addon 140 08 Buildings and repairs ............. ooovtsduoDadodco pongosnaee 1,460 95 Balance to 1900-1901 account ............... . >. Heeb oOdOn 30500 686 00 $5,162 49 200 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 1900. Live stock: CGNGRETONSE Swicicioverersiel antes toerele ovate! siascfareve crsichs oie ateletsteisteleteter tadtelatelatersistete $90 00 (@), SUE@GO 2“ scngannnacandoodaoosoas Had dopo ac0UnLacodaocoadaacnon 18 00 (()) JRORUITAY cesooodanne comonnondosadaandon PAGDO 100. Gooo0GdD00 6 32 47 CE) MBS WETS Stl aisietsfoterssatetaiclclaveretaitelarci-foleieiscatpratome onatetrotetelstesntelerelerstece ets 211 77 ANOLE Rocnasens! GadcdoosKds Goc00 cabosneS donNO doddba500 dnddoAnG000 Traveling expenses: (a) In supervision of Station wWork..... 12. sccccssessee woes $162 12 (b) In attending various meetings.......... ... saad condoe 135 40 MO tiaeeraneyatereetaiele erie canter iets rey ratelererciers eleveieteieiacierteretnicrsielele er callers eines oneal eaters Buildings and repairs: ()) NIE OMICS caocda onndonudongdbbc0dgo dUD0OcdoNNonGasLOMONNOdbon00o TU OG orsratateseyate to evorsy gotatrvoielsverctsie cvaiciisiaicvawse(sieccleystaree: eictet teveray neysieteletetorrevel siete ete eens 297 52 407 66 $15,000 00 ISAIAH K. STETSON, Treasurer. I, the undersigned. duly appointed Auditor of the Corporation, do hereby cer- tify that I have examined the books of the Maine Agricultural Experiment Sta- tion for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1900, that I have found the same well kept and classified as above, and that the receipts for the year from the Treasurer of the United States are shown to have been $15,000.00, and the corresponding dis- bursements, $15,000.00; for all of which proper vouchers are on file and have been examined by me and found correct. And IJ further certify that the expenditures have been solely for the purposes set forth in the act of Congress approved March 2, 1887. A. W. HARRIS, Auditor. Maine Agricultural Experiment Station in account with Fertilizer Inspection for the year ending December 31, 1900. DR. To balance from account Of 1899......2..ccee.cees seeesseerceees $253 69 PaReceiptsitomlicenseste meet e eee e Coa ee eee ener 2,555 00 CR. By collection and analyses Of Samples ..... ....-++eesseveceees $1,861 32 Executive and office expenses........ 000 Gsancds00gs docneC 700 00 Balance to account of 1901.... ........ SVeralayaveiealavete eteveleve erayersisiats 247 37 $2,808 69 Maine Agricultural Experiment Station in account with Feed Inspection for the year ending December 31, 1900. DR. To receipts for inspection tags, 1900.........-2002 seereecoeseees $1,917 76 Balance to account Of 1900.........20. seccees oe coceecceece 666 53 CR By balance carried from 1899 account.... ...2.0. sess soereees 786 07 Collection and analyses of samples ........-....--.2+--200-s 628 54 MURS | sso0c0snasconscopDOODDONDONINS adoncdanspo0bn0000G0b 00000" 469 68 Executive and office €EXPeNSeS...-.-.-.ceeeee sees cercences 700 00 $2,584 29 $2,584 29 a ae INDEX) REPORT KOR 1960: PAC MUCUS TIMEIIES mcgar atti ey siaccieemist Seles ofurenie clstenctehoicteieiaieutee aaron PNECUISIMON OLvatMOSPHeLIC AMITTOMEM 1... cicleleleidie sian oon eeeraiole | PMMIEMNOMIARCAN COUISi on nnacted tel sieiclicsl vanerolchsisiomeotsle eterna eee eee PMLSOT MAM OMLELAY IA rh. tok. atarenteheverene, coke ister Sieral oie kvattotale.talaroeinere MMe tI CATE] Ile Plait sLOLS Cher telssetuca ye ale acokersfea lett east akeseeeithe tere wate HIP CL aITOUM rs mares eee + alara a aie atace Siscoharthoeee tere ona PMEL AG Umit hist Gmetrancdaesiad con cechs taste satel arate sche teaser slohevoaee eleithakora itive Tote ote PMTCT APA ALY SES: suds tow sa fcvarn cin elactores ato rato dle Settee Mes PACT O LIT) COM SIMS peseebeiuctars fochcsshetalcstalere Gates dw eieie ceva vouetene onterele nine heel EMHOSIA CM LEXUDDLISies Aaa) assis traAaia Si he Novena Sele io Aaa eee Avathvoumniticl thie aagtacicolacies SoC Om rn AE IBe IoC tac Dia tOOR ea aoe: PM MGeMMSESCLOD MM lariat ines. mitaasie eels aes PAD ISHO- OSS Millie teerrtvcel asec teers Tusa hac ae RON ORR Lit ena cies TAT Ses eres seams speek cael cuae olen Sane eae LN {DDNER DIDS CU ENG arb'S* Pees rasa cicectete talc Goto SC AEM CoCo EE Te ANCHE: ENan Saleh cel Saad area nal cto gm ceca tea gree Sea Ratan Meher Gets /ASEGYES THONG [SIRE cane hee thee ME RA iar ER in cA uta Ran Seer ET Oe he we PAE MOSP MERC sMILTOS EN, sAGGUISILIONG acts celts ie cee eieie es aie 1 BAGIVETTNSS op sb Goh ERS Te EES CCG CA REGRET CI RERER A SRGH a ECTS ge ee wis aes Benkedentomtshademc we paseiccya ise Be kavclaya tiene isiee tara SORA BES MIMRRVVIE Cit Leboe rec conn arct avast cesopo eaahecade alin tations erraisione valent rian ee eer CEES CHAPS ge Ail alySeGiearctccan ices eyslchpamrs te ke aheneion roe ee PVE MISE METemIidG ster guiciart. cchets eat cua ae ke eetT, were Waa hee Aiea on | MA Pa BiackaceatiyaneilSece Ctdenasscr.iirir- elastase anaes Belated dete ChamipiOmerrs s.a5a eyeerdasA(5 healers Cote Aes on caves oe een PETS StS SU COM NETS ocseys do paesce elas ceotcle rates tos Sig eeetale ait elrotcra tae Boneanical panaly.sisumsee. wena kere tee tote esl ak Cee TO GET Spee Seay Is wok so RTRs abe ial la Sbee ehatrele Stables, ee ee IOOSS CEQA MMS TIES Ah Sep AS Rea A MEAT Boe eaU EDS te mnimcerAinc acne Bead setromtyskarmmed ermal errr ales tclete. stciar tateletss st alcravstelerelerstas er eiatele Breadssedicestibiliitvaeekevn tie tet une Son ener tn aac “Einar liiater I oveinls) nim ever wiroralblGurornles Hae nda HAD ebor 9 see aodorcnoN FEmcedsTOLNd aliy COWS iLES MMO unr ctercisemaecrsiceecesiie eerie © MST Stl Satclt lbacespys steers ces neetsverai ete erst oncpeterslcnaiMonatansiorsereta uate oem ) EpauCIUs, ODEECLOS. vauaces accor team eae atetetaie