NOTES. 



Idaho "University. — Press reports nnnonuce that Dr. IMelvin A. Brannon. dean 

 of the eollege of liberal arts at the University of North Dakota since 1911, has 

 been appointed i)resident. 



Illinois University. — A traveling school of fruit growing was conducted from 

 February 2 to February 21 by the division of pomology, in cooperation with the 

 Southern Railway. 



Louisiana University. — A high school rally will be held on May 1 and 2 at 

 which contests will be held in forestry, domestic science, corn and live stock 

 judging, etc. Each contestant is to pay an entry fee of $1, the fund thus col- 

 lected being used for reducing the railway expenses of the more distant schools. 



Montana College. — The registration at the annual farmer's week showed an 

 increase of 60 per cent over the previous year and a total of 275 students. There 

 were about 25 speakers in addition to the members of the college faculty. 



Nebraska Station. — H. A. McComb, a 1902 graduate of the university, has been 

 appointed assistant in horticulture at the North Platte substation beginning 

 February 15. 



Cornell University. — The landscape art building is being occupied and the 

 contract has been let for the new agronomy building. A new greenhouse, 34 by 

 40 feet, has been completed for use in vegetable gardening and will form the 

 beginning of a range to include from 12.000 to 15.000 square feet of space. 



The total registration for the various farmer's week programs was 2,569 and 

 the total attendance is estimated at about 3,500. Nearly 400 lectures and 

 demonstrations were given and 16 conferences and conventions were held. 



The department of pomology has leased a tract of 8 acres of land near 

 Fort Byron for experiments in orchard renewal. 



Vermont University. — The extension service is organizing 5-day extension 

 schools of agriculture, ari'angements having been completed for about 10 of 

 these schools. The first of these was held in South Barre with an average 

 daily attendance of 54. 



Virginia Station. — The state legislature has increased its annual appropriation 

 to the station from $10,000 to $16,000. The State Board of Agriculture has also 

 increased its allotment for station work to $7,500 annually, this money being 

 derived from the fertilizer tag tax, and the work being conducted under the 

 direction of the station. These funds are used to conduct experiments with 

 farm crops and fruit and in soil fertility investigations elsewhere than at 

 Blacksburg, 12 counties now being represented. The additional amounts will 

 be used to study problems in peanut and cotton culture in Nansemond County 

 and to begin soil fertility and crop rotation tests in Culpeper County. 



Virginia Truck Station. — H. S. Garrison resigned February 1 as superintend- 

 ent of the Tasley substation to accept a position with the Bureau of Plant 

 Industry of this Department. 



Washington College and Station. — At a recent meeting of the board of regents, 

 there was organized a department of dry-land demonstration and experiment 



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