NOTES. 



California University.— H. S. Dadisman has been appointed assistant pro- 

 fessor of agricultural education in connection with work under the Smith- 

 Hughes Act Walter Packard, assistant professor of agricultural extension, is 

 giving instruction as to opportunities for land settlement to students in the 

 American Army University at Beaune, France. 



Florida Station. — Philip A. Macy has been appointed assistant chemist, be- 

 ginning April 21. 



Georgia College. — The attendance at the college for the year has shown an 

 increase of 07 per cent. 



A one-year specialized course in dairying has been instituted to meet the 

 needs of cities and towns for trained milk inspectors, and to provide managers 

 of dairy plants. 



The college is endeavoring to assist in the vocational rehabilitation of men 

 disabled in military and naval service. A considerable number of these men 

 are already being given training, and provision is being made for accommodat : 

 Ing a large body of them during the summer vacation. 



Idaho Station. — J. E. Nordby has been appointed assistant animal husband- 

 man, and will have charge of the experimental work. 



Kansas College. — The sixth annual short course for millers, bakers. 

 chemists was given by the departmenl of milling industry, beginning May 5, a 

 four-week course being off< red Instead of the previous two-week course. The 

 course consisted chiefly of practice In experimental and commercial milling, 

 laboratory baking tests, and various chemical determinations. 



Minnesota University. — The legislature has appropriated more liberally for 

 the university than ever before. Among the provisions authorized for the en- 

 suing biennium are $1,865,000 for maintenance, $365,000 from the one-mill tax, 

 $30,000 for the division of agricultural extension, $505,000 for the building fund 

 for next year, and $560,000 for the year following (this last item being the lirst 

 of the $5,600,000 10-year fund), and $32,000 for reimbursement on the Students- 

 Army Training Corps buildings. The maintenance fund represents a consider- 

 able increase, and will provide for comprehensive salary increases, averaging 

 about 15 per cent 



Nevada Station. — R. W. Wells has been detailed by the Bureau of Ento- 

 mology of the U. S. Department of Agriculture to carry on the project on biting 

 ilies of cattle In cooperation with the station. 



New Hampshire College. — The appropriations from the recent State legisla- 

 ture provided an increase of approximately $100,000, or 50 per cent, over what 

 the college has ever received before. Among the items In the budget, which 

 totaled for the ensuing biennium $315,000, are $10,000 for the construction of 

 beef cattle and sheep barns, $5,000 for the purchase of live stock, and $20,268 

 for extension work in agriculture and home economics. It Is stated that the 

 increased legislative support came after a thorough Investigation of the work 

 and needs of the institution, tirst by both the college and appropriations com- 

 mittees, and finally by the legislature as a whole. 



Tennessee Station. — Dr. William (J. Shaw, veterinarian since 101.". died 

 April I'."*. He was a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, and for live 

 years a veterinary inspector for the U. S. Department of Agriculture, 

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