NOTES. 



Alabama Canebrake Station. — A canning demonstration was held at the sta- 

 tion July 20, in cooperation with the State extension forces. The total attend- 

 ance for the day was about two hundred. 



Iowa College and Station. — George M. Turpin, head of the poultry section, 

 resigned June 30 to engage in practical poultry work, and has been succeeded by 

 H. A. Bittenbender, formerly in extension work at the college. 



Kansas Station. — A cooperative study to determine the value of sweet clover 

 as a pasture crop for dairy cows has been begun by the departments of agron- 

 omy and dairy husbandry. 



S. J. Pearce, a 1917 graduate of the University of Nebraska, began work 

 July 1 at Herington as field dairy bacteriologist for the station in connection 

 with a study in cream grading in progress at that point, in cooperation with 

 the Dairy Division of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. M. W. Kirkpatrick, 

 formerly superintendent of the Dodge City substation, has been appointed 

 superintendent of the Tribune substation to succeed C. E. Cassel, resigned. 



Minnesota University.^ — The university stock bai'n erected in 1SS6 was en- 

 tirely destroyed by fire July 18, causing an estimated loss of about $40,000. All 

 live stock was saved, but a considerable amount of machinery and supplies was 

 consumed. The cause is thought to have been a spark from a motor in the feed- 

 grinding room. 



Montana Station. — Ray S. Jones, assistant chemist, resigned May 1 to join 

 the U. S. Officers Reserve Corps. He has been granted leave of absence iintil 

 the end of the war. 



Cornell "Cniversity. — Dr. V. A. Moore, director of the New York State Veteri- 

 nary College, has been appointed major in the Veterinary Corps of the U. S. 

 Army. 



New York State Station. — Substantial progress is being made in the construc- 

 tion of the new $100,000 administration building, auditorium, and museum, 

 although it is regarded as doubtful whether it will be ready for occupancy be- 

 fore the sunuuer of 1918. 



Irving Rouse of Rochester and C. Fred Boshart of Lov/ville have been ap- 

 pointed to the board of control, vice Thomas Newbold and William H. Manning. 

 J. F. Barker, agronomist, has resigned to accept a position in charge of exten- 

 sion work in agronomy at the Ohio State University, and will be succeeded by 

 R. C. CoUison, associate chemist, on September 1. Mr. Collison has also been 

 granted a year's leave of absence for study, beginning with the next college 

 year. W. W. Baer, assistant chemist, has entered the U. S. Naval Service. 



Oregon College and Station, — A horticultural products building is being 

 erected to aid in solving some of the many problems of footl preservation con- 

 fronting the department of horticulture. Many types of drying and canning 

 equipment will be installed, including a modern evaporator of commercial 

 capacity. 



Dean A. B. Cordley has been elected chairman of the State Lime Board, which 

 is to obtain lime for the use of farmers. 



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