eels Setar e ela tate cen BIG CLA brie AM Pl kes yanvoresere ray seerste chstetevenstac bral mans emerete ete corres POmmMnoltellay x iagere tas owas a cetetaNeeied sete csicnsrheeeers 14 202 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. I9QOO. PAGE Biufialoscarpembectiosees oe A ean ese eee Oe eee eee 35, 41 Bug death i chnes taeetea ta aw otras UOC Renae eee Erie 183 Buildiigs Ge aa dace soe eo ove y deo ce REE ea ae 48 Bulletins and: reports: aoa esc neared ee eee ae eee 51 Butter, hardsess/aftected by 400d) 22-02 eee. aha ona eee 64 Cabbage "studiés; witht, janis pone ae tec eo oe eee 53 Caceecia’ cerasivoranain cote at ee ee Ree eee 32, 40 VOSA As Wesicberste cos theta retina obo eID Tee Sclsiee tissue SES 32, 40. Callosamiasprometiica vs. .cc eee ee Oe COP eee AI Canadian: +hhawkweeds oi.c1. ss 22 eas oes Conte cee A eeee 44 Caramelucerealcolteersubstittite se eieerce a saeeieie eee o ene 104 Garpet ‘beetles 2:5 tte ts oe eee oe SE re See eee 35, 41 Cauliflower tis Sees aes Poco ote Ln nels on cee ee 54 Gécropia emperor moth! \y2e0 550s se eo coe loners Oe ee ee 41 Gentatreasyacea yu 3 nkoae s oeane eas To Sane eee 44 Cherry leat beetle 272.00 foaibsiec ca ner oe aes 35, 41 tree sly snestak ses oe en ete oes see 32, 40 Chickens; Coops ft ns. sso aetna ee oe 89 POCA: Az chase ses Soke Sie\a aie eee RAS ie Se ETO eee 890 Sreen 100d fOr to aese os eae es ee eee 05 erowth attected ‘by sage. cts. oe es eee ee eee 93 Chinchibus lee an ee oes Ee eee arate ne 31, 40 Cicada tibiceny joc. eee ae irae ote feG.a si dyaierehnva lave Bieke See 40 Clisiocampa disstija.-seseeen Maye Wa afar a! oral ecaibae toes heees ot 41 Glover hay;ganalysis =2-26. tenes cat enc a ee oe aoe 135 ClLpinweatlyablOom-nanalySiseeree eee eree coer 135 late: DlO Oma ox os ec ies asia he cto cele: ere eee oe 135 digestibility. Gijceuc och cee oee ee ee ee er ee 168 silagves analy sis;-oton. ates Gat oe met a ee pe Ane ne 135 Gisestiilitye cust ance cert tas ene mee ie ee eRe 168 Coffee ‘substitutes score aati stella eidatsts 103. compared with skimmed milk .............. 106 miuttitive value: iy conics tose bees eae: 105 College of Aoricult ure’... Shien: oo cere ee EE 47 Colts deedinon )i..5 ewe. cbc sels cosa uapls ese ee eee («58 Contents tables ercos corte coer econ ee ee Sauaes - 5 Coops, vse yards stor chickens. -snea sie eee ee 89 Corncand Oatweed | wits ca eects coe noe te ee eee 15, 81 Peli, isestiDility eat ee eee See eee 168 LOUSE TS Soe cts ecekn oe ale eae OTe oS ao 31 mealsanalysisisakavnets cpa cocre Heth eee 135 digestibility hati d cates eke ee eee 168 féedine waliecceus. scoceceises ee ee eee 63 Manure ainOms see Aes cic ee eee Cee eee 60 plant, effect of maturity upon composition.............. 55 silage from Maine and southern corns ................ 63 Correspondence) oir. sinc scree sree eceerus puma iain Oa oe renee 51 Corydalis’ conmmta..ccereeae oe cele ee oe eee 31 INDEX. 203 PAGE WoOlOn-SCCMeIMICAl GATIALY SES! oys'e:0,0:0)0 4's; 0,210) ore de olevaie © lanein aimeisiotee TE, 77, FOL ICH COWS 7. catrele-oatate hae ceeoemnamar tetas 64 MANUGE GEO omnes emcee ce Sa: oe 60 (Copal, Sania, Gon Si ae iba ePIC In Gee ESTE ee reece hh 4,47 WOwWSs Gaihyctests Ob DEECUS) «2 cits es. 0,<)0°o.018 ove ialete ee ob eyeete Hevers 62 PCCCIN OMEN PELIINENIUG! a: v-3%piniarain'vy ago i> iwe lore ate aeaeinea > eek 64 CUD EHCTULOUS rake terac ates, oosieteraleieie o.c. a: «forays, osrelereipamarenetae wale eter 65 THe Ahael TRH OMY HINTON) Gogenopoon uno smo dcaoooycoddr 61 ride tiberm heats Of COMDUSHION . sac dase ee os,2 so seeisite cet els 170 Srtctitm bere plata tel OUSC x wrsiei so. ccelecclsrs ors aie are, 0-e ols) oo eue tes Giaverae ete as 31, 40 Crelling aie RICE NICE i ar en Oia eared Gan ore 43 (CULE aE a Ge alsa ence Ree NeTich RCRENS CR ace CRUOIC Cieea CaCi eno ne 34, 41 Daiivabiildinesandseqiipiment ... sles ar See cias oemteiiaeer 48 HECC SMe aTlAly SES se ees ener CNS She RN huss SRR rn rietoe ae iets 81 ID erisn? emlhinehiocl a etme no pee OC NoIC ISO co IO GOIN aan ater aos 43 DIG RAGS ana FeSh ge sorte Hace On. Oped Gon tne norte maker 66 Wisxestibilsty Of breadSy satis da 8: score sycieisisrevetame yore alate stb tale, Gis ere. erers 66 DicesHonexpernimentsn witht SHEEP. <7 ciei-ltstiee a eyecare « 50, 133 PMSSEMMNAMONTOLinLOLiMlatlOn -— sees A ote cleincie are oeilceeinles 5r DIS WAT CTAC I ey ses s,cte alae ors. © ways ohala. ac iS area tal aypels Seake almanacs ts Gyaveravarsovels 182 ID Slo eyotae uk ore eee MaMa OC ion CI EOC ee cere nte 31, 40 DimmolinsonesacerealcOmees an, cain ose cep co ninee coe aia eee 105 em alah es tall ystceacy. setae ta cnre yeas Siang ora aes tape: act 40: IDIROTTIEHTNI Be cia bos On cnSiae Chao Onto OI SOOT DIOIDIS CIOCIOROA CERO GT Chace 34, 4 MD iVoCAinpamnUbicunday ae opracticcccr rer tere To eto oie rR a oiieiote 4I IBfezee No) ane as Gee to GOH MOO Ree HOT oti Gon Om ore ian caret 54 PLOCUCH OMe LCe CIN Saat hlas taser cl rarer ere ee tele oe 07 ME COLES. fae ra cycsies, seu syety co teckerny alt Sls oleens) B/G reps bs Sea Be OTN 66, 90: lA, Guomubiny Bioyal: pyOUMhGHON Socgosscuuospooncevebuodoneo or 102 BMI AAIMEG I) TL AR tage eae Rater Gl care PAO Pen EEN cp ete Tre IN Soe Stopes eis SU SAAN 40 IE raved Fis}ate Inybeoat erovany pyoybholals mye eins HEIRS CO OOOO mo Gon nh Gonaod 4 IQI NOC tae Canad ensiSmevacy ha cn .c wie rerses cals iaile, shales see. ai Seeereiesetol 34, 41 Rite Renee tah Cd ey Nese s Sa acre ore eens oo KA EE 48 By Stall Sebel Nant uae wi ye te eega rea coitus Nznnns have oeacetpae bare ec ete erate 34, 41 Bistablishnaentotastation cle. e cars esi cer cl ciee oe suslarclo naeaceet et 45 RUENLOCEIS® CHEV SOL GAO io ons det crores cat wanieae SBA ote Gnw a ow che Bae 36, 41 IBCR GIESSEN CHIT D. Sina bo DOOD CE OUCH COCR Oot Boor ae AI IEeSgUhayee ny wh onl COC es