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California University. — Excavation has begun for the new agricultural build- 

 ing. Tbis is to be a white granite structure, 162 by G4 feet. The main floor 

 will contain a lecture room to accommodate appi'oximately 500, a museum, the 

 agricultural library, offices, and a laboratory for horticulture and viticulture. 

 On the second floor will be laboratories for entomology and plant pathology, 

 and additional offices and lecture rooms. A laboratory for experimental work 

 in plant pathology, the mailing rooms, a lecture room, and other offices will be 

 housed in the basement. 



The third annual series of short courses at Davis has closed with an attend- 

 nanee of nearly 300, of whom 63 were enrolled in the work in household eco- 

 nomics. The regular enrollment of the school at the close of its second 

 year is 77. 



Connecticut College and Stations. — The various agricultural organizations of 

 the State, including the college and the stations, have recently formulated a 

 budget giving the amounts to be asked of the State legislature for agricultural 

 purposes for the ensuing biennium. In this budget the college asks for addi- 

 tional appropriations of $7.5,000 for a dormitory, $25,000 for a poultry school 

 building, .$.5,000 for extension work, $40,000 for additions to the dairy building 

 and barns, $6,000 for the installation of electric lighting, $5,000 for a students' 

 infirmary, $5,000 for furnishing the new dining hall, and $15,000 for a farm 

 machinery building. 



The Storrs Station asks an increase of its appropriation from $4,000 to $9,000, 

 and the State Station for $6,500 additional to replace fire losses. Accompanying 

 the budget is a statement discussing the comparative State expenditures for 

 various purposes during the last 10 years, from which it appears that the 

 appropriations for agriculture aggregated $011,049.86, which is but 2.35 per cent 

 of the total. 



Clinton Grant, who for the past three years has been cheese maker at the 

 Storrs Station in connection with its investigations in cooperation with this De- 

 partment, has accepted a position as assistant in agronomy at the Ohio State 

 University, and entered upon his duties January 1. 



To fill the vacancy caused by the death of Prof. William H. Brewer, the 

 Sheffield Scientific School has appointed J. W. Alsop, of Avon, a member of the 

 board of control of the State Station. G. A. Hopson has been elected secretary 

 of the board. 



Idaho University.— L. C. Aicher, superintendent of the Caldwell substation, 

 has been appointed assistant in farm mechanics, a new position, and has en- 

 tered upon his duties. Courses are to be offered in elementary and advanced 

 farm machinery and in farm buildings. 



Illinois Station. — Recent appointments of assistants include E. M. McDonald in 

 crop production, E. E. Hoskins, F. C. Grannis, and J. E. Whitchurch in soil 



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