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Arizona Station. — Recent appointments include Alexander McOmie, a graduate 

 of the Utah College, as assistant agriculturist, and Charles H. Clark, botanist of 

 the North Dakota substation at Dickinson, as assistant plant breeder. The 

 former will give special attention to dry farming problems and the latter to 

 alfalfa investigations. Dr. A. E. Vinson has been granted G months' leave of 

 absence and is at present in Berlin continuing his studies on the action of 

 enzyms in ripening fruits. 



Arkansas University. — C. Christopher has been appointed instructor in animal 

 husbandry. 



Delaware College and Station. — A terra cotta hollow block silo of the Iowa 

 type, 40 by 16 ft., and reenforced with one-quarter inch wire cable, is being 

 erected on the college farm. Herman D. Eggers, jr., assistant chemist in the 

 station, has resigned to accept a commercial position in St. Louis, Mo. 



Florida University and Station.— The equipment and apparatus of the station 

 have been installed in the new station building. This building is to be devoted 

 almost entirely to station work, with two rooms for tlie extension department. 



Fifteen school children's clubs have been organized by the extension depart- 

 ment in Alachua County, and several in various other counties. The depart- 

 ment is also actively cooperating in a state fair to be held at Pensacola, No- 

 vember 7-12, and in the various county fairs. 



R. N. Wilson, assistant in extension work, resigned September 1 to become 

 associate professor of chemistry in Trinity College, and has been succeeded by 

 A. P. Spencer, director of agriculture in the Fifth Congressional Agricultural 

 High School. Elk Creek, Ya. 



Georgia College and Station. — A. G. G. Richardson has resigned the professor- 

 ship of veterinary medicine in the college, and has been succeeded by Dr. W. M. 

 Burson, of the Bureau of Animal Industry of this Department. In the station 

 H. P. Lykes, a graduate of Clemson College, has been appointed animal hus- 

 bandman, vice P. N. Flint, whose resignation has been previously noted. 



Illinois Station. — H. P. Rusk, assistant in animal husbandry in the Indiana 

 Station, has accepted an associateship in beef cattle husbandry. Thomas 

 Bregger has been appointed assistant in plant breeding. 



Iowa College and Station. — E. W. Stanton, professor of mathematics and 

 political economy, has been designated as acting president. Percy E. Brown, 

 assistant chemist of the New Jersey Stations and a graduate student in Rutgers 

 College, has been appointed assistant professor in charge of soil bacteriology. 

 The associate professorship of animal husbandry made vacant by the resigna- 

 tion, previously noted, of Wayne Dinsmore, has been filled by the appointment 

 of Clare N. Arnett, instructor in animal husbandry in Purdue University. 

 F. W. Allen has been appointed instructor in horticulture. 



In the station Dr. Arthur W. Dox, of the Connecticut Storrs Station, has 

 been appointed chemist, and John M. Evvard. formerly of the Missouri Uni- 

 versity and Station, experimentalist in animal husbandry. 



The equipment in the new agricultural building has been fully completed. 

 The total cost of building, furniture, and equipment is about $375,000. Very 

 complete and extensive equipment has been provided for the instruction and 

 experimental work in soils, soil bactei'iology, farm crops, animal husbandry, 



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