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South Carolina College and Station. — H. S. Hartzog, pres^ident of the college 

 and director of the station, has resigned to accept the presidency of the University 

 of Arkansas, vice J. L. Buchanan, -who retired on account of failing health. 



South Dakota Station. — Appropriations made at the last session of the legisla- 

 lature have enabled the station to purchase a herd of dairy cows for exjteriniental 

 purposes. Cross-jK)llination experiments .vith fruits and grains are being conducted 

 at the station. 



Utah Statipn. — E. G. Gowans, l)iologist, and J. A. AVright, horticulturist, have 

 resigned, the former to engage in the practice of medicine, and the latter to edit the 

 Itittr-mowitam Farmer and Ra)iclimai>, published at Salt T>ake City. W. D. Beers 

 has been made assistant irrigation engineer, and R. Stewart, assistant chemist. A 

 vegetation house has been Imilt at an expense of $1,500. P^xperiments on the 

 reclamation of alkali lands by means of tile drainage are being conducted near Salt 

 Lake City, in cooperation with the Bureau of Soils. Irrigation experiments near 

 the station are also in progress. 



Vermont University and Station. — Cyrus G. Pringle, of Charlotte, Vt., the well- 

 known botanical explorer and collector of Western American and Mexican plants, 

 has transferred his herbarium to the University of Vermont and State Agricultural 

 College, and has accejitecl an api)ointment as keeper of the herl)arium of tliat insti- 

 tution. The botanical library and herV)arium of C. C. Frost have also ))een trans- 

 ferre<l to the Same institution. These collections, with some previously there, give 

 the University the largest collection in New P>ngland, outside of Harvard University, 

 anil in (juality one of the finest in the world. W. Stuart, associate horticulturist of 

 the Indiana Station, has been appointed horticulturist, vice F. A. Waugh, resigned. 

 B. (). White, assistant chemist of the station, has resigned. 



Virginia College and Station. — John Spencer, D. V. S., has l)een elected pro- 

 fessor of veterinary science in the college, vice E. P. Niles, resigned. J. G. Ferney- 

 hough, U. V. S., has been appointed veterinarian of the station and assistant 

 professor of veterinary science. Meade Ferguson, Ph. I), assistant professor of agri- 

 culture, will have charge of the classes in bacteriology. C. W. Harrison has been 

 appointed assistant chemist, vice J. B. Huffard, resigned. 



Washington College and Station. — S. AV. Fletcher has resigned his position as 

 horticulturist. 



West Virginia Station. — T. C. Johnson, formerly a fellow in botany, has been 

 elected instructor in botany and assistant horticulturist to the station. 



Wisconsin University and Station. — E. P. Sandsten, of the Maryland College, 

 has been elected associate professor of horticulture to succeed E. S. Goff, whose 

 death was recently announced. George A. Olson has been elected assistant chemist 

 to the station. 



Experiment Stations in Formosa, Japan. — K. Haga, of the <lepartment of agri- 

 culture of the government of Formosa, who is now in this country, states that there 

 are in Formosa tiiree experiment stations under the direction of Inazo Nitobe, 

 M. A., D. A. S., Ph. D., as follows: 



At Taipeh, established 3 years ago, where exi)eriments are conducted with rice, 

 sugar cane, tobacco, and sweet potatoes. 



At Taichu, in charge of subdirector S. Aoyagi, B. A. S., established 2 years ago, 

 where attention is given chiefly to the growing of rice, tea, sugar cane, to silk culture, 

 and to cattle and pigs. 



At Tainan, in charge of subdirector H. Tojo, B. A. S., established 2 years ago, 

 principally for the culture of sugar cane. 



There is also a tea experiment station in Toshiyen. 



Agricultural Education in Reunion. — By a decree dated May 23, 1902, a com- 

 mittee has been appointed to formulate and install a system of agricultural education 

 in the primary schools of the island of Reunion. 



