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Alabama College and Statkin. — E. M. Wilcox, Ph. T>., formerly of the Okla- 

 homa College and Station, has been appointed professor of biology and horticulture 

 in the college and l)iologist of the station, vice F. 8. Earle, who, as previously noted, 

 has gone to the New York Botanic Gardens. G. F. Freeman has been api)ointed 

 secretary of the station. H. Harold Hume and H. A. Houghton have severed their 

 connection with the institution. 



Alabama TrsKECiEE Station. — Tlie station is preparing a set of nature-study leaf- 

 lets, to be placed in the hands of school-teachers. These teachers will l)e urged to 

 conduct a child'.^ garden in connection with their schools, and to teach something of 

 nature study in a practical way. Farmers' leaflets, written in plain and simple lan- 

 guage and dealing with the various phases of farm work, are being issued. The insti- 

 tute keeps in touch with its c(instituents by means of farmers' conferences held 

 monthly in different localities, delegates from these conferences being sent to the 

 monthly meetings which are held at the institute. 



Arizona Station. — John J. Thoriiber, A. M., has assumed the duties of Initanist 

 'of the station, filling the vacancy caused l)y the resignation of David (jriffiths, now 

 of the Bureau of Plant Industry of this Department. Mr. Thornber will ])e chiefly 

 occupied with the study of grazing conditions in the southwest, especially with refer- 

 ence to the administration and reclamation of worn-out ranges. He has been occu- 

 pied for the past four years with the study of similar problems in Nebraska. 



California University and Station. — A. M. dal Piaz, assistant in viticulture has 

 resigned, and E. H. Twight, a graduate of the Viticultural College of MontiJcilier, 

 France, has been appointed in his place. A. K. Ward, D. V. M., formerly of Cor- 

 nell University and Station, has been appointed veterinarian of the station. A dairy 

 school has been estalilished in connection with the college of agriculture. J. H. 

 Barber, foreman of the Paso Kobles Station, has been transferred to the station at 

 Jackson, while Foreman J. AV. Neal of the latter goes to the Paso Robles Station. 



Colorado Station.— An insectary is being built for the entomological section of the 

 station. The governing board has decided to reconvey to the State 160 acres of land, 

 formerly used as a portion of the Rockyford Substation. This reduc-es the substation 

 to an area of 40 acres, most of which will be leased. 



Connecticut Storrs College and Station. — President G. W. Flint an<l four mem- 

 bers of the college faculty have been relieved. H. W. Conn, of Wesleyan Cniver- 

 sity, has been appointed lecturer on agricultural bacteriology in the i-oliege, and 

 placed in charge of the dairy experimentation of the station. The latter will be 

 carried on in part at Storrs and in part at the biological laboratory of Wesleyan 

 University. 



Delaware College and Station.— C. P. Close, formerly of the Utah College and 

 Station, has been appointed liorticulturist to succeed G. Harold Powell. The latter 

 has become assistant pomologist in this Department, vice W. A. Taylor, who has 

 been promoted to liave charge of the Held experiments in i)omology. 



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