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and with scientists from the central station as cooperatnrs or advisors if 

 iitHvled. and (b) state-wide prol)lems. orjianized with central station men as 

 leaders, and with siil)station men as cooperators In case it is desired to nse 

 the snbstation as a tield laboratory for a i)ortion of the investigation. 



E. W. Major has resignetl as associate professor of animal nntrition, to 

 take ihai-.i;e of a large dairy farm in southern California. Stephen Anthony has 

 resigniil as chemist in animal niitritition to enter the Bureau of Plant Industry 

 of this Deiiartnient. C. W. Cehvaud has been appointed assistant professor 

 of dairy husbandry, etfective March 1. 



Missouri University and Station. — The 1915 legislature made a total appro- 

 pri.ititin (if .t;iOS.2(J.s for extension work. Of this sum, .$t>5,2().S goes to offset 

 tlie Smith-Lever federal appropriation, $35,000 is for county agents, and 

 ^.s.dOo is for branch short courses. Increased appropriations were also madi» 

 for the two-year winter course and the soil survey, and an appropriation of 

 Si:.j.(MK> for the erection of a new lieating plant for the buildings used for 

 u-achiui,' purposes on the farm campus. Apiu-opriations were made for the 

 tirst time for the uiniulenance of instruction in soils, entomology, and poultry 

 husbandry. 



Thomas J. Wornall and Charles E. Yeater wei-e succeede<l as members of 

 the board of curators April 1 by John H. Bradley. o£ Kennett, and H. B. Mc- 

 l>aniel. of Springtield. who.se terms will expire in 1921. F. W. Faurot has 

 been appointed extension assistant professor of horticulture and has been 

 succeetled as farm advisor for Buchanan County by E. \'. Crnndall. Other 

 iippointments include W. H. liawrence. horticulturist at the xVrizona Univer- 

 sity and Station, as profes.sor of horticulture, Addie D. Root, of the Kansas 

 College, as extension instructor in home economics and supervisor of girls' 

 club work, and F. E. Longmeyer as farm -advisor for Knox County. E. W. 

 Ivnsk. farni advisor for Audrain County, has resigned. 



Nebraska University. — H. F. Williams, of this Department, has been appointed 

 in charge of farm management work in the State in cooperation with .this De- 

 partuiiMit. K. R. Stafford and E. L. Godfrey have been appointed assistants. 



Nevada Station. — The recent legislature segregjited the quarantine and in- 

 spection work, the director of the station no longer being cbairman of the 

 state quai'antine board. The station bacteriologist has been made chief quar- 

 antine otHcer and all expenses of his ofhce are to be defrayeil from special state 

 funds. An appropriation of $2,000 was made for the use of the station farm. 



The new laboratory for animal diseases has now been completed and is occu- 

 pied by the dejiartmeuts of bacteriology and veterinary science. 



New Jersey Stations. — Science states that Dr. B. H. A. Groth has resigned as 

 plant iihysiologist to become director of the experiment station of the Republic 

 of Panama, beginning April 15. 



Cornell University and Station. — A plan of procedure has recently been 

 formulated by the dean of the college of agriculture with reference to the atti- 

 tude of the college to cooperative enteri>rises. The princii)al purpose sought 

 at the present time, it is announced, will be to ascertain the facts as to the prac- 

 tical workings of cooperative enter!)rises. this study being deemed essential be- 

 fore the making of specific recommendations. In no case, however, is there 

 to be particijiation by the institution in the administering of any cooperative 

 enterprise or the handling in any way of its finances or business. Thus in the 

 case of lime, it is believed that the college may advocate its use, give inform;i- 

 tion as to the best formulas, the time of application, and similar points, and. 

 under proper conditions, even suggest that farmers m.iy comliine advan- 

 tageously for cooperative purchases. This stage, however, will under the pres- 



