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 glass-ware; 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. Work 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 accommoda- 

 tion. 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 commercial 

 fertilizers, concentrated commercial feeding stuffs, and agricul- 

 tural seeds, and the inspection of chemical glassware used by 

 creameries is entrusted to the Director of the Station. The Sta- 

 tion officers take pains to obtain for analysis samples of all brands 

 of fertilizers and feeding stuffs coming under the law, but the 

 organized co-operation of farmers is essential for the full and 

 timely protection of their interests. Granges, Farmers' Clubs 

 and other organizations can render efficient aid by reporting any 

 attempt at evasion of the laws and by sending, early in the sea- 



