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ton, a graduate of the Oklahoma College, has beeu appointed assistant in animal 

 nutrition, vice F. W. Christensen, whose appointment at the New Mexico Station 

 has been previously noted. 



Porto Rico Sugar Planters' Station. — The location of this station at Rio Piedras, 

 about 10 miles south of San Juan, is announced. Dr. Fritz Zerban, assistant 

 director and chemist of the agricultural experiment station at Tucuman, Argen- 

 tina, since June, 1909, has been appointed chemist. 



Texas Station. — E. C. Carlyle and J. T, Auten have resigned as assistant state 

 chemists, and M. B. Gottlieb and L. C. Ludlum have beeu added to the staff. 



TTtah College. — Science states that under a recently enacted law 28 per cent of 

 the income derived from a state tax of 4i mills is to be availaNe for the main- 

 tenance of higher education in the State. Of this amount 28.34 per cent is to 

 be allotted to the agricultural college, 64.43 per cent to the state university, 

 and 7.23 per cent to the state normal school. 



Vermont University and Station. — ^At the beginning of the next college year 

 major courses in forestry, to occupy 40 per cent of the time, will be offered to 

 junior and senior students of the college of agriculture. Bernard A. Chandler, 

 who will graduate from the Yale Forest School in June, has been appointed 

 instructor in forestry, to begin work in September. 



The third annual Farmers' Week, February 20-24, drew an attendance of 

 over 425 to the 64 addresses and 16 demonstrations presented. The sixth con- 

 ference of the schools of Vermont, held at the university March 9-12, gave 

 special prominence to the teaching of agriculture and home economics in Ver- 

 mont schools, a symposium being held on each subject. 



It is planned to extend the scope of the department of home economics next 

 year, and Miss Josephine A. Jlarshall has been appointed instructor. 



West Virginia Station. — The death by drowning is noted of Charles M. Gifford, 

 assistant in plant pathology. He was a 1910 graduate of the University of 

 Vermont, and 23 years of age. 



Wisconsin University. — Arrangements have been completed with the owners of 

 12 "accredited" farms in the State whereby employment and practical instruc- 

 tion will be provided for students who have satisfactorily completed two years 

 of their college course. The farms have been selected on the basis of the 

 success and progressiveness of their owners and their ability to instruct 

 students. The work will be under the general direction of the department of 

 farm management. 



Science states that a school for forest rangers to consist of a two-year 

 course, the winters at the university and the summers in practical work on 

 the state forest reservations or in lumbering operations in the field, is con- 

 templated. It is expected that much of the instruction will be given in exist- 

 ing departments of the colleges of agriculture and engineering. 



Wyoming University and Station. — A bill granting to the university for main- 

 tenance and buildings the proceeds of a half mill tax to the limit of $85,000 

 annually has been passed by the legislature. A $4,000 appropriation for 

 farmers' institutes was vetoed by the governor, making necessary the suspen- 

 sion of this work during the ensuing biennium. 



A section of land near Laramie has been purchased for demonstration and 

 experimental purposes. LeRoy D. Swingle has been appointed research para- 

 sitologist in the station. 



Death of Br. S. A. Knapp. — Dr. Seaman A. Knapp, widely known throughout 

 the South in connection with the Farmers' Cooperative Demonstration Work 

 of this Department, died in Washington, D. C, April 1, at the age of 77 years. 



Dr. Knapp was a native of Essex County, New York, and educated at Union 

 College. His early work was as a teacher and administrator in the Fort Edward 



