4 maine agricultural experiment station. 



Income of the Station. 



For the year which ended December 31, 19 13, the income 

 of the Station in round figures was: From the United States 

 Government, Hatch Fund, $15,000; Adams Fund, $15,000; 

 from the State of Maine, investigations in animal husbandry 

 $5,000; printing bulletins and reports $4,500. In addition to 

 this there were about $20,000 in appropriation and fees from 

 the State for carrying out the work of inspection and about 

 $11,000 from the sale of farm and poultry products. 



Relation of the Station to the University of Maine. 



The Station is by act of legislature a department of the Uni- 

 versity 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 of 

 research into agricultural problems. 



Organization of the Station. 



The Maine Agricultural Experiment Station was first estab- 

 lished as a fertilizer control, but in 1888, when the Hatch Act 

 became effective, the purpose of the Station was changed by 

 that Act so that its work is that of the investigation of agri- 

 cultural problems. However, the fertilizer control was left in 

 the hands of the Director of the Maine Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station, and as various other inspection laws regulating 

 the sale of commercial feeding stuffs, agricultural seeds, drugs, 

 foods, fungicides, insecticides, and other materials, were en- 

 acted they were also placed in the hands of the Director of the 

 Experiment Station. The execution of the laws which had to 

 do directly with the agricultural products were not particularly 

 taxing, but with the large duties which were required par- 



