HISTORICAL NOTES FOR 1909. 



High MOOR Farm. 



The Legislature of 1909 appropriated $10,000 for the pur- 

 chase of a farm on which the Maine Agricultural Experiment 

 Station shall conduct experiments in orcharding and with corn 

 and other farm crops. The committee on selection have 

 decided upon Highmoor Farm situated in the counties of Ken- 

 nebec and Androscoggin, and largely in the town of Monmouth, 

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

 orchards, fields and pastures. There are in the neighborhood 

 of 4,coo apple trees upon the place which have been set from 

 10 to 20 years. The fields that are not in orchard are well 

 adapted to experiments with corn, potatoes and similar general 

 farm crops. The house is two-storied with a large wing and 

 contains about 15 rooms and is well arranged for Experiment 

 Station offices and the home of the farm superintendent. The 

 barn is large; arranged for 32 head of cattle and 6 horses. 

 The buildings are supplied with running water from a never 

 failing spring situated on the farm. The Farmington branch 

 of the Maine Central Railroad bounds the farm on the west 

 and it is expected that a flag station will be made at the farm. 



The farm is purchased in the name of the State but by law 

 "the Director of the A-Iaine Agricultural Experiment Station 

 shall have the general management, supervision and control of 

 the said farm and of all investigations thereon." 



The property was acquired so late in the season that no inves- 

 tigational work could be undertaken in 1909. It is planned to 

 begin another season studies upon orchard management, corn 

 and oat breeding and potato culture. The farm will be used not 

 merely for practical field experiments in horticulture and agri- 

 culture but also for studies of practical problems by the ento- 

 mologists, plant pathologists and biologists of the Station. 



