NOTES. 



Alabama Canerrake Station. — W. M. Booker, a member of the governing 

 board, has recently died. The vacancy in the board has not yet been filled. The 

 Thirteenth Animal Report of the station has, just been issued. 



Iowa Station. — Arrangements have been made for a series of experiments in 

 roadmaking at the station during the coming season, in cooperation with the Office 

 of Road Inquiry of this Department. 



Kansas College and Station. — A. J. Burkholder, M. D., D. V. S., has been 

 appointed assistant in veterinary science and biology in the college and station. 

 The number of farmers' institutes held this year has been greater than ever before, 

 being 62. This result has l«een attaiued by grouping institutes so that several could 

 be attended at one trip, thus saving both time and expense. Three sets of bulle- 

 tins are sent out: The ordinary pamphlet bulletins, weekly press bulletins to the 

 county newspapers, and another set of occasional press bulletins in mimeograph 

 typewriting to the agricultural papers which circulate in Kansas. During Febru- 

 ary and March an extra number of some of the press bulletins is printed and mailed 

 to the pamphlet bulletin list; at the same time an unusual number of different press 

 bulletins is issued, the object being to place before the farmers information which 

 they need at this season. The State legislature has appropriated $25,000 for a dairy 

 building, $6,000 for equipment, and $3,000 for a herd and stable. 



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

 governing board of the station: E. P. Allen, of Ypsilanti; H. F. Marsh, of Allegan, 

 and L. "Whitney Watkins, of Manchester, have been appointed, vice Arthur C. Bird, 

 Charles W. Garfield, and Charles F. Moore, retired. T. F. Marston, of Bay City, has 

 been elected president of the board, vice Franklin Wells, who still continues on the 

 board. Arthur C. Bird has succeeded Ira H. Butterfield as secretary of the State 

 board of agriculture and secretary and treasurer of the station. The work of the 

 farm department has been subdivided, the field crops and plat work being placed in 

 charge of J. D. Towar, the live stock under H. W. Mumford, and the dairy work 

 under G. H. True. During the season of 1899 the work with sugar beets will be con- 

 tinued, sending out seed furnished by the Government for delinite experiments as to 

 fertilizers and methods of cultivation. At the station the plat work with sugar beets 

 will relate to kinds and methods of application of fertilizers and means of avoiding 

 as far as possible the work of thinning. Experiments are being concluded on the 

 feeding of beet pulp to dairy cows. 



North Carolina College and Station.— The new members of the board of 

 trustees, elected by the General Assembly March 6, are as follows : Frank Wood, 

 of Edenton; J. B. Stokes, of Windsor; W. J. Peele, of Raleigh; D. A. Tompkins, of 

 Charlotte; E. Y. Webb, of Shelby; W. C. Fields, of Sparta; J. Frank Ray, of 

 Franklin; W. H. Ragan, of High Point; David Clark, of Charlotte; T. B. Twitty, 

 of Rutherfordton ; A. Leazar, of Mooresville; H. E. Bonitz, of Wilmington; R. L. 

 Smith, of Albemarle; H. E. Fries, of Salem; and P. J. Sinclair, of Marion. W. S. 

 Primrose, of Raleigh, has been elected president of the board, vice J. C. L. Karris, 

 resigned. Mr. Harris is still a member of the board. The terms of office of the fol- 

 lowing have expired: J. J. Britt, J. R. Chamberlain, S. L. Crowder, and W. C. 

 O'Berry. Cooper Curtice, veterinarian, has been granted leave of absence for the 



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