xil MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. I904. 



In 1903-04, in accordance with a previous plan, a second wing- 

 was added on the north side, thus restoring the symmetry of the 

 building. The structure thus completed is in the form of a 

 rectangle 46 by 82 feet, with a re-entrant angle at the southeast 

 corner. On the first floor (see plan, p. x) are the laboratory 

 for the analysis of feeds and fertilizers, the nitrogen room, a 

 room for the storage of chemicals, a food laboratory, offices of 

 the chemists and veterinarian, and in the recently completed 

 north wing, recitation rooms for the departments of horticulture 

 and forestry. On the second floor (see plan, p. xi) are the 

 director's office, rooms for the professor of agriculture, the ento- 

 mologist, the stenographer, a mailing and reading room, a tele- 

 phone room, and in the north wing a large room used for 

 recitation and laboratory purposes by the department of agri- 

 culture. This room may be divided into two rooms or thrown 

 into one by a rolling shutter. 



The basement contains the boiler and coal rooms, a kitchen 

 used in connection with nutrition investigations, a calorimeter 

 room, a gas room, and rooms for the grinding and preparation 

 of samples. In the attic are quarters for the janitor, a photo- 

 graphic dark room, and a storage room. The building is heated 

 by steam, lighted by electricity, and furnished with gas. The 

 total cost is somewhat in excess of $18,000. The completed 

 building is shown in the full page illustration. 



The recent additions give a dignified building, designed and 

 erected for agricultural investigation and instruction, and it 

 seemed to the trustees of the University to be eminently fitting- 

 that it should bear the name of one of our most eminent pioneers 

 in agricultural science, Ezekiel Holmes. This honor is the more 

 deserved, since Dr. Holmes, over 60 years ago, urged the estab- 

 lishment in Aroostook county of a "State Experiment Farm f 

 and it was largely through his efforts that the Maine legislature 

 in 1865 established the Maine State College as a separate and 

 independent institution. Holmes Hall was formally dedicated 

 on May 25, 1904. 



