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MAINE. 



Maine Agricultural Experiment Station, Orono. 

 Department of University of Maine. 



GOVERNING BOARD. 

 BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY. 



Station Council: George Emory Fellows (Pres.), Orono; Chas. D. Woods (Sec), 

 Orono; Edward B. Winslow, Portland; Yoranus L. Coffin, Harrington; J. M. Bartlett, 

 Orono; L. H. Merrill, Orono; F. L. Russell, Orono; W. M. Munson, Orono; G. M. 

 Gowell, Orono; G. A. Drew, Orono; B. W. McKeen, Fryeburg; C. S. Pope, Manchester; 



E. H. Libbey, Auburn; J. A. Roberts, Norway. 



STATION STAFF. 



George Emory Fellows, M. A., Ph. D., President of the University. 

 Chas. D. Woods, B. S., Dir. Gilman A. Drew, B. S., Zool. 



J. M. Bartlett, M. S., Chem. 0. W. Knight, B. S., Asst. Chem. 



L. H. Merrill, B. S., Chem. E. R. Mansfield, Asst. Chem. 



F. L. Russell, B. S., V. 8., Vet. C. D. Holley, B. S., Asst. Chem. 

 W. M. Munson, M. S., Hort. H. W. Britcher, Asst. Zool. 



G. M. Gow T ell, M. S., Stock Breeding and M. B. Cummings, B. S., Asst. Hort. 

 Poultry. Miss Annie M. Snow, Sten. 



LINES OF WORK. 



The work of the Maine Station during the past year followed sub- 

 stantially the same lines as in the previous year, including- investiga- 

 tions on the food and nutrition of man and domestic animals, poultry 

 experiments, breeding experiments with sheep, digestion experiments 

 with sheep and steers, box and field experiments with fertilizers, 

 horticultural investigations, work in veterinary science and prac- 

 tice, and botanical and entomological observations. A study of 

 mollusks (scallops) was begun. The experiments in sheep breeding 

 consist in the crossing of Dorsets to secure earliness of lambing com- 

 bined with other qualities. The experiments in propagating and 

 improving blueberries have been continued with promising results. 

 The station has made studies of the nutritive value of concentrated 

 foods, prepared flours and fruits, and, in cooperation with this Office, 

 is continuing studies on the nutritive value and digestibility of cereals 

 and bread with. special attention to methods of determining digestibility. 

 It is proposed that to this work be added studies of the dietaries of 

 lumbermen, for which studies the opportunities are peculiarly favor- 

 able. The station is also cooperating with the Bureau of Plant 

 Industry of this Department in the breeding of wheat and potatoes. 

 Investigations on the effect of climate on the varieties of wheat and 

 potatoes have been carried on as heretofore. 



The station continues to cooperate with farmers in Aroostook and 

 Kennebec counties in experiments in apple growing, which consist 



