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tiire and director of the station, vico E. W. Itandali. re'oignetl to acoept :i <(.iii- 

 luercial position. 



Mississippi College and Station. — U. \V. Ilarnwl, assistant in ijiolofj;y in tlio 

 collofie. has lieen eloctcd entomologist in the station. 



Missouri University and Station. — The corner stone of the $100,000 agricnltnral 

 bnilding was laid Oc-tober 20 with appropriate ceremonies, the si)eakers in- 

 cluding former Secretary of Agriculture Norman J. Coleman, Dr. K. T. Gallo- 

 way, of the Bureau of IMaut Industry of this Department, President A. Ross 

 Hill and former President 11. H. Jesse of the university, B. 11. Bonfoeyn, of the 

 hoard of curators, and Dean 11. J. Waters of the college of agriculture. A spe- 

 cial feature was the inclusion in the material deposited beneath the corner 

 stone of an ear of corn chosen in a widely advertised competition open to farmers 

 in the State. The building is not expected to be ready for occupancy before the 

 beginning of the next academic year, at which time it is believed the accommo- 

 dations provided will be taxed to the utmo.st. The present enrollment in the 

 college of agricultureJs lo per cent in excess of that of any previous year. 



A seed-testing laboratory in cooperation with this Department has been 

 established in charge of the station agronomist. 



Nebraska University and Station. — Dr. E. Benjamjn Andrews retired as 

 chancellor December 31, 190S, on account of failing health, Dr. S. Avery assum- 

 ing the duties of acting chancellor. E. M. Little, assistant in dairy husbandry, 

 has accepted a position in charge of a stock-breeding farm. 



New Mexico Station. — Edward Heringa, assistant in soils and irrigation, has 

 resigned to accept a position with the State Industrial School at Whittier, Cal. 



Cornell University. — A farm special train was sent out over the Erie Rail- 

 road November 23-25, the staff including a large number of members of the 

 faculty of the college of agriculture, the deans of the State schools of agricul- 

 ture at Alfred and St. Lawrence universities, and others. The grange, boards 

 of trade, newspapers, schools, clergymen, and others cooperated in making the 

 trip a success. It is estimated that about S,.500 people visited the train. 



Ohio Station. — Dr. Adolf Lehmann, for the past 10 years director and chemist 

 of the Department of Agricultural Chemistrj' at Mysore, India, has accepted the 

 position of assistant in nutrition investigations. 



Oregon College and Station. — What is reported as the largest and most complete 

 demonstration train ever sent out in this country traversed the Willamette 

 Valley, November 4-11. The train contained 7 cars, equipped with a large 

 amount of illustrative material, and was manned by a corps of experts from 

 the college and station staff. Demonstrations were given of a milking machine 

 and other daii-y appliances, using a pure-bred Ayrshire and a pure-bred Jersey 

 from the college herd; and also of pruning, grafting, and ]iacking apples, 

 together with talks and exhibits on farm crops, insects, and fungus diseases, 

 and other phases of agricultural work. Much interest was aroused among 

 the merchants, connnercial organizations, and the general public, as well as 

 among farmers, in many towns the stores being closed in honor of the occasion. 

 It is estimated that over 20,000 people visited the train on its trip. 



George Coote, professor of floriculture and gardening from 1887 until coui- 

 F)elled by failing health to accept leave of absence in May, 1908, died November 

 12, at his home in Yaquina. Professor Coote was born in England in 1842. 

 As college landscape gardener he was largely instrumental in laying out and 

 inipro\ing the college campus. 



Rhode Island College and Station. — In addition to its Adams fund work the 

 station is now carrying on investigations with pigeons and other birds for the 

 IMirpose of studying the inheritance of some of the more definite character- 

 istics, and is also engaged iu the study of the hybridization of disiiiici species. 



