1916] NOTES. 97 



New Jersey Stations. — William S. Porte, research assistant in plant breeding, 

 and W. N. Cowgill have resigned, the former to become instructor in agricul- 

 ture in the Somerville, N. J., High School. John W. Bartlett, held assistant 

 in horticulture, has been appointed extension specialist in dairy husbandry 

 and has been succeeded by Ralph ^I. Hubbard. J. B. R. Dickey has been 

 appointed extension specialist in soil fertility, and William H. McCallum 

 state leader of boys' clubs. 



Cornell University and Station.— Press reports announce the resignation of 

 Dr. B. T. Galloway as dean and director. H. B. Knapp, extension pi-ofessor 

 in pomology, has resigned to take charge of the new state school of agriculture 

 of Schoharie County. 



New York State Station. — Governor Whitman has approved a bill appropri- 

 ating $30,000 toward the construction of a $100,000 administration, library, and 

 demonstration building. Appropriations have several times been granted for 

 this building by the legislature but have previously been vetoed by the 

 governors. 



North Carolina College and Station. — W. C. Riddick, vice-president and pro- 

 fessor of civil engineering, has been appointed president of the college. H. L. 

 Cox, assistant cliemist in the station, has resigned to engage in commercial 

 work and has been succeeded by L. B. Johnson, a 1916 graduate of the college. 



Results recently obtained by the division of animal husbandry at the Iredell 

 substation indicate that it pays to winter sheep in that section on open pasture 

 rather than with corn silage. The cost of wintering the two lots was prac- 

 tically the same, but the ewes wintered on pasture came out in the spring in 

 much more thrifty condition and had made four times as mucli gain. A corral 

 and shed were found to be necessary for protection at night and in inclement 

 weather. 



Ohio State University. — Beginning July 1, the work in soils is to be transferred 

 to the department of agricultural chemistry and the department of agronomy 

 will be abolished. The work in field crops will be maintained as a distinct 

 department. Dr. J. F. Lyman, professor of agricultural chemistry, has been 

 granted a year's leave of absence, a portion of which will be spent in graduate 

 work at Yale University. 



Applications for the agricultural correspondence course, offered for the first 

 time this year, numbered 6,348, of whom but 4,644 could be accommodated. 

 An enlargement of the work is planned for the ensuing year. 



Oregon College and Station. — At the 1916 summer school, 89 courses are being 

 offered in various college subjects, with 53 members of the faculty, as well 

 as outside specialists, scheduled as regular instructors, lecturers, and officers. 



At the Southern Oregon substation a study of pear blight resistance is being 

 carried on under the direction of F. C. Reimer. He is said to have secured, 

 with the assistance of other station authorities, the largest and most compre- 

 hensive pear variety collection in the country. 



The uniform marketing plan for horticultural products, suggested l)y the 

 Office of Markets and Rural Oiganization of this Department, is to be put 

 into operation in Oregon under the direction of the college, assisted by the 

 Portland Chamber of Commerce. The work of organization will be conducted 

 for the college by Dr. Hector MacPherson, head of the bureau of farm organi- 

 zation and management. The physical handling of the fruit and vegetables 

 will be in charge of Prof. C. I. Lewis. An active campaign is now under way 

 to enlist the growers in this movement. 



Pennsylvania College and Station. — Ambrose N. Diehl, of Duquesne, and A. W. 

 Mitchell, of Erie, have been appointed to the board of trustees, vice Andrew 

 Carnegie and William H. Walker. C. W. Larson, head of the department of 



