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Tiecticut St(»ns SI:irioii, and I>i-. David Siioddeu, .swri-laiy of the state board 

 of education. 



It is auuounced that the trustees have voted to accept offers from the Boston 

 and Albany Raih-oad and the electric roads centering in Springfield to run agri- 

 cultural educational trains, and have offered to cooperate with the state board of 

 agriculture, the Boston Chamber of Commerce, and other organizations for the 

 purpose, tendering the services of the instruction staff and placing at the dis- 

 posal of the railroads such equipment and apparatus as may be required. The 

 first of these trains was sent out over tlie lines of the Boston and Albany Rail- 

 road iMarch ."0 to .\pril 2. Demonstrations and lectures were provided, one 

 unique feature being an exhibition by the state forester of forest fire fighting 

 apparatus. 



Demonstrations in practical orcharding are to be undertaken. The plan con- 

 templates securing plats of 4 or 5 acres, convenient to trolley lines. The trees 

 will be furnished by the college to the farmers who agree to carry out the direc- 

 tions for from 10 to 15 years, at the end of which period the college withdraws 

 from the orchard entirely. Plats in run-down orchards are also to be renovated. 



Minnesota University and Station. — Sydney M. Owen, a member of the board of 

 regents from 1S93 lo IDOl and again since 1907, died February 2. aged 73 years. 

 Mr. Owen was for many years editor of Farm, Stock and Home, and through 

 its columns and in other ways rendered much assistance to the college and 

 school of agriculture and to the station. 



J. S. Montgomery, formerly connected with the Cuban Station, has been 

 appointed assistant animal husbandman in connection with the stallion regis- 

 tration. 



Mississippi Station. — S. F. I'.linnenfeld has been appointed assistant entomolo- 

 gist. 



Montana College. — Short courses in fruTt growing have been offered for the 

 first time in the State through the agency of the farmers' institute schools for 

 fruit growers, held at Hamilton and Stevensville, January 10 to 15. The 

 courses were largely given by members of the college and station staff. 



North Dakota College. — The new veterinary building has recently been com- 

 pleted, and much of the equipment has I)een installed. The building is so con- 

 structed as to form essentially three separate structures, the dissecting room 

 and the hospital being connected with the main portion by inclosing corridors. 

 The interiors are very largely of metal and concrete, and the dissecting room is 

 so arranged as to admit light from all directions. A special feature is the 

 killing room, which is equipped with all the appliances of a modern slaughter- 

 house. 



Ohio Station. — An agreement has been entered into between the station and the 

 Bureau of Plant Industry of this Dejiartment, for cooperative tobacco investiga- 

 tions during the current season. Albert G. Wood, a graduate of Indiana Uni- 

 versity, has been appointed assistant botanist. 



Oregon Station. — A dry farming substation has been established at Moi-o, in the 

 eastern portion of the State, in cooperation with the Bureau of Plant Industry 

 of this Department. H. .7. Fniberger has been placed in charge of the work as 

 superintendent. 



Rhode Island College and Station. — At the annual meeting of the Agricultural 

 Experimental Union, recently held in Providence, results of the first year's 

 experiments were discussed. The assistant agronomist of the station was chosen 

 secretary for the ensuing year. 



Vermont University. — A successful farmers' week was held February 14-18, 

 which was attended by about 250 students, mostly practical farmers and dairy- 

 men. 



