EXPERIMENT STATION NOTES. 



Illinois Station. — S. A. Forbes, Ph. D. professor of zoology and entomology in 

 the Illinois University, and State entomologist, has been appointed consulting ento- 

 mologist of the station. 



Iowa Station. — James Wilson has been elected director of the station, vice R. P. 

 Speer. 



Kansas College and Station. — The college is holding a series of farmers' insti- 

 tutes this winter, in which the experiments of the station are explained. 



Maine College and Station. — W. M. Munson, B. S., of the New York Cornell 

 Station, has been appointed professor of horticulture in the Maine College and Station. 



Maryland Station. — This station will hereafter give more attention to the study 

 of the soils of the State. This work will be in charge of Professor Milton Whitney, for- 

 merlyof the South Carolina College and Station. As abasis of the work apreliminary 

 geological map of Maryland has been compiled by Professor Whitney, who has 

 received much assistance in this line from the United States Geological Survey and 

 Johns Hopkins University. The latter institution has also generously provided a 

 laboratory in Baltimore for use in these soil investigations. 



Michigan Station. — The following changes have taken i)lace in the state board 

 of agriculture, which is the governing board of the station. Hon. E. B. Winans, 

 governor of the State, has taken the place of Hon. C. G. Luce, the former governor. 

 Henry Chamberlain, of Three Oaks, and Edwin Phelps, of Pontiac, have been 

 appointed members of the board ; and O. Palmer, of Grayling, and C. H. Spencer, of 

 Flint, have resigned from the board. Arthur G. Blackstein, M. D., has been appointed 

 pathologist of the station and will devote himself to the study of animal diseases. 



New Hampshire College and Station.— C. M. Weed, M. S., of the Ohio Station, 

 has been appointed professor of zoology and entomology of the New Hampshire 

 College, and entomologist of the station. Letters received at the station, and per- 

 sonal interviews with fanners at farmers' institutes and elsewhere, indicate that 

 many of the farmers of the State are reading the bulletins of the station in detail. 



New Mexico College and Station. — A two-story and basement structure of 

 brick and stone, containing fourteen rooms, has just been completed for the use of the 

 college and station. Arrangements have been made to open the mechanical depart- 

 ment of the college next September. A large number of trees and vines have been 

 planted on the experimental farm with a view to testing varieties, methods of culti- 

 vation, and especially methods of irrigation. 



Utah Station. — Feeding experiments have been begun with cattle, sheep, hogs, 

 and horses. Among the questions to be studied in these experiments are, the value of 

 native grasses, and the comparative value of silage and di-y fodder as feeding stuffs. 



Virginia Station. — The plan of work of the station for 1891 includes co-operative 

 experiments in soil testing, methods of cultivation, testing of varieties of grains and 

 fruits, and the vitality and productiveness of seeds; studies of soils, feeding experi- 

 ments, and investigations on plant diseases. The special object of the co-operative 

 experiments is to bring the work of the station to the attention of farmers through- 

 out the State. 

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