ANNOUNCEMENTS. VU 



The work that the Experiment Station can undertake from 

 the Adams Act fund is more restricted and can "be appHed only 

 to paying the necessary expenses of conducting original re- 

 searches or experiments bearing directly on the agricultural 

 industry of the United States, having due regard to the vary- 

 ing conditions and needs of the respective states and territories." 



Any resident of Maine concerned in agriculture has the right 

 to apply to the Station for any assistance that comes within its 

 province. 



Investigations. 



The Station continues to restrict its work to a few important 

 lines, believing that it is better for the agriculture of the State 

 to study thoroughly a few problems than to spread over the 

 whole field of agricultural science. It has continued to improve 

 its facilities and segregate its \vork in such a way as to make 

 it an effective agency for research in agriculture. Prominent 

 among the lines of investigation are studies upon the food of 

 man and animals, the diseases of plants and animals, breeding 

 of plants and animals, orchard and field experiments, poultry 

 investigations, and entomological research. 



Inspections. 



The inspection of food and drugs, the inspection of fertilizers, 

 the inspection of concentrated commercial feeding stuffs, the 

 inspection of agricultural seeds, and the testing of the graduated 

 glassware used in creameries, are entrusted to the Station 

 through its director, who is responsible for the execution of the 

 public laws relating to these matters. The cost of the inspec- 

 tions is borne by a state appropriation, and the examination of 

 chemical glassware by a charge for calibration. 



Ofeices and Laboratories. 



The offices, laboratories and poultry plant of the Maine Agri- 

 cultural Experiment Station are at the University of Maine, 

 Orono. Orono is the freight, express, post, telegraph and tele- 

 phone address for the offices and laboratories. 



Visitors to the Station will find it convenient to leave the 

 5team cars at r>angor or Old Town, as the railway station at 



