1917] NOTES. 695 



Louisiana Stations. — W. R. Griflang has been appointed assistant plant pathol- 

 ogist. 



Michigan College and Station. — V. M. Shoesmith, professor of farm crops and 

 farm crop experimentalist at the station since 1910, has accepted a position as 

 superintendent in the development of a 4,300-acre tract of land near Grand 

 Rapids. 



Massachusetts College and Station. — Dr. A. E. Cance, head of the department 

 of agricultural economics, has been granted leave of absence to work in co- 

 operation with the New England Committee of Food Supply, which is endeavor- 

 ing to organize a more efficient system of distributing food products. Miss 

 Lorain P. Jefferson, research secretary of the division of rural social science, 

 has been appointed acting head of the department during his absence. 



P. A. Waugh has been granted six mouths' leave of absence beginning April 1 

 to tal£e up work as consulting landscape architect in the Forest Service of the 

 U. S. Department of Agriculture. In this capacity he will visit many of the 

 National Forests with a view to suggesting means tc conserve their natural 

 beauties and outline a general policy for the landscape treatment of forest areas. 



Robert S. Scull has been appointed assistant chemist beginning February 1. 



Minnesota TTniversity and Station. — The division of agricultural biochemistry 

 has completed its organization and equipment for instruction and research in 

 plant chemistry. Opportunity is now afforded for graduate work in this sub- 

 ject leading to the M. S. and Ph. D. degrees. The research projects available 

 for investigation in 1917-18 include the strength of wheat flour, the chemistry 

 of resistance to disease in plants, the enzyms of fruits and their relation to 

 ripening processes, the chemistry of pollen, and protein investigations. 



The resignations are noted of J. Russell Winslow, assistant in the division 

 of agricultural biochemistry, effective January 31 ; E. C. Higbie, superintendent 

 of the West Central School and substation at Morris, effective July 31 ; and 

 F. J. Piemeisel, research assistant in plant pathology, to become scientific 

 assistant in the Office of Cereal Investigations of the U. S. Department of 

 Agriculture. 



Missouri University. — Recent appointments include Roy Hastings and Paul B. 

 Naylor as assistants in agricultural extension, and T. S. Townsley, formerly 

 assistant in poultry husbandry at the Kansas College, as extension instructor 

 in poultry husbandry. 



Nebraska Station. — R. R. Spafford has been appointed assistant in farm man- 

 agement. 



Nevada University and Station. — The term of office of regents of the univer- 

 sity has been extended to ten years instead of from two to four years, one 

 regent henceforth being elected every two years for the full term. The legisla- 

 ture made an appropriation of $2,000 for general running expenses of the 

 station. 



Rutgers College. — Under a recent act of the state legislature the scientific 

 departments of the college have been designated as the State University of 

 New Jersey. 



New Mexico College and Station. — Dr. George E. Ladd has resigned as presi- 

 dent and has been succeeded by Dr. A. D. Crile. 



The station has received an increase of $2,500 per year in its State appro- 

 priation from the recent legislature. J. G. Hamilton, assistant agronomist has 

 resigned, effective March 1, to become county agent in Valencia County. 



Cornell University. — A series of news notes for the use of the press dealing 

 with the use of our agi'icultural resources, such as the need of supplying the 

 staple foods, the increase of food production and elimination of wastes in 

 marketing, the development of home gardens, and the lessening of food wastes 



