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Minnesota University. — Science notes the appointment of Dr. E. Dana Du- 

 rand, former director of the U. S. Bureau of the Census, as director of the 

 bureau of research in agricultural economics in the college of agriculture. 



New Mexico College. — Dr. George E. Ladd, for the last five years president 

 of the Oklahoma School of Mines, has been appointed president and entered 

 upon his duties July 1. 



Cornell University and Station. — A new calendar year has been adopted by 

 the college of agriculture under which the year will be divided into three terms 

 of approximately equal length, except that in the summer, which will be some- 

 what shorter. Members of the instruction staff are to receive three months' 

 vacations, but these may be distributed throughout the year. 



The resignation of Director L. II. Bailey has been accepted, to take effect at 

 the close of the present university fiscal year, July 31. 



The department of plant physiology has been merged into a new department 

 of botany under the direction of Dr. K. M. Wiegand, with assistant professor 

 Lewis Knudson remaining immediately in charge of the physiological work. 

 The departments of farm practice and farm crops have been separated, with 

 Prof. John L. Stone in charge of the former and Prof. E, G. IMontgomery of the 

 latter. The department of horticulture has been divided into departments of 

 floriculture and vegetable gardening. 



Recent appointments include as professors Frank B. Moody, of the Wisconsin 

 University and Station, in extension work in forestry and H. A. Hopper in 

 extension work in animal husbandry, and as assistant professors Mrs. A. B. 

 Comstock in entomology and nature study. Miss Alice G. McCloskey in rural 

 education, B. B. liobb in rural engineering, W. W. Fisk in dairy industry, Ralph 

 "W. Curtis in landscape art, G. A. Everett in extension teaching, and H. B. 

 Knapp in extension work in pomology. 



New York State Station. — A provision of the annual appropriation bill passed 

 by the last legislature gives the station a fund of $15,000 for conducting field 

 and orchard investigations and studies of sanitary milk production. This will 

 permit of considerable extension of the station activities. 



Another act allots $5,000 for the investigation of lu>p diseases. In furtherance 

 of this work, three hop yards, including about 12 acres, have been leased near 

 Cooperstown, N. Y., and F. M. Blodgett, a graduate student of Cornell Uni- 

 versity, has been appointed associate botanist of the station to conduct the 

 investigations. 



R. D. Anthony of the department of pomology of Cornell University has been 

 appointed to succeed Richard Wellington as associate horticulturist. 



North Dakota College. — George W. Randlett, director of extension work and 

 assistant professor of agriculture, has also been given charge of farmers' In- 

 stitute work in the State, succeeding T. A. Hoverstad, who is devoting his 

 entire attention to commercial work. 



Oklahoma College. — John W. Wilkinson has resigned as supervisor of boys' 

 and girls' clubs to become editor of the Oklahoma Farmer and has been suc- 

 ceeded by T. B. Wortman. R. V. McBryde has resigned as poultryman to 

 assume charge of the poultry department at the Western Washington sub- 

 station. 



Ohio Station.— L. H. Goddard, chief of the department of cooperation, and 

 W. A. Lloyd, assistant in that department, have resigned to accept positions 

 with this Department. The following appointments have been recently made: 

 Duane C. Babcock, assistant in botany, J. W. Colland, assistant in foi-estry, 

 Charles W. Knudsen, assistant in nutrition, and F. L. Allen, county agent for 

 Geauga County. 



