EXPERIMENT STATION NOTES. 



Alabama Stations.— D. Gillis, M. S.. has 1»c(mi appointed director of the Sonth- 

 east Alabama Station vice T. M. Watlin.ntou, B. S., resij^ned. R. E. Biiiford, M. A., 

 has become director of the North Alabama Station vice C. L. Newman, B. S. 



Colorado College axd Station. — A two-story stone and brick bnildinj;, to cost 

 $9,000, is beinjjj erected fot the nse of the station as well as of the college. A forcing 

 honse to be used for experiments in horticulture is also being built, together with 

 a residence for the professor in charge of the farm. Exhibits have l»een made at 

 several State and county fairs in Colorado of live stock, grain, and otluT agricnltnral 

 products from the station and its substations. 



COXN^CTICTTT Storrs SCHOOL.— A. B. Peebles, B. S., formerly connected with the 

 Michigan College and Station, has been appointed professor in chemistry at the 

 Storrs Agricultural School vice J. R. Hutton, B. S., resigned. 



Iowa Weather and Crop Service Report for 1890.— This is the first annual 

 report under the State law, approved April 25, 1890, and includes historical data 

 regarding meteorological observations and crop statistics in Iowa; a sketch of the 

 physical geography of Iowa, by R. E. Call; an article on climat<dogy of Iowa, which 

 contains a number of tabulated summaries of meteorological observations covering 

 a number of years; and notes on the weather and summaries of meteorological 

 observations in 1890, at different stations in the State. 



Kentucky College and Station. — C. M. Mathews has been elected professor of 

 horticulture and botany in the college and horticulturist to the station. 



New York Cornell Station. — H. Snyder, B. S., assistant in chemistry, has 

 accepted the position of chemist to the Minnesota Station. L. C. Coibett, B. S., has 

 been appointed assistant in horticulture vice E. G. Lodemann, B. S., who has been 

 made an instructor in the Cornell University. 



Ohio Station. — The people of Wayne County having at a special election ratified 

 the proposal of the county commissioners to donate $85,000 for the purchase of land 

 for the station, the board of control will select the farm, and after the erection of 

 suitable buildings the station will be moved. 



Utah Station. — In a trial in which one lot of horses was watered before feeding 

 and another lot after feeding, the results favored the former practice. 



Queensland. — Bulletin No. 10, August, 1891, of the Department of Agriculture, 

 Brisbane, contains a report of agricultural conferences held at Maryborough, Rock- 

 hampton, and Bundaberg. The topics presented ki papers and addresses 

 were, Wheat and its Cultivation, R. Adams; Improvement of Seed, D. Clarke; 

 Dairying, B. Jones ; Dairying and Dairy Cattle,ProfessorShelton ; Some Reasons for the 

 Nou-Keeping Qualities of Butter and Cheese, P. McLean; The Orange Tree and its 

 Profitable Culture,?. Biddies; Tobacco Grow iug,S. Lamb; Fanning for Profit,Professor 

 Shelton; Tobacco Growing, A.Jones; Fruit Culture, J. S. Edgar; Canning and Fruit 

 Preserving, Professor Shelton; Silos and Silage, R. S.Archer; Grazing Fanns for Profit, 

 Mr. Beak; Insect Pests, Professor Shelton; How to Improve the Breed of Horses, J. 

 M. Murray; Durham Cattle, Mr. Peberdy; Mixed Husbandry, Mr. O'Shanesy; Maize, 

 V. Murray; Cultivation and Tillage, Professor Shelton; Flowers, Miss E. M. Young; 

 Fruit and Fruit Growing, Mrs. Maunsell; Cultivation of Cauo and Manufacture of 

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