ciniananiis cred Oeance on Coinec race ner Gate ooceeao ee 43 ep CLIMENE SEATION. HISEOLY, sc. = a'- cides Riedel c eetnie a ele e's oles 45 VC“ SPO HEC C1 CrIT1O Lilie tofesstcpn ca crercVeis. cl atere eieceiare cohol eeuekctadoeretoe care 32, 40 RUC ORIEL Of eee eye cA) wis cucakanmbapcidyuousta's ialetar cee Geis oor Ries 34, 41 Eiiimethansherned stor otatiOne eb a icierecieraeies ee cae eit aieaee 48 ete olor EStOx ati rar ners aie cick, 4 aca ve emo ialase alow wap Mae ae 65 CeSHOLaSHEEP -AALVSIS.. ae yrtere’« aioe cus svaicietorciG ovarcie es smarcrats apaveteveroue 136 Gel VAMC Nee aero scars eteiaa ein ia os areboeone Ratt 137 RAC ECIN me COLEG eae fat e.cie cote Re tha ala Set are Mella en ee awed ae 58 I Ghov| bis} ne eee eae ee DCR E Eta o Sere bo meen Sousa te 58 =< 204 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 1900. PAGE Feeding ‘stuffs. analyses).7.222- 226k 2 es ane eee oes oan ee oe II Stull: «pdaranlees” 2-2-4002 een eee ee eee 20 La Wr ose) trate be ee See ec ee 9 AMISPECHON! 2, S.LEd syssceee ce eees te eee eee 9, 75 SWANKE Ute. ci ee nie ee eee oh cites eee eee ae Toe eee 58 value of wheat and corn meals ...........:..-..--- } 63 Keeds.-mixed? low strade >. + 2 2.2 dot eee eee ae eee 88 Beldspar as*a‘source Of ‘potash’<>. 5). cee ose eee eee eee 57 Pertilizationiof flowers): 2.2.2 sc fc eee eee ee eee 52 Pecttlizer analyses”. %.<¢%. 22.52 52522 o,f 22 noes Se er eee eee 25, 125 INSPECHION 2. ac'- > a). Seain's SLE eae eee eee 24, E17 Law; “prOViSiONnS) <7. ys24.602 PERS en ee ce Ree er See 30 Fertilizing elements in potato pomace ................-.....-. 116 Fertilizers, analysis compared with guarantee ...............- 118 olaranteed ‘allalysisy.--0ussee eee ee eee 117 Fiber, crude, heats of combustion ...........0....-.-.------- 170 Field experimenis with phosphates ................-..---..-- 58 Plax meal) analyses’ set 28 see ce eek eer ee een ee i3 Hodder and ‘root crops’ 222 seis. oe ee eee eee eee 35 Bood:materal= production 2) oc) once eee ee eee 55 relation to growth and composition of body ........... 61 Porest tent caterpillar 222906 cee ee oe oes eee eee 33, 41 Gerni meal) analysis) 2220-2 o cee ee eee eee 135 Glaten ‘feed. janalyses).c22 60.85 24 te cen cee eee eee eee 13, 81 nical analyses; £4 5-2 eee cca oe eee eee ee eee TI, 79 effectOn: Diiker: fab Sasce ver ate Ce ace 64 fOr COWS ox cccucast cere acvisc sneer s cane oer 64 Golden valexanders: 2:5. sepiaceoe eee oe eset eaniee seh ene 43 eral CONCE co ae ec ae ee Hotere Eo ee ee eee 104 Gortyna, nitelay * dcy eee ena secre er ee eee eee eo eee 33. 40 Grain-o: cofiee substitute) 22: io n.ce s aocees sce ee ee ee ee 105 (arass seed) fesittig oe a, ees eee Ere oe Re Ne liz Green food for chickens’ A:¢-4.\0<. 6 sacks soca eee ee Ee Qs Guaratitees-of. teedine stall... 2.22 a. set ee eee eee eee 20 Gatch) ACh a be bee etn Cie eet A ee ee 46 Hawk moth co. jus. ete eons or ee eee eee eee eee eee ae eee 33, 40 Hay rations, large and small compared .....................-- O72 Heats of combustion, calculated and determined ............. 169 Or ernde fiber) 2262.27 eo eee eee 170 Ob nit ose 5-002 oe ee eee eee 109 Heletanute 225 2: oto te Se vet ee es eee ee See LL eee 31, 40 Hens, profitable number for one pen ...............--.------- 66 . beecdine for eee production... 2-2 =. obs neces eee 97 . ieracinm: antantacht £27 ..¢6-5-2.55-ke e e ceioe 44 Canadense ts 258 Joo ee tt oes ee eee 44 : ohble-hasht-2- -4-ee eee Se Ret a EE ESS e 43 Horticultural’ hynldine 42003 o go eo eee eee 48 Income: 35 ean ee es oo oe BE Gein Ce ee ee eee 50 INDEX. 205 PAGE Meta TTO LES UATISE CES eta 6 tcis, Yai ssin: nfo oss, w nya aden oles Blais otenas pea ey ee wae 56 Insecticides, experiments upon potatoes ...........c2+cesseee 17I Mer nOdSHOtpapplyineAtss= +. a1 eee eve oils) eo ele ete eer 173 MASE GS METH ILTAN Sal colada id acre aa Si 4.6 % alate sete yo cute ohare EIS Ra 56 MATS CELO Ll Sperseanctar tat cr aie aio ato e We sre isle te) Gide cleyaye¥eral arabes, aralabe ec RaeO 50 WASHER IOI SECCMITIS SEUIEL <0 o'e ven, enrees eles cena eee eRe 98, 127 Chrysobothonristiemoratarcemnac ated et tee ae ree ’99, 109 Cicada, tibicentte:. as ae h ates ate ase oe aes ae eee ’00, 40: Cichoritumy dinty bus S23. joet cry ce ees OS Eee 907, 183 Cirinasarundinaceatis Ms eee ee eee eee eae ’98, 135: INDEX. 213 PAGE Citrate soluble phosphate....... Si ayclles ate Ne ree 98, 65 Pliscainpal aimeniCanay. ic. 2. ¢ Ae gates viwis Meise slate 97, 177; 98, 126; ’99, 120 USS Prides yeti cletesees chapels tales aeevnionee ae LOT GOO MNT Ose OOMAT eelOricdeces tal plintty D11tte rel yee errscl elec cole erate steieielevaisieiae eietene eerste ates 798, 130 MOLE ILO CLOLET eel ee sie) sv datas 225 tocear ara uenajesouiie bee) Sree is aaa ety oN | Ee MAN RRATIAlliy, SISTA sneovchesna stare Monier wererton eee in ie cee neta ’00, 135 CiitminmeanlywblOOMmmanaly.SlSaemeere reteset OO MISS late bicom=analysish reece teenie eee 700, 135 digestibilitya nes went cla wis case ere eee LEER nar 700, 168 JOYOyOY saeco ee on be eR Pic at ie ORAL PA tent es haere em 97, 179 Oneinocwlated SOM er oe cucrkeere een vale SENET Oe lo ehrieake ’98, 209 iereN OLN OLO| Oa 7 CHE eee RAS) CNG ERO Roe Mee AERA IG Gee reeate cine 97, 179 SilaceMmanaliySiSe aan sauce tin cole cheer ee Rte on eenar "00, 135 digestibilitve sire oriicce cece Oe EEE: ’00, 168 SCION Os to cok cicero oko tc Ohana GD nao De raisin 97, 183 Cocoanttepranalysise tak ere eae Oe eee ' ’g9, 82 COCOSH MUCHA ee aon rege ais aie etn Recut ee ne Pepe p its Rea tts 99, 81 Codlinesmothbesenone ees pwnd SHOR 6 3 ato neo E ’90, 133 AE IPCC HES TADS UIUTIEE She te vier cperinses Mactaetetes sue kavalasey o eee eee ak ‘00, 103 compared with skimmed milk.............. ’00, 106 THUMB EM URGE ae NUL KO rns REED cops bai oes Oar ans as 700, 105 (Coveyolne: Gilbane eit nea yee aaron ie MalsD QiwNeN ain) Lia te eh me mighte Ret ’97, 177 CollesenoneA on Crile ee wets nase genet acuneel ie cein araeoninas ust eens 700, 47 (COU hss TEENS Wi Ther Con Ga Ah of Ree APR MRR RG ro ae ama Ot cate aes ‘oo, 58 ‘Comlisinom yrnln Callomumrenec, 5oonccanctadnsocubacbuaectoccdc 798, 179 Coniposites SamplesmOn seheaimienys ask ssn iteacidoniem oe nel he eutiae 97, 88 Condensedsmillapmethods Ofmtestition. 