NOTHS. 



Arkansas University. — l>oaii Adiiins recently accompanied the members of the 

 Ixi.irds of trustees of the four secondary schools of the State on a visit of inspec- 

 tion to the aRricultural schools of Alabama, Georgia, and Mississippi. Follow- 

 ing the trip an agreement as to the respective functions of the collegiate and 

 secondary agricultural institutions was formulated. 



R. J. Nelson, head of the department of agricultural education, resigned Janu- 

 ary 1 to accept the editorship of Farm (iiiil RancJi, and has l)een succecnled by 

 adjunct i)rofessor J. W. Wilson. The department of farmers' institutes is under- 

 taking the develoi)ment of a state and county fair system, and is also endeavor- 

 ing to stinuilate ])ublic interest in tlie reclamation of swamp lands. 



Connecticut State Station. — The research laboratory was destroyed by fire on 

 the early morning of January 10, nothing being left but a portion of the walls. 

 The cause of the fire is unknown. The building and contents were well insured, 

 but there will still be a large loss, especially in the chemical department, the 

 most serious item being the very valuable chemical library, and animals which 

 had been under experiment for five months. The forester's ortice and the office 

 and laboratory of the plant breeder were also located in the building. The more 

 valuable records were in a fire-proof vault, which was uninjured. 



Georgia College. — Itinerant schools are being organized by the extension de- 

 partment, and it is expected to hold at least 11 within the next 3 months. The 

 attendance upon the cotton school and other short courses offered this winter has 

 been very gratifying. Tests have been made witli a new style of gin and with 

 a cotton i)icker. The gin gives promise of so delinting cotton as to cause less 

 Injury to the fiber than the methods now in use. 



Some interesting studies concerning the breeding of cotton and corn are being 

 prepared for publication. These tests were conducted in the demonstration 

 field, which is maintained by the college as a part of its laboratory system for 

 students, but which at the same time enables the prosecution of research work. 



Idaho University. — It is planned to hold an annual recognition day, the pur- 

 pose of which will be to give official recognition to men who have been promi- 

 nent in the development of the State and the promotion of its interests. It is 

 expected that the list will include many who have promoted the development of 

 irrigation, live stock, fruit growing, and other agricultural enterprises, and also 

 many prominent in educational circles. The cei-emony will take place each year 

 as a part of the commencement exercises. 



Illinois University.— A Farmers' Hall of Fame has been established in the 

 college of agriculture " to record the services and commemorate the lives of the 

 great leaders of the State in the development of agriculture from a pioneer art 

 to a civilized science on which the prosperity of all classes will ultimately de- 

 pend." The selection of names rests with a commission, which thus far has 

 chosen 4 men : Cyrus Hall McCormick, inventor of the reaper; James N. Brown, 

 first president of the state board of agriculture; Isaac Funk, a successful and 

 influential pioneer farmer; and Prof. Jonathan B. Turner, an early advocate of 

 the land-grant plan for the support of industrial education. Exercises were 

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