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Kentucky University and Station. — An agricultural barbecue was held August 

 20 at the couulry estate of Johnson M. Camden near Versailles, with an esti- 

 mated attendance of from fifteen to twenty-five thousand. Following an address 

 of welcome by Mr. Camden, addresses were delivered by President Barker, of 

 the university, and Director Kastle, of the station, reviewing the work and 

 opportunities of their respective institutions; a discussion of agricultural coop- 

 eration by John S. Sinclair, of Wisconsin, Charles J. Brand, chief of the new 

 Office of Markets of this Department, and E. M. Tousley, of Minnesota ; agri- 

 cultural credit by James C. Caldwell, of Minnesota, a member of the American 

 commission on this subject ; various forms of extension work, by Dr. Fred 

 Mutchler and Dr. Charles J. Evans, of this Department ; rural schools, by State 

 Supervisor T. J. Coates; state aid to agriculture, by State Commissioner of 

 Agriculture J. W. Newman; soil conservation, by Dr. C. G. Hopkins, of Illinois; 

 and the Farmers' Union, by R. L. Barnett. 



A demonstration course in the use and administration of hog-cholera serum 

 was held at the new serum laboratory August 14, and was largely attended by 

 veterinarians and breeders interested in this work. It is planned to give 

 similar demonstration courses at short intervals throughout the year. 



Beef cattle feeding experiments are contemplated at the station at an early 

 date, plans being outlined at a recent meeting of station officials with the 

 executive committee of the Beef Cattle Association of the State. L. S. Corbett, 

 assistant animal husbandman, resigned August 1 to accept a position as pro- 

 fessor of animal industry in the University of Maine. 



Maine University. — P. A. Campbell has resigned as professor of animal 

 industry to become manager of a large stock farm in New Hampshire. Recent 

 appointments include Earl Jones as instructor in agronomy; Bliss S. Brown, of 

 the University of California, as professor of horticulture vice E. F. Hitchings, 

 who is retiring as head of the department on account of impaired health ; E. N. 

 Boland (M. S., Iowa State, 1913) as instructor in animal industry vice Victor 

 G. Aubrey, who becomes head of the poultry department; and O. A. Jamison as 

 assistant in dairying, vice R. W. Redman, now engaged in extension work. 



Massachusetts College. — Edwin H. Forbush, of the State Board of Agriculture, 

 has been appointed supervisor of extension courses, P. H. Elwood extension 

 instructor in civic betterment, and A. F. McDougall, a 1913 graduate of the 

 college, instructor in charge of an automobile outfit which is giving demonstra- 

 tions from town to town of spraying, pruning, milk testing, etc. The college 

 fair exhibit is being materially enlarged. 



Michigan Station. — O. B. Winter, of the New York State Station, and A. K. 

 Hart, a graduate of the University of Michigan, have been appointed assistant 

 chemists, the former succeeding William C. Marti, resigned. 



Mississippi College. — James C. Olson, a 1913 graduate in agricultural engi- 

 neering at the Iowa College, has been appointed assistant in agricultural engi- 

 neering. 



Montana College and Station. — Under an act of the last legislature the state 

 university at Missoula, the college of agriculture and mechanic arts at Boze- 

 man, the school of mines at Butte, and the normal school at Dillon constitute 

 since July 1 the University of Montana, the control and supervision of which is 

 vested in the state board of education. R. W. Clark, of the department of 

 animal industry, has resigned. 



Nebraska University and Station.— Dr. F. J. Alway has resigned as professor 

 of agricultural chemistry and chemist of the station to accept a position as head 

 of the division of soils in the Minnesota University and Station, and has been 

 succeeded by F. W. Upson, Ph. D., of the University of Chicago. G. C. White 

 has resigned as adjunct professor of dairy husbandry to become professor of 



