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Connecticut Stations. — Director E. H. Jenkins, of the State Station at New 

 Haven, has been appohited dii-ector of the Storrs Station. The board of man- 

 agers, the fluids, and the work of both stations will be separate as in the past, 

 but a single director will administer both stations. 



Delaware College. — ^A summer school for teachers, giving instruction in agri- 

 culture and home economics, is to be held in 1913, the State Board of Educa- 

 tion having recently required the teaching of these subjects in the public schools 

 beginning next fall. 



Kansas College. — A secondary school of agriculture, mechanic arts, and home 

 economics is to be established next fall to articulate with the eighth gi-ade of 

 the public schools. A three-year course will be offered, with a fourth year for 

 those desiring to enter the college. The present subfreshman course is to be 

 abolished and the entrance requirements raised to 15 units. 



Massachusetts Station. — H. D. Goodale, a specialist in zoology and since 1911 

 employed by the Carnegie Institution of Washington in its department of experi- 

 mental evolution, has been appointed research biologist in the department of 

 poultry husbandry. He will begin his duties Februarj' 1, 1913. 



Minnesota University and Station. — Dr. E. M. Freeman has been appointed 

 assistant dean. G. W. Paterson has succeefled J. B. Lamson as assistant in 

 rural school work. Other appointments include J. H. Allison as professor of 

 forestry, F. A. Corniea instructor in the school of agriculture, Florence Secor 

 instructor in domestic art, and Charles L. Lewis assistant in drainage investi- 

 gations. Stephen Anthony has been given leave of absence as chemist in animal 

 nutrition. 



Porto Rico Sugar Producers' Station. — A meeting was recently held at Fajardo, 

 on the eastern side of the island, for the discussion of irrigation problems. 

 This has been a very diy year and even plantations on the north and east coasts, 

 which usually have sufficient rainfall for sugar cane, have suffered to such an 

 extent that the establishment of irrigation works is being seriously considered. 

 An iri'igation engineer of the Department of the Interior was present at the 

 meeting and discussed the engineering featui'es of the problem, and much 

 interest in the subject has been aroused. 



Tennessee University and Station. — The State Veterinary Medical Association 

 met at the university November 20 and 21 for the first time. The program 

 included a practical demonstration of the vaccination of hogs against cholera. 

 A resolution was passed favoring an appropriation by the State for the estab- 

 lishment of a hog cholera senim plant in connection with the university and 

 station. 



A com exhibit was held November 23, on the station farm, by the boys' corn 

 clubs of eastern Tennessee. There are clubs in 16 of the 34 counties, and the 

 membership numbers about 600. Prizes are awarded valued at $500, besides 

 local prizes valued at approximately $3,000 additional. 

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