NOTES. 



Arizona Station. — C. S. Parsons has been appointed director and irrigation 

 engineer of the station, to succeed J. W. Tourney, who lias been acting director since 

 November 1, 1897. Professor Tourney "will confine himself to botany and entomology. 

 S. M. Woodward has been appointed meteorologist of the station, to succeed N. H. 

 Barnes, resigned. 



Florida Station. — At the annual meeting of the board of control, held June 11, 

 it was voted to build an experimental tobacco-curing barn and laboratory. The 

 plans adopted include two curing or drying rooms, provided with artificial heat; 

 a sweat room, and a bacteriological laboratory. The entire process of curing the 

 crop, including all the stages from the field to the rolling of the cigar, are to be 

 scientifically studied, with a view to discovering the causes of the changes taking 

 place and to studying the possibility of controlling these changes and producing 

 them at will. This laboratory is believed to be the only one in existence devoted to 

 this work. 



Georgia College and Station. — H. N. Starnes has resigned his position as hor- 

 ticulturist of the station, to take effect January 1, 1899, and has been elected pro- 

 fessor of agriculture and horticulture in the college. A. L. Quaintame, assistant 

 biologist of the Florida Experiment Station, has been elected to fill the vacancy 

 caused by Professor Starnes's resignation. 



Indiana Station. — A. H. Bryan has been elected assistant chemist of the station. 



Iowa College and Station. — The following changes have been made in the board 

 of trustees: Governor L. M. Shaw, and E. C. Barret, superintendent of public instruc- 

 tion, have become members ex officio, and S. H. Watkins, of Liberty ville; C. S. Bar- 

 clay, of West Liberty, and W. B. Penick, of Tingley, have been appointed in place of 

 C. M. Dunbar, Hamilton Smith, and A. B. Shaw. The following additions have been 

 made to the station stall': Joseph J. Edgerton, assistant in agricultural physics; F. 

 W. Bouska, assistant in dairying; and Miss C. M. King, entomological and botanical 

 artist. 



A sheep barn, 32 by 10 ft., with wings 16 by 100 ft., is being built. The leading 

 lines of railway are arranging to cooperate in running excursions to the station and 

 college at a very low rate. 



The -dairy department is now furnishing the U. S. Department of Agriculture with 

 1,000 lbs. of butter a week for export to foreign markets. An extensive farm imple- 

 ment storage room is now being constructed, which will facilitate the work of 

 instruction in agricultural physics. % 



Nebraska University and Station. — The board of regents at their June meet- 

 ing established a department of animal husbandry, to be in charge of C. II. Elmen- 

 dorf. Vergil C. Barber, A. B., of the university, was appointed assistant to Dr. Peters 

 in the department of animal pathology. R. A. Emerson, B. Sc. of the Office of 

 Experiment Stations, was appointed assistant professor of horticulture, to succeed 

 F. W. Card, resigned, the appointment to take effect April 1, 1899. 



New York Cornell Station. — Wilhelm Miller has been appointed assistant in 

 horticultural work and has charge of experiments with chrysanthemums. 



Oregon Station.— B. L. Pague, of Portland, has been elected a member of the 

 board of regents, rice Samuel Hughes, deceased. 



Texas College and Station.— At the annual meeting of the board of directors 

 L. L. McGinnis, of Bryan, was elected treasurer, vice L. L. Foster. 



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