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California University and Station. — M. E. Jaffa, associate professor of 

 nutrition, lias been made professor of nutrition. California Fruit Grower states 

 that J. W. Mills, assistant liorticulturist at the Southern California Substation 

 at Riverside, has resigned to engage in commercial work, his resignation be- 

 coming effective July 1. 



Connecticut State Station. — Edwin Hoyt, of the State board of control, died 

 April 17, at the age of 76 years, and has been succeeded by F. H. Stadtmueller 

 of Elmwood. Charles A. Brautlecht has beer\, appointed chemist. 



Connecticut College. — A tentative plan to omit the 1908 session of the summer 

 school in order to permit members of the faculty to attend the Graduate 

 School of Agriculture has been given up in view of the strong demand for its 

 continuance, and the school will be held from July 1 to 24. 



Kentucky Station. — A new State food and drug law has been enacted by the 

 legislature. The enforcement of the law is intrusted to the station, which has 

 been given an annual apiiroiniatiou of $30,000 for the purpose. 



Missouri University and Station, — Dr. P. F. Trowbridge, associate chemist and 

 assistant professor of agricultural chemistry, has been made chemist to the 

 station and professor of agricultural chemistry in the university. Claude B. 

 Hutchison has been ai)pointed assistant in agronomy. 



Cornell University and Station. — An iunovation in the college of agricultux'e 

 designed to afford additional training in public speaking is the establishment 

 of what is known as the annual agricultural stage. As conducted this year, six 

 students delivered competitive orations pertaining to agriculture aud student 

 problems. In addition to prizes the winners were given the privilege of ad- 

 dressing the State Experimenters' League and other agricultui-al organizations 

 at an assembly held during farmers' week. 



R. A. Pearson, in charge of the work in dairy industry, has been appointed 

 State commissioner of agriculture, vice Charles A. Wieting, who has resigned 

 to become a member of the new State Fair Commission. 



North Dakota College and Station. — An extensive greenhouse for horticultural 

 work and a machine shed are to be erected. J. C. McDowell, professor of 

 agronomy, has resigned to accept a position in connection with the Farm Man- 

 agement Investigations of this Department. 



A substation to test dry farming and irrigation methods has been established 

 at Williston, in charge of E, G. Schollander, who has been succeeded as superin- 

 tendent of demonstration farms by William R, Porter, a graduate of the college. 

 The Reclamation Service has installed a pumping plant near Williston by which 

 water will be pumped by electricity from the Missouri River and used for the 

 irrigation of a tract of about 7,000 acres. Equipment is being assembled and a 

 number of exi^eriments will be instituted this season. 



Ohio University, — A 6 weeks' course in agriculture will be offered at the 

 summer session beginning June 22. The subjects taken up will include studies 

 of soils and of plants and animals, and the course is so arranged that all the 

 topics may be taken during the session or separately in different years. The 



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