NOTES 



. California University and Station. — F. T. liioletti has been made instnutor 

 in bacteriology and wiiio luakiug. 



Tho .'^tatiou has recently iiiiiiorted from France 30,000 pbylloxera-resistant grape 

 cuttings of rnpestris and riparia .stock, for distribution among the vine growers of 

 California. 



Florida Station. — The station has recently comiileted a small glass house for 

 proj)agating plants, and for tho study of plant diseases and insect pests. 



Kentucky Station. — Dr. R. J. Spurr, superintendent of tield experiments of the 

 station, died March 8. 



Missouri Station. — Mr. David W. May, M. Agr., has been appoiuted to succeed 

 Mr. C. M. Connor as assistant in agriculture in the station. 



South Carolina College and Station. — Mr. C. M. Connor, B. Agr.^ B. S., late 

 assistant in agriculture at the Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station, has ac- 

 cepted the position of assistant professor of agriculture in the college and agricul- 

 turist of the statiou, takinji," eft'ect February 15, 1897. 



Utah Station. — Prof. F. C. Sears, M. S., of the Kausas Agricultural College, has 

 been appointed horticulturist and botanist of the station and college, and has 

 entered upon his duties. 



Washington Station. — Mr. W. II. Heileman has been elected assistant chemist, 

 vice C. C. Fletcher, resigned. 



The third annual session of the winter school for farmers was attended by 169 

 farmers. The interest was greater than at any previous session. 



Cerma.v Agricultltral Society. — The eleventh general exhibition of this society 

 will be held at Hamburg June 17 to 21, 1897. These fairs are held annually, a dif- 

 ferent place being selected each year. The exhibitions of stock, agricultural prod- 

 ucts, and implements and farm supplies of various kinds are very large, and the 

 fairs attract large nuu)bers of agriculturists and fai'mers from all over tho German 

 Empire. The cash prizes oiiered this year aggregate about $25,000, besides which 

 tliere are a lar.ue numl)er of medals, diplomas, etc. This society is noupolitical, and 

 is maintained without federal aid. It numbers over 11,000 members at present. It 

 has head(iaarters in Berlin, where it occupies an entire building with its offices and 

 laboratories. It publishes a journal aiul a yearbook, both of which are valuable 

 publications. It does much to encourage investigation in \arious lines of agiicul- 

 tural S(ien< e. Tlirough the society members can purchase fertilizers, feeding stuffs, 

 and .seeds at reduced rates, and with the advantage of securing goods of guarantied 

 composition and purity. The transactions in these supplies are now enormous, and 

 this coiiperative buying has been extended to agricultural machinery and otiier sup- 

 plies. The society is a noteworthy instance of a successful co(>Y)erativo scheme in 

 the farmers' interests. 



Personal Mentio.n. — L. II. Bailey, professor of horticulture at Cornell Univer- 

 sity, has been awarded one of the Veitch silver medals " in recognition of his etibrts 

 by means of his lectures and writings to placu- the cultivation of plants on a scien- 

 tific basis, to promote the extension of horticultural education, and T)y 7iuuu»rous 

 trials and experiments to improve and render more prodiu-tive ])laiit8 grown for 

 economic ])urpose8.'' 



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