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Connecticut Storrs College and Station. — ('. K. Graham has recently been appointed 

 instructor in poultry husbandry and poultryman in the college and station, respec- 

 tively. Experiments in poultry raising will be made an important feature of the 

 work of the station. 



Illinois Station. — J. W. Hart, of the dairy department, has accepted an appoint- 

 ment as director of the agricultural school at Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil, and will 

 sail for South America in March. Ira 0. Schaub has resigned the position of assist- 

 ant chemist in the station to accept a position as assistant professor of soil fertility at 

 the Iowa College and Station. 



Iowa College. — According to press reports, about 600 farmers, young and old, were 

 enrolled in the short courses in corn and live-stock judging, which were held at the 

 college early in January. In addition, several hundred others attended the courses 

 for one or two days at a time. The main attendance was said to be composed of 

 active farmers, who proved to be an exceedingly enthusiastic lot of students. 



Louisiana College and Stations. — B. H. Guilbeau has been appointed professor of 

 zoology and entomology in the college, vice H. A. Morgan, who, as previously noted, 

 has become director of the Tennessee Station; and Wilmon Newell, formerly State 

 entomologist of Georgia, has succeeded Professor Morgan as entomologist to the 

 State station. J. E. Halligan, of the sugar station, has severed his connection with 

 the station to accept a position with a commercial firm in Cuba. H. P. Agee, E. B. 

 Ricketts, and J. A. Yerret have been appointed assistant chemists at that station. 



Nebraska University and Station. — The college of agriculture reports 39 students in 

 agronomy, 40 in animal husbandry, 40 in entomology, 31 in forestry, and 26 in horti- 

 culture. There are 135 students in the 3-years' course and 149 in the winter course. 

 A great deal of interest has been awakened by the university and station through 

 the "seed corn special," which has been operated in cooperation with two of the 

 leading railroads having a large mileage in the State. These special trains in 14 

 days covered a large part of the corn belt. Experts upon tillage and seed corn selec- 

 tion talked to 19,000 farmers at the various points where stops were made. There 

 has been a large increase in the number of applications for farmers' institutes, and 

 more than 150 will be held this year. About 20,000 inquiries per year come to the 

 station asking for information upon agricultural subjects. 



New Hampshire Station. — Harry D. Batchelor, assistant chemist, has resigned, and 

 Albert C. Blaisdell, of Tufts College, has been appointed his successor. 



Pennsylvania College. — Andrew Carnegie has donated to the college the sum of 

 $25,000 as the endowment of a beneficiary fund, the annual interest of which at 5 

 per cent is to be used for the aid of deserving students, in such manner as the board 

 of trustees may direct. Mrs. Carnegie has donated a like sum, the annual interest 

 of which at 5 per cent is to be expended for the maintenance of scholarships to be 

 awarded under the direction of the trustees. 



Virginia Station. — Charles F. Holdaway has entered upon his duties as fore- 

 man of the dairy division. Plans have been completed for a new barn for handling 

 the crops grown in field experiments. The barn will be 44 by 64 ft. in size and 3 

 stories in height consisting of a basement and 2 floors. The basement will contain 

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