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tees and a representative from each of the state agricultural 

 organizations. 



The Station Council meets once a year. At this meeting, 

 the Director and other members of the Station staff outline the 

 work which has been undertaken in the. past year and make 

 recommendations for the following year. Such of these as 

 commend themselves to the Station Council as well as sug- 

 gestions from that body are approved and the Director is 

 instructed to carry them out in detail. The appointment of 

 members of the staff is made by the Trustees, and the recom- 

 mendations of the Council are subject to their approval. 



The Director is the executive officer of the Station and passes 

 upon all matters of business. The members of the staff have 

 charge of the lines of work which naturally come under their 

 departments. 



Income of the Station. 



For the year which ended June 30, 1912, the income of the 

 Station in round figures was: — Hatch Fund. $15,000; Adams 

 Fund, $15,000; U. S. Department of Agriculture for poultry 

 investigations, $1,000; State printing, $5,000; Inspections, 

 $1,700; Sales, $8,800. All of the receipts and expenditures are 

 audited by the State Auditor and those from the Federal Gov- 

 ernment by the Office of Experiment Stations of the U. S. 

 Department of Agriculture. 



Relation of the Station to the University of Maine. 



The Station is by act of legislature a department of the 

 University of Maine and in the organization of the University 

 is co-ordinate with the different colleges. The function of the 

 colleges is to teach. It is by the Act of Congress establishing 

 the Station, "The object and duty of said experiment stations 



to conduct original researches or verify experiments 



bearing directly on the agricultural industry of the United 

 States as may in each case be deemed advisable, having due 

 regard to the varying conditions and needs of the respective 

 States or Territories." None of the funds received by the 

 Station can lawfully be used for teaching, for demonstration, 

 for exhibition purposes or for any purpose whatever outside 



