NOT lis. 



Colorado College and Station. — Accordiiiii to a note in Mhincfiota Farm Rri-irw, 

 riitz KiioiT. assistant a.m'ononiist, has resignod to engage in ooninieroial work. 



Delaware College and Station. — The legislature has apiiroiirialed lf1(»,0(M» for 

 new liiiildings on tlie college and station farm and a like amount for repairs 

 and maintenance of the college buildings. 



Florida University and Station. — Dr. Andrew Sledd, president of the univer- 

 sity for 4 years, has resigned to take effect July 1, and Dr. A. A. Murphree, 

 president of the Florida Female College, has been chosen his successor. Thomas 

 Hamilton, assistant i)lant iiathologist, has resigned. 



Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Station. — C. F. Eckart has returned from his leave 

 of absence and resumed <'liarge of the division of agricilture and chemistry. 



Idaho University and Station. — II. T. French has resigned as direetoi- to 

 take effect June 1. The establishment of three substations has been recently 

 authorized, one of them to be located in either Bonner or Kootenai counties 

 for work in connection with stump lands and swamp lands, another in Lincoln 

 County for work with irrigation problems, and the thii'd in Bingham County 

 for work in dry farming. 



In the universit.v departments of veterinary science and forestry have been 

 added, the latter to offer a regular 4-year course and a short winter course for 

 forest rangers. 



Purdue University and Station. — In addition to the increased appropriations to 

 the station for maintenance, previously noted, the college of agriculture was 

 granted if;i(),000 for a live stock .iudging pavilion and $20,000 for a farm mechan- 

 ics building. A slight reduction was made as to the fees to be collected in the 

 feeding stuffs inspection work of the station. 



Iowa College and Station. — John r>ower, assistant professor of dairying in the 

 college and assistant dairyman in the station, and H. C. Ilorneman, in charge of 

 the extension work in dair.ving, have resigned to engage in conunercial work. 

 E. T. Bobbins has been succeeded as assistant in animal husbandr.v in the station 

 by H. II. Kildee. 



Kansas College and Station. — Appropriations aggregating $071,500 were 

 granted by the last legislature for the ensuing biennium, together with $12,60G.G7 

 additional to restore endowment. Among the items authorized are $375,000 for 

 current expenses, $35,000 for the purchase of land, $100,0(X> for an armoi-y, 

 gyuniasium. and equipment, $5,000 for an athletic field, $10,000 for a green- 

 house, $30,000 for the station, $52,500 for farmers' institutes, $25.(KM) for engi- 

 neering equipment, $10,000 for a dairy herd and building, and $29,(KM) for heat 

 and power equipment, repairs, and imiu'ovements to the grounds. 



Kentucky Station. — W. H. Scherffius, head of the agricultural division, has 

 resigned to take up work in South Africa, and I>. A. Brown, of the North Dakota 

 Station, has been added to the staff as chemist in the drug division. 



Minnesota University. — Science announces a gift to the university by the 

 Weyerhauser interests of St. Paul of 2,200 acres of land in Carlton Countj^ for 

 experimental work in forestry. 

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