9.0: -ceese.seeee ss see 07, 92 (CETTE: WON NGI ene he ae hotte picichcer nes eager eye aa i SR deere OJISA OS sZ Conotrachelusenentphacs = tier. asc tscicioaocis ual tele see ae Re tee ’90, 134 Coopsrvss yards Tontchickers. ..nec cence eh os tee ate ’oo, 89 Go nmpanclo ate tee cle eee civ ogee ee sre: ue race iat Pt we ec Beg ’00, 15, 8I Senmeaisestibilibynecon tate ee CL eae eee ’00, 168 KOTURST2 a em Toaster tn eh Ea Re SS gee RR Re ’00, 31 MAGA aliy. Si Sues ltrs oes ca everest alee "97, 1423; ’00, 135 digestibility sey wyslee crick: Snot oh anes ’97, 150; 00, 168 LESCIME:wWelldte aga pose ircisbey tc Pes oO ote roTS RAG ave ’00, 63 rau kehakul marie Gyanle, eta ee a REN SAE Scheetnny orr eee Ree nk aise ’00, 60 plant, effect of maturity upon composition.............. 700, 55 PLEP Ata HONS: AN earners At ee a cies RE Oe Lees *99, 08 crlacenmanallysishe.s.icn tia aera Mane am anions ’97, 142 disestibilitywe wy ace ee Ee ee eine ’97, 146 from’ Maine and! southern comms. ...0.4.-.ss0.- 700, 63 COTHESMHOMMCHCEH eects trate Rete hike nea oie teliete colar ieee tio ’98, 9; 00, 51 Oe) tal cd Sue COMTI Lecter ietaceetrecs ae attra Re oie o iacle haem 97, 177; '00, 31 COGS NORE i de ete Ei oe ee aE ein cee 99, 73 BOLLOMSCCUM MEA Maa cis cc cient Ricks Gre cetera a ite are oie hata ’98, 54; 990, 18 ANALYSIS eh cis tree ieee Oe Te eater rete sist atent ial foley 3m. 7 7) Lonemil chy COWS. vere a ates ke ee ele hee mee *00, 64 214 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. I9QOO. PAGE: Gotton-secd meals lowienade..<.. 3. aces een aoe ee ore ’90, 44 MIATLITE MAO yeni ierie ie PCCM ror 6 ’00, 60 - Council PStation Aaa terse nels ee ne eee ea Le Se eee ’00, 47 Cows butter srecordy arava tek cee COs eee ’97, 192 dairyxtestsiofi breedSising. jc seiner eee aoe er Se eeiae ’00, 62 dehorimring Wie cee leak vis ae ee EEO Le eeier ’98, 13. feeding LEX penitinentsiy si ecem Peto Gate et alert einen ies aor ’00, 64 healthyzmtemperatines! a-eeeer eee eee Eee ten Eee 107, 1077 AMidividia lesa recOnd see acces aes cece ae eee ’98, 148 TIT eRECOnG hye cetyl heey tree ee Oe ee ’97, 192 tuberculin;neftect onws- cc nee cn sees SEE ae Ee oe ’00, 65. LUDEKCULOSIS M1 seas ore are ats ah Pal cree eo eet ae ’98, 136; ’00, 65. (mUlnrerHenOyals, WEMERNAEISS cooonaoonannso0o00c nn O0Ob5Or ’97, 167 WHS ainGl TMEVTTOW, TENOUS. 5000 050d 00K 0 coohutoSo UD oUOSS ’00, 61 Cox-combiealltens: A. dex ae aect eae Meee eae eee yh 17/3: Crabeorass izes Maen cats nee ek oe as See Roman eee Ee ’97, 184. Creanmemetiiod sor myaluunos ee ea eee ee 97, 88 SAM pie» 1.os heaters Gennes ae me oe ee ’97, 85. HESTITI GI FCe ie cit csk lactis takiwan cee ea 07, 74 Grasses ofa cucanbitaceouss plants: sa, eee eee eee are ’98, 226 Solonaceouse plantsacm ack ecet ern ee eer eee ’98, 226 Cirdestihermheatsnomcombiustionyaeeeee eee eens ’00, 170 Cucumber theetley ticked tie ede wate oan cee ne oe ’98, 128 MlatitWouSesie sek see cie een eee ee eee ’00, 31, 40 Gitdiwieedie Moiese ees take er eee eT oe aes ee ea gt ’97, 183 Cultivated (aiSy- nasi euseeeacvies ee oe eek ee Ee ns ’00, 43 Culprantsilysiet ote Batic eee eae 797, 25; 08, 127; 00, 34, 41 SPANPWOTIy seats aoe eee eee eee "90, 177 Cascutalepithymitin Sek Rae esters sales chen eke case Poe aE 98, 132 Daitys buildine dandsequipmentas- cee se ee eee eee ee ’o0, 48 heEdS* FarialiySes tte ae ee ee ee ee eek epee ane ’00, 81 arsine Culltiviatic dues oe srcsacieMetankec sete cat tne aia eects eet ee 700, 43 PGal Daal ebs Sa Naticnc et eatin Ae eae Nea Ren Pee a one a ’97, 183 VOM O Wi cic: suai Stas ge ciskcun eaoyensou-eL eras Seer kee NERO °97, 183: Datananiinnistram nee kts hes oto ate ee ees ’97, 177 DAEUISHCANO LAM. niet ane ea a ee ’97, 16 Dehornine ecows wnt sy sak Gece a en ee eee 98, 13 effect suponmmille.. ease ae eee eee 98, 17 Dendroctonuseniipentisy es. ene oe. eee ee eee ’97, 176 Diabrotica svittatay.oc: seek ce eke Cr eee ’98, 128 Diaphoronieratemoratd ieee eee ae eae econ ae BS ren ante OasG aeee ’98, 125 Diastictisribearia 4.1.45. oti. Be eniae ee aoe ee 797, 177; 08, 129 Dietary “studies:ss /fiiu.cet sa seen ea Sn eine ae a ee ’00, 66 Digestibility of sbread@en heros ices eee eee ’98, 173, 196, 217; 00, 66 entire wheats. 2s sect c.cses cick cae ca eee ’98, 207 STAMAN ss sieves a tooeve wok eis ee Ee: ’98, 207 madexwath milks. cose eee ‘98, 217 With ealhe ocak Ri ee eee ae ie eee ’98, 207 These INDEX. 215. PAGE DiseshibintvEeor Glevelancdi lax; mCalicc.. «cles sacle 98, 90 HE@rhorses OO di i22),.-cewioecosn lou eerie eee 98, 89 CEI IEN Ashe Sa REACT A cc . case ele 98, 79 IDVRSAHIONA, COUT Eas, CormrAenrilo gn goonuahooGoduboonounDnoLLOO 97, 155 Witlts SHEEP HS eisciteeieis ley ovorereecet ’97, 155; 00, 59, 133 Cone MAMES WINNS g5 5500d00b0a0 00007 GD0e0Nnn- ’98, 173, 196 SHEED nei hee arian eons ’97, 141; 98, 79 DSi CHO ME OL IDATIUS torrie a eto crorcio ne oete ne esto he ore see ete carer tons 98, 137 IDiEgammagniiern OH iaiOmMINEINOsIS 56 coGOoD DD oO OUOOUAnOONbOUOUOOKE "00, 51 ID Weyjayen rived Sia Oa Hoar tho oir aOR OR ROC nica COIS Baloo ANa pcan ’o0, 182 ID Yaya yoy alin hi peer teaten aetehn cone a Sy ieee RRO Ae earn SU 0k ais Cone cbs en, pi ’00, 31, 40 Drseohnsonms cereals COmee cma nec semis iielele a eons ars kerereiat 700, 105 MMe yaRNAL Mest tly ctcice ie: spc ealeseve Sle Nevada erels, sieve cpr aqekoliatavittets ’00, 40: IDFROvAVS.. SANE sha Si ReRe Ree aOR OE