N DIES 



Alabama Canebrake Station. — J. M. Riclieson has resigned as vice director 

 and has been succeeded by F. D. Stevens, formerly of the Bureau of Soils of 

 this Department. 



Tuskegee Institute and Station. — H. G. Maxwell has resigned as dairyman. 



Alaska Stations. — A station has been established near Fairbanks in the Tanana 

 Valley on tlie tract of 1.400 acres reserved by Presidental proclamation for sta- 

 tion purposes some time ago. During the summer the special agent in charge 

 has cleared and bi'okeu ready for seeding next spring about 10 acres. A full 

 equipment of farming implements, fencing material, seed grain, etc., has been 

 provided, and a site selected for buildings. The location, soil, and exposure 

 are deemed favorable to farming on an extended scale, but the plan is to clear 

 the land as rapidly as funds will permit, operating the station along ordinary 

 farm lines for several years in order to ascertain whether practical farming 

 can be made successful in the region. Crops of all sorts, but more particularly 

 grains and hay, will be grown and sold in the local markets. An account will 

 be kept of both expenditures and receipts with a view to securing data as to 

 profits. J. W. Neal, who carried on the work at the Copper Center Station for 

 four years, will be in charge of the new station. 



California University and Station. — Elwood Mead, professor of irrigation insti- 

 tutions and irrigation engineer, has been granted leave of absence until July 1, 

 190S, to take charge of irrigation work for the Australian government. M. E. 

 Jaflfa, of the department of nutrition and in charge of the poultry station, has 

 been appointed director of the laboratory of the State boai'd of health, but will 

 retain his connection with the station work. R. H. Loughridge and G. E. 

 Colby have returned from leave of absence in Europe. Recent appointments 

 include W. T. Clarke as assistant professor of horticulture and superintendent 

 of university extension in agriculture, C. Westergaard, recently of the North 

 Dakota college, as instructor in farm mechanics, and G. W. Lyons as assistant 

 in the division of soils in the station. 



Connecticut College. — A short course in forestry is announced, to begin Novem- 

 ber r> and continue six weeks, under the directorship of tlie State forester. The 

 course will include the study of practical forest management, the reproduction, 

 growth, iind maturitj' of forest trees, destructive agencies in the forests and 

 their control, and the care of Connecticut farm forests. 



Connecticut State Station. — Recent changes in personnel include the resigna- 

 tion of Kate G. Barber, as microscopist, to acceiit a similar position with the 

 Bureau of Chemistry of this Department, and the appointment of C B. Morrison 

 as chemist. 



Delaware Station. — Miss Margaret B. McDonald, assistant chemist, has re- 

 signed to accept an instructorsliip in agricultural chemistry in the I'ennsylvania 

 College. 



Indiana Station. — W. J. Jones, for a number of years chief deputy State chem- 

 ist, has succeeded the director as State chemist and will have full charge of the 

 feed stuffs and fertilizer inspection. 



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