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Brown, previously professor of botany and forestry, and botanists in the station, 

 has succeeded E. C. Ewing, resigned, as the head of the department of cotton 

 breeding. A. Smith, wlio had charge of the station beef cattle work, resigned 

 December 1. E. Barnett, formerly of the South Carolina College and Station, 

 has been appointed animal husbandman. 



Missouri University. — Farmers' week was held at the university beginning 

 January 11, in cooperation with the State Board of Agriculture. Over 2,800 

 people were enrolled in the farmers' short course, an increase of 572 over the 

 previous year. 



Benj. F. Oeisert (Missouri, 1914) has been appointed assistant in agricultural 

 extension. 



Nevada University and Station.— Dr. H. E. Reid has been succeeded on the 

 board of control by Dr. J. J. Sullivan of Virginia Citj'. 



A study of the poison parsnip has been completed and its poisonous principle 

 Isolated. 



Public appreciation of the work of the station has been developing rapidly of 

 late, especially in connection with the increased attention to bacteriology and 

 veterinary science. These are of immediate interest to the stock raising in- 

 terests of the State, which constitute the most important phase of its agricul- 

 ture, and a reorganization of the station work is being effected which will 

 further concentrate its activities along these lines. 



New Mexico Station. — Francis E. Lester and M. O. Llewellyn have resigned 

 from the board of regents and have been succeeded by J. A. Mahoney of Deming 

 and C. W. Gerber of Las Cruces. W. T. Conway has discontinued the teach- 

 ing of agricultural subjects in the college to devote his entire time to the boys' 

 and girls' club work in the State. 



Cornell University. — J. B. Bain has resigned as instructor in animal hus- 

 bandry to accept a position with the Dairy Division of this Department. 



North Dakota College. — A new dairy building has recently been completed. 

 This is a two-story fireproof structure 84 by 52 feet, so arranged as to permit 

 of future symmetrical enlargement if desired. It includes a room for the study 

 of farm dairy practice, a creamery factory room for commercial operations, a 

 room for cheese and ice-cream manufacture and market milk handling, a testing 

 laboratory for 70 students, two classrooms, a reading room, and four cold stor-. 

 age rooms. 



Ohio State University and Station. — The new horticultural and forestry 

 building was dedicated February 5. Addresses were made by W. Paddock and 

 W. R. Lazenby of the college of agriculture, S. A. Beach, of the Iowa College,, 

 and F. W. Rane, state forester of Massachusetts. The building is a two-story 

 and basement fireproof structure of gray pressed brick, 250 by GO feet, and in 

 general appearance is similar to Townshend Hall, the agricultural building. 



About 1,500 were registered in the recent farmers' week courses, an increase 

 of about 80 per cent over the previous year. On February 15 the county agent 

 work was formally transferred from the station, where it had been developed^ 

 to the college of agriculture in harmony with the provisions of the Smith- 

 Lever Act. 



Oklahoma College and Station.— R. C. Potts, professor of dairy husbandry, 

 resigned February 1 to accept a position with the Office of Markets and Rural 

 Organization of this Department. 



Oregon College and Station. — The annual short course, offering 100 coursea 

 in agriculture, engineering, and home economics, was held January 4 to 30. 



The first session of farmers' week, held February 1 to 6 under the auspices 

 of the extension division, was attended by over 2,000 persons, mostly farmers 

 and housewives. The program included exhibits, demonstrations, and lectures^ 



