xvi Ma xe Agricultural Experiment Station. 



Marian Avery, Clerk, Estelle M. Goggin, Stenographer, 

 Silvia Parker, Assistant Biologist, Helen A. Ring, Laboratory 

 Assistant (Biology), Viola L. Morris, Laboratory Assistant 

 (Plant Pathology), Harold L. King, Assistant Chemist were 

 appointed for the year beginning July i, 191 7 although not all 

 of them reported for work at once. 



The Station was very fortunate in securing the services of 

 Doctor John W. Gowen as Assistant Biologist during the period 

 of the war to continue lines of work that would have sufifered 

 otherwise. Doctor Gowen did post graduate work at the Uni- 

 versity of Maine. His major was under Doctor Pearl and along 

 the lines of animal husbandry investigation. When Doctor 

 Pearl was called by the Food Administration Doctor Gowen was 

 just completing his work for the doctorate at Columbia Uni- 

 versity. He brought to the Station the skill and experience that 

 he had obtained from his work under Doctor Pearl and the 

 broadened visw from 2 years of study at Columbia Univer- 

 sity. 



The Station Plant. 



There have been few changes in the plant during the year. 

 At Aroostook Farm the Federal Department of x^griculture in 

 addition to the green house built last year has constructed a 

 potato storage house with office for the use of the Department 

 Horticulturist. The whole plant at Orono and both Experiment 

 Farm? have been maintained in ffood orrler and in hieh efficisncv. 



