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and demonstrations were offered in farm crops and farm manures, dairying 

 and animal liusbandry, horticulture, and tiome economics. 



The Grinnell stoclv judging pavilion, named in honor of the late Hon. James S. 

 Grinnell, who was for 22 years a trustee of the college, was dedicated March 

 13. The dedicatoiy address was by Dr. Carl W. Gay, of the University of 

 Pennsylvania, upon the subject The Livestock Industry of New England. 



A. J. Norman, extension instructor in pomology, has resigned to engage in 

 practical fruit growing. 



Missouri University and Station. — The governing board of the university 

 has authorizetl the appointment of a limited number of county administra- 

 tion men who will devote their entire time to helping the farmers in the com- 

 munity in which they are located. The college of agriculture is to pay 25 

 per cent of each man's salary, and the county or community receiving his 

 services the balance. The men will be entirely under the direction of the 

 college and they will be located where the most interest is shown and the best 

 support promised. 



The establishment of 4 additional experimental fields has been authorized, 

 to be located in northeast and southeast Missouri and the Ozarks. 



Arrangements have been perfected for a permanent forestry summer camp 

 as a part of the required work in the department of forestry. The camp 

 will be located in the Ozark region in the midst of 50,000 acres of native 

 forest lands. Attention will be given to timber estimating, tree planting, 

 lumbering, forest surveying, the laying of logging roads, trails, and fire lines, 

 and the making of lumber and forest working plans. 



W. J. Hendrix, assistant in agronomy, has resigned. H. G. Lewis, E. C. 

 Hall, and L. V. Davis have been appointed assistants in the soil survey. C. B. 

 Hutchison of the department of agronomy has been gi'anted leave of absence 

 for the next academic year. 



Nebraska Station. — The station has purchased a 160-acre farm at Culbertson 

 for demonstration purposes, and will secure immediate possession. A portion 

 of the land will be used for dry-farming work and the balance for cropping 

 under irrigation. Homer L. Nye has been appointed foreman. 



Nevada Station. — President J. E. Stubbs has resigned as director of the 

 station, and has been succeetled by Gordon H. True. 



New Jersey Stations. — A tract of 135 acres of land, adjoining the college 

 farm, has recently been purchased for dairy experiments. Harry B. Weiss 

 has been appointed acting state entomologist and Herman H. Brehme acting 

 executive officer in charge of mosquito extermination work. 



New Mexico College and Station. — The post-office address of the institution 

 was changed on April 1 from Agricultural College to State College. 



New York State Station. — Richard F. Keeler, a graduate of the University 

 of Michigan, has accepted a position as assistant chemist in soil work and 

 entered upon his duties early in April. 



Ohio Station. — The plan of cooperative management of the farms belonging 

 to the Institution for the Feeble Minded and the State Penitentiary has been 

 so modified that the station now exercises merely an advisory function. J. W. 

 Klinefelter has resigned the position of superintendent. 



W. O. Gloyer has resigned as assistant botanist to accept an appointment 

 as associate botanist at the New York State Station, and has been succeeded 

 by J. B. Demaree, who will be assigned to the study of diseases of truck and 

 forage crops. Don C. Mote has been appointed assistant in animal husbandry 

 to conduct investigations in animal parasitology. 



Pennsylvania College and Station. — W. A. Cook has resigned as assistant 

 in dairy husbandry to assume the management of a farm in Illinois. 



