NOTES. 



Alabama Stations. — Frank R. Curtis, county agent of Marengo County, has 

 been appointed director of the Canebrake Station. L. H. Moore, the former 

 director, is to continue as assistant director, and Director J. F. Duggar of 

 the College Station will act as advisory director in the experimental work. 



Arkansas University and Station. — J. Lee Hewitt, head of the department of 

 plant pathology since 1909, resigned June 1 to take up State inspection work 

 for the newly established State plant board. Dr. J. A. Elliott, associate plant 

 pathologist of the Delaware College and Station, has been appointed to 

 succeed him, beginning July 1. G. W. Hervey has resigned as assistant in 

 animal husbandry, and has been succeeded by S. R. Stout. 



Connecticut College. — The college closed May 11, as only 20 of the 200 stu- 

 dents registered still remained, the others having engaged in various forms of 

 military and agricultural service. 



Purdue ITniversity and Station. — C. G. Woodbury, horticulturist, has been 

 appointed director of the station beginning September 1. J. D. Harper, as- 

 sistant in crops in the extension work, has become county agent for Laporte 

 County. 



Maine University. — By May 9, 420 students had withdrawn from the institu- 

 tion for war service, about half for work on farms. 



Maryland College. — Special short courses in practical farm work are being 

 offered to women, beginning June 4. 



Massachusetts College and Station. — Despite the general policy of stringent 

 economy, the State legislature appropriated $40,000 to enlarge the power plant, 

 $33,000 additional for new equipment, $17,500 additional for running expenses 

 to meet the increased costs of labor and supplies, and $10,000 for maintenance 

 and improvement of the market garden substation at Lexington. 



Because of the war conditions, the elaborate celebration of the fiftieth 

 anniversary of the opening of the college, planned for next October, has been 

 postponed. 



Missouri University. — University students who enlisted for national service 

 in connection with the war have been given credit for the current semester 

 with a grade based on the quality of the work being done at the time of 

 enlistment. More than 550 students have availed themselves of this oppor- 

 tunity for service. The university has also placed at the disposal of the 

 Government any technical equipment and apparatus that can be of use. 

 Members of the teaching staff who take up work with the Government are 

 to be granted leave of absence during the period of such service. 



Recent appointments Include L. L. Alexander as extension assistant in farm 

 crops, Winona Windsor as extension assistant in home economics, W. W. 

 Langston as county agent for Butler County, and E. J. Trosper as district 

 agricultural agent for northeastern Missouri. R. A. Kinnaird has been pro- 

 moted from extension instructor to extension assistant professor of soils. 

 Charles G. Carpenter, assistant in horticulture, has resigned. 



Nevada University and Station. — The State has organized a committee on 

 food resources, of which Dean C. S. Knight of the College of Agriculture Is 

 chairman and Director S. B. Doten of the station, secretary. 



New Hampshire College. — By May 14 about 230 students had left to work on 

 farms. 



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