NOTES. 



Idaho Station. — G. A. Crosthwait, formerly of the Illinois Station, has been ap- 

 pointed agronomist. 



Illinois University and Station. — Three new buildings will be erected in the spring, 

 one for beef cattle costing $25,000, another for horticulture costing approximately 

 $12,500, and a storage building for agronomy costing a similar amount. 



Iowa College. — An organization of alumni and ex-students, known as the Iowa Agri- 

 cultural Union, has been formed with similar aims and purposes to the unions con- 

 nected with several other agricultural colleges. A pamphlet of 16 pages, outlining 

 experiments in animal husbandry, agronomy, horticulture, and similar lines has 

 been issued. The secretary of the union is G. I. Christie, of Ames. 



Kentucky Station. — The following members of the governing board have been 

 appointed by the governor and approved by the State senate: D. F. Frazee, Lex- 

 ington, to succeed himself; F. A. Hopkins, Prestonburg, to succeed himself; R. L. 

 Stout, Versailles, vice L. N. Lindsay, Frankfort; B. M. Brooks, Slaughtersville, vice 

 "W. T. Fowler, Hopkinsville; and Charles Nichols, Lexington, vice R. C. Stoll, Lex- 

 ington. 



Louisiana Stations. — Three a.ssistant chemists have been appointed at the Sugar 

 Station, including J. E. Halligan, formerly connected with the Massachusetts Station. 



Missouri University and Station. — C. H. Eckles has been granted a year's leave of 

 absence, beginning in June, and will spend the time abroad in study relating to dairy 

 husbandry. 



Nebraska University and Station. — The legislature of 1902-3 appropriated $100,000 

 for buildings for the agricultural college and experiment station. The February 

 issue of Agriculture, published by the students of the college, gives a description of two 

 of these buildings, viz, a horticultural building and a new dairy barn which have been 

 practically completed. Both are located at the university farm. The horticultural 

 building is 40 by 44 ft. and 2 stories in height, with a cellar and 2 greenhouses extend- 

 ing to the south. The first floor contains a large laboratory and the office of the 

 professor of horticulture. The second floor has a large class room and 2 storerooms. 

 One of the greenhouses will be used especially for the germination of seeds, propa- 

 gation of cuttings, and grafting and potting of plants; the other for growing garden 

 vegetables and small shrubs. The greenhouses and laboratory have cement floors 

 and are heated by steam and lighted by electricity. 



For several years the dairy herd has occupied the north wing of the horse barn. 

 The new dairy building now completed— with an ai^propriation of $10,000 — consists 

 of a main part and 2 wings. The n)ain portion is 40 by 80 ft., and 38 ft. high; the 2 

 wings are 40 and 44 ft. wide, respectively, by 60 ft. long and 28 ft. in height. The 

 first floor of the main portion includes 3 bull stalls, 2 hospital stalls, grain bins, scales 

 for weighing animals, toilet and bathroom, and an office. On the second floor are a 

 seed room, grain bins, and considerable room for storing hay. The wing used for 

 milch cows is well lighted and ventilated, has a cement floor, and is fitted with the 

 Drown iron stall. The other wing is used as a stock-judging pavilion. The barn 

 has a capacity of 77 head, furnishing stall room for 42 milch cows. A silo with a 

 capacity of 120 tons is provided. 



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