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Nebraska University and Station. — J. H. (Jain has Itccu in-diuotod ti) the posi- 

 tion of head of tlio ilopiutnu'iit of itatliolojiy and votcriiiaiy science, vice Dr. 

 A. T. Peters, whose resignation has been previously noted. 



Ohio State University. — Vernon M. .Shoesniith, associate professor of agron- 

 omy, has ri'si,i,MK'd to become liead of the department of farm crops in the 

 Micliiiran Coliejie and a.srronomist in the station. 



Pennsylvania College and Station. — John W. Gregti, for the past two years 

 head of the department of horticulture at the Bai'on de Hirsch School, Wood- 

 bine. N. J., has been ai)]tointed assistant in horticulture and has entered u])on 

 his duties. 



South Dakota College and Station. — The new addition to the chemical labora- 

 tory is beiiiij: used ti'mjiorarily to acconmiodate the school of aj^ricultui'e. The 

 fruit-breeding house, authorized by the legislature a year ago, is nearly com- 

 pleted, and will be used entirely in the work of originating hardy fruits for 

 western conditions. 



Leroy F. Miller, assistant in dairy chemistry, resigned January 1 to accept 

 a commercial position, and H. J. Besley, assistant in agronomy in the college 

 and assistant chemist in the station, has resigned to accept a position with the 

 Bureau of Plant Industry of this Department. William White, a lfK)8 graduate 

 of the Minnesota University, has been appointed assistant in dairying. 



Texas Station. — The station has transferred its headquarters to the new 

 station administration building recently completed at a cost of $40,000. Wil- 

 mon Newell, entomologist of the Louisiana Crop Pest Commission, has been 

 appointed entomologist of the station and state entomologist. 



The location of seven new substations, authorized by the last legislature, has 

 been decided upon by the locating board, consisting of the governor, lieutenant 

 governor, and state commissioner of agriculture, as follows : At Pecos in 

 Reeves County, at Lubbock in lAibbock County, at Spur in Dickens County, at 

 Denton in Denton County, at Temple in Bell County, at Beaumont in Jefferson 

 County, and at Angleton in Brazoria County. Of these the two last named are 

 to give special attention to rice problems. The localities at which the several 

 stations are to be situated have contributed liberally for their establishment, in 

 some instances donating the land and erecting the necessary buildings and 

 improvements. 



A state appropriation of $1,000 annually for the carrent bieunium has become 

 available for tobacco investigations in cooperation with the Bureau of Plant 

 Industiy of this Department at its tobacco station at Nacogdoches. 



Virginia Truck Station. — C. S. Heller, assistant horticulturist, resigned Feb- 

 ruary 1 to accept a position as instructor in market gardening in the Massa- 

 chusetts College. 



Wisconsin University and Station. — A department of experimental breeding 

 has been established under the direction of Dr. Leon J. Cole, of the Sheffield 

 Scientific School and formerly of the Rhode Island Station, who has been ap- 

 pointed associate professor of experimental breeding. Investigations in ex- 

 perimental breeding with special reference to the laws of heredity and the 

 improvement of animal life will be undertaken, together with some instruction 

 to advanced students. 



Wyoming University and Station. — Leslie B. McWethy has resigned as agron- 

 omist, and was succeeded March 1 by T. S. Parsons, a graduate and postgradu- 

 ate student of the South Dakota College. 



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