ECO DE OE Gamo ’98, 127; ’00, 34, 41 ID FROCH EMI, TPOIDKEOING “Ae oonen boon upoboenccndeeuood0 00. cdOUdac ’00, AI LONQBUEE DIMMS NS AMAKs Ha ae oRe a ROD Neon Onn HO OAR eon OD Ato cd ’98, 165 aD pearas Fo) Leslee ete ee Si a Ree SU FE ORI ee hae yn Aa ’00, 54 PLOGUCH OIE DieedinealOtenp cme eeicn eine elects ’00, 97 EECOLUSMOMRMINGI viGidalmaensarmeer neice ees ’98, 141 ; 00, 66, 99 ST OCMSLELIlMyaAIIG EPLOGTMCETONM isnt aie si a.cciete else srecltente siete cre ele ’00, 102 Eilraieetotmplantine very sam ee cet eter mre ieee rea Le a Mesias "98, 27 SPL Sa ee er MER TOE eto oy Ree rhea asin Minvers *00, 40 Fira MELO TesLO Elneaey tanec Utes eacers tna moe hs Wise ea RE eat ICR °90, 132 IBraeALIGIol Ipyeker Gopal orion lee cea! Ao ACEO clUNe HOco cane Gaacs ’00, IOI Me NaleaNny wg Ae Sansoea Gb Ua ne oe in anak Dae ate ’97, 180; 908, 132 Wicllutttee sci aUySIGp rats eatsrelietn ani ters crertieie ear aecal orate Meera 00, 75 Binvinemvw meat sbreadwcieestipilityae sac ce asnits ene atlas ee ieee s ’98, 193, 207 Hnzyimes in erminatine, pollen erases. exe. cceee cee ae oleae 98, 221 Apo, CMMAGISAGIS 5505000dc00counedosndoodne Oy), AS? (ih, 1A Sg (oy su Zin AESFCHTUsPOTTTE Ia. Beate ese Sec eure cnet cee is asta es te PON LA pct et Bude a *00, 48 Feil meno re StI SOSISE ea tee a eee co eine Oe oe oie eee ae 5 Oy, HES EGO GAIAM ELAGT ET fot oh, Gere earinie sie poantaye eee as oe ee ’97, 178; 98, 128 PStablishmentOr/Srationejss sess cisco eerie: la conn ee aero *00, 45 Sh ommenera Chacnae tise trae teie ieee reese ws oe ee oe ’98, 129 UNTOChISEChEYSOLLMOCAys sco ae clie ee «he hee eae ’97, 175; 00, 36, 41 SU yaIN SHO MUOUTCE, meena rete ice conto seein aes aie aia eee Ne ’98, 130 ivcilessaeantOpaenn Ga ones ecco 8 hoes tak ne eee eee ’97, 177; 00, 4I BWV EniMesaM GiEKOSES & Cokes oth sone oe cen art ee let le nae ORE °00, 43 BEN erimenty StatlOn. NiSEOTY. «Va. sieloes eee ceticiate come mene ’00, 45 Bycespotted waudummothtsen ast cares ace seeks chews ae ’00, 32, 40 IDEGaIhS Gina ECV TE een ee er PEE RAO RS eR cern et! oo Ye ’99, 80 Hallie cattkent writ vcs coast occ cnsneste crea e ’98, 126; 99, 128; ’00, 34, AI GDB VOGITIE spot a Cea ndahic ae) pte aye has os OO ae ’98, 129; 90, 121 arimashansrennedntOnotacl One ermieice ier eieecee eraeae ’o0, 48 oe MEERCC ty Oe RCCCING. 1's)! aches ei nl ola: wie oie wie evel ic ener U RASC Rie ’98, I14 Glohuleswobemilkee ae elon eee iecs odie Sane clot oe Tee eee ‘00, 65 of milk affected by food............ IRR O BI frciara rd uG Gere ’98, I14 216 MAINE ACRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. IQOO. PAGE Rleceswaniallysessstc ol mn at ey ot ol eae Ee men ose ’98, 173 Methodspotomaticin cee eet ee ene eee i Sista Sees 98, 179 ols sheep <-analyses:t55 tose be oe ee ieee eis seen ’00, 136 fuel) valte Pac cacoe. Cee Cee Cee ’00, 137 Feedyhotsestor poullityais nce. fc ce oe eRe OEE Gb eee rere ’97, 102 Feeding eGGOlis aks 3:5. Sh crteine thornton aden oe Gee Dae aan ete ’00, 58 Lain Sa PAR eet aia ie ee ane Hee ra Reine Ga ene ’00, 58 Standardsmieact kya. bicere cece ee aec ee ORE Ste CEE ’97, 40 Sieerse fOr FOTO WD sid oa si ioe ce oe eC EE Eee ’00, 60 Shuts Rnaliyces se an. eh iano anyon ermeiine ’98, 75; 90, II, 39; ’00, II GikeCHOnserOnsamplinoAns samen meee sce ’99, 50 PUALANLECES yeaa ime Bea bases eich some eee De ee ’00, 20 INSPECHOIN NE epee oer ’97, 50; 08, 25, 48; 90, 9, 37; 00, 9, 75 laws nace erodes ace ’98, 48, 60; 99, 36; 00, 9 SUSTESTONSMH Se wh ae he eee ie REE EMC Eee 97, 39 GAVEL gets ee tale rs a a ts SE a ee ae Ot ’00, 58 VlitenOteawiheapeands cont teal Sa eis heer era enn aoe ’00, 63 Feeds; “analyses: oon fs-e5 esss Saeko Se ee EOC 98, 34, 51 Low. “ine PROteIm an) Seca, cen Sere ane ao Gee 98, 58 IMP Cel OWarehad epee Le ee py ees oe Gieon eee eee 700,88 Beldspar asia sourcevorapotasites. ).2- se sce ae oe ee Ee ’00, 57 RMertilhization on MOWeESita pore a ee ieee ee eo oe ’98, 219; 00, 52 Rentilizer analy Sesetisacnac none ee oe ee ’90, 63; "00, 25, 121 CMATATLeeSh aes tio A ee eee ’98, 40; 00, II7 TIS PECCEION We een weirs ees eee "97, 52; 08, 25; 00, 20, 27; 00, 24, 117 DA Wis Seen vie erate nee ae ’98, 38; ’99, 36; 00, 30 WLIAETO MRS notch tose Be ie ee ie aS ee ana eee ee ’99, 60 Fertilizers, analyses compared with guarantees............... ’00, 118 FOG POLAatOes-) COMPOSItiONe eae Aan ee para ln aad ’99, 155 Fiber crude wheats) Oficombts:ionenn sce 4. eiieles cee eee ee ’00, 170 Bicklenmidees suas stats core hace eee ie Se eee ’97, 175; 08, 127 Bieldtexpertmentsawith phosphatesses eoreee eben ree erence ’00, 58 Hilbent. tana lysis ies er ere ea eee Ee ee “s °99, 73 Eilattheadédsboretins esceen ak Sec oe Ae ’99, 109 Filaxiemi¢alwranalysesia te ccce dee nae eee ee EE ee ’00, 13 digestibility oe vias no ane ee ae eee ’98, 90 Mloridayrock jexperiments with. 22:-o oe see eee ’97, 20 Blower carden’ a. Sane: cose cette oe Oe ee ee ee ’97, 107; 98, 20 Rodder-tanaly Sess ects sean na want oa ee eee 98, 75 ATIC STOOLS CHOPS ciara the ote eee oe eae eA 700, 55 Hood smaterialsproductiont. .. 52. wae 2 ces ek ee eee 700, 55 TUS AS eee ieee ea een oe oie eee tee Da ee ee ’90, 71 relation to growth and composition of body............ ’00, 61 11Sé5) ani -thie: body 4: 42.5 Saas ie ep aches See eee ’99, 85 Hoods; ceréal:- breakfasts: oe sc eae ee ’90, 93 HOrest: ansects, sae wa:atpo tesco tse ase Sener eer etlocta st tee ere ’97, 176 tentycaterpillaress oon eee eee eee ’90, 173; 90, 118; 00, 33, 41 Poxed: heard? orass. cio. cae eRe eae ee oe eee ’97, 184 INDEX. 217 PAGE Inserboveeyal “loflayelle ubyiayahideaa lee BREE croatia rH A sinnonen oe 98, 133 SPM EONSISIRMMC Eile treo ig ows ois: +> Rae aa a ee Gra ln VOC arse CEVSL GEM CG its ye a ee ar ieee nee ne SRE aE ’97, 184 AG EG MUM AM OMMOI POMC 5.5.5 s15°..0 dre vrs’ efelere Ciena Bader wee) «ah ars ’98, 220 iGemmtinneh ciel his Cares eR Mee tat, hehehe ab oe Ree ie "00, 13, 81 ME ePE ee SUTTAT OMEN oiay. od a. 