10 MAINE AGRICUL,TURAL EXPERIME:nT STATION. 



gations in orcharding, corn and other farm crops." The farm 

 is situated in the counties of Kennebec and Androscoggin and 

 largely in the town of Monmouth. It is on the Farmington 

 branch of the Maine Central Railroad two miles from Leeds 

 Junction. A flag station called Highmoor is on the farm. 



The farm consists of 225 acres, about 200 of which are in 

 orchards, fields and pastures. There are in the neighborhood 

 of 3,000 apple trees upon the place which at time of purchase 

 had been set from 15 to 25 years. The fields that are not m 

 orchards are well adapted to experiments with corn, potatoes, 

 and similar general farm crops. The house is two story with 

 a large wing, and contains about 15 rooms, well arranged for 

 the Experiment Station offices and for the home of the farm 

 superintendent. The barn is large, affording storage for hay 

 and grain. The basements of the building afford a moderate 

 amount of storage for apples, potatoes and roots. 



Highmoor farm is used as a laboratory by the different de- 

 partments of the Station and part of the work in progress 

 there is described in other parts of this report. Anyone inter- 

 ested can obtain a full list of the field experiments at High- 

 moor Farm in 1913 on request to the Director of the Station. 

 A similar list for 1914 will be published. 



Work of Inspection. 



The inspections entrusted to the Maine Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station include agricultural seeds, commercial feeding 

 stuffs, commercial fertilizers, creamery glassware, drugs, food^,'' 

 fungicides and insecticides. In the course of the year this 

 work leads the deputies to visit practically every town of im- 

 portance in the State at least once and many of them severa' 

 times. 



The work of inspection comprises much more than the actual 

 collection of the samples. The deputy has constantly to be on 

 the watch for goods which are not registered in the case of 

 fertilizers, feeding stuffs, fungicides and insecticides; labels 

 and tags have to be constantly examined in order to see that the 

 statements thereon are apparently in accord with truth. 

 Weighings are often made in order to see that the net weight 

 actually contained in the package does not fall below the guar- 



