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versity niul Station, and C. F. Jackson, of the University of Ohio, (^ther ap- 

 pointments include W. II. Wicks, formerly of the Oregon Stalion and recently 

 a graduate student at Cornell University, as assistant horticulturist; I. M. 

 Lewis, of the University of Indiana, as assistant in hotany; J. C. McNutt as 

 herdsman, and David Lunisden as assistant in floriculture. 



New Jersey College and Stations. — K. C. Davis, dean of the school of agricul- 

 ture of St. Uawrence University, has heen elected associate i)rofessor of agricul- 

 ture and prhicipal of the agricultural school, his services to begin with the 

 opening of the college year. F. C. Minkler, animal husbandman of the station 

 and instructor in the short courses, has been elected instructor in animal hus- 

 bandry, and Clarence L. Pfersch, of this year's graduating class, has been ap- 

 l»oinled assistant chemist. 



New York State Station. — An approi)riation of $32,500 has been granted by the 

 legislature for the erection of an auditorium. 



North Carolina State Station. — W. J. Hartman, a graduate of the Ontario 

 Agricultural College and of the Chicago ^'eterinary College, has been appointed 

 assistant veterinarian, and Z. P. Metcalf, of the Michigan College and Station, 

 has been appointed assistant entomologist. 



North Carolina College. — The Rural Science Club has established the North 

 Carolina Stiiilciit Fanner, which is to be published monthly during the college 

 yea r. 



Ohio Station. — H. S. Woods has resigned as assistant in nutrition investiga- 

 tions and A. C. Whittier, of the Maine Station, has been appointed to the 

 l)osition. E. W. Caither and I^. T. Bowser have been appointed assistant 

 chemists. 



South Carolina College and Station. — Dr. E. Barnett, assistant in veterinary 

 science in the college, has been transferred to the station as animal husband- 

 man and veterinarian. 



Vermont University. — A summer school for district superintendents was held 

 during the week of July 13, following the session of the American Institute of 

 Instruction, for the consideration of agricultural instruction in secondary 

 schools. The school was under the .joint auspices of the State department of 

 education and the university. The instruction staff included Professors Jones, 

 Beach, and Hills of the imiversity, and President Butterfield and Professor 

 Hart of the Massachusetts College. 



Ontario Agricultural College. — A farm mechanics building and an addition to 

 the chemical laboratory have been completed, and an addition to the dornutory 

 is in process of erection. 



Experimentation with Denatured Alcohol. — The Commissioner of Internal 

 Revenue has ivcently exempted agricultui-al experimental distilleries from the 

 provisions of the internal-revenue laws relating to the manufacture of alcohol, 

 and it is expected that this will facilitate experimentation with this material at 

 the exi)eriment stations and elsewhere. The Bureau of Chemistry of this De- 

 liartment has extended an invitation to each experiment station to send a repre- 

 sentative to Washington during the summer for instruction in the methods of 

 manufacture and other jihases of the subject. 



New Agricultural Schools in New York. — The New York State legislature has 

 appropriated .^.so.OOO for the establishment and maintenance of an agricidtural 

 school in connection with Alfred I'niversity, Alfred, N. Y. Of this sum $r),000 

 is to be used for maintenance the first j'ear, after which the regular mainte- 

 nance fund will be .$10,000. The school has a farm of 200 acres, and will be 

 provided with a new main building costing .$.30,000, a barn costing .$10,000, a 

 dairy and creamery, and a small greenhouse. The dedication of the new school 



