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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 \vithout 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 accom- 

 modation. Under no condition will the Station undertake 

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

 of general interest. 



STATION PUBLICATIONS. 



The Station publishes annually a report covering in detail 

 its expenses, operations, investigations and results, and bul- 

 letins giving popular accounts of the results of station work 

 which relate directly to farm practice. The bulletins are 

 mailed free to all citizens who request them. The annual 

 report is bound with that of the Board of Agriculture and dis- 

 tributed by the Secretary of the Board. This combined report 

 can be obtained by addressing the Secretary of Agriculture, 

 State House, Augusta, Maine. It is usually ready for distribu- 

 tion in August of each year. 



CORRESPONDENCE. 



As far as practicable, letters are answered the day they are 

 received. Letters sent to individual officers are liable to remain 

 unanswered, in case the officer addressed is absent. All com- 

 munications should, therefore, be addressed to the 



Agricultural Experiment Station, 



Orono, Maine. 



The post office, railroad station, freight, express and tele- 

 graph address is Orono, Maine. 



The telephone call is "Bangor, 27-3." 



Directions, forms and labels for taking samples, and charges 

 for examining fertilizers, feeding stuffs and seeds for private 

 parties can be had on application. 



Parcels sent by express should be prepaid, and postage 

 should be enclosed in private letters demanding a reply. 



Remittances should be made payable to the undersigned. 



CHAS. D. WOODS, Director. 



