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MISSOURI. . 



Missouri Agricultural College Experiment Station, Columbia. 



Department of the College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts of the University 



of Missouri. 



F. B. MUMFORU, B. S., Director. 



Xumerous important changes occurred in the personnel of the 

 station during the year, the principal one being a change of director. 

 Director H. J. Waters resigned to accept the presidency of the 

 Kansas Agricultural College, and F. B. Mumford was elected dean 

 of the college of agriculture and director of the experiment station. 



E. A. Trowbridge was promoted to be assistant in animal husbandry, 

 and J. M. Stedman, the entomologist, resigned to become assistant 

 farmers' institute specialist in this Office. J. R. Keithley, assistant 

 in dairy husbandry, who accepted a position in the dair}^ division of 

 this Department, was succeeded by R. E. Hundertmark. O. E. Reed, 

 assistant in dairy husbandry, resigned to become instructor in milk 

 production at Purdue University, and H. E. McNatt was appointed 

 to fill the vacancy. The jDOsition of animal husbandman, which be- 

 came vacant by the resignation of C. W. Rine, was filled by the ap- 

 pointment of R. J. Carr. D. H. Doane, as special agent, was placed 

 in charge of the Missouri district of the farm management investi- 

 gations under this Department, in cooperation with the station. 

 L. Haseman, assistant entomologist, resigned to take up graduate 

 work at Cornell University. Other appointments included the fol- 

 lowing assistants: C. T. Dearing, horticulture; C. A. Schwartz, 

 botany; J. B. Latshawe, veterinary science; A. A. Jones, agricultural 

 chemistry; E. W. Rusk, animal husbandry; F. W. Woodman, re- 

 search chemistry; and C. K. Francis, research agricultural chemistry. 



F. S. Putnej' was appointed assistant to the dean and director, vice 

 J. M. Evvard, who was appointed assistant in animal husbandry, 

 vice H. P. Rusk, resigned. 



The new agricultural building was occupied about September 1. 

 This affords adequate quarters for the administrative offices and the 

 library of the station, and provides lnborat( ly room for a number of 

 the departments. The cold-storage and ice-making plant has been 

 installed and has already been used extensively in the experimental 

 work with meats and dairy products. 



The Adams fund work under way remained uncliangod so far as 

 the projects are concerned. The dormant period of trees in a large 

 number of species has been found to vary greatly in length, some 

 Japanese varieties hardly resting at all. In this connection the 

 amount of moisture and the individuality seemed to be important 

 factors. The study of the relation of nourishment of fruit trees to 



