NOTES. 



Delaware College and Station. — A science club with weekly meetings has been 

 organized among the members of the agricultural depai-tment of the college and 

 the station staff. 



Georgia College. — ^A farmers' congress and a farmers' wives' congress were 

 held at the college January 18-23. The dedication of the new agricultural 

 building was a feature of the exercises of the week. 



Guam Station. — The first two loads of improved agricultural tools and imple- 

 ments, most of which were entirely new to the agriculture of the island, have 

 been received. It is planned to take up experiments with field and sweet corn, 

 tobacco and coffee, and as to the use of leguminous trees and plants. A collec- 

 tion of the mealy bugs threatening the cocoanut industry is being made. To 

 bring the station closely into contact with the farmers from the start a circular 

 letter of inquiry has been distributed, in which suggestions are invited as to the 

 lines along which improvement in agricultural conditions is most essential. 



Iowa College. — .James A. King, assistant in farm crops in the agricultural 

 extension work, has resigned to engage in commercial work. , 



Kansas College. — P. J. Newman has been appointed assistant in chemistry. 



Massachusetts Station. — James T. Howard has been appointed inspector in 

 both the fertilizer and feed and dairy division of the chemical department, vice 

 W. K. Hepburn, resigned. 



Michigan College. — The enrollment of short-course students reached 204, mak- 

 ing the total enrollment of the college 1,364, and taxing the present accommoda- 

 tions to the utmost. 



Nebraska University and Station. — The short winter course in the school of 

 agriculture closed with an excursion to the South Omaha Stock Yards. Special 

 facilities were available for the inspection and judging of the different types 

 of cattle, and this was followed by a demonstration in cutting beef, pork, and 

 mutton. 



T. A. Kiesselbach has been appointed adjunct professor of agronomy in the 

 department of field croi)s, and Erwin Hopt has been appointed assistant in that 

 department. 



Cornell University and Station. — M. V. Slingerland, assistant professor of 

 economic entomology in the college of agriculture, and entomologist in the 

 station, died March 10 at the age of 44 years. Professor Slingerland was 

 graduated from Cornell in 1892 and had been associated with the entomological 

 work of the institution since 1890. He was the author of an unusually large 

 number of bulletins and other articles on entomological subjects, and served as 

 president of the Association of Economic Entomolgists in 1903. 



Ohio Station. — Ralph E. Caldwell has been appointed assistant in animal 

 husbandry. 



Oklahoma College and Station. — John A. Craig, formerly director of the Texas 

 Station, has been appointed director of the station and has entered upon his 

 duties. According to Breeders' Gazette, H. P. Miller has accepted the princi- 

 palship of the short courses in agriculture and domestic economy. 



Oregon College and Station. — Alfred G. Lunu has been appointed assistant 

 in the department of poultry husbandry. 

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