598 EXPERIMENT STATION EECOKD, 



new substations for dry land farming, one for the northern and one for the 

 central portion of the tract lying west of the Missouri River. It is proposed 

 that these branch stations shall be under the management and control of the 

 station at Brookings, and an initial appropriation of at least $3,500 for each is 

 mentioned, with $3,000 annually thereafter. The resolution is to be presented 

 to the legislature with request for action, including the setting aside of at least 

 two sections of land for the use of the i)roposed substation. 



Virginia College and Station. — The agricultural club of the college of agri- 

 culture has begun the publication of a bi-monthly periodical, called the T' P. I. 

 Af/rlcultural Journal. Harry H. Hill has been appointed assistant in the 

 chemical dejiartnient of the station. 



Wyoming University and Station. — G. E. Mortem, of the department of animal 

 husi)andry, has resigned to accept a similar position in the Colorado College. 

 .John A. Hill, a senior student in agriculture in the universit.v, is taking up 

 special work at the Philadelphia Textile School in prepai'ation for researches 

 upon wool at the station. This work will consist chiefly of studies of Wyoming 

 wools and wool scouring, and the effect of different feeds, alkali soils, and cross- 

 breeding on the character and quality of western wools. The station recently 

 obtained 72 breeding ewes from different parts of the West, to be used in breed- 

 ing experiments under range conditions in cooperation with the Bureau of 

 Animal Industry, in an attempt to establish a typical western range sheep with 

 improved mutton qualities and which will shear a heavy fleece of fine wool. 



A new series of dry fainiing investigations have also been undertaken in 

 cooperation with the Irrigation and Drainage Investigations of this Office. In 

 this connection the station will take up the study of soil moisture and its con- 

 servation to determine some of the underlying principles of successful farming 

 without irrigation, where the rainfall is less than 15 in. 



Association of American Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations. — It is 

 announced by the executive committee that the next meeting will be held at 

 Lansing, Mich., during the week of May lid. 



Georgia Agricultural Schools. — Meetings of trustees to decide upon the loca- 

 tion of Congressional district industrial and agricultural schools in Georgia 

 have been held in 10 of the 11 districts. In nearly every instance the compe- 

 tition between different localities in the districts has .been very sharp, and 

 the contributions, consisting of pledges of funds, land, electric lights, water, 

 sewer systems, telephone service, etc., have been liberal. The smallest cash 

 contribution for buildings was $15,000 and the largest $60,000. 



The location of the schools and the estimated value of the contributions in the 

 different districts are as follows: First district, Statesboro, $100,000; second 

 district, Tifton, $110,000; third district, Americus, $75,000; fourth district. Car- 

 rollton. .fJOO.OOO; fifth district, Monroe, $50,000; sixth district. Barnesville, 

 $8C).OO0; seventh district, Powder Springs, $40,000; eighth district. Madison, 

 $75,500; ninth district, school not yet located; tenth district. Granite Hill, 

 .$58,000; eleventh district, Douglas. .$00,000. 



Plans for the different buildings, subject to slight modifications by the respec- 

 tive boards of trustees, have been drawn b.y an architect employed by Governor 

 Terrell. These plans contemplate a main building, a girls' dormitory, a boys' 

 dormitory, a domestic science and dining hall, power house and shops, 4 cottages 

 for instructors, and barns and other farm buildings. The main building and at 

 least one dormitory will be erected at once in every district, and in some districts 

 the girls' dormitory, the power house and shops, and the domestic science and 

 dining hall will he erected at the same time. 



At a recent meeting the board of trustees of the Georgia State College of 

 Agriculture and Mechanic Arts decided that the minimum age for entrance into 



