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and 20 conferences on subjects relating to rural life in Oregon in which most 

 of the live stock associations, educational bodies, and women's clubs of the 

 State participated. 



Dean Henrietta W. Calvin, of the school of home economics, has resigned 

 to become specialist in home economics in the United States Bureau of Edu- 

 cation, beginning in March. 



Seedsmen and buyers have been notified that the new state pure seed law 

 went into full effect .Tanuary 1. The state dairy and food commissioner is 

 responsible for the enforcement of the law under the direction of the state 

 seed board, of which H. D. Scudder, agronomist of the college and station, is 

 chairman. 



Pennsylvania College. — Over 500 persons attended the farmers' week held 

 from December 2S to January 2. More than 150 lectures and demonstrations 

 were offeretl. 



Porto Rico Federal Station. — George L. Fawcett, plant pathologist, has re- 

 signed to accept a similar position in the experiment station at Tucuman, 

 Argentina. 



Rhode Island Station. — Philip H. Wessels, formerly assistant in chemistry, has 

 been made associate in chemistry. 



Tennessee University and Station. — The comity court unanimously authorized 

 on January 4 a county bond issue of not to exceed $125,000 for the purchase 

 of a tract of 569 acres as an addition to the university farm. If this action 

 is ratified by the legislature, the property will be acquired and transferred to 

 the State for the use of the station. 



The Second Annual Midwinter Fat Stock Show was held at the station farm 

 ■January 25-30. The premium money was furnished by the Knoxville Clearing 

 House Association, in the interest of better live stock in Tennessee. 



Washington Station. — ^A project for a joint cooperative substation with this 

 Department to be located at Waterville has been approved by the board of 

 regents. E. F. Gaines, acting cerealist, has been granted six months' leave of 

 Absence for study at Harvard University. 



Wisconsin Station. — The department of plant pathology, which has hitherto 

 carried on its experimental work largely in infected fields over the State, has 

 been given additional plats at the station. Attempts are to be made to produce 

 a disease-resistant cabbage, a blight-resistant pea, and a smut-free barley. 



Wyoming University and Station. — Karl Steik, assistant professor of chem- 

 istry and engineering chemist in the station, has been given leave of absence 

 until July 1 to pursue graduate work at Harvard University. 



American Association of Economic Entomologists. — The twenty-seventh annual 

 meeting of this association was held at the University of Pennsylvania, Decem- 

 ber 27-31, 1914. Over 40 pnpers were presented, including that of the president, 

 H. T. Fernald, of Massachusetts. A draft of a uniform state law covering 

 nursery and orchard inspection was favorably considered. 



The next annual meeting is to be held at Columbus, Ohio, with the American 

 Association for the Advancement of Science, and a special meeting at San 

 Francisco during the summer. Officers were elected as follows : President, 

 G. W. Herrick, of New York; vice-presidents, R. A. Cooley, of Montana, W. E. 

 Rumsey, of West Virginia, and E. F. Phillips, of Washington, D. C. ; secretary. 

 A. F. Burgess, of Massjichusetts; secretary of the section of horticultural in- 

 spection, J. G. Sanders, of Wisconsin; and secretary of the section of apiary 

 inspection, N. E. Shaw, of Ohio. 



Agriculture at the British Association. — The last meeting of the British 

 Association held at Melbourne and Sydney, Australia, gave unusual attention 



