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California University. — Leroj- Autlersoii, at present in charge of tlie California 

 Polytechnic School, has been appointed iusti'uctor in agriculture at the univer- 

 sitj' and director of the farm schools at Fresno and Davis. A 3-day farm- 

 ers' institute was held at Davis October 29 to 31 as a means of bringing the new 

 institution into close touch with the public, at which President Wheeler and 

 Director Wiclcsou of the station were among the speakers. 



Connecticut College.^ — Twelve-week courses in creamery practice, dairying, 

 and iiomology, a O-week poultry course, and a 10-day course are announced in 

 connection with the winter school to begin January 7, 190S. 



Delaware College. — Director Hayward of the station has been appointed dean 

 of the department of agriculture in the college. 



Florida University. — According to a note in Science, H. S. Davis, Ph. D. (Har- 

 vard, 1907), has accepted an appointment as professor of biology. 



Georgia Station. — H. X. Starnes. biologist and horticulturist, has resigned, to 

 take effect .January 1, 1908. 



Illinois Station. — Andrew Ystgard, assistant in chemistry in the department 

 of agronomy since 1904, died October 20, after a protracted sickness with 

 typhoid fever. He was 34 years of age, a graduate of the Agricultural College 

 of Norway and of the Trondhjem College of Engineering, and was for a time 

 a student at the Wisconsin College of Agriculture. 



Indiana University and Station. — A corn and stock judging school is to be 

 held at Rushville from December IG to 21, in charge of G. I. Christie and W. A. 

 Cochel. Instruction will be given daily in the scoring of corn and stock, in ad- 

 dition to lectures. A course in domestic science has also been arranged. It is 

 expected to reach a large number of farmers in this way who can not leave 

 home to attend the short courses at the university. 



II. A. Hopper, assistant in dairy husbandry in the Illinois Univei'sity and Sta- 

 tion, has Iteen given charge of dairy field work and has entered upon his duties. 



Kansas College and Station. — E. H. Webster, who was recently elected pro- 

 fessor of dairying and dairyman, has decided to remain as chief of the Dairy 

 Division of this Department. 



Louisiana University and Stations. — F. H. Billings, professor of botany and 

 bacteriology, has resigned to accept a corresponding position at the University 

 of Kansas, and is succeeded by Reginald S. Cocks. Other appointments Include 

 A. F. Kidder, assistant in soil physics in the Illinois Station, as assistant pro- 

 fessor of agronomy ; S. W. Pipes, jr., as assistant in horticulture at the univer- 

 sity ; W. P. Naquin as assistant sugar chemist at the Audubon Park Station, 

 and W. D. Morgan and R. Baus as assistant chemists at the Baton Rouge 

 Stati.m. 



Maine Station. — In connection with the i)oultry investigations a laboratory 

 has recently been built for use in the experimental work in breeding. The 

 building has been designed with special reference to surgical work, and consists 

 of a preparation room and general laboi'atory, a sterilizing room, and an 

 operating room, arranged in series. For the better maintenance of aseptic con- 

 ditions, the walls and ceilings are heavily coated with white enamel throughout, 

 and all sharp angles and projections have been avoided in the construction. 

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