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present Station was organized as a department of the College 

 by the election of a director and two other members of the 

 staff of ofificers. 



At a meeting of the trustees, held February 16, 1888, a 

 general plan for carrying out the provisions of the Hatch Act, 

 involving the expenditure of $15,000 per annum, was presented 

 to the Board of Trustees and was accepted by them, and the 

 development and management of the Station under this plan 

 was placed in charge of a Station Council, made up of the 

 President of the College, the Director of the Station, the heads 

 of the various departments of the Station, three members of the 

 Trustees and a representative from each of the State agricul- 

 tural organizations. 



The Station Council meets once a year. At this meeting, 

 the Director and other members of the station staff outline 

 the work which has been undertaken in the past year a,nd 

 make recommendations for the following year. Such of these 

 as commend themselves to the Station Council as well as sug- 

 gestions from that body are approved and the Director is 

 instructed to carry them out in detail. The appointment of 

 members of the staff is made by the Trustees, and the recom- 

 mendations of the Council are subject to their approval. 



The Director is the executive officer of the Station and 

 passes upon all matters of business. The members of the 

 Staff have charge of the lines of work which naturally come 

 under their departments. 



INCOME OF THE STATION. 



For the year which ended June 30, 191T, the income of the 

 Station in round figures was: — Hatch Fund $15,000; Adams 

 Fund $15,000; U. S. Department of Agriculture for poultry 

 investigations $1,000; State printing $5,200; Inspections 

 $11,500; Sales $1,900. All of the receipts and expenditures are 

 audited by the State Auditor and those from the Federal 

 Government by the Office of Experiment Stations of the U. S. 

 Department of Agriculture. 



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RELATION OF THE STATION TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MAINE. 



The Station is by act of legislature a department of the 

 University of Maine and in the organization of the University 



