NOTES. 



CoxxECTicuT College. — William H. Hall, of Willington, has been appointed a 

 trustee of the college, vice William D. Holman, deceased. 



Iowa Collecje and Station. — James Atkinson, instructor in agriculture in the col- 

 lege and agriculturist of the station, has resigned to accept a position as editor in 

 Des Moines, Iowa. An extensive feeding experiment with cattle has ]:>een under- 

 taken by the station in cooperation with A. E. Cook, of Odebolt, Iowa. Various 

 rations are being fed to 11 lots of 20 steers each, and it is expected that the experi- 

 ment will cover a period of five or six months. 



Kansas College and Station. — At a recent meeting of the board of regents, J. G. 

 Haney, a graduate of the college, was appointed superintendent of the Fort Hays 

 Branch Experiment Station. G. A. Dean, also a graduate of the college, has been 

 appointed assistant entomologist of the station, to succeed J. B. Norton, who has 

 resigned to accept a position as scientific aid in the Bureau of Plant Industry of this 

 Department. A. T. Kinsley, assistant in the veterinary department of the college 

 and station, has resigned to accept a position as instructor and to pursue advanced 

 work in the Kansas City Veterinary College. He will enter upon his new duties 

 about September 1. 



Maryland College and Station. — The legislature of Maryland, at its recent session, 

 passed a bill appropriating $5,000 per annum for the maintenance, repairs, and 

 insurance of the buildings of the experiment station, to aid in the printing of its 

 bulletins and making exhibits showing the results of its work, and to contribute 

 toward its investigations on tobacco, meat production, and in irrigation. The agri- 

 cultural college receives $5,000 for the enlargement of the mechanical buildings, 

 $25,000 for dormitory accommodation for students, and $3,000 for renovating the 

 main college building. 



Massachusetts College and Station. — D. L. Cleaves has resigned his position as 

 instructor in chemistry in the college and has been appointed assistant chemist in 

 the fertilizer division of the chemical department of the station, to succeed S. W. 

 Wiley, resigned. Mr. Cleaves will enter upon his»new duties about April 15. 



Michigan College and Station. — J. D. Towar, formerly agriculturist of the 

 station, sailed for South Australia April 10, under a five-year contract with the 

 Roseworthy Agricultural College. Professor Towar will succeed the late William 

 Lowrie as principal of the agricultural college and professor of agriculture. A. M. 

 Brown, of Schoolcraft, has been elected secretary of the State board of agriculture 

 and of the college and station to succeed A. C. Bird, resigned. 



Missouri University and Station. — George M. Tucker, Ph.D., a graduate of the 

 Rhode Island College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, has been elected instructor 

 in agriculture, to have special charge of work in agronomy. He will enter upon the 

 position next September, and in the meantime he will carry on some investigation 

 work in the chemical laboratory of the station. 



Cornell University. — The winter course in agriculture just completed has been 



one of the most succe.ssful ever held at the university. Nearly 100 students were 



enrolled, the courses in dairying and in general agriculture being about equally 



attended. 



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