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The work that the Experiment Station can undertake from 

 the Adams Act fund is more restricted and can "be applied 

 only to paying the necessary expenses for conducting original 

 researches or experiments bearing directly on the agricultural 

 industry of the United States, having due regard to the vary- 

 ing conditions and needs of the respective states and terri- 

 tories." 



Investigations. 



The Station continues to restrict its work to a few impor- 

 tant lines, believing that it is better for the agriculture of the 

 State to study thoroughly a few problems than to spread over 

 the whole field of agricultural science. It has continued to im- 

 prove its facilities and segregate its work in such a way as to 

 make it an effective agency for research in agriculture. Promi- 

 nent among the lines of investigation are studies upon the food 

 of man and animals, the diseases of plants and animals, breed- 

 ing of plants and animals, orchard and field experiments, poul- 

 try investigations, and entomological research. 



Inspections. 



Up to the close of the year 191 3, it had been the duty of 

 the Director of the Station to execute the laws regulating the 

 sale of agricultural seeds, apples, commercial feeding stuffs, 

 commercial fertilizers, drugs, foods, fungicides and insecticides, 

 and the testing of the graduated glassware used by creameries. 

 Beginning with January, 1914, the purely executive part of 

 these laws is handled by the Commissioner of Agriculture. It 

 is still the duty of the Director of the Station to make the an- 

 alytical examination of the samples collected by the Commis- 

 sioner and to publish the results of the analyses. The cost of 

 the inspections is borne by fees and by a State appropriation. 



Offices and Laboratories. 



The offices, laboratories and poultry plant of the Maine 

 Agricultural Experiment Station are at the University of Maine, 

 Orono. Orono is the freight, express, post, telegraph and tele- 

 phone address for the offices and laboratories. 



