THE WORK OF THE MAINE AGRICULTURAL 

 EXPERIMENT STATION IN 1914. 



Director Chas. D. Woods. 



The year 1914 was the thirtieth year of the Maine Agricul- 

 tural Experiment Station. It began its work April i, 1885. 

 The office, laboratories, and poultry plant of the Station are 

 on the campus of the University of Maine, Orono. Its field 

 work is carried out on the two experimental farms, Aroostook 

 Farm situated in Presque Isle, Aroostook County, and Highmoor 

 Farm in Monmouth, Kennebec County. The work on Aroostook 

 Farm is largely with potatoes and small grains. The work on 

 Highmoor Farm is chiefly with apples, oats, beans and sheep. 

 The results of the investigations are published in the bulletins 

 of the Station, in the Journal of Agricultural Research pub- 

 lished by the U. S. Department of Agriculture and in different 

 scientific journals in America and abroad. The bulletins of the 

 year contain summaries of the more technical work and a full 

 statement of the more practical studies. These are sent free to 

 all residents of Maine on request and at a nominal price to non- 

 residents so far as the editions will permit. 



In the space allotted for this report it would not be possible 

 to more than list the investigations undertaken during the year. 

 Instead of attempting to make a review of the work of the year, 

 a summary is given of the results of some of the matters that 

 are of immediate practical agricultural significance. The prac- 

 tical results of the field trials at Aroostook Farm and Highmoor 

 Farm obtained in 1914 are given in Bulletin 236 of this Station, 

 entitled Field Experiments in 1914. 



Milk Production and Age. 



One of the first problems which it was necessary to work out 

 in connection with the studies of the inheritance of milk pro- 

 duction, in progress at the Station, was that of the proper 

 correction to apply to milk production records for the changing 



