NOTES. 



Alabama College and Station. — Dr. J. T. Anderson, professor of chemistry 

 and chemist for soil and crop investigations, died February 25, at the age of 

 67 years. Dr. Anderson had been connected with the institution for twenty-nine 

 years. Much of his station work had been in connection witli the fertilizer 

 inspection, but he had also studied for a long time the nutrition of the cotton 

 I)lant and had in progress an Adams Act project on the determination of the 

 fertilizer requirements of the soil by analysis of the cotton plants grown on it. 

 He had also been studying the factors affecting the application and insecticidal 

 efficiency of arsenicals. He was an early worker in the Association of Official 

 Agricultural Chemists and was an abstractor for several years from that as- 

 sociation for Experiment Station Record. 



Miss Madge J. Reese, state home demonstration agent, and Miss Mary Paxtim, 

 assistant state home demonstration agent, have resigned. 



California University and Station. — Four-year professional courses in forestry 

 and forest engineering have recently been established. A twelve weeks' short 

 course is also being given, beginning January 15, to help practical woodsmen. 

 The work includes theoretical training in surveying, log-scaling, timber es- 

 timating, logging, fire protection, silviculture, forest administration, trail and 

 telephone construction, English composition, grazing, and the work of the United 

 States Forest Service. 



Arnold V. Stubenrauch, professor of pomology and pomologist, died February 

 12. Professor Stubenrauch was born in New Orleans, April 27, 1871, and was 

 graduated from the University of California in 1899. In 1901 he received the 

 M. S. degree from Cornell University and for the next year was instructor in 

 horticulture in the University of Illinois. In 1902 he returned to California, 

 serving until 1905 as assistant professor of horticulture. For the next ten years 

 he was connected with the Office of Horticultural and Pomological Investigations 

 of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, for several years with the studies of 

 fruit transportation and storage, and subsequently in charge of the Office 

 until his return to California in 1914. He was a member of numerous horti- 

 cultural and general scientific societies and the author of a long list of publica- 

 tions of this Department, the California Station, etc. 



Professor Stubenrauch was most widely known for his studies of the 

 handling, transportation, and storage of fi'uits, which led to important changes 

 in methods, especially in California and Florida. He determined the funda- 

 mental factors underlying the successful storage of California grapes and dis- 

 covered the availability of redwood sawdust as a packing material. 



Georgia Station. — R. W. Allen has been appointed a.ssistant chemist, beginning 

 February 15. 



Kentucky Station. — L. B. Mann has been appointed assistant in the depart- 

 ment of animal husbandry. 



American Society of Agricultural Engineers. — The tenth annual meeting of 

 this society was held at Chicago December 27-29, 1916. 



One of the topics of special interest was the farm tractor. An inquiry as to 

 the Status of Tractors in Nebraska was reported by L. F. Seaton. Question 

 blanks were sent to about 550 owners in all parts of the State, and reports re- 



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