ANNUAL REPORT OF The Connecticut Agricultural EXPERIMENT STATION For 1887. PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. NEW HAVEN, CONN.: TUTTLE, MOREHOUSE & TAYLOR, PRINTERS. 1888. THE Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station. OFFICERS FOR 1887. STATE BOARD OF CONTROL. Ex-officio. HIS EXC. PHINEAS C. LOUNSBURY, President. Term expires Appointed by Connecticut State Agricultural Society: Executive Appointed by Governing Board of Sheffield Scientific School: 1890. Committee. Ex-officio. S. W. JOHNSON, New Haven, Director. Chemists. E. H. JENKINS, PH.D., Vice-Director. E. H. FARRINGTON, B.S. A. L. WINTON, JR., PH.B. T. B. OSBORNE, PH.D. In charge of Buildings and Grounds. CHARLES J. RICE. THE CONNECTICUT AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION was established in accordance with an Act of the General Assembly, approved March 21, 1877, "for the purpose of promoting Agriculture by scientific investigation and experiment." The Station is prepared to analyze and test fertilizers, cattle-food, seeds, soils, milk, and other agricultural materials and products, to identify grasses, weeds, and useful or injurious insects, and to give information on various subjects of Agricultural Science, for the use and advantage of the citizens of Connecticut. The Station makes analyses of Fertilizers, Seed-Tests, etc., etc., for the citizens of Connecticut, without charge, provided— 1. That the results are of use to the public and are free to publish. 2. That the samples are taken from stock now in the market, and in accordance with the Station instructions for sampling. 3. That the samples are fully described and retail prices given on the Station "Forms for Description." All other work proper to the Experiment Station that can be used for the public benefit will be made without charge. Work done for the use of individuals will be charged for at moderate rates. The Station will undertake no work, the results of which are not at its disposal to use or publish, if deemed advisable for the public good. See p. 23. Results of analysis or investigation that are of general interest will be published in Bulletins, of which copies are sent to each Post Office in this State, and will be summed up in the Annual Reports made to the Legislature. The officers of the Station will take pains to obtain for analysis samples of all the commercial fertilizers sold in Connecticut; but the organized coöperation of the farmers is essential for the full and timely protection of their interests. Farmers' Clubs and like Associations can efficiently work with the Station for this purpose, by sending in duly authenticated samples early during each season of trade. It is the wish of the Board of Control to make the Station as widely useful as its resources will admit. Every Connecticut citizen who is concerned in agriculture, whether farmer, manufacturer, or dealer, has the right to apply to the Station for any assistance that comes within its province to render, and the Station will respond to all applications as far as lies in its power. Instructions and Forms for taking samples, and Terms for testing Fertilizers, Seeds, etc., for private parties, sent on application. Parcels by Express, to receive attention, should be prepaid, and all communications should be directed, not to any individual officer, but simply to the AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION, NEW HAVEN, CONN. Station Grounds, Laboratory and Office are on Suburban st., between Whitney avenue and Prospect st., 1 miles North of City Hall. Suburban st. may be reached by the Whitney ave. Horse Cars, which leave the corner of Chapel and Church sts. three times hourly, viz., on the striking of the clock and at intervals of twenty minutes thereafter. The Station has Telephone connection and may be spoken from the Central Telephone Office, 346 State st., or from Peck and Bishop's Office in Union R. R. Depot. Sampled by Private Individuals. Superphosphates for Comparative Field Test Home-mixed Superphosphates 84 |