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Conference, and the Home Economics Association. A large number of experts 

 from several agricultural colleges and experiment stations and from this De- 

 partment participated in the various programmes. 



A special feature of the meetings was the dedication on January 19 of Home 

 Economics Hall— a three-story structure of gray pressed brick, costing about 

 $70,000. The dedicatory address was delivered by Mrs. Ellen H. Richards, 

 of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 



The short winter courses at the school of agriculture opened with an en- 

 rollment of about 250, making the total number of agricultural students in the 

 university about 850, of whom 110 are in university courses in agriculture, 

 forestry, and home economics, and the remainder in the school of agriculture. 



North Carolina State Station.— Tait Butler, veterinarian and animal hus- 

 bandman, resigned January 1 to become editor of Southern Farm Gazette, pub- 

 lished at Starkville, Miss. C. D. Harris, assistant chemist and microscopist, 

 has resigned to engage in commercial work. J. L. Burgess, formerly of the 

 Bureau of Soils of this Department, has been appointed to conduct work in the 

 study of leading southern crops, their improvement by selection and breeding 

 and the adaptation of crops to type soils. 



Ohio University. — A four-year course in forestry has been added to the cur- 

 riculum and will be offered beginning with the next academic year. 



The first annual State corn show was held at the university, November 23-25, 

 under the auspices of the State Corn Improvement Association. In a corn- 

 judgiug contest a number of trophy cups were offered by agricultural news- 

 papers, the station director of cooperative experiments, a member of the sta- 

 tion staff for the best record of management in raising field corn, and by the 

 faculty of the college of agriculture for the best exhibit from high schools. At 

 an evening session addresses were given by C. P. Hartley, W. J. Spillmau, and 

 A. D. Shamel of the Bureau of Plant Industry, and H. H. Johnson of the Bu- 

 reau of Statistics of this Department, Governor A. L. Harris. J. E. Wing. C. W. 

 Burkett, and others. 



The first movable school of agriculture to be undertaken in. the State was 

 held at Paulding during the week of October 28, under the supervision of the 

 extension department. The school was arranged for by the president of the 

 local national bank and was very successful. A small fee was charged to de- 

 fray expenses. There was an enrollment of 85 farmers. 



Oklahoma College and Station. — The death is reported of F. C. Burtis, agri- 

 culturist and horticulturist in the college and station from 1900-1902, and 

 agriculturist until 190G. Professor Burtis was graduated from the Kansas 

 College in 1891, and served as assistant agriculturist in the Kansas Station 

 prior to his Oklahoma appointment. In the course of his work in Oklahoma he 

 outlined and developed the course in agriculture, assisted in establishing the 

 short courses, and organized the college creamery. 



Pennsylvania College and Station. — A better-farming train, manned by a 

 corps of lecturers from the college and station staff, has been sent out over the 

 Pennsylvania Railroad, traversing the southeastern part of the State. The 

 train was a new feature in that section and attracted much attention both 

 from farmers and the general public. 



Rhode Island College. — In the announcement of the extension department of 

 this college for 1909 the list of technical and popular lectures by members of 

 the faculty has been increased to seventy-four, and covers nearly every phase 

 of the college work. These lectures are available to associations of engineers 

 and mechanics, granges, and other farmers' organizations and meetings of 

 educational associations. The extension department also offers to conduct 



