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California University. — Uiuler the will of the late .Tames Ilorgan, an income 

 of ab(nit $2,01)0 a year Is to be available for the promotion and development 

 of .•ij,'ricultiiro, especially at the University Farm at Davis. 



Florida University and Station. — The resignations, September 1, are noted 

 of 11. E, Stevens as plant pathologist to become county aj;ent in Lee County; 

 and C. D. Sherbakoff, truck pathologist, to take up work with the Tennessee 

 Station. 



Georgia College. — With the cooperation of the Central of Georgia Railroad, 

 representatives of the college conducted about 200 farmers on a trip through 

 the cattle-producing sections of the Middle West during the latter part of 

 August. Many noted herds, several agricultural colleges, and the Chicago 

 stockyards were visited. During the last week in September, two trains carry- 

 ing several hundred farmers of south Georgia were conducted through North 

 and South Carolina to give an idea of how tobacco is cured and prepared for 

 market. There are now many new tobacco farmers in Georgia, the crop having 

 increased from 3,500,000 to 20,000,000 lbs. in three years. 



Headquarters for the State Farm Bureau Federation have been established 

 at the college, and a State-wide membership campaign for 100,000 members has 

 been begun. The organization work is being carried out with farmers as 

 organizers, but the college through its district and county agents is supporting 

 the movement 



The college opened September 15 with an enrollment of over 500 students. 

 This is the largest in the history of the institution and greater than the entire 

 student body attending the university ten years ago. 



Kansas College and Station. — The department of agronomy in cooperation 

 with the State Crop Improvement Association has inspected this year about 

 600 fields of Kanred wheat grown for seed. These fields aggregate about 

 15,000 acres. The total acreage in Kanred wheat in the State during the past 

 season was about 500,000 acres. 



During the past summer five new silos have been added to the equipment 

 of the main station. This brings the number of silos at the station to fourteen, 

 with a total capacity of 1,300 tons. 



R. M. Green, assistant professor of farm management at the Missouri Uni- 

 versity and Station, has been appointed associate professor of agricultural 

 economics and will have charge of the investigational and teaching work in 

 marketing. Morris Evans has been appointed instructor in agricultural eco- 

 nomics. 



Minnesota University and Station. — Fred Griflfee has been appointed as- 

 sistant professor of agronomy in the College of Agriculture and assistant in 

 plant breeding in the station. 



Pennsylvania College and Station. — The resignations are noted of D. S. 

 Fox. assistant professor of agronomy, on .July 1; W. S. Taylor, professor of 

 agricultm-al education, on .\ugast 15: and F. T. Struck, associate professor of 

 agricultural education, on September 1. Recent appointments include Carl G. 

 Vinson as professor of pomology extension, beginning September 1 ; Henry W. 

 Popp as instructor in botany ; and Donald Gray as assistant in poultry hus- 

 bandry extension. 



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