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about 1 per cent of burrows in coffee leaves at the station contain living Gemiostoma 

 larva-, while evidence of larvae or pupae of the parasite is found in about 25 per cent 

 of the leaves. A bacterial, or possibly fungus, disease of the Gemiostoma larva- is 

 also apparent; a large percentage of the burrows contain dead larva- of all sizes. It 

 is estimated that the leaf miner destroyed •"> to in per cent of the Island's coffee crop 

 in 1903. Recent additions to the collection of bananas and plantains now growing 

 on the station grounds bring the list up to about 65 named varieties. The Tanier 

 (Xanthosoma) collection now contains over 40 named varieties. Over 20 kinds of 

 yams (Dioscorea) are being tested. 



Rhode Island College and Station. — The college, through its extension work, is plan- 

 ning to make special effort this fall and winter to increase its usefulness by sending 

 members of its faculty to different parts of the State, where needed, to deliver lectures 

 on various horticultural subjects. Matthew Steel, of New Mexico, recently scientific 

 aid in the Office of Experiment Stations, has been appointed assistant chemist in the 

 station. 



Vermont University and Station. — The State legislature has appropriated $60,000 

 for the erection and equipment of an agricultural building, which has been greatly 

 needed by the agricultural department of the university and the experiment station. 

 It is planned to spend about 850,000 on the building, leaving $10,000 for the equip- 

 ment of the offices, class rooms, and laboratories. 



Virginia College and Station. — Laboratory equipment for studies in bacteriology, 

 and for the preparation of cultures for the inoculation of various legumes lias been 

 ordered. Investigations along this line will be conducted by Dr. Meade Ferguson, 

 bacteriologist of the station. Some important work has been undertaken by the 

 veterinary department looking to the isolation of germs of a disease which has 

 proved very destructive to some classes of live stock in this State. It is believed to 

 be caused by a new and distinct organism. The station staff is cooperating with the 

 State board of agriculture in holding institutes in various parts of the State. The 

 college made an elaborate exhibit of live stock at the State Fair at Roanoke, and 

 also at Radford. Representative herds of Shorthorn, Hereford, Aberdeen Angus, 

 Holstein-Fresian. Jersey, and < iuernsey were shown. Plans have been completed 

 for a new cattle feeding barn, lot) ft. long and 40 ft. wide. This barn will be erected 

 immediately, and will provide shelter for 100 head of cattle. It is designed especially 

 for experimental purposes. 



Arlington Experimental Farm. — An implement storage building 36 by 100 ft. and 

 tw< i stories high has been c< impleted. The basement will be used for the cold storage 

 of nursery stock and the second floor as a carpenter room. Attached to the same 

 building is a boiler house 30 by 40 ft., which has just been completed. This will be 

 the central beating plant for all of the buildings on the place. The foundations for 

 two greenhouses, each 20 by 100 ft., have been laid. This is the beginning of a bank 

 of about 10 bouses which it is proposed to build. 



Central Experiment Station of Cuba. — The staff of this station as at present organized 

 is as follows: F. S. Earle, director; N. S. Mayo (formerly of the Kansas station), 

 vice director and chief of the department of animal industry; C. F. Baker, chief of 

 the department of botany; M. T Cook, chief of the department of plant pathology; 

 F. Cruz, chief of the department of agriculture- and G. F. Austin ( formerly of the 

 Maryland station), chief of the department of horticulture. The chief of the depart- 

 ment of chemistry lias not yet been selected. In addition to the regular assistants, 

 student assistants are also employed in the various departments. The station has 

 no board of control, but is directly responsible to the Secretary of Agriculture. Dr. 

 Mayo was present at the Des Moines meeting of the Association of American Agri- 

 cultural Colleges and Experiment Stations, as a representative of the station, and 

 expressed himself as much impressed with the opportunities for work of great use- 

 fulness. The grounds of the station are now being put in order, and chemical, 



