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E. H. Thomson, a 1000 graduate of Cornell I'niversity. luis been appointed 

 special agent in the Farm Management Investigations of this Department, and 

 will carry on farm survey work in cooperation with this station, which will 

 he his headquarters. A farm survey will he commenced in the southern towns 

 of the Merrimack Valley. 



Oklahoma College and Station. — Hcioicc announces the appointment of Dr. 

 Hardee Chambliss as ])rofessor of chemistry, vice U. L. Holter, and the resig- 

 nations of O. M. Morris, horticulturist and botanist, E. E. Balcomb, professor 

 of agriculture, Cornelius Beatty, station chemist, and L. S. Weatherby, assist- 

 ant in the chemical laboratory. According to Oklahoma Farm Journal, Miss 

 Orpha Caton, a 1000 graduate, has been appointed assistant professor of 

 domestic science, G. M. MacNider, of the North Carolina State Station, station 

 chemist, Charles Crawford, assistant in chemistry, and T. M. Jeffords, at 

 present State superintendent and conductor of fai-mers' institutes, professor 

 of agriculture for schools. 



A short course in cotton grading was held from July 12 to August 7, the 

 first two weeks being especially for farmers, and the remainder for ginners 

 and dealers. 



Utah College and Station. — By a recent act of the legislature the number i f 

 trustees has been increased from seven to nine, and John Dern and John C. 

 Sharp, both of Salt Lake City, have l)een added to the board. At the annual 

 meeting of the board the instruction work was formally organized into sei)arate 

 schools. Director Ball, of the station. Miss Ellen A. Huntington, professor of 

 domestic science, and Dr. George Thomas, professor of economics, have been des- 

 ignated directors, respectively, of the schools of agriculture, domestic science, 

 and commerce ; Joseph W. Jenson, professor of irrigation engineering, has been 

 made acting director of the school of mechanic arts; and L. A. Merrill, director 

 of extension work. 



R. S. Northrop, horticulturist, and H. W. Crockett, assistant horticulturist, 

 have resigned to engage in commercial work. J. R. Horton, assistant in ento- 

 mology, has resigned to aceei)t a position with the Bureau of Entomology of this 

 Department, and has been succeeded by E. R. Hoff, a 1000 graduate of the col- 

 lege. E. H. Walters and P. V. Cardon, also 1000 graduates of the college, have 

 been appointed assistant chemist and assistant agronomist, respectively. R. A. 

 Hart, of the Dainage Investigations of this Office, has been transferred to the 

 station to take charge of the cooperative drainage investigations. 



Under an act of the recent legislature the college is " required to hold meet- 

 ings, institutes, one or two week schools, exhibitions and demonstrations for the 

 instruction of the citizens of I'tah in the various branches of agriculture and 

 domestic science. At least one meeting, institute, or school shall be held in each 

 county each year," and an annual report of the work shall be published. The 

 sum of .$."),000 annually is appropriated for the purpose. 



Vermont University and Station. — Science notes the appointment of Benjamin 

 F. liUtman, assistant In botany in the University of Wisconsin, as assistant 

 botanist. 



Wyoming Station. — An appropriation of .^^T.HOO was made by the legislature 

 for exi)erimental work in dry farming. 



Denver Meeting of National Education Association. — The forty-seventh annual 

 convention of the National Education Association was held at Denver, July o 

 to 0. A most significant feature was the prominence given to topics dealing 

 with thej-ural schools and to industrial eilncation in the public schools. 



Prior to the formal opening of the convention, the National Council of Edu- 

 cation considered at length three papers related to these topics, viz. What In- 

 dustrial Education Means to the Elementary Schools, by A. S. Downing, first 



