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devise coinprolioiisive elementary courses in asricnlture open to all residents 

 of tbe State, through corresponaence courses, local lectures, demonstrations, and 

 the publication of home education l)ulletins which shall "give in plain and 

 practical form the results of the experiments and investigations of the various 

 divisions of the State experiment station and substations of the University 

 of :Mini)esota, and such other information as may be useful in any farm home." 



The ofHcers are to consist of a chief in immediate charge of tlie work, asso- 

 ciates consisting of the chiefs of the divisions of investigation and instruction 

 in the department of agriculture, who will serve in an advisory capacity, an 

 editor, and such other instructors, assistants, and clerks as may be needed. 

 If it seems advisable, the board of regents are to cooperate with the board of 

 administration of the State farmers' institutes in carrying on the educational 

 work provided for in this act. 



The Minnesota Farm Review states that William Boss, jirofessor of farm 

 mechanics, has resigned to devote himself entirely to commercial work. 



Missouri University and Station. — H. .J. Waters has resigned as dean and 

 director to accept the presidency of the Kansas College, the resignation becom- 

 ing effective September 1. 



R. H. Emberson has been appointed professor of rural education and will act 

 as the rein-esentative of the college of agriculture in such matters, serving as 

 superintendent of extension work for the rural schools, in cooperation with the 

 State superintendent, the State normal schools, and the various county super- 

 intendents. Through this agency the college will endeavor to suggest text- 

 books, bulletins, circulars, apparatus, and reports which will serve to acquaint 

 each school with progress throughout the State. It is planned to hav6 this kind 

 of extension work explained in all the teachers' institutes with a view to having 

 it begun the coming fall in at least six or eight schools in each county. 



The first county demonstration farm to be undertaken under the act of 1907, 

 whereby the station and the county court exercise joint supervision of such 

 farms, has been established in Jasper County. A tract of 20 acres between 

 Carthage and Joiilin has been leased and demonstrations are in progress with 

 crop rotations and the use of fertilizers and green manures. Temporary field 

 trials are also under way at about 20 other jilaces in the county in tests of the 

 adaptability of different varieties of corn, wheat, oats, and grasses to the 

 various soil types. An expert from the college is in charge of this work and 

 devotes his remaining time to assisting the farmers of the locality in securing 

 improved methods of agricultural practice. It is hoped to establish similar 

 demonstration farms in Ray and St. I.ouis counties, and in the latter locality 

 to give special prominence to fruit and vegetable growing and the problems 

 relating to insect and fungus disease control. 



Nevada Station. — An appropriation of .$10,000 was made by the last legislature 

 for the purchase of a farm in the northeastern part of the State for dry farm- 

 ing experiments. The farm is to be selected by a commission, and upon jiur- 

 chase is to be transferred to the board of regents of the station. 



New Hampshire College and Station. — A veiy successful Farmers' Week was 

 held April 19-24, virith nearly 100 in attendance. 



William H. Pew, associate professor of animal husbandry and animal hus- 

 bandman, has resigned to accept a similar position with the Iowa College, and 

 will be succeeded by T. R. Arkell, a 1908 graduate of the Ontario Agricultural 

 College. J. C. McNutt has been made assistant professor of animal husbandry 

 and assistant animal husbandman. W. M. Barrows, assistant in zoology, has 

 resigned to accept a similar position at the Ohio University, and C. F. Jackson, 

 who has been assistant entomologist to the station, has been appointed assist- 

 ant professor of zoology and entomology. 



