496 EXPERIMENT STATION RECOED. 



New Jersey Stations. — Director E. B. Voorliees lias been given 6 months' leave 

 of absence, beginning March 1, on account of protracted illness. Dr. J. G. 

 Lipman has been made acting director of the station during this period, vice 

 President W. H. S. Demarest, who has served as acting director during Dr. 

 Voorhees' illness. 



New Mexico Station. — A very successful demonstration day for farmers was 

 held January 28, with an attendance of over 200. Many favorable comments 

 on the affair were made by the press of the State, and it is planned to repeat 

 the occasion. 



The department of agronojny is continuing the studies of the duties of water, 

 the water-holding capacity of Mesilla Valley soils, and the effect of the soil 

 texture on the development of the crop. With field crops, work is being cen- 

 tered on studies with wheat and alfalfa as to the time of seeding, fertilizer re- 

 quirements, and varieties. Further studies are being made with regard to 

 nonsaccharine sorghum and cotton and additional work is contemplated with 

 beans. 



The irrigation department is studying the economic value of the use of two or 

 more wells attached to one pump. 



New York State Station. — (kidfrey L. A. Ruehle, assistant in chemistry at the 

 University of Washington, has been appointed assistant bacteriologist, and has 

 entered upon his duties. 



Ohio State University and Station. — Two courses in agricultural education are 

 announced by the college of agriculture for the summer session, June 19 to 

 August 11. One course is especially intended for superintendents', principals, 

 teachers, and prospective teachers of agriculture in high schools, while the other 

 course is designed to meet the needs of the elementary and rural teachers, who 

 are, under a recent law, required to teach this subject in their schools. 



Dean H. C. Price and Prof. W. R. Lazenby have been granted leave of absence 

 for next year, the former for study in one of the German universities and the 

 latter for travel and the study of forestry in Europe and South America. 



Recent appointments in the station include Ernest J. Riggs as assistant horti- 

 culturist, Ben Hur Kepner as assistant agronomist in charge of milling and 

 baking tests, and Charles Mclntire as field assistant in the management of 

 county experiment farms. 



Oregon College and Station. — Appropriations for the ensuing biennium aggre- 

 gate $681,500. Of this $273,500 is for new buildings and improvements, among 

 the items being $36,600 for a horticultural wing of the agricultural building, 

 $29,700 for a dairy building, $14,600 for a farm mechanics building, $7,600 for a 

 stock judging pavilion, $100,000 for equipment, improvements, and rei>airs, 

 $25,000 for the purchase of land, and $15,000 for books for the library. 



The appropriation for maintenance of the college is nearly doubled, being 

 made $150,000 per annum. The station receives $25,000 per annum, of which 

 $15,000 is for the investigation of crop and fruit pests and diseases and horti- 

 cultural problems. There is also granted $21,000 per annum for substations, 

 and $2,500 per annum for farmers' institutes. The various maintenance appro- 

 priations were also made permanent, continuing from year to year, at the 

 amounts granted, without further legislation. 



W. H. Lawrence, superintendent of the western Washington substation at 

 Puyallup, has been appointed to a fellowship established by the Hood River 

 Fellowship Association, an organization incorporated by a number of fruit 

 growers of that region. The work is to be performed in the Hood River Valley, 

 and will be devoted to orchard diseases and like problems. 



Pennsylvania Institute of Animal Nutrition. — Dr. H. P. Armsby has been 

 elected a member of the Royal Society of Arts of Great Britain. J. H. Hamil- 



