496 EXPERIMENT STATION RECOBD. 



Kentucky University and Station. — Walter Scheppelman, inspector of bakery 

 sanitation, resigned January 1, and J. H. Carmody, assistant professor of horti- 

 culture in the extension department, March 1. C. E. Rogers succeeded Robert 

 Pfanstiel as assistant in the department of chemistry in February, and Angus 

 Gordon succeeded D. S. Myer as instructor in the department of agronomy 

 February 1. 



Louisiana Stations. — E. J. Watson, horticulturist at the North Louisiana 

 Station for about 20 years, has resigned to become agricultural commissioner for 

 the Prescott and Northwestern Railroad Company. 



Maine Station. — Michael Shapovalov, assistant in plant pathology, has been 

 appointed collaborator with the Bureau of Plant Industry of this Department 

 beginning February 1.5. 



Massachusetts College. — The new microbiology building is expected to be 

 ready for occupancy April 1. The portion of this building now completed will 

 cost about $67,000, and is expected to be enlarged by a 100-foot extension to be 

 used as a physics building. 



A prize of $50 was recently awarded to a member of the senior class for the 

 best rural drama by an undergraduate student. The title of the winning play 

 was The Craftsman of the Soil, and the purpose in view was the correct 

 presentation of various phases of the rural problem. 



Minnesota University. — The short courses, Januarj' 3 to 8, were attended by 

 about 1,2.50 farmers and homemakers. A state federation of farmers' clubs to 

 act as a service bureau and to promote but not transact cooperative business was 

 organized, with provision for an annual convention during the short courses. 



Nevada Station. — A number of poultry houses and yards have been completed 

 for further studies of contagious epithelioma and other chicl^en disorders. 



New Jersey College and Stations. — The American Berkshire Congre.ss met on 

 the station grounds February 22-24. Allen G. Waller, assistant in farm crops, 

 has been appointed extension specialist in agronomy. 



North Carolina College and Station. — It is announced that President D. H. 

 Hill has resigne<l, after 26 years' service, to devote himself to historical work. 



The formation of credit unions in the State under the supervision of the 

 chief of the division of marl^ets of the station is being carried on with much 

 success. Seven unions have now been established and are beginning work. 

 E. E. Culbreth, a graduate of the college and with six years' local banking 

 experience, has been appointe<l examiner of credit unions in connection with 

 their subsequent operations. 



Thomas C. Reed, instructor in dairy liusbandry at the University of Missouri 

 and assistant in that .station, has been appointe<l associate profewor of dairy 

 husbandry, beginning June 1 and relieving Prof. D. T. Gray of all teaching work 

 in dairying. 



North Dakota College. — Dr. J. H. Worst has retired from the office of presi- 

 dent to become president emeritus. Prof. E. F. Ladd has been appointed 

 president. 



Ohio State University. — The attendance at the annual farmers' week aggre- 

 gated 2,802 men and women, an increase of 98 per cent over the previous year. 

 Every county in the State was represented, as well as 22 other States and 2 

 foreign countries. The average age was 39 years, and 80 per cent of the men 

 were directly from farms. The large attendance and success of the meetings 

 is attributed in part to the active cooperation of several state agricultural asso- 

 ciations, including the dairymen, fruit growers, stock breeders, and grain farm- 

 ers, as well as commercial interests, the agricultural press, grange, and others. 



Arthur G. McCall, head of the department of agronomy, has accepted a posi- 

 tion at the Maryland Station in charge of .soil investigations, beginning in June. 



