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at Barljado.'^. H. M. Thomson, assistant agriculturist of tlie station, has resigned to 

 take charge of a large estate in Thompson, Conn., and is succeeded by F. R. Church, 

 a graduate of the college in 1902. 



Missouri College. — The publication of a series of bulletins on Agriculture in the 

 Public Schools has been undertaken, in which it is intended to present in a system- 

 atic way for the use of teachers the principles of agriculture and horticulture. Two 

 bulletins of the series have been i)ublished, one on The Principles of Plant Produc- 

 tion — The Seed. P;irt 1 of this 1)ulletin is devoted to the processes of germination and 

 the conditions affecting germination; part 2, to the selection and testing of seeds of 

 different kinds, and part 3, to a series of simple experiments intended to illustrate 

 features of seed germination. The other bulletin belonging to this series is on Plant 

 Propagation — Some Phases of Practical Horticulture Adapted to Use in Public 

 Schools. This bulletin devotes a little space to directions for preparing window 

 boxes, and then takes up methods of propagation, describing and illustrating propa- 

 gation liy seed, cuttings, layering, grafting, and budding. A few lines are devoted 

 to insects and fungus diseases, and also some space to suggestions for growing kitchen 

 vegetaliles. 



North Carolina College and Station.— J. S. Jeffrey, of St. Catherines, Canada, 

 has been appointed poultry man of the station ^and assume<i charge of the work 

 February 1. Mr. Jeffrey was educated at the Ontario Agricultural College at Guelph, 

 and has had considerable experience in raising poultry, as well as in lecturing on the 

 subject. A bill before the State legislature appropriating $50,000 for the erection of 

 an agricultural building has been favoral)ly recommended l>y the joint committee on 

 agriculture. 



Oklahoma CollectE and Station. — R. C. Obrecht, B. S. A., a graduate of the 

 Iowa Agricultural College, and formerly assistant at the Indiana Station, has been 

 appointed assistant in animal husbandry in the college and station to fill the vacancy 

 caused by the resignation of J. S. Malone. 



Pennsylvania Station. — Leonard R. Cook, assistant chemist of the station, has 

 resigned to accept a position in Cuba. 



South Carolina Station. — Cooperative experiments on the coast with Sea Island 

 cotton, rice, and trucking croi:)S are under process of organization. 



Tennessee University and Station. — John R. Fain, formerly farm manager, has 

 been made assistant agriculturist in the station and assistant professor of agriculture 

 in the university. jMembers of the station staff have been cooperating with the State 

 department of agriculture in holding farmers' institutes. During the past three 

 years some 200 addresses have lieen delivered to about 40,000 farmers. Chemical 

 investigations now in progress with winter wheats from various sections of the coun- 

 try indicate that those grown in Tennessee show a considerably higher protein 

 content than from other sections. 



Utah College and Station. — R. W. Clark, formerly assistant agriculturist of the 

 AlaV)ama Station, has been elected professor of animal industry, vice F. B. Linfield, 

 who, as previously noted, has gone to ]\Iontana. Professor Clark entered upon his 

 duties in the college and station January 1. According to a newspaper report, the 

 State legislature has favorably reported a bill providing for the establishment of 

 three experiment farms, to be located by officers of the experiment station and under 

 the control and management of that institution. The measure as introduced pro- 

 vided for five such farms, but the number was reduced, and a corresponding reduc- 

 tion made in the amount of money appropriated. 



U. S. Department of Agriculture. — Congress has appropriated 81,500,000 for the 

 erection of a new building for this Department. The work of modifying the plans 

 previously secured, so as to adapt them more definitely to the needs of the Depart- 

 ment and to the reduced appropriation, will be taken up at once. Secretary "Wilson 



