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Rhode Island College. — By May S approximately half the students had left 

 the college for agricultural work. The college is cultivating about 300 acres of 

 additional land. 



South Dakota Station. — As a result of experiments conducted by the depart- 

 ment of chemistry during the past 20 years, it is expected that sugar beet fac- 

 tories will soon be established in both the eastern and the western part of the 

 State. Information from western South Dakota, where sugar beets are being 

 raised on a large scale, shows that the price of land has greatly increased. 

 The loss of so many sugar factories in Belgium and France is reported aa 

 stimulating efforts to produce more sugar in this country. 



In an experiment to determine the best time to cut corn for the silo, steers 

 fed an exclusive ration of the silage, cut at four different periods, gained 

 during 148 days over 2 lbs. per head daily. In an experiment in breeding sheep, 

 the wool from half-blood Siberians or half-blood fat rump sheep brought as 

 much in the market as wool from the pure-bred Down breeds. 



Texas College and Station. — Provision has been made by the legislature for 

 establishing a third junior agricultural college, to be known as the Northeast 

 Texas Agricultural College. An appropriation of $250,000 has been made for 

 its establishment and maintenance. The board of directors of the State A. and 

 M. College is given control over the institution. 



State appropriations have also been made for the station and substations 

 aggregating $225,095.34 for the year beginnng September 1, and $181,270.40 

 for the following year. 



TTtah College and Station. — Recent appointments include* Dr. M. C. Merrill as 

 professor of horticulture and horticulturist, Bervard Nichols as assistant in 

 plant pathology', J. H. Wittwer and Horace Argyle as agricultural demonstrators 

 for Uinta and San Juan counties respectively, and L. M. Price as assistant 

 demonstrator for Weber County. George Stewart has been made assistant 

 professor of agronomy in the college and assistant agronomist of the station, 

 and H. R. Hagan, assistant professor of zoology and entomology in the college 

 and associate entomologist in the station. W. E. Goodspeed, assistant horti- 

 culturist, has resigned to engage in commercial work. 



Vermont University. — Following a general exodus for war service, only about 

 15 students were left by May 14 in the agricultural courses. 



Virginia Station. — A. A. Ingham, assi.stant horticulturist, died June 13. 



Washington Station. — Geo. Severance, agriculturist, was appointed acting 

 director May 1. C. A. Thompson has been appointed assistant in soils and 

 assigned to the dry land substation at Lind. O. E. Barbee has been appointed 

 assistant in farm crops. C. B. Sprague resigned May 1 as assistant horticul- 

 turist to accept the position of county agriculturist of Kitsap County. 



Wisconsin University and Station. — Dr. E. V. McCullom, professor of agri- 

 cultural chemistry and agricultural chemist, has been appointed professor of 

 biological chemistry at the new school of hygiene and public health at the Johns 

 Hopkins University. Miss Nina Simmonds and Walter Pitz, assistants, have 

 also accepted appointments in the same institution. 



The recent death is noted of Carl D. Livingston, assistant professor of agri- 

 cultural engineering. Professor Livingston was a 1914 graduate of the Uni- 

 versity of Washington, with a year's graduate work in agricultural engineering 

 at the Ohio State University. His service at the University of Wisconsin began 

 in 1915 at the forest products research laboratory. His work in the college of 

 agriculture had dealt especially with tests of land clearing methods and 

 apparatus. 



Wyoming University. — Dean H. G. Knight has been made chairman of the 

 State Council for National Defense, organized April 17. Every county in the 



