NOTES, 



Nevada University and Station. — A two-story brick and stone dairy building 

 is under construction. The first floor will contain butter and ice cream manu- 

 facturing laboratories, a cheese curing room, a refrigeration plant, and a demon- 

 stration room for separators, etc. The second floor will be devoted to lecture 

 and office rooms. 



Chax'les S. Knight, formerly assistant professor, has returned as professor of 

 agronomy and agronomist of the station. Frank L. Peterson, instructor in 

 irrigation and farm mechanics and irrigation engineer, has been appointed 

 assistant professor of farm mechanics at the University of California beginning 

 January 1, 1914. Dr. A. A. Heller, assistant professor of botany, horticulture, 

 and forestry, has resigned. 



North Carolina College.— E. T. Stoddart has been appointed instructor in 

 horticulture. 



Oklahoma Oollege. — According to The New Education, the State Board of 

 Agi-iculture has established a department of marketing in the college with an 

 initial allotment of $5,000 for its use. An important feature of this new work is 

 expected to be the grading free of cost of cotton samples. 



Josiah Main, instructor in agriculture at the Western Kansas State Normal 

 School, has been appointed professor of agriculture for schools. 



Oregon College. — It is expected that the domestic science wing of the home 

 economics building will be ready for occupancy February 1. This section of 

 the building will contain 3 laboratories with accommodations for 40 students 

 each, and 5 laboratories accommodating 20 students each. There will also be a 

 laboratory for experimental work and a basement cafeteria with a capacity of 

 200. For the present a portion of the building will be occupied by the depart- 

 ment of domestic art, which will eventually be quartered in the wing now under 

 construction. 



A new barn 122 by 52 feet has been added to the farm buildings group. The 

 lower floor will be used for housing beef cattle and fat sheep kept for stock 

 judging purposes. 



Sanitary methods of handling milk were demonstrated by the dairy and 

 bacteriological departments in the pure milk show held in Portland and at the 

 State Fair. The experts in charge tested samples of milk for visitors as 

 desired. 



Porto Rico College. — An apprentice course in general agriculture is being 

 offered in which the students work eight hours per day at manual labor on the 

 farm with from one to two hours special class instruction. 



D. T. Griswold, professor of animal husbandry, has resigned and was suc- 

 ceeded January 1 by E. G. Ritzman of the Federal Station. 



Utah Station. — A. R. Ballantyne, superintendent of the St. George substation, 

 has resigned to take up work in orchard surveying with the State Horticultural 

 Commission. E. G. Carter has resigned as assistant bacteriologist to engage in 

 commercial work and has been succeeded by Leslie E. Smith of the class of 

 1913. 



Virginia Station. — Rruce Williams has been appointed assistant bacteriologist 

 and has entered upon his duties. 

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