696 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. [Vol 40 



The Territorial legislature, at its recent session, appropriated $5,000 for 

 buildings and other permanent improvements. An appropriation of $25,000 was 

 also made for an experiment station at Waimea, Island of Hawaii, but this 

 is to be operated solely under Territorial auspices. 



Idaho University. — B. F. Sheehan, assistant professor of farm crops at the 

 Oregon Agricultural College and assistant in farm crops work at the station, 

 has been appointed extension agronomist and State seed commissioner, effective 

 June 1. He will work with the county agents of the State in grain standardi- 

 zation and crop problems, as well as carry on seed inspection and testing. 



Indiana University and Station.- — The management of the various outlying 

 university and station farms has been vested by the board of trustees in a 

 farm director, who is immediately responsible to the director of the station. 

 H. J. Reed, assistant to the director, has been appointed to th«' position. 



The new barn which is being built by the university for live stork work is 

 rapidly Hearing completion. 



Cooperative arrangements have been completed between the station and the 

 r. s. Department of Agriculture for soil survey work. 



Miss Beatrice E. Habermann has been appointed librarian for the station. 



Iowa College. — The appropriations for the ensuing biennium were mate- 

 rially Increased by the last legislature. The total granted is $2,958,000, of 

 which $l,754,niMi is for the support of eollogo work. s7t;.''..noo for the support of 

 industrial service work, $141,000 for equipment and Improvements, and $300,000 

 f or a library building. 



J. B. Davidson, professor of farm mechanics of the University of California, 

 returns to the college July 1 as head of the department of agricultural engi- 

 neering. 



Kentucky University. — Dr. W. W. Dlmock, professor "f veterinary pathol- 

 ogy and bacteriology at the Iowa College, has been appointed professor of 

 veterinary surgery in the animal Industry division. 



Minnesota University and Station. — F. W. Peck has been granted leave of 

 absence until January 1, 1920, to take up cost accounting work in the Office 

 of Farm Management of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. William Boss 

 lias been appointed professor of farm engineering, chief of the division Of farm 

 engineering, and chairman of the agricultural engineering group. E. V. Floyd, 

 head of the department of physics at the Kansas College, has been appointed 

 associate professor of agricultural physics, and Dr. L. S. rainier, assistant 

 professor Of dairy chemistry at the University of Missouri ami dairy chemist 

 at the station, has been appointed associate professor of agricultural biochem- 

 istry and dairy chemist of the station. Both these appointments are effective 

 July 1. 



Oher appointments include G. A. Lundqulst as assistant professor of rural 

 Sociology; Norman J. Radder as assistant editor and assistant professor of 

 rural journalism; Forest \Y. McGlnnis as assistant professor of agronomy and 

 assistant agronomist ; 11. II. Knight as assistant entomologist in charge of insect 

 collections; ('apt. Norris K. Carnes, recently returned from overseas service, 

 as instructor in animal husbandrj : Miss Julia Olive Newton as assistant State 

 leader of home demonstration work; Martin .1. McGowan as extension specialist 

 in publicity work; and George I'.. Holm as assistant agricultural biochemist, 

 to be assigned to studies of protein chemistry in the station. 



Mississippi Station.— C. B. Anders, assistant in animal Industry at the 

 Louisiana Stations, has been appointed assistant agronomist. 



Missouri University and Station.- It has been decided that the lands ac- 

 quired under the Morrill land grant should be put on the market and sold, 



