r_M KKPoKT <>K OKKICK oK KXI'KKIMENT 8TATIUN3. 



MAINK. 



Maine Agricultural Experiment Station, Orono. 

 I >t']>ailiiuiit nl I iii\tTsily of .Muiiii'. 



(iOVKKMNC HOARD. 



Station Council: Georjjc K. Fellows {I'nsitlfnl), Onmo; Cha><. D. WckkIh {Secrelari/), 

 OniiKj; .Toliii A. Roberts, XDrwdi/; Clias. I i. Jones, ('uriiiiKi; AIImtI.). Diirnin, Onmn; 

 A. \V. (iiliiiaii, Fii.rcrofl; Kiit,'<'iie II. I.ihhy, Anhiirti; ('liaw. S. Pojie, .Sftinrhcstir; 

 James M. Bartlett, Onnio; L. II. Merrill, Orono; V. L. RiisHell, Orono; \\. M. IMuii- 

 son, OriDio; <i. M. (iowell, Orono. 



ST.VnoN S'I'AKK. 



("has. I). Wno.ls, r.. S., Dinrlnr. Edith M. l*atch, ]'>. A., Entomologist. 



J. .M. Uartlett, M. S., UiemiM. (J. A. Drew, Ph. P., Zoohxjist. 



L. II. Merrill, 1'.. S., i'ln-vuM. H. H. Hanson, B. S., .4.s.s/.s^(//< Chetnht. 



F. I.. Uu.-isell, I'.. S., V. S., Veterinarliui. S. (". Dinsmore, As.si.sliint i'Jifmixt. 



W . .M. Miiiisuii, I'll. I»., Jfurticu/lnrisl. M. B. CunimiufjH, B. S., J.s.v/«/a/(< Iforti- 



G. M. (iowfll, M. S., SlocI: Hrriillnij, cnltnrixt. 



I'oultni. Annie IVI. Snow, Slrtnn/rdphfr. 



GKNEKAI. OUTLOOK. 



The woik o( the Maino Stutioii duriiio- the past year has l)een largelj^ 

 a continuation of investigations started in fornier years. The dij^es- 

 tion investigations with hiiiil)ernien, in cooperation with this Office, 

 have been continued, and the most reinarkabk' feature noted has been 

 the verv hirtje dietaries of these men. Dioestion investie^ations with 

 steers have inchided stu(li(»s n\H)n the eti'ect of ditferent amounts 

 of protein of the same kind upon dij^^estibility, and the compar- 

 ative dig'esti))ility of heavy and Yi^ht rations. An experiment is 

 in procuress to show the effect of different cliemicals u])on the con 

 servation of nitroo-en in lien manure; also experiments with different 

 varieties of })otatoes with reference to their resistance to blight, and 

 the handling of the crop from bliohted fields with the idea of discov- 

 erino- a method that will check the rot. Methods of seeding grass and 

 top-dressing experiments with grasses are in progress. Experiments 

 with the Angora goat for clearing underbi-ush in woods have been 

 continued. A num])er of box experiments with raw phosphates, in 

 which turni])s were grown as a solvent crop preceding a crop of toma- 

 toes, have been finished. AVhen a fair crop of turnips was turned 

 under, nearl}' as good a growth of tomatoes was secured as when acid 

 phosphates was used. 'I'he results of the analyses of cereal foods have 

 been published, and there has t)een such a wide detnand for the results 

 that a reprint of the bulletin has l)een necessary. One of the features 

 of the poultry investigations of the past year was a study of the floor 

 .space needed for different-sized flocks. The results have recently 

 been pul>lished in bulletin 1»8. Besides the nutrition in\'estigations in 

 cooperation with thisOflice, the station is cooperating with the Bureau 



