NOTES. 



California University. — A group of 96 soldiers of the Australian Expedition- 

 ary Forces lias been enrolled by their Government at the Farm School at 

 Davis for agricultural training, with special emphasis on irrigation as ap- 

 plied to intensive agriculture. About 70 per cent of these men have requested 

 a twelve months' course of training and the remainder, a six months' course. 

 They were chosen from about 1,000 applicants and 37 already owned their own 

 farms, while the remainder have agreed to purchase lands in irrigated dis- 

 tricts. 



The university student enrollment now numbers nearly 9,000, necessitating 

 60 appointments to the faculty. Among these are A. H. Hoffman as assistant 

 professor of agricultural engineering, Thomas Batchelder and A. M. Burton as 

 instructors in animal husbandry and agricultural extension, respectively; and 

 Miss Mary Van Camp as assistant in agricultural extension. C. B. Lipman, 

 professor of soil chemistry and bacteriology, W. F. Gericke, assistant professor 

 of soil chemistry, and A. M. Hendrickson, assistant professor of pomology, 

 have been granted leaves of absence. 



Connecticut State Station. — 0. B. Morison, assistant in chemistry, has re- 

 signed to accept a position with the American Institute of Baking. 



Georgia Station. — Dr. B. B. Higgins has returned from overseas service and 

 resumed his duties as botanist and plant pathologist October L T. S. Buie has 

 been appointed assistant agronomist, beginning December 1. 



Purdue University and Station. — The largest freshman class in the history 

 of the university is reported. The School of Agriculture has the largest enroll- 

 ment of any of the schools in the university, 



H. E. Allen has resigned to accept a position with the American Hereford 

 Cattle Breeders' Association, and has been succeeded as assistant professor of 

 animal husbandry by B. E. Pontius of the Massachusetts College. P. S. Lucas, 

 assistant professor of dairy manufactures at the Oregon College has been ap- 

 pointed associate professor of dairy husbandry and assistant professor of dairy- 

 ing, and E. H. Leiendecker, assistant in dairying. W. O. Mills has resigned as 

 assistant in dairy extension work to engage in farming. 



W. B. Crooks, in charge of boys' and girls' calf club work, has been appointed 

 assistant professor of animal husbandry to take charge of horse work. The 

 new horse barn is nearing completion and it is planned to enlai'ge the pure-bred 

 stud considerably. 



Other recent appointments include J. B. Kendrick, George B. Newman, R. J. 

 Plaster, and W. W. Radspinner as assistants, respectively, in vegetable path- 

 ology, entomology, extension work, and pomology ; Thomas Jahne and R. R. 

 Mulvey as assistants in soils; C. C. Barkdell, L. H. Crudden, and A. S. Eldredge 

 as deputy inspectors in the office of the State chemist ; and E. C. Rowe and 

 William F. Ricketts as Inspectors in the creamery license division. 



Iowa College. — F. B. Paddock, State entomologist of Texas, has accepted a 

 position as State apiarist of Iowa and associate professor of zoology and ento- 

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