EXPERIMENT STATION NOTES. 



Maryland Station. — The post-office address of the station has recently been 

 changed to College Park, Prince (Jeorge's County, Md. 



Michigan Station. — L. H. Dewey, B. S., assistant in botany, has resigned to 

 accept a i)Osition in the Division of Botany of this Department. G. L. Teller, B. S., 

 assistant in clieniistry, has resigned to become adjunct professor of agriculture and 

 chemistry at the Arkansas Industrial University, Fayetteville, Ark. Mr. Teller's 

 place has been taken by A. B. Peebles, B. S., and W. L. Rossman, B. S., has been ap- 

 pointed second assistant in chemistry. G. C. Davis, M. S., assistant in entomology, 

 has been granted leave of absence for two months to prosecute inquiries on the cotton 

 worm for the Arkansas Station. 



A feeding experiment with nine steers of the Shorthorn, Hereford, Devon, Holstein, 

 and Galloway breeds has recently been completed. These animals attracted much 

 attention at the State Fair at Lansing, where they were exhibited, and from the 

 butchers and marketmen of Detroit, where they were slaughtered. 



Mississippi Station.— H. E. Weed, M. S., has been appointed entomologist and 

 horticulturist of the station. 



Oregon Station. — The station staff as at present organized includes B. L. Arnold, 

 M. A., director; H. T. French, B. S., agriculturist ; F. L. Washburn, B. A., entomolo- 

 gist; George Coote, horticulturist; and E. R. Lake, M. S., botanist. 



Texas Station. — The experiment station council has been abolished and the gov- 

 ernment of the station is now vested in the director and station staff. S. A. Beach, 

 B, S. A., has been appointed horticulturist, vice T. L. Brunk, B. S. ; W. L. Bring- 

 hurst has been appointed treasurer of the station, vice L. L. Mclnnis, M. A. The 

 work of the station is to be mainly concentrated on dairy and creamery lines. 



LIST OF PUBLICATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



SEPTEMBER 1 TO OCTOBER 1, 1890. 



PivisiON OF Chemistry : 



Bulletin No. 27. — The Sugar-Beet Industry. 

 Division of Statistics : 



Report No. 77 (new series), September, 1890.— Report on Condition of Crops in 

 America and Europe and Freight Rates of Transportation Companies. 

 Division of Ornithology: 



North American Fauna No. 3.— Results of a Biological Survey of the San Fran- 

 cisco Mountain Region and Desert of the Little Colorado, Arizona. 

 Office of Experiment Stations : 



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