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Colorado College. — Henry E. Dvoracbek. T'niversity of Minnesota. 1910, has 

 been appointed instructor in animal liusbandry. and B. G. D. Bishop, secretary 

 of the State Dairymen's Association, has been appointed professor of dairjiug. 



Connecticut State Station. — The station has made an exhibition illustrative of 

 its work at five of the agricultural fairs in the State, using for the purpose a 

 40 by 60 foot tent. Members of the staff were in attendance to explain the 

 exhibit to those desiring to examine it carefully. The exhibit was visited by 

 several thousand people, several counts showing between four and five hundred 

 persons in the course of an hour. Many of these were only curiosity hunters, 

 but there were a considerable number who were anxious to see the exhibit, to 

 learn what the station is doing, and to discuss practical matters with those in 

 attendance. Although the enterpx-ise required time equivalent to live weeks of 

 institute work on the part of the station staff and caused interruption of the 

 regular work, the numerous expressions of approval led to the belief that the 

 exhibition was very effective and ought to be made a yearly feature of the work. 



Georgia College. — Hon. George Gilmore, of Warthen, has been appointed to the 

 board of trustees to succeed L. H. O. Martin. T. A. Early, who has been in 

 charge of school-extension work in cooperation with this Department, has been 

 transferred to Tennessee and has been succeeded by J. Philander Campbell. 



Indiana Station. — Recent appointments include David O. Thompson, formerly 

 principal of the Winnebago County School of Agriculture and Domestic Economy 

 (Wis.), as extension worker in animal husbandry; F. G. King, of the Kansas 

 College, associate in animal husbandry, vice H. P. Rusk, whose resignation has 

 been previously noted ; and Clayton R. Orton, of the Bureau of Plant Industry 

 of this Department, as ass^istant botanist. 



Iowa College. — A breakfast-bacon special train was recently sent out. one car 

 being devoted to home economics work, especially the cooking of pork and the 

 formation of branch home economics associations. Another special car was 

 assigned to children. 



Henry Ness, assistant in zoology, has resigned to accept a position with the 

 agricultural school at Jonesboro. Ark. 



Kansas College. — The rural education department is sending out circular letters 

 and circulars to encourage the organization of companies of Rural Life Boy 

 Scouts. The plan is to form local companies wherever six or more boys be- 

 tween the ages of 12 and 20 years desire to become members. These companies 

 are to be in close touch with the agricultural college council, and there are also 

 to be county councils and a chairman, to be appointed by the agricultural 

 college. Monthly meetings are to be provided for, with a regular order of 

 business, and rural life camps of instruction for each company. The program 

 of the instruction camps will include games and athletic contests, contests in 

 judging farm crops and stock, naming birds, wild animals, fish, flowers, trees, 

 shrubs, etc., talks on rural-life subjects, and other features. 



The scouts are divided into three classes, according to their knowledge of 

 birds, wild animals, fish, flowers, trees, and other natural objects, the amount 

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