NOTES. 



Hawaii Station. — Tlie station lias plaimed a set of breeding experiments with 

 Sea Island, Caravonica and Egyptian cottons covering 5 acres of laud and a 

 fertilizer experiment covering 10 acres. As a result of experiments already 

 under way a marked revival in interest in cotton growing is reported, and it is 

 expected that within the near future about 10,000 acres will be planted. 

 Requests have been made for the selected Sea Island and Caravonica seed 

 greatly in excess of the station supply. The climatic and other conditions of 

 the islands appear to be very favorable for the growth of cotton of a high grade. 



Kansas College and. Station. — E. H. Webster, Chief of the Dairy Division of 

 this Department, has accepted the position of dean of agriculture in the college 

 and director of the station to take effect January 1, 1909. 



New Hampshire Station. — The station has adopted the plan of reprinting the 

 scientific articles based on work done at the station and contributed by mem- 

 bers of its staff to periodicals, as a numbered series to be known as Scientific 

 Contributions of the New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station. The 

 series is to be sent to the libraries of the agricultural colleges and experiment 

 stations, and to this Department, but is not to be available for general distribu- 

 tion. Scientific Contributions Nos. 1 and 2, already issued, contain, respectively, 

 reprints of The Influence of Minimum Temperatures in Limiting the Northern 

 Distribution of Insects, from the Journal of Economic Entomology, and The 

 Fruit Spot of Apples, from the Bulletin of the Torrcy Botanical Cluh. 



Nebraska University and Station. — W. H. Heiu has resigned as adjunct pro- 

 fessor of agricultural botany and assistant botanist and has been succeeded as 

 adjunct professor by R. E. Stone of the Alabama College. M. H. Swenk, whose 

 appointment as assistant entomologist in the station has been previously noted, 

 has also been appointed adjunct professor of entomology. Robert F. Howard 

 has been appointed assistant horticulturist in the station, beginning Decem- 

 ber 10. 



Wisconsin TTniversity. — The first sessions of a bakers' institute organized by 

 the university extension department were held in Milwaukee, October 20-28, 

 and were attended by about 170 bakers. The course included lectures by pro- 

 fessors in the university, specialists of this Department, and others, concerning 

 raw materials and products used by bakers, bacteria and yeasts, methods of 

 baking, food values, bakeshop hygiene and sanitation, and other related subjects. 



Association of Official Agricultural Chemists. — This association held its twenty- 

 fifth annual convention in Washington, D. C, November 12-16, 1908. Over 200 

 delegates and visitors were in attendance, the largest in its history, the number 

 being considerably augmented by the meetings of other agricultural organiza- 

 tions in the city. On invitation of the association a brief address was given by 

 Secretary Wilson of this Department in which he directed attention to the 

 questions of soil improvement and pure foods, and to the opportunity open to 

 the association in these lines. During the sessions opportunity was afforded 

 for an inspection of the workings of the denatured alcohol plant of the Bureau 

 of Chemistry. 



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