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of tools, app.iratus, etc. Tbe iloan's ofHcos are on the first floor, together with 

 ortites of tlu> (le|iartiiients of aniiiial iiulu.stry aiul afiriculturai chemistry, the 

 extension (lepartiiieiit and the lil)rary. Ou the second floor are located the 

 depiirtnients of aj^ricnlfure and forestry, the bacteriolosical laboratory, and the 

 UHisetnn : and on the third floor are the ofhces and class rooms of the horti- 

 cultural dei>artment, drafting rooms, and a large lecture hall. The various 

 laboratories are fully etjuipped with water, gas, and steam, and the interior and 

 the furnishings are in dark mission oak. 



About ."lO ft. to the rear of the agricultural hulUllng is the new stock-judging 

 pavilion, octagonal in shape, and 50 ft. in diameter. This is also of bride and 

 is of the same general style as the main building. The judging ring is 25 ft. 

 in diameter, and is surrounded by seats in amithitlicater style, with a seating 

 capacity of al)out 350 people. 



In connection with the dedicatory exercises a meeting was lield of the New 

 England Federation of Agricultural Students. 



Massachusetts Station. — C S. Pomeroy has resigned as assistant horticulturist 

 to accei)t a position in connection witli the field investigations in pomology of 

 this Department. 



Minnesota University and Station. — L. D. Niles has been appointed assistant 

 in animal hiisliaudi-y. 



Missouri University and Station. — The Farmers" Week, held at Columbia 

 under the aus[iices of the State Board of Agriculture during the week of 

 January 4 was extremely successsful, attracting an attendance of over 1,000. A 

 large number of organizations participated in the meetings, including in addi- 

 tion to the College of Agriculture and the State Board of Agriculture, the State 

 Board of Horticulture, Improved Live Stock lireeders' Association, Dairy Asso- 

 ciation, Butter Makers' Association, Corn Growers' Association, Sheep Breeders' 

 Association, Swine (Jrowt'rs and Breeders' Association, Highway Engineers' 

 Association, Jersey Cattle Breeders' Association, Bee Keepers' Association, 

 Home Makers' Conference, and the American Breeders' Association. 



The general exercises were opened by I'resident A. Boss Hill of the univer- 

 sity, former Secretary of Agriculture Norman J. Colman, and Dean Waters. 

 Hlustrated lectures were gi\en by H. W. ^Mumford on Live Stock and xVgricul- 

 tural Conditions in Argentina and How They Affect the American Live Stock 

 Industry, and by W. J. Spillman on .Mendel's Law. C. A. Zavitz discussed the 

 work of the Ontario Agricultural and Experimental Fnion, and Assistant Sec- 

 retary of Agriculture W. M. Hays gave an address urging the betterment of 

 L'l'ueial farm conditions and esjiecially of rural schools. During the week prac- 

 lical demonstrations were given in soil, seed, and dairy work, stock and grain 

 Judging, and there were corn, fruit, and dairy ])roducts shows. In the Home 

 -Makers' Conference a Model Kitchen was on exhibition and an address was 

 given by Miss Martha Van Rens.selaer, of Cornell I'niversity, on What the 

 State .May Do for Farmt'rs' Wives. An account of the meeting of the Ameri- 

 Mii Breeders' Association is given elsewhere in this issue. 



U. J. Carr has been appointed assistant in animal husbandry, vice C. W. 

 Bine, wlitise rt'signatii»n has been previously noted. 



Nebraska University. — The eighth annual joint nu-cting of the various State 

 agricultural as.sociatit)ns was held at the university farm January l.S-i;2, the 

 ". arious organisations holding inei>tings including the Board of Agriculture, the 

 ilorticultinal Society, the X'eterinary Medical As.sociati(»n, the Dairymen's Asso- 

 ciation, Poultry Association, tlie Improvcnl Live Stock A.ssociation, the Swine 

 Brwders' A.ssociation. Ilu; associalions of breeders of Poland China and i>uroc 

 Jersey swine and I{e«l Polled, .\berileen-.\ngus. and Shorthorn cattle, the Bee 

 Keepers' Association, the Corn Imi»rover.s' Association, the Farmers' Institute 



