NOTES. 



Purdue University. — G. I. Christie, superintendent of agricultural extension, 

 has l)een granted leave of absence to become assistant to the Secretary of Agri- 

 culture, in charge of this Department's activities In remedying farm-labor 

 problems. T. A. Coleman, State leader of county agents, will serve as exten- 

 sion director during his .ibsence. 



Massachusetts Station. — Dr. W. P. Broolis has been granted leave of absence 

 as dire<-tor, on account of ill health, until September 1, and F. W. Morse has 

 been appointed acting director. James P. Bucldey, jr., and B. L. Peables have 

 resigned as assistant chemists, and Harold B. Pierce has been appointed 

 assistant chemist. 



Minnesota University and Station. — Francis Jager, chief of the bee division, 

 and C. P. Bull, professor of agronomy, have been granted leave of absence on 

 an agricultural mission to Serbia for the American National Red Cross. A 

 tract of about 30,000 acres of rich and practically virgin soil near Monastir is 

 to be put into cultivation by the use of modern equipment and improved seed 

 shipped from this country. It is hoped to relieve materially the food shortage 

 in the region by this enterprise. 



A. H. Benton, assistant professor of farm management, has accepted a posi- 

 tion as professor and chief of the division of farm management and rural 

 economics at the Manitoba Agricultural College, beginning August 1. Dr. 

 C. B. Lord, of the veterinary division, has received an appointment in the 

 Bureau of Animal Industry of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. Miss 

 Stella Palmer, assistant professor of foods and cooliery, has been appointed 

 chief of the division of home economics at the University of Arkansas, begin- 

 ning August 1. 



Science announces the retirement of T. L. Haecker at the close of the college 

 year, July 31. R. J. Garber has been appointed assistant in plant breeding in 

 the station. 



Montana College and Station. — The contract has been let for a new chemical 

 building to replace that burned in October, 1916. A 3-story structure 117 by 

 58 ft. is planned, with provision for a subsequent extension to a frontage of 

 160 ft. The cost is to be $107,000 exclusive of furnishings. The college and 

 station work in chemistry will be housed in the new building. 



A tract of nearly 20 acres has been added to the college campus, making a 

 total of over 100 acres. A permanent plan for the future development of the 

 buildings and grounds has just been completed. 



Nebraska University and Station. — L. W. Chase, professor of agricultural 

 engineering, has been appointed major in the Ordnance Corps, U. S. Army. 

 C. W. Smith, county agent of Seward County, and C. D. Kinsman, extension 

 assistant in rural engineering at Purdue University, have been appointed asso- 

 ciate professors in agricultural engineering. H. B. Pier has resigned as assist- 

 ant professor of animal hu.sbandry. John A. Luithley has been appointed assist- 

 ant professor in dairy husbandry. 



Oklahoma Station. — Dr. John E. Guberlet has been appointed parasitologist, 

 effective July 1. 



South Dakota College and Station. — Christian Larsen, head of the dairy 

 husbandry department, has been appointed director of extension, vice Gordon 

 W. Randlett resigned. 

 600 



O 



