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Alabama College Station. — F. A. Wolf, Ph. I).. 1i;ts been appointed plant patholo- 

 gist. 



Georgia College. — Recent appointments, which became effective January 1, in- 

 clude L. M. Carter, of the state department of agriculture, as adjunct professor 

 of soil chemistry ; R. S. IloUingshead, of the New Yorli State Department of 

 Agriculture, as instructor in soil chemistry ; D. D, Long as adjunct professor 

 in soil survey work ; and J. W. Firor, of the West Virginia Sttition, as instructor 

 in horticulture. In connection with the extension work, L E. Rast, a 1911 

 graduate of the college, has been appointed instructor in agronomy ; J. L. Bishop 

 adjunct professor in animal husbandry ; Mary E. Creswell instructor in school 

 extension work; and C4. W. Firor secretary of the extension department. 



Illinois University and Station. — Dr. H. P. Baker, of the Pennsylvania College 

 and Station, has been appointed to the chair of forestry in the college of agri- 

 culture. Wilbur J. Fraser has resigned as head of the department of dairy 

 husbandry in order to devote his entire time to a professorship which he will 

 retain within the department. 



Purdue University and Station.^ — ^A severe storm November 12 did much damage 

 to several buildings, the greatest loss being In the destruction of the station seed 

 house and the experimental sheep sheds. Some farm machinery was destroyed 

 and considerable quantities of seed of improved strains were lost. It is esti- 

 mated that the loss will be at least $20,000. 



The departments of horticulture and entomology have been separated, Prof. 

 James Troop becoming head of the new department of entomology and Prof. 

 C. G. Woodbui'y head of that of horticulture. Recent appointments include 

 H. R. Smalley (Purdue. 1911), as assistant chemist in the station, C. E. Brehm 

 as instructor in horticulture, C. F. Gobble as instructor in animal husbandry, 

 E. J. Petry as instructor in agronomy, J. E. Dougherty (Cornell, 1911), as 

 assistant in poultry husbandry, and R. E. Caldwell as associate in milk produc- 

 tion, vice P. H, Crane, I'eslgued to accept a position with Hoard's Dairyman. 



Massachusetts College and Station. — F. B. Jenks, assistant professor of agri- 

 cultural education, has accepted a position with the United States Bureau of 

 Education and has entered upon his duties. C. L. Perkins resigned as assistant 

 chemist in the station, this taking effect December 23, 1911. 



Minnesota University *and Station. — T. P. Cooper has accepted an appointment 

 as director of demonstration farm work for the One Hundred-Dollar an Acre 

 Club of North Dakota, an organization made up mainly of bankers of the State 

 with a view to increasing the value of farm lands by the introduction of im- 

 proved methods. A number of ten-acre demonstration farms- are projected for 

 various parts of the State. 



DeForest Hungerford has been appointed assistant in chemistry, and Robert 

 B. Baxter animal husbandman at the Crookston substation. 



Mississippi Station. — J. W. Fox, director and agronomist, has resigned to take 



effect January 1, to assume charge of a tract of Delta property of 32,000 acres 



for an English syndicate. He has been succeeded as director by E. R. Lloyd, 



who will also continue to be animal husbandman, and as agronomist by J. R. 



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