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Georgia Station. — A horse und uiule barn of concrete construction, 80 by 59 

 feet, lias l)eon completed. 



Iowa College. — A si>eclal convocation was held May 14 in honor of those mem- 

 bers of the faculty who had been in service for at least a quarter of a century. 

 The guests of honor were Vice-president E. \V. Stanton, in .service since 1874, 

 Gen. J. R. Lincoln, commandant, Herman Knapp, secretary, both in service 

 since 1883, A. A. Bennett, professor emeritus of chemistry, in service since 

 1885, and Dr. L. H. Pammel, professor of botany and botanist, in .service since 

 1889. 



Kansas College. — A new state law effective July 1 provides for the formation 

 of county farm bureaus for the employment of a county agent and other 

 demonstration work. A bureau must enroll 25 per cent of the bou.-i fide farmers 

 of the county under a constitution approved by the college and must raise at 

 least $800 for equipment. Bureaus complying with these provisions may receive 

 from $800 to $1,800 per annum from state and federal funds toward the salary 

 of a county agent and a like sum from the county funds for salary and expenses. 



Adjoining counties in the western part of the State may organize joint 

 bureaus under substantially the same conditions, and bureaus already organized 

 which comply with the requirements and provide the necessaiy equipment may 

 he utilized. The county agents are to be selected by the executive board of 

 the bureau and must have had at least 5 years' experience in practical farm 

 work. All expenditures are to be made subject to the approval of the extension 

 department of the college. 



A three-day meeting for the Pottawatomie Indians at their reservation in 

 Jackson County was held by the extension staff April 26-28. 



Nevada University and Station. — Some interesting results have recently been 

 obtained in the studies of certain biological questions connected with the life 

 history of Heterodera rudicicola, the potato eelworm. It is hoped that from 

 these a new method may be suggested for controlling this pest. 



The extension division is to revive the publication of Better Farming, 

 formerly issued by the station as a means of bringing it into contact with the 

 farmer. Many requests for the continuance of the publication have been 

 received and the station will have access to its columns much as in the past. 



Oregon College. — G. Y. Copson, now specializing in dairy bacteriology in the 

 University of Berne, has been appointetl instructor in pathological and dairy 

 bacteriology. 



Wisconsin University. — Ray H. Roberts has been appointed instructor in 

 extension work in horticulture. 



Wyoming University and Station. — Henry G. Knight, dean of the college of 

 agriculture and director of the station, Dr. O. L. Prien. veterinarian, and J. E. 

 McWilliams, acting animal husbandman, have been granted a year's leave of 

 absence beginning September 1, to be spent in study at the University of Illi- 

 nois, Northwestern University, and the Michigan Agricultural College, respec- 

 tively. President C. A. Duniway will act as director of the station during 

 this period. 



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