'xib, oie ius ¢ Bikesaece man ma DRI yee eo eae Es ’97, 183 Sel acs waged (tS DECHOTT. «is, 5s ackstin card « wales Wnieials hdatetne ate pomeree ’97, 60 SG Layman tanta tare he epyratee. te costars ale cave a ecg nae Ace ee ia aR gees RNG ’97, 178 NGM EE TIMLCE USN PREEe foe. Gr Ss Sa ae ta cate ceaey Moto er AR A ’98, 56; ’90, 19 ANALYSES Ack. ian cia ee aS OR eA GID RIGE ees ’99, 96; ’00, 13, 81 Teale saitallySiSiqras sactareeyccanrours ahs cee ereolet ta orale "99, 43; 00, II, 79 eiectwonn butters tater ncweecrrecc coi eo isis ’00, 64 LOT COW SE cea aren eae OTe ikon ’00, 64 DS PAT ALI OMG Seeker icperetieiete ered ters of crore reared eis arene ero exe ’99, 104 Gilutenshethect mipon butte ticactercecceles Care sive core paroaeserichend ’98, I13 Neri Ceti ammCATiaACeniSiStes rien cctede cs meee bites atctdsae sale oteumeide wicss saenictoss ’98, 135 Cone rolhicien (liegt hin aes eae a eaetomeecs oc ariao OG nmiccte ’97, 183 NEG MerT aA OWVGE UID crarurerae Ne crea euchetiie: a oa Bo nt SOE wea echt MGI Oe ’97, 179 alexatrd CFSE a1 etna tas tea tae at eae ae Sera date ultnls 700, 43 TAU COMCCe ras. sc eres Tera S we ate oR DO aS ’00, 104 Gold cinnblt be ctl Oe. eres racer Stic oe esses Bae ee ohel es aie ISL oes 798, 130 Koosebetinygaintibmilyetciccs- ccs 700, 63 llegtse Of: -COMPUSEOM as aickecot ora rctolen tao cioiavs ors eis plaid samuel oteloieie © ’98, 179 calculated and determined.............. ’00, 169 OLUCKUMER AME say oe erate ne erieemeid ele eeioee 700, 170 OF -NUHiONSh oe ne aes Maus aes 700, 109 eles armies tly re aoe lc\ ete ootasnedaee pinto othe ol eeer araler "97, 177; 00, 31, 40 15 218 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. I9QOO. PAGE Pelianth ts gieanteus irs acttuneeic sine oi oo gerne Mt eran nee ee 97, 183 Hemp nettle-........ Meta fa sot wanna avers cole ec rer aset ean edemeNe ep eae ave On tenete Liar90 182 Flensteindivad tale gol teCOnd Samer snes iar eimai 798, :141 breedincmtorr esa productions rete Ener 100, 97 profitable number in. one pen. .....0h.ccasesss sees ’98, 144; 100,,.66 Herbaceous perennial Sie asmats huties swan ee aoe _ 98, 31 ISlemGl SHECORGI Goonucecccanaac ales Gfond EGLO AN ERE ae ’97,.1923°98;:148 iEuckonyamnieeanalysise eerie ery Mee TN ear hea oc '' 799, 74 Hicoria ovata ........ BASINS ee ee A ase Te ns ee A lone chase 90, 74 PECAIMM ace aa Seas CN Sn Se epee Bees ashes pe Seretee 00, 74 IRLSTACIEER BEIANONBISIT 5 cece oo cco cucocunceo nou ’97, 13; 98, 132; 00, 44 canadense ..... A rvee etal cacecieras et atah chat oes e eR UG eo mae re ee alos ’00, 44 Prealtimis na cak code Cee ate oe °97, 185 ; 98, 132 High-bush blueberry ........ sess ain tact tia tee Sue agten acai a eM he SLI *968, 167 ‘Hobble-bush .......... EO EE oR aS HIRES On as adla-a do ’00, 43 olivine ckanuStua testator merece ancients A ve onnetts Piaeertardics ’98, 131 H-O horse feed, ges ESE Nh tics edt cca ee ik 98, 88 Hominy, analyses ........... See eae ENS a wee TU Ls Saray Sony a ’99, 96 FRO prclow erica keticcesaes ion tasks is ies Sap area aaa eens aaa 07, 179; 08, 134 Hordeum) jlbatanml eee SiMe DER Hehe SaceERNReNeE ’97, 180; ’98, 135 ‘Horntail pigeon tremex ............25 Saag Ras STA Ae RE fog 8 Oye ifs) Horse beans in silage.....-........0. eA Bf eos NM AIR cin Oi 07, 143 lafoneeneblheenceyl Joyowlaliaes: possosnouescccnoscoor bea eta an Raa eae cil ’00, 48 ‘Eugkleberty: hres ew catia ce eae ae Bord biel seh Sa Se ’98, 164 Elybernia fllaria sacs. 2 eno. Suita rate ane ete ee PIGEON ’99, 123 “Hyphantria: cunea «cece... pectre oral ho nee .... 98, 129; 90, 121 Tehneumlony nies ns <5 ees ceater a elas eee dae ’QQ, 107 COME ws ea ta hee eeee ALR ee Fale et uate a Aeain Maes av Lore ah Ure *00, 50 Ineubator1vOom +2 yse ees pe oe ee A eae 07, 97 Injurious -insects:...::......-. Rien eh emo Comuinen Reece iy cen ot 700, 56 Inoculation of soils ........-.. Ub dace aN oie aha aes. oe tag DRANK S Area _ 798, 208 Insecticides, experiments upon potatoes.........2...4..0.-2-.0- ’00, I71 methods of applying............... Sey nD aOR Ru i OO-N73 Insects affecting foliage of the apple tree................. swetieae ’ 799, 114 the apple ....... Saawa eee CAR a ee ih ais Se ey OO BLOT, -trunk and branches of the apple tree........ . ?99;-108 AMAA RLOUS cee: sa sasetee toe Pair ete ran tenet eastern Ae, ‘700, 56 MOLES NOM arte sere: eee arene Sabie ea areas See cte S rakt MeOZunge of the year -...... aches eee aes Tene rca eae SG Tees ’98, 125 Tnspegon ereamery Saino Bes ei tie e ae Go eee .... 97, 60; 98, 60 - feeding: stuffs ebb ece cust BY) ‘6: 08, 25, iat ’90, 9, 37; '00, 9, 75 "hertilizen- ecw smmies care cme em iamdrs "97, 122 hil wooiels ABA Oo OsaO Fa do cavite ab aaron oes octets baad aeteriee 98, 194 INoditiles Otntubenecles (Or OOS «vistas sic o/sietecaie'a.o dla dessa miavea eres ’97, I14 MOdule-prOGUCiMe ALO ATISITIS) «,siay- suisisarsele neo. co lee pleas kab LO INGUOME MINES IAGO MEME, Bohandsnnesosnosooscsonedsunbe 97, 177; 98, 129 AN espa POOH Aas ete eg Ws ass sn atic nrdentes mila cies cae Minh ote ek hates ete aes ’99, 71 VEHAL ea COMPOSIMONMass vemrece icc ua ieusaie trae ae eke eee TS 99, 87 ATT AMV SCS Metis fall hha ceua cease ie are tne cae en eas SER ECT RO ep 99, 72 COmmipmanne dievitlned Otls vaccmeiccce nin ck lees wioterceetetarems hele ernie oe eae ’99, 88 digestibility sss eis ezeven ects clube ara eraie cic ya on btetiaeteiete Othe ’99, OI PLEPALALIOMKATI Cd TSEN J ccvsnarnre Aiello) evne ole etn eM nae 99, OI INGE NOT SaKCOTSbaTItSs eircae mle yor i eeae cen Eye SOP Ne eae anata Nereis ’00, 108 Nutniotone feeding experiments, ss siyscicis-cc ake seslaie ooo, ave oleh ’00, 64 INisiibine srctiOsiin. Feeding, COWS). cain eae faces a eternal o ofe ‘00, 62 WAC eran G, sAaROWiarsereciesis