NOTES. 



California TTniversity. — Dr. O. F. Burger, formerly assistant plant patholo- 

 gist at the Florida Station, has been appointed instructor in plant pathology 

 in the Graduate School of Tropical Agriculture at Riverside, and Alfred F. 

 Swain assistant in entomology. 



Kansas College and Station. — A country planning commission has been 

 appointed by the state board of administration to meet the needs of rural 

 communities. The board consists of eight specialists from the various state 

 institutions, of whom five are from the college with Walter Burr, director of 

 rural service work, as chairman. 



Recent appointments include the following: Dr. M. C. Tanquary, assistant 

 professor in entomology and assistant entomologist ; R. K. Bennett, assistant 

 in farm crops ; T. S. Townsley and F. E. Fox, assistants in poultry husbandry ; 

 A. E. Lawson, assistant in animal husbandry ; D. H. Branson, animal hus- 

 bandry assistant in extension schools ; M. W. Kirkpatrick, superintendent of 

 the Dodge City substation ; Irwin T. Bode, foreman of the forest nursery at 

 Hays ; and Miss Dora M. Otto, research assistant to the director of the station. 

 A. R. Losh, highway engineer in the extension division, has accepted a position 

 with the office of Public Roads and Rural Engineering of the U. S. Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture. 



Nebraska TTniversity and Station. — The registration in the college of agri- 

 culture exceeds that of any previous year, taxing the accommodations in several 

 departments. 



Dr. A. R. Davis has been appointed assistant professor of agricultural botany, 

 vice Miss Florence A. McCormick, resigned. E. L. Jenkins has been appointed 

 instructor in animal husbandry. 



Nevada Station. — Irrigation experiments have been particularly successful 

 this year, owing to the fact that practically no rain fell during the entire 

 summer, thus largely eliminating rainfall as a factor influencing the varia- 

 tions in yield. 



Tests of anthrax serum, prepared by the method of Sobernheim, have shown 

 the feasibility of making this serum by this method upon a commercial scale. 



Cornell University and Station. — The faculty of the college of agriculture 

 has been granted the privilege of electing two representatives to the state 

 college council, with the right to vote. The council is an advisory body, report- 

 ing to the board of trustees, and the faculty has previously been represented 

 thereon only by the dean. W. A. Stocking, jr., and J. G. Needham have been 

 selected as the faculty representatives. 



R. W. Rees, of the Massachusetts College, has been appointed extension pro- 

 fessor of pomology ; H. H. Knight, investigator in entomology ; and C. B. 

 Hutchinson, whose resignation from the Missouri University and Station has 

 been previously noted, professor of plant breeding. Dr. Donald Reddick has 

 been granted a year's leave of absence for special work in plant pathology at 

 Johns Hopkins University. 



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