336 AGRICULTURE OF MAINE. 



from the regular four-year curriculum of the Forestry Depart- 

 ment at the University of Maine. If enough applications for 

 the course are received previous to July ist, 1914, the summer 

 Camping Course will be offered regularly as a branch of ex- 

 tension work in Forestry. 



Applications and requests for information about the Fores- 

 try Camping Course should be addressed to John M. Briscoe, 

 Professor of Forestry, Orono, Maine. 



farmers' v^eek. 



Farmers' Week has come to be a recognized institution in 

 Maine. Already seven of these short courses have been held. 

 The course is divided into three sections. 



1. Farm Crops and Horticulture 



2. Animal Industry 



3. Home Economics 



In each of these sections, lectures are held continuously 

 throughout the day and in the evening meetings are held jointly 

 by all sections. Farmers' Week in 1913 comprised one hundred 

 lectures and demonstrations. Tihese were given by forty-six 

 different persons, — members of the Agricultural faculty, Arts 

 College faculty. Experiment Station staff, and successful farm- 

 ers. 



Each year, in connection with Farmers' Week, the annual 

 meetings of the Maine Federation of Agricultural Associations 

 and Maine Association of Agricultural Students are held. 

 Farmers' Week is not only an agricultural and home makers* 

 short course but one of the largest and most important "get 

 together" meetings for rural people held in the state. 



farmers' cooperative experiments. 



Following the custom established several years ago, coopera- 

 tive experiments were carried on with farmers in various sec- 

 tions of the state, although not in such numbers as formerly. 

 The experiments were confined to tests with the following 

 crops : Alfalfa, potatoes, and oats. 



