NOTHS 



Colorado College and Station. — Tlie legislature has appropriated $119,000 for 



the ensiling bieiitiiuni, of wliicli $40,000 is for the completion and efiuipinent of 

 n building for instruction in civil and irrigation engineering, and the remainder 

 for farmers' institutes and station work. A bill was also i)assed establishing a 

 substation at Ch<>yenne Wells. 



L. M. Taylor has been elected secretary of the State bimrd of agriculture, 

 vice A. M. TTawley. 



Connecticut College. — The eighth annual session of the summer school will 

 be held during the four weeks beginning June 2!). Courses in nature study, 

 domestic science, agriculture and methods of teaching elementary agricidture 

 have been planned to meet the needs of teachers, especially those in rural 

 schools, as well as of others interested in nature and country life. Special 

 practicMl courses iit poultry husbandry and fruit growing will also be given. 



Hawaii Federal Station. — The special agent in charge has been appointed by 

 the governor of Hawaii a member of two special boards provided for at the 

 recent session of the legislature. One of them is ou the allotment of a special 

 tax known as the Natural Resources Conservation Tax, and the other a com- 

 unssion to investigate fruit growing and truck farming in that Territory. 



An exhibit of station work was made at the recent poultry exhibition, special 

 prominence being given to the work under way with cotton, tobacco, rubber, 

 and rice, and to bee keeping. 



Iowa College and Station. — A single board of e<lucation has beeu established 

 by the legislature to control the college and station, the State university, and 

 the State normal school, which have hitherto been governed by separate boards. 

 This board consists of nine members apf)ointed by the goverm^r for terms of 

 six years each, its personnel being as follows: A. B. Funk, Spirit Lake; James 

 E. Trewin, Cedar Kapids; V. K. Ilolbrook, Onawa ; Roger Leavitt, Cedar Falls; 

 C. li. Brentou, Dallas Center; T. I>. Foster, Ottumwa ; E. T. Schoentgen, Coun- 

 cil Bluffs; I). I). Murphy, p:ikader; and (Jeorge T. Baker, Davenport. Of these, 

 C. R. Brenton was a member of the former board of trustees of the college. 

 A finance connnittee is to be selected by the board from outside its own mem- 

 bei'ship, whicli will give its entire time to the business management of the 

 institutions. 



Kansas College and Station. — W. A. Harris, of Lawrence, Arthur Capper, of 

 Topeka, and W. J. Todd, of .Maple Hill, have been appointed to the board of 

 regents, vice J. S. McDowell, A. M. Story, and (J. P. (iriffith. At a recent 

 meeting of the board the horticidturist was appointed to the newly established 

 office of State forester. The purchase of two cpiarter sections of land north- 

 west of the college farm was authorized. 



Maine Station. — An .ict has been passed by the legislature retjuiring the sta 

 tion t() conduct investigations in orcharding and the growing of corn and other 

 farm crops, and appropriating $10,000 for the purchase and e<i«ipmeut of a 

 suitable farm for such work. 

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