394 EXPERIMENT STATION RECOED. 



Massachusetts Station. — The station is forming plans for substation experi- 

 ments in fruit culture, especially apples, in a number of different localities. A 

 3-acre cranberry bog has been lea.sed in Wareham for a term of .5 years, and 

 will be used primarily for experiments in methods of control of cranberry 

 insects. Walter E. Dickinson has resigned as assistant chemist. 



Missouri Station. — L. D. Haigh, a graduate of the University of Michigan, has 

 been appointed assistant in agricultural chemistry. 



Nebraska University. — The forest club of the university is holding a series 

 of lectures dealing with the forest trees of the world, forest insects, fungus 

 diseases of trees, forest conditions, the handling and utilizing of the National 

 forest reserves, and related topics. 



North Dakota College. — A correspondence course in agriculture has been estab- 

 lished for residents of the State. It is stated that, while the course is open to 

 all classes, it " should appeal especially to teachers who will soon be teaching 

 agriculture in the schoolroom." 



Pennsylvania College and Station.— The new group of agricultural buildings 

 was dedicated with appropriate ceremonies on November 22, which was desig- 

 nated as Pennsylvania day. The principal dedicatory address was made by 

 Director Jordan, of the New York State Station. Governor Stuart of Pennsyl- 

 vania, Acting President Beaver of the college, Director Hunt of the station, and 

 Dr. N. C. Schaeffer. superintendent of public instruction and chairman of the 

 allied agricultural organizations, were also among the speakers. 



The buildings just dedicated are among the most completely equipped for 

 agricultural instruction in the country. The main building is a two and one- 

 half story structure, 158 b^' 73 ft. .Vdjoining and connecting directly with it 

 in the respiration calorimeter building, a one-story structure 56 by 35 ft. A 

 substantial two-story dairy building completes the group. The base in all of the 

 buildings is of Hummelstown brownstone, with brick superstructure and terra 

 cotta trimmings, and the main building and the 4airy building are of fireproof 

 construction. The cost of the entire group was over $300,000. 



The main building contains, in the basement, the offices, library, and labora- 

 tories of the Institute of Animal Nutrition, a judging room for live stock, facil- 

 ities for demonstrating methods of handling meat, a laboratory for farm 

 machinery, and rooms for the mailing department. On the first floor are 

 located the offices of the dean and director and of the department of agricul- 

 tural extension, the class rooms and laboratories of the department of agron- 

 omy, the libraries of the school and station, and an assembly room. The sec- 

 ond story will be occupied by the departments of animal husbandry and agricul- 

 tural chemistry,, the correspondence courses, and, temporarily, by the depart- 

 ment of horticulture. The dairy building contains a creamery, with all modern 

 equipment for making butter, handling sanitary milk, and preparing ice cream, 

 a cheese-making room with vats, presses, and other necessary equipment, rooms 

 for instruction in farm dairying, milk-testing and bacteriological laboratories, 

 and several offices and class rooms. 



South Carolina College and Station. — C. E. Chambliss, formerly entomologist, 

 has been appointed State entomologist with headquarters at Columbia, where 

 he will continue his investigation of the insects distributing the rice blast dis- 

 ease. Dr. E. Barnett has been appointed assistant State veterinarian. 



Texas College and Station. — C. E. Sanborn, of the Bureau of Entomology of 

 this Department, has succeeded A. F. Conradi as entomologist. 



Virginia College. — Short winter courses for farmers in agriculture, animal 

 husbandry, horticulture, and dairying have been offered for the first time, begin- 

 ning December 2 and continuing 3 weeks. Lectures were given in agricultural 

 chemistry and fertilizers, soils and maintenance of fertility, stock breeding and 



