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Alabama College and Station. — V. K. IJoyd. roiincrly coiiiioctfMl witli 'iViichc^rs' 

 Colic;:!', ('olniiibla I'liiversily. hiis been iippoiiited pi-ofcssor of hotaiiy in the 

 collc^'c aiid l>ot:uii.st in the station. 



Florida University. — A const itntional amendment proposed by the le^islatnre, 

 antliorizin^' a one mill tax for the benefit of the university, was defeated by a 

 narrow marjiin in the November election. The corresixnulence course for 

 teachers in aj^riculture, carried on by the university, has met with most grati- 

 fy in j^ success, over 350 teachers of the State registering for this work. 



Georgia College. — The agricultural i)uilding lias been completed at a co.^t of 

 .$1(»0.n(»0. It is about 2(;0 by SO ft., of cream-colored pressed briciv with terra- 

 cotta trimmings, Bedford limestone foundation, and a roof of red tiling. The 

 registration in the 4-ycar course is now about 60. The cotton school is to be 

 repeated this winter, and a roads school and a fanners' conference at the col- 

 lege are contemplated. 



Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Station. — A special feature of the annual meeting of 

 the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association, which took place in Honolulu, 

 November 9-12, was the session held at the station at which the directors of 

 the respective divisions gave demonstrations on the work now in progress, to 

 the great interest of the members. At another session short lectures were 

 given by members of the station staff on special lines of work. S. M. Damon 

 was elected jtresident of the association, and subsequently ai)pointed F. M. 

 Swanzy as chairman of the experiment station committee, with (J. II. Robert- 

 son and T. II. Petrie as the subcommittee for the division of agriculture and 

 chemistry, AV. M, Gifford and F. Klamp for that of entomology, and George 

 Da vies and J. AV. Waldron for that of pathology and physiology. 



Idaho Station. — II. P. Fishburn, assistant chemist in the Pennsylvania CJollege 

 and Station, has accepted the position of assistant chemist, entering upon his 

 duties January 1. 



Louisiana Stations. — J. B. Garrett, assistant entomologist at the State Station, 

 has been trtinsferred to the Calhoun Station as assistant director in charge, 

 vice J. G. Lee, resigned on account of ill health. W. D. IJeid, of the Mississippi 

 College, has been appointed assistant chemist in the State Station, vice W. G. 

 Taggart, who was transferred to the Sugar Station January 1 for researcli 

 work. A. B. Jofifrion, P. H. Doherty, and B. F. Hochenedel are spending the 

 grinding season in Cuba. E. M. P^rcy has also been added to the .station staff 

 at the State Station and is coojterating with the professor of mechanical engi- 

 neering in the university in tests of the efficiency of the sugjir-house machinery 

 in use in the State. 



Maryland College and Station. — P. M. Novik, for the last 2 years lecturer in 

 horticulture in the college and assistant horticulturist in the State control 

 work, was killed in a railway accident near Hyattsville, Md., December 9. He 

 was a native of Norway, coming to this country about 8 years ago, and was a 

 graduate of Cornell T'niversity. 



Minnesota University and Station. — John W. Olsen. State superintendent of 

 jinblic instruction, has been appointed dean of the college and school of agricul- 

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