ANNOUNCEMENTS. XV 



Ent. 8i. Pink and Green Aphid of Potato. By Edith M. Patch. Bui. 



242. Me. Agr. Exp. Station. 

 Ent. 83. Blueberry Insects in Maine. By William C. Woods. Bui. 244. 



Me. Agr. Exp Station. 



Changes in Members oe Council. 



In January, 191 5, Mr. William T. Guptill, Topsham, was 

 elected Com:missioner of Agriculture in place of Mr, John A. 

 Roberts of Norway. 



At the annual meeting of the State Pomological Society in 

 November, 1915, Wilson H. Conant, Buckfield, was elected as 

 their representative on the Council in place of Mr. Howard L. 

 t Keyser of Greene. 



Changes in Station Staee. 



The Station counts itself as particularly fortunate in that it 

 has been able to retain the services of the heads of the depart- 

 ments through so many years. 



Mr. Bartlett has served the Station as Chemist continuously 

 since 1885, Mr. Woods as Director since 1896, Miss Patch as 

 Entomologist since 1904, Mr. Hanson as Associate Chemist 

 since 1905, Mr. Morse as Plant Pathologist since 1907, Mr. 

 Pearl as Biologist since 1908. Mr. Surface came to the Sta- 

 tion as Associate Biologist in 1908. He was away with the 

 Kentucky Experiment Station for two years but came back 

 to this Station as biologist in 1913. It is only those who are 

 familiar with the work of a Station that can appreciate the 

 increased value that comes to a Station by having the contin- 

 uous service of the heads of the departments. Such continu- 

 ous service makes possible the carrying out of projects ex- 

 tending over long periods of time. While the Maine Station 

 has an unusual staff in ability its marked success as a con- 

 tributor to new facts underlying agricultural practice and as a 

 high research institution is largely due to the continuity of 

 effort possible only by the permanency of its staff. 



April I, Mr. Walter E. Curtis and Mr. C. Harold White 

 were appointed Scientific Aids at the experiment farms. 



June I, Mr. Vernon Folsom resigned as Laboratory Assistant 

 in Plant Pathology and Mr. Donald S. Clark was appointed m 

 his stead. 



