80 REPORT OF OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



diseases of the intestines of sheep, anthrax, ^hinders, etc., and ento- 

 nu)h)«2:y. 



Northern Station. — Chemistry; soils; fertilizers; field experi- 

 ments; horticulture; feeding experiments; stock raising, and dairy- 

 ing. 



INCOME. 



The income of the stations during the past fiscal year was as fol- 

 lows : 



United States appropriation $15,000.00 



State appropriation 1.5,000.00 



Fees G, 000. (X) 



Farm products 2, 2.'}.'{. 12 



. Miscellaneous, including balance from previous year 18, .'559. 42 



Total 51, 592. 54 



A report of the receipts and expenditures for the United States 

 fund has been rendered in accordance with the schedules prescribed 

 by this Department and has been approved. 



PUBLICATIONS. 



The only publication of these stations received during the past 

 fiscal year was Bulletin 77 on rice. This is a revision of Bulletin 61 

 of the station, including additional information obtained in recent 

 experiments, especially pertaining to the feeding value of the by- 

 products of rice mills. The principal subjects discussed in this bul- 

 letin are history, preparation of soil, planting, flooding, harvesting, 

 noxious weeds in the rice fields, feeding rice bran and rice polish, and 

 determination of digestible nutrients. 



MAINE. 



Maine Agricultural Experiment Station, Orono. 



Department of University of Maine. 

 C. D. Woods, Sc. D., Director. 



GENERAL OUTLOOK. 



The most extensive experiments of the Maine Station and those 

 which are attracting more attention than any of its other investiga- 

 tions are the experiments with poultry, a part of which are carried 

 out in cooperation Avith the Bureau of Animal Industry of this De- 

 partment. Some of the problems now under investigation are the 

 amount of floor space each fowl should have ; rations for Qgg produc- 

 tion and meat production, growing chicks, etc., and breeding for ^gg 

 production. In an investigation on the time required to establish 

 fertility in eggs, one Qgg laid twenty-seven hours and another thirty 

 hours after the male bird was put into a pen with females yielded 



