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chair of associate professor of <Iairy husbandry in the college. Prof. Farrington 

 will have his office in the dairy building at the university, and have under his care 

 the raanageruont of the dairy school instruction, together with such investigation 

 as will naturally fall to him. The building of the dairy school, hitherto in use 

 only during the sessions of the school, will now be used as a i)ractical creamery 

 tlir(uighout the year, purchasing milk from farmers, and making fancy print and 

 tul) butter, Cheddar cheese, aud pasteurized cream. 



Prof. H. L. Bolley, botanist of the North Dakota Station, will spend two months 

 at the college with Prof. li. L. Russell, devoting his time to the bacteriology of the 

 dairy. 



In Mai'ch and April the dairy herd at the university i'arm was examined through 

 the Koch tuberculin test by Drs. Russell and Clark, to note the possible presence 

 of tuberculosis in the herd. Twenty-five animals responded to the test. Twenty- 

 eight have been killed, of which number 26 were found diseased. The tuberculin 

 test properly diagnosed every case but one with all the animals slaughtered. The 

 lymph used was that from the Koch laboratory and this Department. The Depart- 

 ment lymph was found very satisfactory. 



Washington Station. — J. A. Palmer assumed the duties of horticulturist June 

 1, aud W. J. Spillnian those of agriculturist July 1. 



Wyoming Station. — F. J. Niswander, entomologist of the station, has resigned. 

 The work in economic entomology will be carried by the horticulturist, B. C. 

 Buffum. 



AuDUHON Sugar School. — So great has become the growth of the sugar school 

 that the»board of trustees at its last session ordered the erection of a new chemical 

 laboratory, cajtable of acconnnodating 50 boys. This laboratory is now in process 

 of erection. 



Technical education in dairying — an English example. — Under this title 

 Richard P. Ward, organizing secretary to the Cheshire County Council, describes 

 in Transactions of the Eu/hland and Agricultural Society of Scotland {1894, p. 312) the 

 Cheshire scheme of instruction in dairying. This consists of lectures given in vil- 

 lages, practical instruction in cheese-making aud butter-making given to classes at 

 farmhouses in different places throughout the country, and a ])ermanent dairy insti- 

 tute. The latter is located on a farm of 170 acres at Worleston, near Crewe. It 

 provides regular, continuous, and systematic practical instruction in both cheese 

 and butter making, as well as in the theoretical principles involved. The (5 months 

 from April to October are devoted entirely to female students and the other (i months 

 to males. Three sets of 10 scholarships, each tenable for 8 weeks, are granted dur- 

 ing the summer months, and 2 sets of 10 scholarships, each tenable for 11 weeks, 

 during the winter months. These scholarships cover the cost of fees and board and 

 lodging. During 1893 the institutes gave instruction to 135 students. "The quality 

 and value of the cheese made in the county has materially improved during the last 

 2 or 3 years. There can be no doubt that a great portion of tliis iinprovement is due 

 to the technical instruction given by the county council and the greater care now 

 bciing given to this important industry, through the special attention being called 

 to it." 



