NOTES, 



Alabama College Station. — ('. S. W.-ildnip li.-is I)0(mi ;i]>i)ointo(l iissistnnt 

 cheiuisi. 



Arkansas University and Station. — Hon. C". ('. Iliunby, of I'rescott, bus beeu 

 :iI)i)oiiited a iiieniber of tbo boaid of trustees of tbe university, to succeed Hon. 

 Doufi:iild MoMillau. resigned. Tbe work of tick eradication in tbe nortbern 

 part of tbe State bas beeu beynn by a preliminary survey of Benton and Wash- 

 ington c-ounties. Dr. W. Lenton. recently apjioiuted instructor in veterinary 

 scieuce and veterinarian to tbe station, will bave cbarge of tbe work, in co- 

 oi)eratioii witb tbe Bureau of Anim.-il Industry of tills Department. (". II. Tour- 

 gee, wbose resignation from tbe Oklahoma College and Station was previously 

 noted, bas I)een appointed in tbe dairy department of the Arkansas Station. 



Colorado College and Station. — II. M. Cottrell, formerly of the Kansas Col- 

 lege anil Station, b.ns lieen appointed professor of ainmal husl)andry, vice J. A. 

 McLean, who, as previously noted, has gone to tbe Iowa College. L. F. Paull, 

 formerly of tbe Kansas Station and for tbe last year a graduate student at 

 Cornell University, bas, according to Coijiell CoKiitrniiKin. been appointed 

 assistant horticulturist at tbe Colorado Station. 



Georgia Station. — At a recent meeting of tbe governing board, tbe resignation 

 of R. J. Redding as director was accepted, and .Martin V. Calvin, of Augusta, 

 Ga., secretary of tbe State Agricultural Society, was elected to succeed him. 

 J. M. Kimbrougb. agriculturist, was elected vice-director. 



Illinois Station. — A. X. Gregory and N. E.- Bell, graduates in chemistry of 

 tbe North Carolina College, have been appointed as analytical chemists to 

 succeed W. F. I'ate, who, as previously noted, has gone to the Ohio Station, 

 and C. E. Leigbty. who bas accepted a position witb the Bureau of Plant In- 

 dustry of this Department. W. G. Eckhardt bas been api)ointed assistant in 

 soil fertility. 



Kansas College and Station, — The new horticultural building is ueariug com- 

 pletion. Tbe greenhouses are to be replaced by a large modern structure this 

 winter. Tbe station has leased 40 acres of farm land just outside the city for 

 experiments in dry farming. 



Kentucky Station. — E. S. (Jood, formerly connected witb tbe Illinois Univer- 

 sity and Station, bas accepted a position in animal husbandry at tbe station. 



Louisiana Stations. — E. Itosentb.-il. (laii'yin;in at the Calhoun Station, bas re- 

 signed. 



Massachusetts College and Station. — The formal inauguration of Kenynn L. 

 Buttcrticld as ]iresi(lent cf tln' college took place October 17. .\mong tbe insti- 

 tutions represeiitcil at tlic exercises were tiie agricultural colleges of Con- 

 necticut, Michigan and Rhode Island, Boston. Clark and Maine universities, 

 Amherst, .Mt. Ilolyoke. Sinnnons and Smith colleges, the Case School of Applied 

 Science, and tbe Massachusetts Institute of Technology, In an introductory 

 address M. F. Dickinson. U>v ihc board of" trustees, i)aid a glowing tribute to 

 tbe late President (ioodell. Tbe subject of tbe inaugural address of IM-esident 

 lUutertield was The Forward Movement in Agricultural Education. In this 

 be outlined tbe directions along which progress is making, the special missiou 



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