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North Carolina State Station. — Hon. Samuel L. Patterson, as State Commis- 

 sioner of Agriculture chairman of the board of control of the station, and a 

 former member of the governiuR board of the North Carolina College and 

 College Station, died Septonihci' 14, aged HS years. 



North Dakota College and Station. — In succession to F. J. Seaver and J. C. 

 McDowell, whose resignations have been previouslj' noted, Herbert F. Berg- 

 man, of the Kansas College and Station, has been appointetl assistant botanist 

 and R. C. Doneghue, of the ^Missouri Tniversitj' and Station, assistant agi-ono- 

 mist. Dr. H. P. Bassett, assistant chemist, has resigned to engage in commer- 

 cial work, H, A. Wood, assistant chemist, died October .3. 



A severe hailstorm occurred August 29, and although most of the crops on 

 the college and station grounds had been harvested much damage resulted. 



A substation has been established at Langdou, where a quarter section of 

 land has been donated for the purpose by the citizens of Cavalier County. 

 Building ojierations are under way, and it is hoped to begin experimental work . 

 in the spring of 1909. 



Texas College. — The college cooperated with the Dairy Division of this 

 Department in an extensive dairy exhibit at the recent State fair which 

 attracted much attention. A complete model creamery equipped with separators, 

 pasteurizers, starter cans, ripening vats, churns, and other machinery was in 

 operation daily for the manufacture of butter and ice cream. A class of 

 students from the college gave practical demonstrations in butter making and 

 milk testing, and also competed for prizes in butter making and the judging 

 of dairy cattle. 



Vermont University. — Under the provisions of the Nelson amendment a 

 department of teaching has been established, the work of recent years in the 

 form of educational conferences and a summer school in elementary agriculture 

 having prepared the way for this larger development. A course of lectures 

 coupled with practical work is being given with an enrollment of over 100 

 students, and a summer school for teachers is announced for next summer to 

 include courses in domestic science, manual training, and elementary agri- 

 culture. Dr. L. R. Jones, professor of botany, has been appointed dean of the 

 new department and it is expected to provide additional teaching force in 1909. 



Washington College and Station. — W. T. McDonald, whose resignation from 

 the Oklahoma College and Station has been previously noted, has been ap- 

 pointed assistant professor of animal husbandry in the college and assistant 

 animal husbandman in the station. George Severance, professor of agronomy, 

 has been appointed acting head of the department of agriculture in the college, 

 and Director Thatcher acting superintendent of farmers' institutes. Oscar M. 

 Olson, formerly connected with farmers' institute work in Minnesota, has been 

 appointed instructor in farmers' institutes. 



West Virginia Station. — N. J. Giddings, of the Vermont Station, has been 

 appointed bacteriologist, and Arthur L. Dacy assistant horticulturist. 



Wisconsin University and Station. — The new animal husbandry building 

 and judging pavilion is well under way, and is expected to be ready for use 

 about February 1, 1909. The cost is estimated at about $7.5,000. Registration 

 in the College of Agriculture at the beginning of the current academic year 

 showed an increase of 63 per cent. 



Arrangements have been made to conduct systematic demonstration work at 

 the farm of the State Insane Asylum at Viroqua. It is planned to extend the 

 work to the farms of other State institutions, with a view to providing object 

 lessons for near-by farmers, as well as establishing distributing centers for 

 impi'oved seeds and other material sent out from the college and station. The 



