1140 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Louisiana University and Station. — B. C. Pittuck, adjunct professor of agriculture, 

 has resigned. Contracts have been let for rebuilding the farm residence and a 

 library and office building at the North Louisiana Station, Calhoun. These are to 

 replace the buildings lost by fire last fall. The station at Baton Rouge has received 

 a carload of high-grade Hereford cattle from Texas for feeding experiments. They 

 will be carried on pasture during the summer, and the feeding will begin at the 

 approach of cool weather. Some experiments in the use of soiling crops for the pro- 

 duction of beef are just being started. R. L. Menville and A. B. Joffrion have been 

 added to the station staff as chemists. Both graduated at the State University in 

 June this year. The director of the stations, W. R. Dodson, has delivered a series 

 of lectures at the various summer normal schools for teachers. Elementary agricul- 

 ture will he taught in the public schools the coming session, and a good deal of inter- 

 est in the subject is being manifested by the teachers. 



Maine University and Station. — S. X. Spring, of the department of forestry in the 

 university, has resigned to enter the Forest Service of this Department. .Miss Bessie 

 <i. Leeds, P>. S., of Minnesota, has been appointed general assistant to the station. 

 Her duties will be chiefly in connection with the seed and food inspections, and will 

 begin September first. 



Michigan College and Station. — The State legislature has removed the limitation to 

 the amount which the college may receive under the one-tenth of a mill tax. Under 

 a former law the amount was limited to $100,000 per year, and the removal of this 

 restriction will increase the annual revenue of the college from this source §57,000 a 

 year on the present valuation. 



An appropriation of $55,000 was made to replace Wells Hall, which was destroyed 

 l>y fire during the winter. The new building will be 3 stories in height and 

 approximately 240 ft. long. It will have dining rooms in the basement, students' 

 rooms on the next two floors, and society rooms above. Twenty thousand dollars 

 was appropriated for the purchase of live stock and additions to the equipment of 

 the animal industry department. At least $2,000 is to be spent for poultry. The 

 campus having been extended to the vicinity of the barns, an appropriation of 

 $10,000 was made to move the latter southward to high ground near the Red Cedar 

 River. The Upper Peninsula Substation received an appropriation of $9,000 for new 

 buildings and additions to equipment. 



Andrew J. Patten, assistant chemist at the Xew York State Station, has been 

 appointed chemist to succeed Floyd W. Robison, who was recently appointed chem- 

 ist of the State dairy and food commission. The membership of the board of agri- 

 culture has been increased to seven, and the upper peninsula of the State is to be 

 represented on the board. 



Minnesota Station. — A. C. Parker and A. I). Wilson have been appointed assistants 

 in agriculture in the station. 



Missouri Station. — (i. I. Reeves, assistant entomologist, has resigned to accept a 

 position in the Bureau of Entomology of this Department. He is succeeded by Cyrus 

 R. Crosby. 



Nebraska University and Station. — Samuel Avery, chemist to the station, has been 

 elected to the chair of chemistry in the university. He will retain his connection 

 with the station. 



New Hampshire Station. — Albert C. Blaisdell, assistant chemist, has resigned to 

 accept a position with the Solar Refining Company, Lima, Ohio. Edward H. Good- 

 now has been appointed to the vacancy. 



New Jersey Stations. — Louis A. Voorhees, for many years connected with the chem- 

 ical department of the station, and for several years past chief chemist, has resigned. 

 He is succeeded in that position by John P. Street, formerly associate chemist. G. F. 

 Warren has been appointed horticulturist. 



New York State Station. — William E. Tottingham, instructor in chemistry at the 



