NOTES. 



Connecticut State Station. — Lieut. C. B. Morison has resumed bis work as 

 chemist. 



Nebraska University and Station. — An animal pathology and hygiene lab- 

 oratory is under construction. This will be a two-story building about 50 by 80 

 ft. The unit now being built will contain laboratories and classic. mis, and 

 two other units will ultimately furnish hospital Facilities and quarters for a 

 large number of small animals for laboratory work. 



Dean E. A. Burnett has been given leave of i for educational work with 



the Y. M. C. A. overseas Educational Campaign. During his absence W. W. 

 Burr, who has been appointed assistant director of the station, will s rve as 

 acting dean and director. 



E. R. Davis and J. \V. II tant pr< of animal husbandry and 



dairy husbandry, resigned March 1. the former to operate a farm and the latter 

 to take up graduate work in medicine, vv. II. Brokav* en appointed di- 



rector of the agricultural extension service vice 0. E. Gunnels, whose resigna- 

 tion lias been previously noted. 



Frank w. JudsoE and John K. Webster, of Omaha, have been elected regents 

 of the university vice Prank I.. Haller and Victor <;. Lyford. 



Nevada University and Station. — A large number of feeding experiments 

 Conducted during the summer and autumn with various plants have demon- 

 strated the poisonous character of several plants not heretofore known to be 

 dangerous. The problem of handling sheep and cattle on the public domain 

 range to avoid losses from poi80nOUS plants is concluded !o he much more com- 

 plicated than it first appeared. 



A new board of control has been elected consisting of a. B. Cheney chairman, 



Miles B. North, and Mrs. \v. II. II !. all of Reno; Walter E. Pratt, of G 



field ; and 1'.. F. Curler, of Elko. 



North Carolina Station.-— A series of spraying experiments of much Interest 



was recently completed. These experiments demonstrated that homemade Bor- 

 deaux mixture plus an insecticide will control potato blight and beetles to a 

 better degree than other mixtures which have been used, an Increased yield over 



the check plat of 50 per cent being obtained. Experiments have been conducted 

 both in the mountains on the one-crop, and in tl em truck region on the 



two-crop system. It is announced that the results have been widely dissemi- 

 nated and adopted by potato growers. 



Work recently completed in the mountains of western North Carolina show- 

 ing the advantage of winter pasturing of beef cattle is reported to have greatly 

 encouraged the raising of beef cattle in that section. Many farmers arc now- 

 taking steps to secure pure-bred stock, and legislation is being sought prohibiting 

 the roaming at large of scrub sires and otherwise encouraging the greater n 

 pure-bred sires. 



Clemson College.— Guy West Wilson has been appointed associate prof, 

 of botany and plant pathology. 



American Association for the Advancement of Agricultural Teaching. — 

 The ninth annual meeting of this association was held in Baltimore, Md.. Janu- 

 ary 7. O. A. Works, president of the association, discussed briefly some of the 



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