EXPERIMENT STATION NOTES. 



Arizona Station. — V. E. Stolltraud, C. E., has been appointed ni«'t<M»rolor;iKt and 

 irrigation enginei-r, and E. L. Bt-ntou liurticultnrist. 



Colorado College and Station. — W. J. Quick, B. S., Ibnuerl}- agriculturist of 

 the station, has l)e«'n appointed director. 



New Yokk State Station. — S. A, Beach, B. S. A., has entered upon his duties as 

 lioiti< iiltuii.st to the station. 



Oklahoma Station. — A. C. Magrnder, formerly of the West Virginia Station, has 

 been elected agriculturist and horticulturist. The station farm has been surveyed 

 and the erection of Imihlings will be begun without delay. 



Pennsylvania Station. — The barn on the college farm was coiuplotoly destroyed 

 by (ire November 4. 



V'Eit.MoNT College and Station. — The facilities for instruction in agriculture 

 and the mechanic arts have been increased. A new building has been erected for 

 the medianical and engineering departments, and thoroughly equijipcd with appa- 

 ratus for instruction in mechanical, electrical, civil, and sanitary engineering. A 

 dairy 8<hool, o]>cning December 1, will be held for 4 weeks. 



The statitm has purchased a now farm near its laboratory building, and has erected 

 a dwelling house, l)arn, creamery, and greenhouse. The station is imw well equipetl 

 for experiments in botany and dairying. Purchases of registered stock of the Jersey, 

 Ayrshire, and Ilolsti^in breeds have been made. 



WASiiiN«iToN Station. — It is ex]»ected that tin- working staff' of this stati«iu will 

 1 rganized so as to cf>mmi'nce exi>erimcntal work during the coming season. 



Brazil. — The report for IWO oi the station at Campinas, of which A. B. U. Caval- 

 cauti is director, has Imm-u receive«l. It includes analyses of soils from the Stale of 

 Sao Paulo, analyses of coll'ee and an article on the culture of coffee in Bra/il, by 

 F. W. Dafert, Ph. D., notes on alfalfa and other forage plants, with analyses of 

 niiteoric wiiter, and record of meteorological observations. 



Halle, Germany. — J'erniirliH-Slutiun fiir Xrmatodeni-niilgung (\os\Tosio be j)ut on 

 the mailing list of the stations, and especially to receive all publications on ento- 

 mology and mycology. Its annual report will be sent in exchange. Address Dr. M. 

 Hollrung, Wurchererstrasse 1, Halle, Germany. 



World's Columbian Exposition. — A committee appointed to prepare rules to 

 govern the conduct of a test of dairy breeds of cattle, in connection with the Colum- 

 bian Dairy School, has submitted its report. Two tests of breeds are provided.for. 

 One of these is to continue 4 months, "1 month of which shall be devoted to cheese 

 making, and shall be carried on in connection with the Columbian Dairy School ; 

 the other shall be for 7 days, 30 days, and (»0 days, and be under the charge of the 

 sanu^ committee as the 4 months' test, but the milk may be handled by the l»reeders." 

 In the 4 months' test two classes of awards are to be made, (1) " for the best ilairy 

 cows, considering all commercial products and the value of increase of flesh ; (2) 

 for cows, her<ls, and breeds on the V>asis of the amount of butter or cheese made 

 Tluring the 4 mimths." It is reconnneiided that the testing committee consist ol the 

 superrutendent of the ilairy department as chairm.iu. one member ajipointeil by the 

 World's Columbian Exjiosition. ojie by the Columbian Dairy Associ.itiou, lour by 

 the Association of Americ.in Agricultural Colleges .and Experiment Stations, and a 

 representative for each of the breeds competing. 

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