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Missouri University and Station. — Farmers' Week at the college of agricul- 

 ture, January 12-16, brought out a record attendance of 2,287, representing 19 

 States and 92 of the 114 counties. The enrollment in the regular short courses 

 also set a new record of 329 students from 84 counties and from 7 States out- 

 side of Missouri, 



The college has arranged a continuous series of 5-day branch short courses, 

 beginning January 5 and continuing for 2 months. Tentative plans are also 

 being made for holding at least two additional courses in March. Lucius F, 

 Childers, professor of agronomy and agronomist at the Idaho University and 

 Station during 1910-1912, has been appointed assistant professor of agronomy 

 for extension work, particularly in connection with these branch short courses. 



New Mexico College and Station. — The college is undertaking extension work 

 through short courses for demonstrations and lectures, to be given to a limited 

 number of counties at a nominal expense to cover some of the traveling ex- 

 penses. These courses will consist of 5 consecutive meetings at a central place, 

 probably extending over a period of 5 weeks and usually with two departments 

 represented at each meeting. 



Rupert L, Stewart has resigned as farm foreman and will specialize in farm 

 management at Cornell University, He has been succeeded by Roland Harwell, 

 formerlj' assistant in irrigation, and subsequently in commercial work. 



Cornell University, — A summer term similar to the two winter terms has been 

 established in the college of agriculture. This will extend from about June 8 

 to September 23 and is intended primarily for advanced undergraduates, 

 graduate students, and instructors from this and other institutions. Its adop- 

 tion allows the completion of the regular 4-year course in agriculture in 3 years. 



According to the Tribune Farmer, the college is to cooperate with the New 

 York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company in an agricultural consulta- 

 tion train over portions of its Mohawk, Ontario, St. Lawrence, and Adirondack 

 divisions. No formal lectures Avill be given, but 2 cars of exhibits from the 

 plant breeding experiments w^ill be shown and instructors accompanying the 

 exhibits will interpret the experiments for the use of the farmer. 



Science announces that Dr. J. H. Comstock, instructor and professor of ento- 

 mology for 39 years, is to retire at the close of the academic year. 



Pennsylvania College and Station. — Recent appointments include Fred J. 

 Holben as assistant chemist and E. De Turk (Purdue, 1913) as assistant agri- 

 cultural chemist, vice C. A. Smith resigned to take up graduate work. J. F. 

 Cox, instructor in soils, has resigned to become instructor in farm crops at the 

 Michigan College. 



West Virginia University and Station. — Nat T. Frame, recently county agent 

 at Louisville, Ky., has been appointed state agent in charge of farmers' cooper- 

 ative demonstration work. R, E. Hunt and I. B. Johnson, assistants in animal 

 husbandry, have resigned, the former to become associate in animal husbandry 

 at the Virginia College and the latter to accept an appointment as county demon- 

 stration agent in Indiana. 

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