NOTES. 



Delaware College and Station. — F. B. Hills, assistant professor of animal hus- 

 liandry and assistant animal husbandman, has resigned to take charge of the 

 publicity work of the American Guernsey Cattle Club. H. V. Cory, instructor 

 in poultry husbandrj' in Rutgers College, has been appointed instructor in 

 poultry husbandry beginning July 1. 



Idaho Station. — Ramsay M. Walker, of Wallace, has succeeded Herman J. 

 Rossi as a member of the State Board of Education. 



The semi-monthly Agricultural Newsletter which heretofore has been sent 

 only to newspapers is now being sent to the entire station mailing list. Through, 

 this Newsletter frequent announcement is made of available and new publica- 

 tions, which are now sent out only in response to direct request. 



The limited area of the State in which corn can be successfully grown neces- 

 sitates the extensive use of crops other than corn for silage purposes. The 

 station is entering upon its second year of experimentation with mixtures of 

 legumes and small grains for the silo. Valuable feeding data were obtained 

 last year from the college dairy and beef herds with wheat and vetch and with 

 ■5at and pea silage in comparison with corn ensiled alone. 



The department of agricultural chemistry has entered upon an investigation 

 of the chemical changes which these crops undergo in the silo. The work will 

 have for its immediate object the determination of the end products of carbo- 

 hydrate fermentation and of the characteristic nitrogen compounds which con- 

 stitute the total crude protein. A beginning is also being made in the field of 

 animal nutrition. The work is under the immediate supervision of Ray E. 

 Xeidig, recently of the Iowa College, and of H. P. Fishburn, who is now at the 

 University of Missouri for advanced work in physiological chemistry. 



The influence upon quality in wheat of a crop rotation that will make avail- 

 able large quantities of soil nitrogen is the primary object of an extensive 

 series of field plats just being initiated. Previous experiments at one of the 

 substations has emphasized a distinct relationship between available soil nitro- 

 gen and the protein content of the matured grain. It is believed that the series 

 of experiments just initiated will eventually answer questions relative to the 

 possibility of producing in the Palouse country a better quality of milling wheat. 



Illinois University and Station. — The new genetics building is completed, and 

 experiments with about 1,500 mice are in progress as to the transmission of 

 characters in animals. Plans are under way for a horticultural field laboratory. 



Thomas J. Burrill, Ph. D., LL. D., professor of botany emeritus, died in April 

 at the age of 77 years. Dr. Burrill came to the university within a month after 

 its opening, serving continuously until his retirement in 1912. During this 

 long period he had filled the following positions : Assistant professor of natural 

 history, 1868-1S70 ; professor of botany, 1870-1912; professor of horticulture^ 

 1870-1903; botanist of the station, 1888-1903; dean of the college of science, 

 1878-1884; dean of the general faculty, 1894-1901; dean of the graduate school, 

 1894-190.5 ; vice-president of the university, 1879-1912 ; and acting president for 

 various periods aggregating nearly five years. 



Michigan College.— A gift of .$100,000 has been made by R. E. Olds for the 

 rebuilding of the engineering biiildiug destroyed by fire INIarch 5. The new 

 structure is to be known as the R. E. Olds Hall of Engineering. 



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