of etter ero ene aloes ’00, 62 CO) call eay ea te Leash ars seve R. Spas th oie ch gtd ee oe tors loa Seok rs gS *98, 28 Warandancanhays amaliysistee yu ort. 2 ace a'salsien cen ane las shoei ice "00, 135 digestiiilatyy cciukn sec chauvince ieee ae pias ioee ’00, 168 SUAS eR ata liySISy areas oso eee eee eC ee ’00, 135 Gigestalilitiva sone cues nth ure ech shenios aaeae ’00, 168 WCUC Malay eMamiallyiSTS i cata crcl aie ered sel sie ER GRRE ee emIR 700, 135 digestibilttivee yf acts iawn tee nore ewion ahs ‘00, 168 Glo pasa Sisjeews Pete et ene Nee POON per tehint 9 Ne ner Waid Si ’o00, 81 LOC Sameer OAM Hace ee en CLE ee che SS OCI OES *99, 20 EUTUAVLISTS Pe pias cd aieeraoe eRe eo eate pare relesscvettecs cere ease ae ’00, 15, 81 HRV AW EL MEY SUSY ead vier dona asus teapici ess evcdss eicce Redes ae eisai MUO ICEO CE 98, 95 CUIE Bie Chun Sen 5 oo ones soo Gu ndo oc 98, 93 Gigestabiliitiya sey wicesusss We ccree cos IG NeTA ces AS GT ERE oP cs aS 98, 79 LOTSA SHAT ICU YS @S) tetas dete Gis sor vital te crm ictone Coviene Maatteaefs Ic Sienna ee *99, 96 UIT COOKE UNE slatuernraicncshaieee ee Ueto ee OE an nas *99, 98 DreMENraNnIONNG, | tiNCoOGl Soassescoo0sc cas bosooanoDoanoooc *99, 99 Watommamaly Ses ches ylar ses ot hein Sencha inal Uraoihe dae eee Seo 700, 135 CISES iit y Mans sates ook ck ore tepals abe to se A tee ee Gm a ’00, 168 Sround tor mil ChkCOWS mx cecicksme «obissllen o.« aletoes ooh ’00, 64 LO edraNtaly SES. ctoytiecoeraeyee mee eee Se eee eee ee oe ’99, 96 (reise ayn lo ianitea Ct lal teal a vs ev eke, op cores stakes neh ove k ev csaveesentmaeess Sarena s ’97, 178; ’98, 128 DCEO LAT CAS CALTON stot acca siatet cick oloat aval vecanvel ataras scene eI ’00, 50 Obliqueshanded Neat cotlem to. een ie neues ce tc deere oe ’99, 116; ’00, 32, 40 Ms CemiasiagecOmelntiamevars 6 taratosic aula aiarsiovee ac eats tee ’98, 126; ‘99, 130 EOP er ALEKS: rae eaten oaks eircrelcler hs Mn oak Ae eee ’00, 43 Gilets alvSise wine Meno seein GR ook ein aed ok Masking ete ae ’99, 8I COWIE Siteto) aa bah Chast sOnees aan ie ta ce Ms Ne 0 A SR ’o0, 138 RIL Cal PRAIA. SESW ane mer era G om GLa Ie Biv Ceara ere Rene ie 700, 15, 81 Oldterist millpentine wheat cottee. <? ss. bis s0210 bettas te eee eee seo eee *98, I0 Paraiulus immaculatus ......... ARERR ASE Se oe Fe Rae ~ 298; 120 Paractrene: 2222.52. SERGASR EM erae Seis CRIA es Ei pete Stace “00, 176 Paris. Sree eCOMpOSiIONs = oe aR aecne Ae ee oe ee eee eee 7 LOO RFA TOLL DOLALOES! aaa tea ee Ai ee i 00,475 = (Pea‘and! oatehaydiceshbilityesousc< oo —) see enn eee ’00, 168 AYN epee tae ene ee aie Panel en Maan pee eS the 5 ew. ’00, 31, 40 Pear yatialySeSeisc sts cee ote Se ea oe PE eee 90, 79 buttervanalysis. no eee ee sae22 00558 Phosphoric acid from. different sources ....... aE cee ee 700, 57 Phraginites Phragmites ...... legis eaten SESE Ee ae eee ’00, 44 Phycomyces nitens ............ erp eee ee OAS PSE ne te ~ 797, 184 Bliysalis-siceiaianay 2.2% 30 Ss oe dae a ee ee ’98, 132 PHY LOpuora* intestanst ss. oes eta ’97, 180; 98, 131 Phytolaccasdetandtats cn eee n Soe ee eee ’98, 133 Pigeon beiry. 22 So.cs vest pee et bakes oe oe ee ee 798, 133 Horna a seee cere a eee ee SU Sue paige ’00, AI AT CICK Se eee oe: Sto ns SSE Ee ae Os eee 700, 41 Pisielias. analysis; 737526. os oi CA ee ee ’99, 83 PIER 2 ahd Sie ask ee ’97, 180; ’98, 133 Pine nuts: analysis S055) ose Be a ee ’99, 83 Pinons; analysisoee so: fet Fe et eee 99, 83 INDEX, 223 PAGE IPTIGi SVC) ab ye aie: De ee eA re vie aay wick ’99, 84 AI Stea Chi Oma ly S1Sheem) A vip vse ass; esarereyeverendeeuslou crow creyae volar telaestenah tee oe 99, 84 (PIAS INOLIS! SPCCLOSUS! a4 c fais ore samy cialwumigiesia scalars AP itetaxasiansins 97, 178 Plantago lanceolata ..... Geib eleRepiek saieeere a a aee nN CEM eet ie . 98, 132 ET EMOMICA ALIS tates coum tenteuectiince eo Wilnie lewis via vne Matera eee ’97, 184 bE eancan tn ae Ds DSTA CB ate tasras bn wots cee ae rats o selo Dlaute Vo iol vie apa Tolono ote yatenoGe ’97, 184 Sm edishie eyes es sheen ak ke eos Ooo CaaS Slane ih aREE NES 798, 132 FBEDIATES wel OLE Sa passe ceva eters, ans ba covn te btache abet aie leustar pia ielotee Gabivne thes Soe 97, 179; 98, 131 Plata SaimtaceCin@ pia tay ch iste ausarere-oveps trots araeeeceterer taken eamiateriote ’99, 132 Hea tenn Ut CTH O I eyes dey obs toscac a onevarieeeronss @ ellstc Nit euouwh biceveuieds see a ianer afte tebe 99, 134 TRO Irewee Me HA isan a stats late cies ahtste ku wis evslea’ehaysiaelajera,o, alee staewiataleldiralets 98, 133 Pollen woenminationl..uksk eee ee eee: sae He AY aN gS BAIA Sir te ’98, 220 iMMIMEdTAte = eee ae ee eee eee eee *00, 52 Reverted . 5c sae8 Sb oases an eas eee egies Bete 99. 96 wheat arialysis a. 22-57. Ore Meld “2522 Ree Ce a ee eee Eee oe ie "97, 184 x Spit letved 35.0022 tec cases sn eutestoiedne ses "97, 184 Spherella fragariz :...-:.: Se A ee ei as eta ae *97, 184 Sphinx moths ...... Oat le RP ERE EOE RS ee ee yl Lay 700, 33, 40 Spits. for planting” $925-45245 techs uo ee eee eee eee eee 98. 29 Spiny=leavdd* sow thistle::322.4 Jeet: ee ee eee ’97, 184 Spotted paria’ 702 2 ke aie cient a tale ea eee pi eee ae *97, 176 SPrAyinie: 2 ose ct ae oo saat ba eae? oes ota eee eee “99. 51; “00, 56 Apparards os Sse e a we Foe eo a ca ee Se 799, 55 CIFECH OTST Ieee Se Se a oe ee ee ee 32! 400; fa2 materials .....- Biker Dee Rees TT AE oy Pci Robie ’90, 54 OLctards Si eee ee reer one ema a hse "90. 27 POLAOES ee. Sse ce te tases atone a eee ee *Q0, 145; 00, 171 when and “hows done:o3)2552 3 ee eee 00. 53 Sqnash ‘bug. 2253-424 TSR Se Seeks Re ate ee See *00, 40 Sduirrel-tilsetass sie Sie fag Sh a ee ee ee eee ’97. 