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tor has o;one out to the farmers in response to calls, and during the summer months 

 there were more calls for his services than could be met. He was frequently called 

 upon to visit 4 or 5 farmers in a single day to give advice and demonstrations in 

 spraying, the treatment of soils, and other practical questions. He carried the work 

 of the station directly to the farmers, and also brought the farmers into closer touch 

 with the college by explaining the opportunities which it afforded for agricultural 

 instruction. The Avork of this officer was the more important from the fact that the 

 State has no organised farmers' institutes. The station has obtained results indicat- 

 ing that ignited alumina phosphate is of little or no value to most crops when used 

 upon a very acid soil. This substance shows a high percentage of reverted phosphoric 

 acid, and is said to be used quite extensively in certain ready mixed commercial 

 fertilizers, upon which account these results are rendered particularly valuable. 



South Carolina College and Station. — O. M. Watson, poultryman, has resigned, and 

 the division has been temporarily discontinued. C. O. Upton, chief of the dairy and 

 live stock division, has resigned. An appropriation of §40,000 has been made for the 

 erection of a central agricultural building. Thirty-two local institutes were held 

 during July and August, with an aggregate attendance of 8,690. Attendance on the 

 State institute held at the college is estimated at 1,500. The interest in the institutes 

 is rapidly increasing. 



Texas College and Station. — John A. Craig, formerly of the Wisconsin and Iowa 

 colleges and stations, but for several years not connected with station work, has been 

 elected director of the station and lecturer on animal husbandry. G. S. Fraps, Ph. D., 

 of the North Carolina College and Station, has been elected assistant chemist to the 

 station. B. C. Pittuck has resigned to become adjunct professor of agriculture at 

 Louisiana State University. 



Virginia Station. — J. B. McBryde has been appointed assistant chemist, and W. A. 

 P. Moncure, assistant mycologist. 



Washington Station. — R. E. Snodgrass, assistant entomologist, has resigned. 



West Virginia University and Station. — Dr. A. C. True, of this Office, delivered an 

 address at the convocation at the opening of the university September 23 on the sub- 

 ject of The Place of Agriculture in the University. Preparation is being made for 

 more extensive work in dairy instruction, the legislature having appropriated f!5,000 

 for that purpose. Eooms are being fitted up in the basement of one of the univer- 

 sity buildings, and plans are being considered with reference to the formation of a 

 herd. Walton K. Brainard, a graduate of the Michigan Agricultural College, has 

 been placed in charge of the dairy work, and short courses will be offered during 

 the coming winter. S. W. Fletcher, horticulturist, has resigned to accept a position 

 at Cornell University in charge of the extension work. 



Wyoming University. — Charles W. Lewis, M. S., D. D., formerly president of 

 Moore's Hill College in Indiana, has succeeded E. E. Smiley as president. 



New Agricultural College in Japan. — A new agricultural college, the third in that 

 country, was opened at Morioka, Japan, in April last. The director of the new 

 college is Professor Tamari, a graduate of the Michigan Agricultural College. The 

 interest in agricultur 1 education in Japan is said to be quite widespread. 



Experiment Station for Rhodesia. — The government of Rhodesia has established an 

 experiment station aljout two miles from Salisbury, the capital town. The work at 

 j)resent will be conducted by the staff of the agricultural dejtartment, imder the 

 direction of E. Ross Townsend, secretary. This year about 100 acres were planted 

 to grains, corn, Kafir corn, sorghum, cotton, tobacco, hemp, flax, cowpeas, and 

 other leguminous plants. Special attention will be given to the breeding of disease- 

 resistant plants, and work will also be carried on in the studj' of animal diseases. 

 The work at the station will l)e supplemented by cooperative experiments with the 

 farmers of the country. The agricultural dei)artment is about to establish an agri- 

 cultural journal as an official organ and f')r tlic dissemination of information. 



