EXPEHIMENT STATION NOTES. 



Arkansas Station. — R. L. Bennett, I?. S., lias been appointed director. The gov- 

 erning boaril at iiiesent inchuleH J. T. Henderson, 11. (i. ]{nnn and 15. C. Black. 



CoLOKAiX) Station. — F. J. Annis, M. S., is acting director and secretary; 1'. Hnnt- 

 ley, B. S., assistant agricultnrist ; and l'\ C. Avery, treasurer. 



CoNNKCTicuT Stokhs STATION. — H. M. Smith has been appointed assistant chem- 

 ist to the station vice II. B. Gibson, B. A., whose present address is Kobert Schiiniann, 

 Stras.so 4 pt., Leipsic, Saxony. 



Indiana Pukduk University. — The special bnlletin on commercial fertilizers, 

 issued May, 18'J1, by H. A. Huston, M. A., as State chemist, contain.s statements 

 regarding the sources of the nitrogen, phosphoric acid, and potash in fertilizers, statis- 

 tics regarding the commercial fertilizers sold m Indiana in 18'J0, directions for lield 

 experiments with fertilizers by farmers, and tabulated analyses of 143 samples of 

 fertilizers. 



"Twenty-nine thousand tons of commercial fertilizers were sold in the State during 

 1890. This contained 413 tons of actual potash valued at $49,()00 ; KJ7 tons of 

 ammonia valued at S301,l'20 ; 4,(W8 tons of iihosplioric acid, of which 2,537 tons were 

 ' available ' and valued at §405,920 and 2,091 insoluble and valued at $125,400 ; making 

 a total value of $882,100. Included in this are 9,550 tons of bone, raw and steamed, 

 the actual selling price of which must have been not less than $300,000. The money 

 actually expended for commercial fertilizers in Indiana during 1890 was less than 3 

 per ctiut of the value of the nitrogen, phosphoric acid, and potash that were exported 

 from the State in corn and wheat alone during the same year." 



Minnesota Station. — Plans for a dairy building to cost $15,000 have been 

 accepted, and it is expected that the building will be completed by November. T. L. 

 Haecker has been electe<l instructor in butter making. 



Oklahoma Coixkgk and Station. — The Agricultural and Mechanical College and 

 Kxperiment Station for < )klahonia Territory have been located at Stillwater, Payne 

 County. Two hundred and forty acres of land have been donated for the college and 

 station, and the town of Stillwater has bonded itself for $10,000 for buildings. The 

 board of directors organized June 23, 1891, includes Gov. George W. Steel, ex officio; 

 Kobert J. Barker, president; Amos Ewing, secretary; J. P. Lane, John Wimberly, 

 and Arthur N. Daniels. 



Oregon Station. — G. W. Shaw has been elected chemist vice Pv H. Irish, Ph. D. ; 

 E. K. Lake, M. S., is no longer a member of the station stal^'. The station bulletins 

 will hereafter be printed at the station. Pig-feeding experiments are in ]uogres8, 

 Jind experiments with wheat will be a prominent feature of the work of the station. 



Pennsylvania College and Station. — .1. B. Doyle, of Philadelphia, and Frank 

 Knoche, of Harrisburg, have been elected members of the board of trustees vice J. 

 A. Beaver and Cyrus Eox. J. W. Fields has been elected assistant chemist of the 

 station vice II. B. McDonnell, M. D. 



Utah Station.— Dynamometer tests of mowing machines and other farm 

 machinery have recently been made at the station. 



Washington Station. — The station farm comprises 218 acres, 150 of which are 

 under cultivation. It is estimated that the yield this year will be at least 50 bushels 



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