ANNOUNCEMENTS. 



THE AIM OF the: STATION. 



Every citizen of Maine concerned in agriculture has the right 

 to apply to the Station for any assistance that comes within 

 its province. It is the wish of the Trustees and Station Council 

 that the Station be as widely useful as its resources will permit. 



In addition to its work of investigation, the Station is prepared 

 to make chemical analyses of fertilizers, feeding stuffs, dairy 

 products and other agricultural materials ; to test seeds and 

 creamery glassware; to identify grasses, weeds, injurious fungi 

 and insects, etc. ; and to give information on agricultural matters 

 of interest and advantage to the citizens of the State. 



All work proper to the Experiment Station and of public 

 benefit will be done without charge. A\'ork for the private use 

 of individuals is charged for at the actual cost to the Station. 

 The Station offers to do this work only as a matter of accommo- 

 dation. Under no condition will the Station undertake analyses, 

 the results of which cannot be published, if they prove of general 

 interest. 



INSPECTIONS. 



The execution of the laws regulating the sale of food, com- 

 mercial fertilizers, concentrated commercial feeding stuff's, and 

 agricultural seeds, and the inspection of chemical glassware used 

 by creameries is entrusted to the Director of the Station. The 

 Station takes pains to obtain for analysis samples of all brands 

 of fertilizers and feeding stuffs coming under the law. It also 

 draws samples of agricultural seeds and foods in the hands of 

 dealers. The co-operation of dealers and consumers is, how- 

 ever, essential for the full and timely protection of their interests. 



Foods. Dealers and consumers are invited to send by pre- 

 paid express original and unbroken packages of food materials 

 on sale in Maine of whose purity they are for any reasons sus- 



