THE WORK OF THE MAINE AGRICULTURAL 

 EXPERIMENT STATION IN 1913 



Director Chas. D. Woods. 



The year 1913 was the twenty-ninth year of the Maine 

 Agricultural Experiment Station. It began its work April i, 

 1885. In the following pages is given a brief outline of some 

 of the more important lines of investigation that have been 

 taken up during the year, and particularly matters which have 

 an immediate practical agricultural significance. The full re- 

 port of the operations of the Experiment Station will be found 

 in its bulletins and annual report for the year 1913. 



Government of the Station. 



The development and management of the Station is in 

 charge of a Station Council made up of the President of the 

 College, the Director of the Station, the heads of the various 

 departments of the Station, the Dean of the College of Agri- 

 culture, three members of the Board of Trustees, and a repre- 

 sentative from each of the state-wide agricultural organizations. 



The Station Council meets once a year. At this meetmg 

 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 in- 

 structed 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. 



