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All publications are distributed free to residents of Maine. The 

 dc-uiand for the Station bulletins outside of the State has made such in- 

 roads upon the printing fund that a price is put upon them to non-resi- 

 dents with the exception of exchanges, scientific investigators and 

 libraries. 



EQUIPMENT OF TITE STATION. 



The Station is well equipped in laboratories and apparatus, 

 particularly in the lines of chemistry, entomology, horticulture, 

 pomology, plant pathology and poultry investigations. Its 

 poultry plant is probably the most complete for the purposes of 

 investigation of that of any Experiment Station in the country. 

 While the Station carries on some co-operative work such j^s 

 orcharding, and field experiments with farmers in different parts 

 of the State, most of its work of investigation is of necessity 

 carried on in its own laboratories and greenhouses and upon 

 Highmoor Farm situated in the town of Monmouth. 



Its offices and laboratories are chiefly located in Holmes Hall 

 (named in honor of Dr. Ezekiel Holmes, the first Secretary 

 of the Board of Agriculture) on the University of Maine 

 campus, Orono. It is a two story brick building. 81x48 feet. 

 On the ground floor are five large chemical laboratories used 

 for the analysis of foods, feeding stuffs, drugs, fertilizers, fun- 

 gicides and insecticides ; the laboratories of the plant patholo- 

 gists; and two of the biological laboratories. The general 

 office and mailing room, the Director's office, the laboratory for 

 seed testing and photography, the entomological laboratories and 

 the library, are on the second floor. In the basement there is 

 a chemical laboratory ; rooms for the grinding and preparation 

 of samples ; culture and preparation rooms used by the plant 

 pathologists and rooms for the storage of chemicals and glass- 

 ware. The large attic is also used for the storage of samples 

 and supplies. The building is connected with the steam heating 

 plant of the University ; is supplied with gas and electricity ; and 

 is thoroughly equipped wdth apparatus for the work of agricul- 

 tural investigation. The library consists of about 3000 volumes, 

 chiefly agricultural and biological journals and publications of 

 the various experiment stations. Holmes Hall is situated near 

 the University Library and card catalogues of books in the 

 University Library that are likely to be used by the station 

 workers are also in the Station Library. 



