VOTHS. 



Arkansas University and Station. — A. K. Short has resigned as animal husband- 

 man to heconio principal of the newly esta])lishe(l aiiricultural school in the 

 Second Conixressional District. 



Colorado College. — H. M. Bainer, professor o^" farm mechanics and instructor in 

 dairyinir, has also been appohited general manager of the college farms. 



Illinois University and Station. — According to a recent compilation as to the 

 l)ursnits followed by the alumni of the college of agriculture during the past 

 ten years, 115 of the total of 184 graduates are engaged in farming, 40 are 

 connected with the agricultural colleges and experiment stations, 7 are with 

 this Department, and another is an agricultural editor, making about 90 per 

 cent connected with the agricultural industry. 



Two seed and soil special trains have been recently sent out. the s]>eakers 

 being provided from the college and station. 



Iowa College. — Press reports announce the resignation of President Storms, to 

 take effect August 31. H. G. Bell, assistant professor of farm crops, has 

 resigned to accept the professorship of agronomy at the University of Maine. 



Kansas College. — The extension department is offering movable schools in 

 dairying, grain, and stock judging, gardening, and cooking and sewing, applica- 

 tions having been received fi'om a number of localities in the State. The 

 schools began work March 1 and will be carried on for three months, the 

 various covu'ses continuing from three days to one week. A member of the 

 extension department is in charge of each school, and is assisted by graduate 

 students of the college specializing in the respective lines. A fee of $1 is 

 charged for each course to defray local expenses. The usual special trains are 

 also being sent out, the subject under consideration this spring being corn. 



The Kansas Farmer announces the organization of what is known as the 

 " IManhattan Guild.'" for the puri)ose of providing summer employment to the 

 students along the lines which they expect to follow after graduation. 



Maine Station. — On March 9 the station celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary. 

 A large number of the friends of the institution were i)resent, including repre- 

 sentatives from the A'arious agricultural organizations of the State. The chief 

 address was given by Director Jordan, of the New York State Station, who 

 was. it will be rec-alled, Ihe first director of the Maine Station. 



Massachusetts College. — Great activity along extension lines is being manifested 

 !ind is meeting with hearty response from the iieople of the State. The second 

 annual farmers' week recently held at the college offered a wide range of 

 courses, taking up such topics as corn improvement, alfalfa in New England, 

 principles of breeding, use of fertilizers, the home vegetable garden, fruit 

 growing, forestry, milk testing and dairying, meat production in New England, 

 Ihe gipsy and brown-tail moths, plant diseases, controlling infectious diseases 

 of animals, floriculture, and home economics. Several of these courses are a 

 distinct innovation at the college, notably those on home economics. In addi- 

 tion to the regular college staff, the speakers included Mrs. Ellen H. Richards, 

 Miss Anna Barrows. Miss Isabel Kevier, Miss Helen Louise Johnson, Dr. Austin 

 Peters. Prof. T. N. Carver, of Harvard T'niversity. Director Clinton, of the Con- 

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