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its head. The work to be developed will deal principally with questions of 

 preserving fruits and vegetables, utilizing by-products which have formerly 

 been wasted, and the like. 



Benjamin G. Southwich, of the Connecticut College, has been appointed 

 demonstrator of farm management, vice Wesley H. Bronson now in war service. 

 Daniel J. Lewis has been appointed assistant to the director of extension serv- 

 ice. Harry R. Francis, of the forestry department of Syracuse University, has 

 been appointed garden supervisor, and Wm. F. Howe, assistant in the direction 

 of boys' and girls' club work. A. S. Thomson, assistant professor of market 

 gardening, has been elected superintendent of schools for a group of towns in 

 Franklin County. 



Michigan College and Station. — Vocational teacher training in agriculture and 

 home economics was begun in March under the provisions of the Smith-Hughes 

 Law. E. L. Grober has been appointed in charge of agricultural teacher train- 

 ing work, and Miss Elizabeth Frazer in home economics. 



The botanical laboratory has been named the Beal Botanical Laboratory in 

 honor of Dr. W. J. Beal, professor emeritus. 



L. H. Cooledge, assistant professor and research associate in bacteriology, 

 and I. F. Huddleson, research assistant in bacteriology, have enlisted in the 

 Army Medical Corps. Miss L. Zae Northrop and Dr. E. T. Hallman have been 

 appointed research associates in bacteriology. Chas. Robinson, chemist of the 

 station, C. F. Murphy, graduate assistant in plant physiology, B. E. French and 

 T. E. Friedemann, instructors in chemistry, and J. Frank Morgan, research 

 assistant in bacteriology, have been granted leave of absence for military serv- 

 ice. Ray Nelson has been appointed research associate in plant pathology, vice 

 J. H. Muncie. Everett Doherty, instructor in agricultural chemistry at the 

 Oregon College, has been appointed assistant professor of chemistry beginning 

 next September. Dr. W. L. Chandler, instructor in parasitology at Cornell 

 University, has been appointed research associate in enlomologj- in the station, 

 vice Dr. G. D. Shafer. 



A short course in tractor management recently held reached an attendance 

 of 135. 



Missouri University and Station. — Benjamin W. Tillman, of the Soil Survey 

 of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, has been appointed extension assistant 

 professor of soils beginning June 1. F. W. Faurot, extension assistant profes- 

 sor of horticulture, has resigned. A. H. Hollinger, instructor in entomology 

 and deputy inspector of nurseries, was succeeded April 4 by K. C. Sullivan. 

 J. L. Stadler and Cannon C. Hearne have been appointed assistants in farm 

 crops. 



Nebraska "University and Station. — J. W. Rovner has been appointed assist- 

 ant professor of dairy husltandry. Elliott Davis has been appointed assistant 

 professor of animal husbandry, vice H. B. Pier, resigned. B. L. Jenkins, 

 assistant professor of animal husbandry, is on leave of absence for Army 

 service, and B. H. Thompson has resigned as instructor of dairy hubandry 

 for the same purpose. H. M. Plum has resigned as professor of agi'icultural 

 chemistry to take up chemical work in connection with war industries. 



New Jersey College and Stations. — Two courses in farm tractor operation, 

 continuing for two weeks each, were given at the college during March. 



Experiments in the use of fertilizers on potatoes have been begun in coopera- 

 tion with the State potato association. The department of entomology is 

 making detailed maps of the area infested by the Japanese beetle, with a view 

 to attempting its extermination. 



The Slate seed laboratory has been unusually active in making analyses 

 for persons interested in particular lots of seeds. Large numbers of sam- 



