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Connecticut College and Stations.— W. M. Esten, who has previously served 

 on both the college and Storrs Station staffs as bacteriologist, has been trans- 

 ferred wholly to college work. Miss C. J. Mason, assistant bacteriologist in the 

 station, has also been transferred to college work. Miss E. B. Whittlesey, 

 lierbarium assistant of the State Station, resigned October 1. 



Georgia College and Station. — In the college, Dr. L. M. Roderick, instructor 

 in veterinary medicine, resigned August 1, and F. H. Denniss, cooperative field 

 i'.gent in dairying, on October 15. I. W. Arthur has been appointed instructor in 

 animal husbandry, effective September 1, and W. C. Burkhart, D. V. M., instruc- 

 tor in veterinary medicine, effective October 15. 



C. A. Wells has resigned as chemist in the station, effective November 1. 



Purdue ITniversity and Station. — P. R. Edgerton, W. R. Palmer, and O. H. 

 Anderson have resigned, the first named to become a county agent in Illinois, 

 and the remainder to take positions as farm managers. S. P. Smyth has re- 

 signed as instructor in poultry husbandry. R. S. Thomas has been appointed 

 assistant in soils and W. R. M. Scott as assistant in farm crops. C. D. Kinsman 

 has been transferred to extension work in rural engineering and C. C. Cunning- 

 ham has been appointed in charge of drainage work. H. W. Gregory, assistant 

 in dairying in the South Dakota College, has been appointed assistant in dairy- 

 ing. F, H. Beach has been transferred to extension work in horticulture and 

 W^. H. Stevenson and F. J. Sutton have been appointed instructors in that sub- 

 ject. H. C. Paine. D. V. M., has been appointed instructor in veterinary science 

 and associate veterinarian in the station and will have charge of the testing of 

 commercial serums. 



Maryland Station. — Soil investigations under a special state appropriation 

 have been begun, with A. G. McCall in charge, P. E. Richards as laboratory 

 assistant, and S. W. Phillips as field assistant. R. L. Hill, Ph. D., has been 

 appointed biochemist in dairy research. 



Minnesota Station. — The station has recently adopted the policy of regarding 

 all research assistants who devote at least one-half time to work on station 

 projects as members of the staff. Under this plan the following additions to the 

 staff were made at the opening of the present fiscal year: A. M. Gurjar, 

 S. Sato, R. A. Thuma, and A. J. Wuertz, in agi-icultural biochemistry ; J. C. Gilli- 

 lan and Frank Robotka, in agricultural economics ; M. N. Levine, in bacterio- 

 logical investigations ; Samuel Graham and S. Marcovitch, in entomology ; A. W. 

 Aamodt, in horticulture ; G. R. Hoerner, in plant pathology ; and A. L. Anderson, 

 in veterinary science. 



G. R. Bisbee has been appointed assistant plant pathologist, R. P. Ingram and 

 Fern Pack, assistant seed analysts, and L. J. Hood, assistant editor, these dating 

 from August 1. 



Missouri "DTniversity and Station. — J. O. Rankin has resigned as agricultural 

 editor to become associate professor of agricultural economics at the Iowa Col- 

 lege, and was succeeded November 1 by M. N. Beeler, agricultural editor at 

 the University of Florida. A. R. Evans, instructor in farm crops, has resigned 



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