Announcements. 



Aroostook Farm. 



By action of the Legislatures of 191 3 and 191 5 a farm was 

 purchased in Aroostook County for scientific investigations in 

 agriculture to be under "the general supervision, management, 

 and control" of the Maine Agricultural Experiment Station. 

 The farm is in the town of Presque Isle, about 2 miles south 

 of the village, on the main road to Houlton. The Bangor and 

 Aroostook railroad crosses the farm. A flag station, "Aroos- 

 took Farm," makes it easily accessible by rail. 



The farm contains about 275 acres, about half of which is 

 cleared. The eight room house provides an office, and home 

 for the farm superintendent. A school house on a lot adjoining 

 the farm was presented to the State by the town of Presque 

 Isle and after being remodeled serves as a boarding house for 

 the help. A greenhouse and a potato storage house have been 

 erected at the farm by the U. S. Department of Agriculture for 

 use in cooperative work on potato breeding. The large barn 

 affords storage for hay and grain and has a large potato stor- 

 age house in the basement. 



Highmoor Farm. 



The State Legislature of 1909 purchased a farm upon 

 which the Maine Agricultural Experiment Station "shall con- 

 duct scientific investigations in orcharding, corn, and other farm 

 crops." The farm is situated in the counties of Kennebec and 

 Androscoggin, largely in the town of Monmouth. It is on the 

 Farmington Branch of the Maine Central Railroad, 2 miles 

 from Leeds Junction. A flag station, "Highmoor," is on the 

 farm. 



The farm contains 225 acres, about 200 of. which are in 

 orchards, fields, and pastures. There are in the neighborhood 

 of 3,000 apple trees upon the place which have been set from 

 20 to 30 years. Fields that are not in orchards are well adapted 

 to experiments with corn, potatoes, and similar general farm 

 crops. The house has 2 stories with a large wing, and contains 

 about 15 rooms. It is well arranged for the Station offices and 

 for the home of the. farm superintendent. The barns are large, 

 affording storage for hay and grain. The basement affords 

 limited storage for apples, potatoes and roots. A substantially 

 constructed building for apple packing was erected in 1912. 



