NOTES. 



Alabama College and Station. — Receut appointments include Dr. W. E. Hinds, 

 formerly connected with the cotton boll weevil investigations of the Bureau of 

 Entomology of this Department, as i)rofessor of entomology and entomologist ; 

 J. W. Ridgeway, a graduate of the Mississippi College, as assistant in animal 

 industry ; and A. J. Norman, a graduate of the Iowa College, as assistant in 

 horticulture. 



Arizona University and Station. — R. W. Clothier, of the Florida University, 

 has accepted an appointment as professor of agriculture to include the farmers' 

 institute work. E. E. Free, assistant chemist in the station, has resigned to 

 accept an appointment in the Bureau of Soils of this Department and is suc- 

 ceeded l)y Dr. W. H. Ross, of the University of Chicago. 



California Station. — E. J. Wickson. who has been acting director for some 

 time, has been chosen director. 



Colorado College. — Two-year practical courses in agriculture, domestic science, 

 and horseshoeing are announced in a recent Imlletin. These courses are to open 

 Noveml)er H and continue for five months during the winter, when there is no 

 rush of work on the farm. 



Connecticut State Station.- — E. J. Shanley. assistant chemist, has resigned to 

 accept a position as food chemist in the Bureau of Chemistry of this Department. 



Connecticut Storrs College and Station. — The college has received a State ap- 

 pro[)riation of .'f.^O.OOo for new greenhouses and a horticultural building. The 

 old greenhouse has been turned over to the station and will be a valuable addi- 

 tion to its equipment. 



Florida Station. — An irrigation plant is to be constructed in connection with 

 the horticultural work at a cost of $1,000. H. P. Stuckey has i-esigned as assist- 

 ant in agronomy. B. F. Floyd, assistant in botany in the Missouri University 

 and Station, has accepted a position in plant physiology and will devote his time 

 to the study of plant nutrition. 



Illinois Station. — C. II. Myers has been appointed assistant in chemistry and 

 plant breeding. 



Iowa College. — A. V. Storms. R. E. Drennen, Edith G. Charlton, J. A. King, 

 and W. R. Scott have been added to the extension department of the college. 



Kansas College and Station. — A department of bacteriology has been estab- 

 lished in charge of W. E. King. H. D. Scudder, assistant in agronomy in the 

 college, has resigned to become professor of agronomy in the Oregon College. 

 In accordance with an act of the legislature at its last session. Director C. W. 

 Burkett has made an extended trip to the wheat-growing regions of Europe 

 with a view to the importation of valuable varieties and their distribution 

 through the agency of the station. Oscar Erf. professor of dairy husbandry, 

 is also in Eui'ope studying the dairy industry. E. A. Popenoe has resigned as 

 professor of entomology and zoology in the college and entomologist in the 

 station, and, as previously noted, has been succeeded by T. .1. Ileadlee. of the 

 New Hampshire College and Station. Arthur L. Peck, a graduate of the Massa- 



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