DIRECTOR'S REPORT. 



A. W. Harris, Ph. D., President Maine State College. 



Sir : — I submit herewith a report of the work performed in the 

 various departments of the Experiment Station for the year 1893 : 



It is hoped that the facts and discussions therein presented will 

 prove of value to the agriculture of the State, through a careful 

 consideration of their relations to farm practice. 



The past year has been one of general prosperity in the affairs of 

 .the Station. In one direction, at least, as will be seen by subse- 

 quent statements, an addition of equipment and enlargement of 

 work have been made which give promise of results of great value. 

 Better than anything else which could be mentioned, perhaps, is 

 the increasing evidence that the Station is exerting a positively 

 helpful influence in the agricultural affairs of Maine. The large 

 correspondence which has grown up between the Station officers 

 and the farmer citizens of the State, the numerous appeals for aid 

 in various directions and the cordial and sympathetic reception 

 which representatives of the Station receive at farmers' institutes 

 and other public meetings may not only constitute substantial 

 reasons for encouragement, but may also convey to each member 

 of the Station staff a sense of personal gratification. I wish to express 

 in behalf of myself and my associates a grateful appreciation of the 

 pleasant relations which we have come to sustain toward a large 

 number of leading Maine farmers, and of the cordial co-operation 

 of the Board of Agriculture, the State Pomological Society and the 

 Patrons of Husbandry. 



FERTILIZER INSPECTION. 



The Maine legislature of 1890 enacted a new law for the control 

 of the sale and inspection of commercial fertilizers, of which the 

 Director of this Station is made the executive officer. This work 

 will necessarily and properly be done at the Station. 



