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California University. — From 452 replies to a questionaii*e sent out to students 

 of the college of agriculture, it appears that 58.6 per cent were not brought 

 up on farms and but 32.3 per cent came directly from farm homes. The period 

 of actual farm work done by the students had averaged about 19 months. 

 Nearly 57 per cent entered specifically for a general education in agriculture 

 and 13.4 per cent for special training. Over 65 per cent considered general 

 stock or fruit farming the ideal form of employment on graduation, while 14.8 

 per cent preferred government service, 5.5 per cent station work, 2.4 per cent 

 college instruction, and 8.2 per cent school instruction. Over 30 per cent believed 

 they would be financially able to begin farming on graduation. 



Delaware College. — The tract of land purchased last spring with a gift of 

 $218,000 from an anonymous source is being utilized for campus and building 

 sites. It is expected that the new building for agriculture and science, pro- 

 vided under the gift previously noted (E. S. R., 33, p. 794), will be ready for 

 occupancy in the spring of 1917 and the remodeled college hall in the following 

 September. 



Georgia Station. — The legislature has appropriated $2,500, available imme- 

 diately. This is to be used to enlarge the laboratory space, keep up the build- 

 ings and grounds, extend the work to different parts of the State, and help 

 meet the expenses of the quarterly meetings of the board of directors. 



A. S. Chamlee, of Bartow, has been appointed to the board, vice M. G. Gamble. 



Kansas College and Station. — The Kansas Industrialist states that R. W. 

 Miller, instructor in chemistry, has resigned to accept a position with the 

 Mellon Institute for Industrial Research of the University of Pittsburgh, and 

 that C. E. Miller, instructor in soils, has become assistant professor of soils in 

 the Michigan College. M. C. Sewell, superintendent of the Garden City sub- 

 station, has been appointed assistant professor of soils 



Massachusetts College and Station. — ^William H. Bowker, a graduate of the 

 pioneer class of 1871 and a member of the board of trustees since 1885, died 

 January 4 at the age of 65 years. Mr. Bowker was also widely known as a 

 pioneer in the fertilizer industry in this country. As a member of the board 

 of trustees, he served for many years on the experiment station committee as 

 well as on other committees, and was also a member of the board of control of 

 the Massachusetts State Station from 1892-1894. He was intensely interested 

 in the work of the institution and in various capacities had rendered conspicu- 

 ous service in its development. 



Sumner R. Parker, 1904, of the Franklin County Farm Bureau, has been 

 appointed assistant state leader in charge of county agent work, vice B. W. 

 Ellis, resigned to engage in farming. 



New Jersey College and Stations. — A. N. Hutchinson, assistant chemist, and 

 A. C. Foster, assistant seed analyst, have resigned, the latter to become instructor 

 in botany in the University of North Carolina. Recent appointments include 

 the following: J. Marshall Hunter as assistant animal husbandman, Allen G. 

 Waller as assistant in agronomy, Lawrence G. Gillam as extension specialist in 



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