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Hutchinson to that of instrnclor in iii^rononiy. Jolin ,M. Kvvard, assistant ani- 

 mal luisbandnian, has resi.icnod. 



Rutgers College. — The short coui'ses in agriculture have heen well attended. 

 The additional courses offered this year included farm manafjemcnt, feeds and 

 feeding, agricultural bacteriology, entomology, and horticulture. 



New Mexico College and Station. — Wilbur Ij. I'ovvers, assistant agronomist 

 at the Oregon College and Station, has been appointed in charge of the depart- 

 ment of soil physics, vice .7. I). Tinsley. whose resignation has been previously 

 noted. 



North Carolina State Station. — The division of horticulture has begun issuing 

 a .series of horticultural circulars. Circular 1 discussing Pruning Fruit Trees, 

 and Circular 2 How to Plant a Tree. 



Rhode Island Station. — John Daniel has resiguetl as assistant in agronomy to 

 engage in farming, and E. T. Southwick, a graduate of the University of Maine, 

 iuid J. T. Falconer, a graduate of the New Hampshire College, have been 

 appointed assistants in agronomy. Robert A. Lichtenthaeler, of the Pennsyl- 

 vania Institute of Animal Nutrition, has been appointed assistant chemist. 



South Dakota College. — William White, a 1908 graduate of the University of 

 Minnesota, has been appointed assistant in dairying, and entered upon his 

 duties January 1. 



Utah College and Station. — E. H. Walters, assistant chemist, has accepted a 

 position with the Bureau of Chemistry of this Department, and has been 

 succeeded by C. T. Hii-st. 



Washington College and Station. — George Severance, professor of agronomy 

 and acting head of the department of agriculture in the college and agronomist 

 in the station, resigned January 1 to enter commercial work, as has also H. B. 

 Berry, instructor in agronomy. Director R. W. Thatcher, of the station, has 

 been appointed professor of agricultural chemistry and head of the department 

 of agriculture in the college. 



Wisconsin University and Station. — A department of economic entomology 

 has been organized with J. G. Sanders, of the Bureau of Entomology of this 

 Department, as assistant professor in charge. Other appointments include Dr. 

 John Spencer, formerly of the Virginia College, as lecturer in veterinary science, 

 beginning February 1. and McGarvey Cline as director of the forest laboratory. 



Office of Experiment Stations. — J. O. Wright, supervising engineer in the 

 Drainage Investigations, resigned February 15, to accept a position as engineer 

 to the State Drainage Commission of Florida, which is charged with the drain- 

 age of the Everglade lauds. A. E. Morgan, also a supervising engineer, has 

 resigned to enter private practice as a consulting engineer. 



William H. Long has been appointed scientific assistant in plant pathology 

 and will be associated with the Experiment BtaUon Record in connection with 

 the abstracting of the literature i)ertaining to bacteriology. 



Pennsylvania Railroad Demonstration Farm. — A run-down farm of 50 aci'es, 

 at Bacon, Del., has been purchased by the Pennsylvania Railroad and is being 

 renovated as a demonstration farm. H. S. Lippincott, a graduate of the college 

 of agriculture of Cornell University, has been appointed superintendent. In 

 addition to the management of the farm it is expected that he will also make 

 addresses at farmers' institutes, granges, and similar gatherings, exhibits, etc. 

 Special attention is to be given to fruit and grass gi'owing, and greenhouses are 

 to be erected for indoor work. 



Association of Feed Control Officials. — Following a conference held in Wash- 

 ington, D. C. in September, between a number of state and federal officials and 

 the manufacturers of feeding stuffs, representatives of 12 States and this De- 



