AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 



STATION PUBLICATIONS. 



The large increase that has been made to the mailing list has ren- 

 dered it necessary to consider the most economical methods of pre- 

 paring and distributing Station publications. It is very desirable, 

 also, that the manner of presenting the results of experiments and 

 investigations shall be such as to secure for them wide attention. 

 Experience has shown that in order to accomplish this, the state- 

 ments made by Station officers must be as concise and simple as is 

 consistent with accuracy. On the other hand, it is very important 

 that a certain class of readers, such as other station workers and 

 the farmers who possess scientific knowledge and training, shall 

 have access to a full record of the data upon which are based the 

 conclusions that stand in close relation to farm practice. In view 

 of the foregoing considerations, it has been decided to issue numer- 

 ous short bulletins, of not over four pages each, which shall be 

 sent to the entire mailing list, and which shall present to the 

 reader, in a form adapted to the unscientific public, all the results 

 of Station work which have an immediate relation to farm practice. 

 There will also be issued an annual report which shall contain a 

 complete record of the doings of the Station, stated in part at 

 least, in a somewhat scientific and technical form. It is proposed 

 that this annual report shall have a circulation limited to the 

 officers and staffs of other stations, certain exchange publications 

 and such farmers as shall specially request that it be sent to them. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. 



I append a statement of gifts made to the Station, and publica- 

 tions received by the Station free of charge. I wish to make our 

 acknowledgment for these favors. 



TV. H. JORDAN, Director. 



Maine State College, 

 Orono, Me., Dec. 31, 1893. 



