NOTES. 



Arizona Station. — Dr. W. H. Ross resigued as assistant chemist February 1 

 to accept a position with the Bureau of Soils of this Department. 



California University and Station. — Frank E. Johnson, assistant in the soils 

 laboratory, died January 12. 



Florida Station. — H. E. Stevens, assistant in plant pathology in the Arkansas 

 University and Station, has been appointed plant pathologist and has entered 

 upon his duties. 



Georgia College. — Recent appointments include J. E. Turlington as adjunct 

 professor of agronomy and L. L. Jones as instructor in poultry husbandry, both 

 in connection with the extension work, H. H. Rothe as instructor in veterinary 

 medicine, in charge of the hog cholera serum plant, and R. M. Murphy as 

 instructor in animal husbandry. 



Idaho University and Station.— One-week movable schools were held during 

 February at nine different points in southern Idaho, being conducted in cycles 

 of three each and the instructors rotating from one school to another. The 

 schools have been very successful, the registration ranging from 150 to 600. 



The dairy department has been divided into two sections ; G. E. Frevert has 

 been appointed assistant professor of dairy manufactures and will have charge 

 of the station work in that division, and E. V. Ellington, foi-merly in charge of 

 field work in dairying, has been appointed assistant professor of dairy produc- 

 tion, and will have charge of the dairy herd, the cow testing association cam- 

 paign, and the work in animal nutrition. 



The station has established a demonstration dry farm at Aberdeen in south- 

 eastern Idaho, where a tract of 80 acres of new land has been leased for a 

 term of 15 years, and a modern farm cottage, machine shed, seed house, and 

 barn have been erected. The farm will be conducted largely upon a cooperative 

 basis with the Bureau of Plant Industry of this Department, and will be in 

 charge of L. C. Aicher, who has been appointed superintendent. 



Iowa College. — P. G. Holden has resigned as head of the department of agri- 

 cultural extension, and R. K. Bliss has been made acting head. 



Kansas College and Station. — Recent appointments include Perry Van Ewiug 

 as assistant to the president and assistant in the station, and Duncan Stuart 

 as assistant to the dean of agriculture and assistant in dairying in the station. 



Kentucky University and Station. — An extension division has recently been 

 organized, a small poultry plant instituted, and a laboratory for the production 

 of hog-cholera serum established under a state appropriation. John I. Clay- 

 brooke, feed inspector, is no longer connected with the station. 



Louisiana University and Stations. — The university is cooperating with the 

 State Board of Health, the State Department of Education, and this Depart- 

 ment in operating an agricultural demonstration train of 11 cars for a two 

 months' trip over the railroads of the State. Among the illustrative material 

 which is being presented are exhibits f.-om boys' corn clubs, a model concrete 

 dipping vat, farm engines, canning outfits, and other agricultural machinery, 



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