NOTES 



Kansas College and Station. — Recent appointmeuts in the division of college 

 extension include T. H. Parks as specialist in entomology, who assumed his 

 new duties March 16 ; Miss Florence E. Byrd, at present head of the department 

 of home economics at DePauw University, as assistant in boys' and girls' 

 clubs, beginning September 1; and R. O. Smith as agricultural agent for 

 Wilson County. John L. Bayles has been appointed assistant in crops at the 

 Garden City substation. 



Maryland. Station. — A bill recently passed by the legislature provides an appro- 

 priation for the station of $25,000 per annum for the ensuing biennium as 

 well as $5,000 per annum for the work at the Ridgely substation. 



Massachusetts College. — The annual Farmers' Week, held from March 13 to 17, 

 is considered unusually successful. The program was divided into eight sec- 

 tions, including field crops and farm management ; animal husbandry ; dairying 

 and the handling of dairy products ; poultry husbandry ; market gardening, 

 fruit growing, floriculture, and forestry ; home economics ; farmers' busines-s 

 organization ; and beekeeping. 



Michigan College. — J. H. Carmody, whose I'esignation from the Kentucky 

 University has been previously noted, has been appointed horticulturist in the 

 extension division. 



Mississippi Station. — The appropriation bills for the various substations were 

 vetoed by the governor, but subsequently were passed over his veto by a con- 

 siderable majority. 



Missouri ITniversity and Station. — D. H. Doane, professor of farm manage- 

 ment and state leader of county agents, and C. A. LeClair, assistant professor 

 of soils, have resigned to engage in commercial work. J. C. Hackleman, assist- 

 ant professor of farm crops, has been transferred to the extension service and 

 B. F. Geisei't, assistant in agricultural extension, has resigned. 



Cornell University. — W. M. Peacock, assistant in farm crops, resigned January 

 1 to become instructor in farm management at the Massachusets College. 



Ohio Station. — B. M. Stubblefield has been appointed assistant in soils in the 

 station. 



Oregon Station. — H. M. Carnes, research assistant in farm crops, has resigned 

 to engage in farming and has been succeeded by H. A. Schoth. J. R. Winston, 

 pathologist in charge at the Hood River substation, has resigned to accept a 

 position with this Department. G. F. Moznette has been appointed research 

 assistant in entomology. 



Utah College and Station. — Dr. E. D. Ball, director of the station and school 

 of agriculture, has resigned to take effect at the end of the year. Dr. F. S. 

 Harris, agronomist and director of the school of agricultural engineering, 

 has been appointed dii-ector of the station, and Dr. G. R. Hill, jr.. now botanist 

 and plant pathologist, director of the school of agriculture. J. T. Caine, III, 

 has been appointed director of extension work ; Dr. R. .T. Evans, assistant 

 director ; and Lorin A. Merrill, assistant state leader. E. P. Taylor, of the 

 extension service of the University of Idaho, has been appointed professor 



695 



