Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-14
Work Being Done
At Experiment Station
Benefitting the Farmers

of0no, Nc. Feb. Little Maine
Agricultural Experiment Station.
whose praises are sounded in this
issue of the Journal. in one of liz"
talks prepared by the University of
Maine Alumni Memorial Fund COM
Tittee in behalf of the Memorial
Gymnasium ArmorN, ranks very high
among the institutions OF the kind
in the United States. In fach its
fame is world wide. as is shown nv
the fact that in the last year Director
Morse received letters from - foreign
countries requesting Station bulletins
on various topics.
OF these foreign countries the larg-
est number OF requests. St1. came
from Russia. which seems To be try
ing hard to retrieve it's agricultural
decadence. Canada came next. with
29o calls for bulletins on Maine
agricultural research work. Other
countries followed in this order:
England. so: cuba. -: South
Africa. Il: Denmark, Il; India. 13;
France. 10; Tasmania, y; Norway,
:: China. 3; Bermuda, Germany.
holland and Ireland, = each; Aus
tralia. Italy, Japan, java, Scotland,
Switzerland and Uruguay, 1 each.
The total number OF requests for
bulletins received at the station in
the Year was l1.743. Maine. natur-
ally, led. with 1881 calls. The other
states followed in this numerical! or
der: New York, S5S; Massachusetts.
I13: Pennsylvania, go; California,
592; Illinois, 4S7; Ohio. 453; New
HAMPSHIRE. 374: District OF Column
bia. 327: Missouri, .9l; Tennessee.
go; Wisconsin. 30; Maryland, 80;
Washington. 219: Indiana BOG: Mich
igan. 1874: Philippine Islands. l>o;
Iowa. 172: South Dakota. lG2: TcNas,
159: Mississippi. 1856: Utah. 15': Ida
no $50: kentucky, 1923: West Virginia
125: New Jersey. To-: Minnesota, log;
Montana. 1913; Virginia. 81; Florida,
"a: Connecticut, 90: Colorado. so:
Forto Rico. rs: Oregon, "A; Rhode
Island. 20; Nebraska, "a; North Caro-
lima. 61: Alabama. 81; Georgia, -;
North Dakota. 81: Vermont, 40
Delaware. Al: Kansas. 40: oklahoma,
IS: Arkansas, 80: Hawaii. is: " No-
ming, IS: New Mexico. 1G: Nevada,
II: Louisiana. -; Arizona, II; South
Carolina 6; Virgin Islands, !.
Ten thousand farmers in Maine
regularly receive the station bullc-
TINS. which have been Of service IN
DOinting the way to successful aCfl-
culture. The station maintains Jour
departments. biology, chemistry. en-
tomology and plant pathology. FROM
the beginning its policy has been to
undertake to do thorough work
While its work las always been along
lines of scientific research, these
have always been definite, practical
nrOblcms planned to meet some large
need in the states agriculture. It's
lires OF work have ccntcrcd around
the nutrition anG breeding of plants
and animals, the control Of plant
diseases and the study Of insect
friends and foes Potatoes, the small
grains, corn, beans, tho grasses ana
clovcrs, and the apple have been ana
are the plants most studied as theN
are the important Maine crops. Ana
for like reason sheep, swine. bccf
and dairy animals and poultry arc
the animals around which the lines
of investigation have ccntcrcd.
In it's search for the laws OF egg
inheritance the Station developed n
fund of information relative to poul
try management that has made its