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lias succeeded W. W. Reitz as assistant in agriculture. J. D. Harlan, a 1912 

 graduate of the college, has been appointed assistant in experimental agricul- 

 ture, E. L. Anthony assi-staut in daii'y husbandry, and David E. Warner assist- 

 ant in poultry husbandry. 



Tennessee University and Station. — About 100 students are enrolled in the 

 agricultural course, constituting the largest attendance thus far registered. A 

 series of S short courses of one week's duration, to be held at various points 

 in the State, was begun October 28. 



Drainage investigations upon three distinct types of soil in the State to depths 

 of from 1 to G feet, and treatment with lime and manure, are being inaugurated. 

 The station and its substation at Jackson are to feed experimentally over 150 

 steers this winter. 



J. E. Toomer. assistant chemist of the station, has resigned and has been 

 succeeded by L. G. Willis of the Pennsylvania Station. 



Vermont ITniversity. — R, T. Burdick (Cornell 1912) has been appointed in- 

 structor in agronomy. 



Washington College and Station. — Ten extension schools are to be held this 

 year. Dr. R. Kent Beattie has resigned as professor of botany and bacteriology 

 to accept a position with the Forest Pathological Investigations of this 

 Depa rtment. 



Wyoming University and Station. — The trustees have authorized the construc- 

 tion of a $100,000 building to house the agricultural instruction in the university 

 and the laboratories and offices of the station. The building is to be of fire- 

 proof construction, with 3 stories and full basement. The basement will be 

 a laboratory floor for agronomy, entomologj", farm mechanics, etc., and will 

 contain an agricultural museum. The main floor will house the offices of the 

 directoi", animal husbandman, agronomist, and the library. A lecture room will 

 be provided upon the second floor to accommodate 150 students, as well as 

 laboratories for research, chemistry, biology, parasitology, and pathology. The 

 third story will be occupied by the chemical department for instruction and 

 the work of the pure food commission. 



Tenth International Congress of Agriculture. — The next meeting of this con- 

 gress is announced for June 8 to 13, 1913, in connection with the International 

 Exposition at Ghent, Belgium. The congress will be organized into sections of 

 (1) rural economy, (2) the science of agriculture, culture of siiecial crops, and 

 agricultural education. (3) cattle breeding, (4) agricultural engineering, and 

 (5) forestry. Papers should be submitted by January 1, 1913, and may be in 

 French. German, or English and should be accompanied by brief abstracts in 

 French. Mr. Jules Maenhaut, president of the Societe Centrale d'Agriculture 

 of Belgium, is president of the executive committee, and Mr. Paul de Vuyst, 

 director-general of the Rural Office, 22 Avenue des Germains, Brussels, is gen- 

 eral secretary. 



The third International Congress of the Associatiions of Agricultural Women 

 will be held at Ghent, June 13 to 15. This congress will be organized into three 

 sections, namely, agricultural women's as.sociations, the professional role of 

 agricultural women, and agricultural women in the role of the mother and the 

 manager. Mrs. John T. Burns, Eethbridge. Alberta, is i-epresentative from 

 North America. Mi.ss Van Aar.schot, 38 Rue du Pepin, Brussels, is treasui*er, 

 and applications for membership should be sent to her. 



The second International Congress of Home Training will follow these 

 meetings, on June 15 to 17. 



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