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of the station, has resigned. The work of this department will be carried on under 

 the supervision of the director and the agriculturist. A. W. Blair has been appointed 

 State chemist, and Avill have charge of the analyses for the fertilizer control and for 

 the general public under the supervision of the director. 



Oregon Station. — James Withycombe has been appointed assistant director and 

 agriculturist of the station. 



Pennsylvania Station. — W. S. Sweetser, assistant chemist, terminated his con- 

 nection with the station October 1, 1898, to accept a position as assistant instructor 

 in agriculture in Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute. M. S. McDowell, 

 A. M. Diehl, and Charles Beistle have been appointed assistant chemists of the 

 station. At its annual meeting in June the board of trustees established two fellow- 

 ships — one in dairy husbandry and one in agricultural chemistry. These fellowships 

 were tilled, after competitive examination, by the appointment of J. D. Huston and 

 W. A. Hutchison, respectively, graduates in agriculture of the class of 1898. The 

 purpose of the fellowships is to utilize the facilities for advanced work of a high 

 grade in agriculture which are available in connection with the work of investiga- 

 tion carried on at the station. The " fellows" are to devote a portion of their time 

 t<> the regular work of the experiment station and the remainder to advanced study 

 and investigation. Arrangements have been made by which the United States 

 Department of Agriculture and the station are to cooperate in the construction of 

 a respiration calorimeter for experiments with domestic animals and the prosecution 

 of scientific investigations into the principles of animal nutrition. 



South Carolina College and Station. — G. E. Nesom has been appointed vet- 

 erinarian, vice W. E. A. Wyman; B. F. Robertson has succeeded John Thompson as 

 assistant chemist at the station ; and Ernest Walker has been appointed assistant 

 horticulturist and entomologist. Special experiments are being made on the effect 

 of different forms of potash, including silicate, on several crops, especially on the 

 starch content of roots and tubers and on the burning quality of tobacco. The 

 injurious effect of the inoculation of the soil by certain legumes on the subsequent 

 growth of other kinds of legumes is also being studied. 



Vermont College and Station. — G. H. Perkins and J. L. Hills have been 

 elected deans of the departments of natural history (including chemistry, physics, 

 and biology) and of agriculture, respectively. L. R. Jones and P. A. Waugh have 

 been granted a half year's leave of absence for special studies in botany and 

 horticulture. 



Wyoming Station. — A small potting house 18 by 16 ft. has been added to the green- 

 house plant, and the dwelling house on the farm has been improved by certain addi- 

 tions. The farm equipment has been increased by the purchase of a Deering Ideal 

 mower, a bone and grain mill, and a 1-horsepower portable gasoline engine. Much 

 interest is manifested among the farmers in the forage crops being grown upon the 

 station farm. Flat pea stands drought well and produces large crops, but so far 

 stock will not eat it either in the green or dry state. It has not yet been offered to 

 sheep. The success of alfalfa in this region is assured when planted with a press 

 drill and otherwise properly handled. Another season the farmers will plant larger 

 areas to it. Hairy vetch is also very promising, and saufoin does exceedingly well. 



Personal Mention. — Dr. F. Noll has become professor of botany at the Royal 

 Agricultural Academy of Poppelsdorf, as the successor of Professor Kornicke, retired. 



1 )r. Oscar Loew, formerly connected with the College of Agriculture of the Imperial 

 University of Japan, but later of Munich, has been appointed to a. position in the 

 Division of Vegetable Physiology and Pathology of this Department. 



