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Wilson, Yalliaut; D. M. Rohb, Atoka: G. P. Bryan, Perry: Ewers White (treas- 

 nrer), McLoud; Dan Diehl, Hobart: R. S. Rnrns. Fountain: R.-P. Lindsey. 

 Clioteau; J. C. Elloott. Pauls Valley: and S. D. Dennis, Wellston. 



Oregon College and Station. — A. L. Knisely, chemist, has resigned to enter the 

 service of the Bureau of Chemistry of this Department. He will be connected 

 with the food inspection work of the Bureau, and ultimately will be located at 

 the branch laboratory soon to be opened at Portland, Greg. 



Porto Rico Station. — One of the largest sugar companies in the Island is ac- 

 tively cooperating with the station in cane breeding, furnishing two men for 

 this work. Canes of promise will be distributed among the planters for trial. 



Rhode Island College and Station. — In the college Warren B. Madison has been 

 appointed professor of animal husbandry, and Daniel J. Lambert instructor in 

 poultry husbandry. Wilhelm I?. Quantz, Ph. D., has been appointed assistant 

 chemist in the station in succession to H. S. Hammond, whose resignation was 

 recently noted. 



South Carolina College and Station. — A substation has been established in Sum- 

 merville, where .'^>()0 acres of land has been donated for the purpose by the 

 Southern Railway Co., adjoining its lines. The exi>ense of equipment and main- 

 tenance is to be defrayed chiefly from college funds derived from State sources. 

 About $5,000 is now being expended in installing a drainage system. Special 

 attention will be given to problems involved in the reclamation of swamp areas 

 and their adaptation to farm homes. 



The enrollment of the college is rapidly increasing, especially in agricultural 

 courses, where 248 students are now pursuing the four-year course. A new dor- 

 mitory has been recently completed at a cost of $50,000, to accommodate 100 

 additional students. 



Vermont University and Station.^ — The dedication of Morrill Hall, the new agri- 

 cultural building, took jtlace December 11. The State Grange actively coop- 

 erated in the exercises, and N. J. Bachelder, master of the National Grange, 

 made the dedicatory address. In this he recounted the varied interests making 

 for rural progress, and emphasized the necessity of individual initiative on the 

 part of the farmers for the fullest realization of their purjwse. Governor F. D. 

 Proctor made the, presentation address, and I'resident Buckham the speech 

 of acceptance. Director Hills, Mayor Bigelow of Burlington, Dean Bailey of 

 Cornell University, and State Superintendent of Education Mason S. Stone were 

 also among the speakers. 



Morrill Hall is a substantial two-story and basement structure erected at a 

 cost of about $G0,000. The basement is to be fitted up for the dairy school, a 

 farm creamery, a milk testing laboratory, and a market milk room. The main 

 floor will contain the offices of the dean and director, and of the animal husband- 

 man, a library and horticultui'al laboratories, offices, and class rooms, and the 

 second floor the chemical laboratories of the station, a number of class and 

 lecture rooms, and a soil physics laboratory. 



In connection with the dedicatory exercises a federation of New England 

 agricultural college clubs was organized on lines similar to the American Fed- 

 eration of Agricultural Students, by delegates from Maine, Vermont. New 

 Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. Among other activities it is 

 planned to issue a monthly circular letter on the work done at each institution, 

 and an effort will be made to develop this into a quarterly publication. The 

 next meeting is to be held in the fall of lOOS at the dedication of the agricul- 

 tural building of the University of Maine. 



Virginia College and Station. — S. W. Fletcher. Ph. D., of the Michigan College 

 and Station, nhs been elected director of the station and professor of exi)eri- 

 niental agriculture, and entered uix)n his duties early in January. 



