NOTES. 



Colorado Station. — Elmer D. Ball has succeeded Emma Gillette as assistant 

 entomologist, and Carl H. Potter has succeeded Jacob H. Cowen as assistant horti- 

 culturist. 



Idaho College and Station. — J. P. Blanton has been appointed president of 

 the University of Idaho and director of the Station, vice F. B. Gault. H. T. French, 

 formerly of the Oregon Station, has accepted the position of professor of agricul- 

 ture iu the college and agriculturist of the station. Thorn Smith, formerly first 

 assistant chemist of the Michigan Station, has accepted a similar position with the 

 Idaho Station. Prof. A. S, Miller has been added to the station staff as geologist. 

 A commodious greenhouse and horticultural building has been erected. The chair 

 of horticulture has been created and F. A. Huntley appointed to the professorship. 

 Ashby Turner has resigned as a member of the governing board and James H. 

 Hawley, of Boise, has been appointed in his place. 



Illinois Station. — The station has recently begun publishing abstracts of its 

 more technical bulletins. The full bulletin will be issued in a limited edition and 

 sent only to scientific readers upon request, while the abstract will be sent to all 

 names upon the regular mailing list. 



Indiana Station. — A new stave silo 28 ft. high and 12 ft. in diameter has recently 

 been erected. A. H. Bryan, a graduate of Purdue University in the class of 1898, 

 has been appointed assistant chemist, vice J. M. Barrett, resigned. 



Iowa College. — Farmers' excursions have been inaugurated at the college. The 

 first excursion was held August 17, and the occasion was a marked success in every 

 particular. About 6,000 people were in attendance. It is believed these excursions 

 will result in more cordial and friendly relations between the college and the people 

 of the State. 



Kansas Station. — R. W. Clothier has been appointed assistant chemist of the 

 station. The studies on soil moisture have been continued and additional experi- 

 ments commenced to test the effect of various fertilizers upon moisture conserva- 

 tion. Digestion experiments have been made with alfalfa at three stages of growth 

 and with prairie hay. The veterinary department is distributing blackleg vaccine 

 to the stock owners of the State. During the first half of October, 3,500 double 

 doses were sent out. Experiments in protective inoculation for swine plague are in 

 progress. The virus used is that prepared by H. J. Detmers. A press bulletin on 

 the sand plum, one of the most valuable native fruits of Kansas, has been distributed. 



Maine Station. — Otis Meader has been added to the governing board. Miss 

 Mary Hutchinson has been appointed clerk, vice Mrs. J. Hamlin YVaite. 



Nkbraska .Station. — The board of regents has authorized the making of analyses 

 of 10,000 mother beets grown upon the experimental plat at Ames, Nebraska. C. H. 

 Elmendorf, of the station, served as acting superintendent of the live-stock depart- 

 ment of the Omaha Exposition, and T. L. Lyon was in charge of the dairy tests. 



New Hampshire College and Station. — Charles W. Burkett, of the Ohio State 

 • University, has been elected associate professor of agriculture of the college and 

 agriculturist of the station. 



North Carolina College and Station. — Dr. Cooper Curtice has been appointed 

 veterinarian and biologist in the college and station. F. E. Hege, poultry manager 

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