AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 9 



The nature and remedy for the fungoid and other diseases to 

 •which agricultural plants are subject. 



Inspection of the agricultural seeds sold in Maine to determine 

 their jDurity and vitality. 



The life history and ravages of injurious insects, and the means 

 of their prevention^or extermination. 



( 4) Animal Diseases. (Dr. Eussell.) 



Dr. F. L. Russell, a graduate of the Maine State College and of 

 the New York College of Veterinary Surgeons, New York City, 

 was elected veterinarian to the Station early in 1887, and since that 

 time has been pursuing special studies in bacteriology and pathology 

 at the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, in preparation for the 

 work which he is to undei'take. He will enter upon his duties at 

 the Station about the first of March, 1889, and will then devote his 

 time largely to a study of the nature of those diseases from which 

 the farm animals of this State seem likely to suffer. 



(.5) Horticulture. (No special provision for this yet.) 



It seems j desirable that horticulture should find a place in the 

 work of the Station, and it is only necessary that certain facilities 

 be provided in the way of buildings in order that proper attention 

 may be given to this important branch of agriculture. In the mean 

 time as much will be done in this direction as time and facilities 

 permit. 



(6) Agricultural Meteorology and Physics. (President Fernald.) 



This department of experiment and investigation embraces such 

 subjects as temperature, rainfall, evaporation and percolation or 

 drainage, in their relations to the mechanical conditions of the soil 

 and the plant growth. It is now proposed to begin in the spring of 

 1889 certain meteorological observations, additional to those here- 

 tofore made at the college. 



(7) Fertilizer Inspection. 



The new fertilizer law enacted in 1887 gives the Experiment 

 Station the authority to sample and analyze the commercial fertili- 

 zers sold in the State, and therefore this inspection will be con- 

 tinued as heretofore. 