180; 98, 135 Starch ‘00; 41 MomatGes;) CXpPeriments c2c.22 ccs cake dete ceets sects ebeewss te 700, 53 Hd CLOSSiIN Porno aces Cabana ine ok ore ’98, 226 Morsions balancestot scream itestitos sm cee nies een eis oe 07,75 Pr AP OPO Ole PLACCHSIS@ tao Ace alee div’ visas ne oid da cree 98, 132 Wireess andes Shribs ote planting cer atlas tete softest 6 ope ole > c ’97, 112 ALRAN SEMIETUE Me NY See Seco a eye aie RANG Me euetel croiaTarere eee on erate 98, 23 Tremex cohumba -o/o chev tec lec code cee Sei PO Ss OOVAL Prifoliims Asta ruin 26 east sss oe ol alal clay rer eenstehe’ elev hte te 97, 183; 08, 134 BIVCMS Guertin canter aunt ditawy Pea ees ah nae tyes reese "97, 183 TLESo0) Dee baal La ei bears ee oe eet a er a I POC be a 97, 177; 98, 129 nypeta pomone}lllanee sire cuss acces ccic eee ae oaks 97, 176; 08, 127; 90, 136 ‘ubercles“of lezuminous plants): +.. 22:2 see. cecs.n0esetes sss ’98, 208 Tuberculin, effects-on tuberculous cows... 00s. 60...000 06% 97, 150; ’00, 65 AS Crees ees Pete tony Sac veroe cpsastca ice drtaUNteU MISA NAIC AIS ae ee aT ee *98, 136 Tuberculous cows,-temperature: Of... 00:0. ee eel eee eee ee ’97, 167 Puberculesis ‘atthe - Station. <2 fo0 oe Moe tee se ewlde deoete se see oe 798, 136 Tussock moth, white-marked. :3.050.. 0008. 000500 cc0.ce- 97, 177; 99, 126 ARwin=spotted* split: sf: 22s cce ast acaeecotles oe tke chasse eae *00, AI ey pophnus canellus*eilvipes: is case s¢ek Sy cede ss eed teense ees ’97, 178 Wrarversity,- relation: to stations :....02 cee cad chiddesccsyeeasd "00, 47 TUN See SOS Ar eR I ee RS Re ee, A Rea MT a ’98, 180 rine; heats/or combustion. <.accccceetat. secs .ccde+eosn esse 798, 180 fit GIG EStION= EXPELIMENES. vercccatcle esis Here Site eae oes *98, 194 Viaccinitint Canadense: .s-sacrc dc lcoee cho dctece hoes ceticeus. . 798, 166 “COLVIMMMOSUMY Sec2 2 sclSe tice ves eran bsiie de cele eee: pe OO eI TU OPIN este share enc tetre heen ate TC cade Rp eReaE oon "98, 166 OTR AN RIC Gini ip Cortera asian Hoi GIGS aE SiGe ’98, 165 Gg MERU AVE GTN nisi guses ae annie camry DoE Ons Bolom EO aenne oo 08, 165 Waltattonsin rentthizetmmeay went. i Moaene cine iokta tnlWh, cts Glaetmoapere | aye *99, 60 Welledamlanpet: ti Otley tes aces crac trsiaees keeiae actacsies 197,-177)51 005,33, 41 elves eam biicherr yarn mercury. joe's sabes v's 00's sjais ance esacnes 98, 133 BV errr oer Stl c eammmcua ere sh regis ee pearls ele cvereretau cit Laitsersl aceaiae Creieeicte 798, 125 Walks: anda diriveserconstrtChiGtt=-:)-'. tues cc secre sjele ele prea eles ’97, 105 Wvialntibebn sist analysis’. si.ccn os eck ks pe Gales siete ees meee 09, 75 228 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. IQOO. PAGE Walnuts wwinite sanalystSen aclrrcdc acto ciaeneeiemtacie re chs: ate Reese 99, 81 Water hosehound sone ther asa ee he eR ace art ’98, 132 \ieathen sobsenrablOnsmeresesce seme 97, 201 ; 98, 230; 90, 163; 00, 196 Wiebyawiormise alll ocrevu.cccavecsvaraiacstelecrereteh etre toeuave eve taps eee aera ae "99, 121 Weeds: troublesome é2:52rcerashecn varaees ton sar ote ere Peta ees O72a3: WWEEUOSCEMS: arene cavarcta ore rero Mee a tatate eee te Date cate eer EERE RT 98, 61 N\Viheatbranstormanil chicowSeertsten ae ter eee ernie errr 00, 64 IDreAMORIS: OOS FMA: Gogoaaes on bo doo coecoueaLeDor 99, 96 feedss: analysestorac qcccsuute ee nhs e Meh reh eR OR eee ee aP Ie ’00, 83 meal compared with corn eat 52) Wve bau ncnt ae Uae ke ete 00, 63 (O} are kes Smee pe one met ae nh inal aaah Aiea Rene eee ee ’98, 32; 00, 88 preparations ..... Ppa ae aan aici a ng aie AUN Seats BE ’99, 99: PROCICHS mACAtSmOnMCON Shi O Tl aan es emirate 700, 169: rolledeanalySese same aaa hee SEE Oa eee ’99, 96 Wilh Gates tinedicclcinmlke 5) ceaen iste eke aseie eine nom acear aerate obeys aes ’00, 104 Wiheyaemethodseratestinonarmecene mst aren poea a tera tee pee ates 97, 73 WYlonies loreal: GliKeesunllitiy, So oqbaccasua bo ooboboouducpondssdoc 98, 193, 207 WihiteSmanled = ttissoclsnm Othe. = selena oe ’97, 177; 98, 129; 99, 126 Wihortlebentyar ean ose CLEA EE oe ee ea a ’98, 164 Wild Gabon @ Bactercrs were eae UR ste tee ys a tere saa eet DN na 97, 16 ATATIS HTL a scayavavets etait eich ater (a io ctiee stoke taycbcuagese Pacers eC °98, 131 VAG Wie Sea estas cle eee SE STE Scere C EARS OE nae °98, 134 BDEDDELSTASS beeen cick SEE ie ee ee ee me ’97, 179; 98, 131 ELBIT Se seers ae esc ee AA aS Ge AGERE oo a AOI RS ’98, 131 Wroodbreed zona siecsricctrs tre cre Ones eis te eben cue cts yc eet seep aeeeena ’98, 135. AAYoyesH Zid Vay Sere eee arate mem a ae a ae We Oe ete eC Tie ees oa AO ’99, 113 WorkobtheeS tatvonsesosen aeons erg cutee ae eee ae ee ’00, 52 oy LEWOristpytlie see otaas se estes wae aN ek ees Lt Sane eee ’97, 178; 90, 112 Vards vsaCOOpse1OrachiickenSeesias oe eee ee ee es ’00, 89 Mellow: Sdaisyr nig. seit aoe akan tear Pa ae ’97, 183; 798, 132 goats beard esi siay acs a ance tL ’98, 132 neckedvap ple) tree catexpiilanssses sacs ee noes eon vate y ’97, 177 OF SHOR COVER. a lows FSi mera eee ME mH RCUE ’97, 183 PAGEL S| Sete sasee he a pecte tenets aoe cates Ros REE eee °97, 184 Leprascatenpillar cra sacn cutter eked rac ems rene eens 97, 173; 98, 126 FT. soem Ph ra < aera ay ae. ig Sal aes * mn = tae Ae ot a ye se LE fas ned - pg hy a . we i gS SS rt ry ‘ ; b ; , * ae ecte) ome’ 7 ~ 7 . . J ble ait ‘ “ ‘ ba oy ’ aft? ~ ml Paps ly 4 J 7 »... . 2 5 @; cy * ose ‘ 5 RSs i oe és 5 it = av re ee a . ae ‘ rae = { ~~. a. io = n ad ’ . a eae e ” is . a Acs ' ' re Py , eS é é iiiea x , Cathars ; ; : ; tT oo oe 4 en . . ms 7 Ey, $-% gh ae ae ES ee ees ee yer hy A LL ig Gdn lg POs Ae Peg a ec I Le eS A ore eee v3 z . " a ate ae * ig Fa Ce we: ae a AO ek ee a ee Me | Se ee ON 8 > a Ce at ee te ac ee ee ce oe | ee Tage a _ “K m - : : © 7 7 ; ; , F ia ’ -. v ae) ; P 7) : 7” * se" ‘ . an “hae 2 ¥ 2 Lt: _ ‘ a é * : . : = ‘ a 5 . . : : iT. ¥ : Ss < . ~ iF . ; = * . _ L & bli Ps ‘ ; 1 oY, APP, re i i“ . ae iy y ¢ ® : Ni p ; hay at 4 + x t i : bat a | aCe ' t - : ' j J ’ * 4 ai ~ * a ' ! . AMNH LI TH ATE TIER AL "100170000