EXPERIMENT STATION NOTES. 



Alabama CoLLKtiK and Station". — A. J. Bonduraut has been clfotird professor of 

 agriculture aud agriculturist to the station vice J. 8. Newman, who has become vice 

 director of the South Carolina Station. C. A. Cary, 1). V. 31., forinorly of the South 

 Dakota Agricultural College ami Station, has been appointed lecturer on veterinary 

 science. 



Cai.ii'orxia Station. — The annual report of the director will contain accounts of 

 the work of the agricultural laboratory during the past 3 years; reports on culture 

 investigations at each of the five .stations in the State for 1891: articles on special 

 subjects and investigations; and rejiorts on insects, insecticides, au<l school work in 

 entoiiiolog\-. A report on viticulture w ill be issued separately. Investigations of 

 soils are l)eing made with special reference to the conditions atlectiug their hygro- 

 scojiic, capillary, and water capacities. The results thus far obtained go to show 

 that the last-named power, at least, is not dei>en<lent entirely upon the jiroportion of 

 cajiillary space or the size of the particles, but that other conditions, such as the 

 presence of humus, have their influence. Among special experiments the reclamation 

 of alkali .soil is receiving attention at the Tulare Station. 



Colorado Station. — F. A. Huntley, B. S., has been appointed a.s.sistant agricul- 

 turist. X. Andersen, assistant chemist, has resigned to accept a jtosition in New 

 York City. L. M. Taylor has been added to the station staff as stenographer. An 

 agricultural hall and experiment laboratory, costing about flO.OO^ is nearing com- 

 pletion. 



A breeding and feeding experiment with graded sheep has been begun, with a 

 view to ol)taining an imi>roved cross on the ordinary rancli ewe. Many sheeji owners 

 ha\ e been for years making crosses with the Merino breed, dwing to the increaseil 

 demand for mutton, it is thought by m.iny to be more jirofitable to breed sheep of 

 greater weight, even if their wo(d is of a ]iooi-er quality. To assist in working out 

 this problem the station has purchased one <lozen each of half-breed Merino and 

 Shrojjshire ewes 2 or 3 years old, all bred on the open range. These are being 

 bred to a 3-ycar-old typical Shropshire buck weighing 320 pounds. The ewes and 

 their offspring will be cared for alike, and the expense of keejiing them will Vie 

 recorded, as well as the value of the clip of both the ewes and lambs. 



Kknticky Station. — C. W. Mathews has become horticulturist of the station. 

 He is a fellow of Cornell I'niversity, being the first over elected to that iiositiou 

 from the agricultural department of the university. 



Nkw IIampsuihk Coi.LEiii;. — At the session of the legislature of New Hampshire in 

 1891 acts were passed removing the college to Durham, accejiting as an endowment 

 the Benjamin Thompson estate, valued at over $1(X),0<X). and providing $1(X).<XX» to be 

 used, with certain other sums, in the erectimi of buildings. It is expected that the 

 buildings in Durham will be ready for occupation by September, 1893. The neces- 

 sary transfers will be made during the summer vacation, and will not interfere with 

 the work of the college. 



Noinii Dakota Station. — W. M. Hays, B. S. A., fornurly assistant agriculturist 



of the Minnesota Station, has been appointed agriculturist. W. H. Whaleu, Ph. B., 



formerly of the New York State Station, has been ajipointed assistant chemist. The 



station has taken possession of new otlices and lalioiatoiies on its farm, lialf a mile 



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