NOTES. 



Connecticut State Station. — The general assembly has appropriated $28,000 

 for the construction of a central heatinj; jtlant and added $2,500 per year to the 

 maintenance appropriation of the station. Other appropriations for the bien- 

 niuni include !!;12,000 for the State entomologist, $40,000 for the suppression of 

 gipsy and brown-tail moths and nursery inspection, $1..'')CX) for bee diseases, 

 $10,000 for the elimination of mostiuito breetling, $15,000 for the control of 

 white pine blister rust. $5,000 for the State forester, $5,000 for the purchase of 

 forest land, and $9.(X)0 for the fire-warden service. 



Florida Station. — Recent appointments effective July 1 include Miss Mildred 

 Nothnagel, I'h. D., as a.ssistant plant physiologist. Arthur M. Smith as assistant 

 chemist, and C. W. Long as laboratory assistant in animal husbandry. 



Hawaii College. — D. L. Crawford, of Pomona College, has been appointe<l 

 professor of entomology beginning in September. 



Purdue University and Station. — O. F. Ilunziker, chief of the dairj' depart- 

 ment, who has been on leave of absence for a year to .study commercial butter 

 making, has resignetl to continue in commercial work. 



Iowa College. — Paul K. I.isher, associate profess<jr of animal husbandry, has 

 resigned to become county adviser for the Will County (Illinois) Farm Bureau. 



Kansas College and Station. — The station, assisteil by the OlRc-e of Cereal 

 Investigations, W S. m-partment of Agriculture, has made a complete survey 

 of Kansas to determine the location of imre see<l of the hard red winter 

 varieties of wheat. A circular giving the names <tf tlie farmers and elevator 

 men having the .seed for .sale is being prepare<l to place in the hands of farmers 

 and organizations in counties where the entire wheat crop was winter killed 

 and the seed will be nee<led. 



The s-taflF of the department of entomology and F'etleral entomologi.sts are 

 being organizeil to control the Hessian fly in counties where it promises to 

 injure the wlieat crop in 1918. The early and thorough plowing under of 

 wheat stubble, elimination of volunteer wheat in fields later, and planting 

 after the fly-free date are the recommendations being made. These practices, 

 however, are advisable in order to obtain niaximum yields, regardless of 

 He.s.s-ian fly infestation. 



Chas. A. Scott, professor of forestry, forester of the station, and State for- 

 ester, has resigned to engage in commercial work. Ualph Kenney, assistant 

 profes.sor of crops, has resigne<l to accept a commercial position in I'araguay. 



Dr. Geo. M. Potter, veterinary inspector of the Bureau of Animal Industry of 

 the U. S. Department of Agriculture, has been appointed specialist in veterinary 

 medicine in the extension division and entered upon his duties about May 1. 

 His work deals esi)ecially with hog cholera and contagious abortion. 



Appointments to fellowships in the division of agriculture for the en.suing 

 year include .Tay L. Lush of the Kansas College in animal genetics. lyevi J. 

 Horlacker of Purdue University in animal production. W. P. Tuttle of the 

 Kentucky I'niversity in soils, and W. H. Stacy of the Iowa College in crops. 



Louisiana Stations. — W. L. Owen, bacteriologist of the Sugar Station since 

 1908, has resigned effective October 1, to take charge of the research depart- 

 ment of a large sirup and molasses canning industry in New Orleans. 

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