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feeding, and manual arts. A series of district, county, and state contests i» 

 provided, and tlie prizes consist largely of trips to the college or the state fair, 

 scholarships in short courses, and the like. 



Dr. James Withycombe, director of the station for 14 years, has resigned to 

 devote his time to his private interests. During his incumbency of the position, 

 the station staff has increased from 12 to 57 members. 



Clemson College and Station. — I. M, Mauldin has been reelected to the board 

 of trustees, W. D. Evans, deceased, has been succeeded by Josiah Evans, and 

 B. H. Rawl of the Dairy Division of this Department by W. D. Garrison, a 

 former superintendent of the coast land substation, 



Sidney S. Rittenberg has been appointed to the recently established position 

 of agricultural publicist of the college. Recent appointments in the extension 

 division include J. T. AYatt and F. C. Hare as demonstration agents in live 

 stock and poultry respectively. 



The semiannual meeting of the county demonstration agents was held at the 

 college February 12 to 14. The principal topic of discussion was the growing 

 of winter cover crops in South Carolina. A farmer's short course was held 

 from January 13 to February 10 with an attendance of 19 farmers. 



South Dakota Station. — The station is planning to utilize in breeding experi- 

 ments six sheep of a comparatively large breed secured by Professor Hansen 

 during his recent explorations in Siberia. These sheep are tailless but have a 

 fat rump, and it is claimed will live for weeks on the fat stored in the body. It 

 is hoped that this feature may be transmitted by crossing with the native sheep, 

 thereby reducing the occasional heavy losses on the range through hunger 

 following severe snow storms. 



Federal Commission on Vocational Education. — A joint resolution enacted 

 January 20 authorized the President to appoint a commission of nine to con- 

 sider the need and report a plan not later than June 1 next for national aid 

 to vocational education. An appropriation of $25,000 is included for the pay- 

 ment of the expenses of the commission. President Wilson has named as its 

 personnel the following: Senators Smith of Georgia and Page of Vermont; 

 Representatives Hughes of Georgia and Fess of Ohio ; C. A. Prosser, secretary 

 of the National Society for the Promotion of Industrial Education; John A. 

 Lapp, legislative reference librarian of Indianapolis; C. H. Winslow of the 

 U. S. Department of Labor; Miss Florence Marshall, principal of the Man- 

 hattan Trade School for Girls of New York City; and Miss Agnes Nestor of 

 Chicago, formerly president of the International Glove Makers' Union. 



Sixth International Dairy Congress. — This congress will be held at Bern, 

 Switzerland, June 8-10. It will be divided into sections of hygiene, chemistry 

 and bacteriology, the economics of dairying, and general commerce. The first 

 of these sections will consider (1) rules for the veterinary supervision of milk 

 and (2) can systematic selection with a view to improving milk-giving qualities 

 Injure the health and resisting powers of cows? 



The topics for section 2 will be (1) the seeming uniformity in the methods 

 of chemical analysis of cheese, and (2) the bacteria of milk and their utiliza- 

 tion in daiiying. Section 3 will consider the rational utilization of the by- 

 products of dairying, and the supply of milk in the great centers of population 

 with reference to economic and social conditions. The marketing of cheese 

 will be considered in section 4, particularly the fixing of standards for the 

 amount of fat in cheese and the means to be adopted to combat dishonest com- 

 petition in the cheese trade. 



A number of excursions will be made to dairies of the vicinity and from May 

 to October the Swiss National Exposition will be held in Bern, in which con- 



