Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-09-19
INCOME OF MAINE
ACRI. EXPERIMENT
STATION AT ORoNo

orono, Ne. Sept is-plree,,.
Charles D. Woods 81 tho Name Ar
cultural Experiment Station t, Oro.,
on Tuesday made tho follov.rr stat,
ment regarding the income ~ ,bs 50.
ton and certain statements fc.snr.
made concerning Il.
Not long ago a Maine rI-rr ,r,..
derisively Of research vur. a, p.
Maine Agricultural ENpcrlm,rt o.,
ton and referred to n Station ..H.r.
ton on Breeding Guinea Prs. fl III.
termine the Value ~ Dairy c4y
and said that this probably .ee, %.
COW mixers OF tho state tnu and, a..
dollars. There arc az least t,.. rrmt
les with this statement I'M srv..
has not owned guinea p.a N.
years. has never ATTEMPTED ID Hais-.
mine the value ~ n dair. ..p W.. d.
direct methods. has not Y.U... d
the the title named ana N. .-r.e..
part Of tho appropriation r.. t|t on.
ton come from the federal govern
ment and not from thn state
Maine has had an experiment ia.
every agricultural adraurrm.r, rrss.
in the State. Hundreds ~ formers A..
following Station methods " .e 'hs.
have CLEANED from station nr.fr.-s
Still larger numbers arc fnHoelrr
these methods. not knowing tr4' hsy
are Station methods her7l.a '.tr
learned them nv watching vN.' .Ars
successful ur-to-dato n'li..rs vsra
doing But notwithsiard.r ''a LONG
existence and the promInrr' rrn .
the station IN Nainr's 1lr 'u-,
there are MANY who A. NOV ..rc 4
clear idea of the scope ~ 'N. -..,-e,
work and tho sources from o..r '-s
funds are derived that sururr'
Rather moro than n gcutr.'|ar a.
the Congress NJ the United S'r'st
passed an act known m me Hate
! Act (heCauso ~ was iniro7 red H
Representative Hatch - Missouri
looking toward the cs'ah'Nst mont .
an experiment station I'm cr.t ~.'e
! and territory NJ tho Tni'rF state,
| This provided an annual Income .
s15,ooo from tho Federal Tr.rv'-v 4
dozen wears ago this nTpf uraHot
was supplemented nv n grant .rry'ee
like amount ~ money nr...HN
nm Act of Congress called r.. AAaw
! Act, so-called because n va H'-
duced nv ReprescntatIvc Adams '-a~
! Wisconsin. II IS This arrH lrrr
priation of $4,000 from tr, T.#,-
| Government that cNI,av mpIfar, t.
Maine Agricultural Experiment -.
ton Tho state ~ Maine N4a ru'.
! chased two farms for ur OBJ. M '-a
! station One Of these ie On tho 'ovr
! Of Monmouth. Kcnuchrc C0tn' Ar'
4 the other in rrcsaue Isle Nrona'r'.
I County 4 few wears oeo f.. Aar-.
mon Of the state obtained on hrr7.
appropriation Of s. nm for scientific .r.
vestications IN animal hlshprfrr ~
7 since 1915 the state has appropriated
e 0o0 q wear for sCioufif ir.rs'sr.
tions hearing upon tho arr.. ..'rr-
Aroostook COUNTY Nl-o f. sH.
because u has no othcr llhor1'r- r
which the work can he carried cr'
makes II part of the duty ~ 40 r.
rector OF the Station 20 ara'Yzs th
samples collected bv trc Comm sr'or"
OF Agriculture in the cnfor, ou"0' y
the laws regulating no sa'e ~ ar-'
cultural seeds. commercial festr;
stuffa, commercial fei7 iliYr-s ialrr
products. drugs, foods furV'r7S. 81
insecticides The expense - io'rr
this work is met Nv Rrpr0nr'a''r-'
and fees made 70 tho CowN iss'ovsr =
Agriculture
The total income ~ Tho Motto ~
cultural Experiment Station r.r-arf'
about tsn mn annually Abr.' o-r
sixth ~ this Is horne Nv dirr.' s'aN
appropriations This cnst 10 sn s'r'l
that a person who nave tnyo- .r 1h
con contributes phnut nm rr0' ,'f
IN the support ~ me WORK M .t'
cation ~ this station TN. FpHfrA
money comes from 'tc crrr'r as
whole AZ the state ~ Sow NTfN
contains about one-fen'h ~ 'Nn wear.
of the country g hears 0hru' fN' r-
portion NJ tho cost ~ wH#rI. ''"
agricultural experiment sfBtr0. Y
whole country