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F. L. Allen, county agent for Geauga Countj', has been appointed state super- 

 visor of institutes and schools, a new position in the extension service, begin- 

 ning March 1. 



Oregon College and Station. — The construction of the new forestry building 

 has been authorized and advertisements for bids have been issued. The struc- 

 ture will be 80 by 140 feet and three stories high, and will cost about $40,000. 

 In type it will resemble the agricultural and home economics buildings. A large 

 laboratory for logging engineering and several smaller laboratories for studies 

 of manufactures of wood products will be located on the first floor, with offices, 

 classrooms, and other laboratories on the second and third floor. The building 

 is expected to be completed for use by next September. 



A 2-year course in news writing has been authorized to train students in 

 writing news technical to agi-iculture, home economics, and home engineering. 

 This is designed mainly to help qualify students for extension work. 



Four additional counties, viz, Multnomah, Wasco, Yamhill, and Josephine, 

 have made provision for maintaining the work of county agi'iculturists. Multno- 

 mah County contains the city of Portland and its population comprises more 

 than one-third of that of the entire State. Almost one-half of the counties of 

 Oregon now maintain county advisors. 



M. S. Shrock, until recently deputy state dairy and food commissioner, has 

 accepted an appointment as county agriculturist of Yamhill County. George F. 

 Moznette has been appointed assistant entomologist, Paul S. Lucas, dairy in- 

 spector, Marion B. McKay, of the Bureau of Plant Industry of this Department, 

 research assistant in botany, and Charlotte Hurd, instructor in home economics. 

 Two-year leaves of absence have been granted to E. J. Kraus, research spe- 

 cialist in horticulture, and H. V. Taylor, associate professor of agricultural 

 chemistry and station chemist. 



Pennsylvania College and Station. — J. F. Adams, assistant professor of botany, 

 has been granted leave of absence until September 1 to pursue graduate work at 

 Columbia University. E. A. Siegler, assistant in botany, resigned January 1 to 

 accept a position with this Department. RusseJl W. Duck, assistant in animal 

 husbandry, resigned February 9 to accept a position with the animal husbandry 

 department at Syracuse University, and has been succeeded by G. H. Grabe. 



South Carolina Station. — C. A. McLendon has resigned as field pathologist to 

 accept a position as expert in cotton breeding with the Georgia State Board of 

 Entomologj% beginning February 1. 



Texas College. — The contract has been let for a new dairy barn to cost 

 $10,000. Plans are being drawn for a new animal husbandry building to cost 

 $40,000, a new hog cholera serum plant to cost $15,000, a veterinary building 

 to cost $100,000, and an auditorium to cost $100,000. 



Tltah College. — President John A. Widtsoe has been appointed president of 

 the State University, vice J. T. Kingsbury resigned, to take effect next Septem- 

 ber. Dr. E. G. Peterson, director of agricultural extension, has been appointed 

 to succeed Dr. Widtsoe as president of the college. 



Virginia College and Station. — Robert J. Davidson, professor of agricultural 

 chemistry since 1891, chemist from 1891 to 1907, and dean of the scientific 

 department since 1903, died December 19, 1915, at the age of 53 years. He 

 had long been a prominent figure in the Association of Official Agricultural 

 Chemists, serving as president in 1903 and as a member of various important 

 committees. He was also a fellow of the American Association for the Ad- 

 vancement of Science. 



Wyoming University and Station. — The wool exhibit car, equipped with sam- 

 ples of wool and woolen fabrics, different types of wool-producing sheep, etc., 

 visited advantageous wool-producing points in the State during February and 



