IO MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 



ture for some years in the Pennsylvania State College, and 

 again returned to Orono as director of the Experiment Station." 



"Professor Charles Dayton Woods, B. S., who succeeds Pro- 

 fessor Jordan, comes to us from the Storrs (Conn.) Experiment 

 Station, of which he was assistant director. He is a graduate of 

 Wesleyan University, and has studied abroad. He was one of 

 the early workers in the first experiment station in the United 

 States. He holds a commission from the United States Gov- 

 ernment for investigations on human foods." 



After a year's leave of absence which was spent in study 

 abroad and at Cornell University, Professor Munson returned 

 to his duties at the Experiment Station, July i, 1896. 



Mr. Fred C. Moulton, M. S., assistant chemist, resigned 

 August 31st. Mr. Henry B. Slade, A. B., a graduate of Brown 

 University, is his successor. 



Mr. Harris Perley Gould, B. S., assistant horticulturist, 

 resigned his position August 31, in order to pursue post-grad- 

 uate studies elsewhere. He has been succeeded by Mr. Lucius 

 Jerry Shepard, B. S., a graduate of the Massachusetts Agricul- 

 tural College. 



Mr. Ora W. Knight, B. S., a graduate of the College, was 

 appointed assistant chemist December 1st. 



Mr. A. M. Shaw, foreman of the farm, resigned December 

 31, 1896. 



Professor G. M. Gowell, M. S., has been appointed agricul- 

 turist. This appointment will take effect January 1, 1897. 



FERTILIZER INSPECTION. 



The number of brands of fertilizers sold in the State seems 

 to be steadily on the increase. Old companies are increasing 

 the number of brands they are offering and new companies are 

 entering the State. In 1894 the Station agent collected 60 

 brands; in 1895 he collected 74; in 1896 the number was 

 117, and the indications are that the number of brands sold in 

 1897 will come well up to 150. 



Seventy-seven of the 117 brands sold in the State in 1896 were 

 licensed; the remaining 40, according to the representations 

 of the manufacturers, were exempted from the payment of the 

 analysis fee as coming within the thirty ton limit. The terms of 



