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dairying in the Connecticut College, vice J. M. Trueman, resigned to assume 

 charge of the dairy department at tlie Nova Scotia College. R. S. Trumbull, 

 adjunct professor of agricultural chemistry and assistant agricultural chemist, 

 has resigned to become agricultural expert of the Santa Fe Railroad System, 



New Mexico College and Station, — The new $30,000 fireproof engineering 

 building is being occupied. New trades courses are to be added to the curric- 

 ulum. A study of soil and water conditions in the Playas Valley is being 

 planned by the chemical department in cooperation with the United States 

 Geological Survey and the El Paso and Southwestern Railroad Company. 



The new oflice of editor of publications has been established, in charge of 

 J. A. Anderson, who is also secretary to the president. R. F. Hare has been 

 appointed vice director of the station. George Kable has been appointed as- 

 sistant in irrigation engineering, vice J. B. Stoneking, resigned. 



Cornell University and Station. — E. A. White, professor of floriculture in the 

 Massachusetts College, has been appointed professor of floriculture and head 

 of the department. Dr. A. C. Beal will continue in special charge of the 

 investigation and experimental work in floriculture. 



Miss Annette J. Warner has been appointed assistant professor of design in 

 the department of home economics. Vern B. Stewart has been apix)inted assist- 

 ant professor of plant pathology, in charge of nurs(iry disease investigations. 



Ohio State University and Station. — The contract has been let for the new 

 horticulture and forestry building, which will cost $135,000. A tract of 132 

 acres of farm land has recently been purchased for the university farm. 



Ruth A. Wardall has resigned as head of the department of domestic science 

 to accept a similar position in the Iowa State University. C. S. Plumb has been 

 granted a year's leave of absence, which will be spent in Europe. 



C. G. Williams, agronomist of the station, has been appointed to the state 

 agricultural commission, in addition to Messrs. Sandles, Strode, and Price, 

 previously noted. 



Oklahoma College and Station. — A new poultry building is being erected for 

 the use of both the college and station, and an insectary is under construction 

 for the station. E. E. Hall has taken up work in plant breeding. 



Pennsylvania College and Station. — The state appropriations for the ensuing 

 biennium aggregate $652,000, of which $420,000 is for the agricultural work 

 and $50,000 for a home economics building. The agricultural appropriations 

 include $275,000 for the maintenance of the school of agriculture and station, 

 $20,000 for extension work in agriculture, home economics, and vocational 

 training, $6,000 for tobacco experiments, $75,000 for the completion of the hor- 

 ticultural building, $20,000 for a dairy barn, and $30,000 for a stock-judging 

 pavilion. 



The increased appropriation for extension work will make it possible to hold 

 an additional number of farmers' weeks in various parts of the State. This 

 method of disseminating information has been found especially effective. The 

 extension department is also making extensive educational exhibits at the 

 county fairs. Two tents, each 30 by 81 feet, have been purchased which ac- 

 commodate the live stock and other exhibits of an educational character and 

 provide quarters for small audiences, so that short lectures may be given. 



The school of agriculture and station are to issue monthly a four-page cir- 

 cular giving facts of interest to the farmers of the State. 



The following new men have been added to the staff: Dr. F. D. Kern, of the 

 Indiana Station, as professor of botany and botanist; W. R. Gorham as assist- 

 ant professor of agricultural extension ; R. U. Blasingame as instructor in 

 agronomy ; R. S. Maddox as instructor in forestry ; J. R. Bechtel as assistant 

 in horticulture ; I. J. Bibby, assistant in dairy husbandry ; Paul Gerlaugh and 



