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W. K. Iliiiitor li;is been appointed fci-tili/.cr and food clieiuist. vice \V. K. 

 Grainger. J. K. Ilite, assistant in coopeiative cwiierinients at (iallatin, is no 

 longer connected witli tlie station. 



Virginia College and Station. — Since November 1 five agricnltural trains have 

 been sent ont over as many different railroads, with an aggregate attendance of 

 about 25,000 people or abont 100 at each stoji. At least two more trains are 

 contemplated before June 1. Tbe college and station are to furnish speakers 

 and experts for two cars, one of which will be for live stocli. In return the rail- 

 roads have agreed to run farmers' excursion trains along their lines to the 

 college during the summer. 



The dairy division is now installed in its new quarters in the basement of the 

 new agricultural building. Its equipment is considered second to none in the 

 South. There is a connneicial creamery room 90 by 90 feet, with complete 

 equipment, especially for the production of higli-grade cream; a farm dairy and 

 butter-making room 90 by 90 feet, with most of the standard separators and 

 chnrns; a pasteurizing room 80 by 20 feet, containing a duplex pasteurizer 

 driven direct by motor; a bottling outfit; a wash room isolated from the 

 creamery, with sterilizing apparatus; a room 20 by 20 feet, containing a brine 

 tank with freezing capacity of If tons of ice in 3G hours; 4 cold storage rooms, 

 2 for bottling. 1 for cieam, and 1 for cheese, insulated with cork and refriger- 

 ated with the annnonia absorption system ; a laboratory for dairy bacteriology 

 15 by 20 feet; a milk-testing laboratory and lecture room 90 by 90 feet, com- 

 pletely equipped for ?>2 students, with room for 70; and a cheese room 90 by 90 

 feet. All the rooms have cement floors with center drain, and all machinery is 

 run by electric n)otor. 



E. H. Fred, assistant bacteriologist in the station, has been granted a year's 

 leave of absence to be si)ent in the study of soil bacteriology in Germany. 



Virginia Truck Station. — Recent changes in the governing board include the 

 appointment thereto of J. M. Barker, of Axton, vice J. W. Churchman, deceased, 

 and of N. W. Nock, of Onancock, vice C. W. Heater, and the selection of Presi- 

 dent P. B. Barringer. of the Virginia College, as president of the board. 



Wisconsin University and Station. — In addition to the editing of all publica- 

 tions of the college and station, the new editorial office is to serve as a press 

 bureau for the i)repiiration of data to be sent out to newspapers of the State 

 and the agricultural press of the coiuitry. A press bulletin containing news 

 notes and articles on work of the college and station is being issued weekly by 

 the university. 



Recent appointments in the college of agriculture include Ward M. Totmau 

 as assistant in dairy husbandry, and Fred I.. Musbnck as assistant in soils, vice 

 M. I. Tuttle and Roy R. Marshall, resigned. 



The station is again preparing to conduct spraying demonstrations for potato 

 blight and cranberry diseases in cooperation with farmeis in the State. 



New York Conference on Secondary Agricultural Schools and Branch Experi- 

 ment Stations. — At a conference of deans of the various State agricultural 

 schools, held at Cornell I'liiversity during Farmers' Week, the function and 

 scope of the secondary agricultural schools was discussed. The consensus of 

 opinion favored so conducting such schools as to fit their graduates primarily 

 for practical farm work and secondarily for teaching agriculture. The cor- 

 relation of all such work into a general State system was advocate<l as was also 

 the passage of legislation pr<)vi<ling for the establishment of agricultural 

 instruction in the public schools on a basis similar lo the trade schools fonndcHl 

 in 1908. 



With reference to branch ex|ierinienl stations, for which there is consid- 

 erable agitation in the State, the decision reached was adverse to the establish- 



