NOTES, 



Connecticut Storrs Station. — As previously noted (E. S. R., 15, p. 525), the station 

 has arranged for conducting experiments in cooperation with the Bureau of Animal 

 Industry of this Department in the making of soft cheeses. In connection with this 

 work, Dr. Charles Thom, of Ithaca, N. Y., has been appointed mycologist; Alfred 

 W. Bosworth, formerly of the Rhode Island Station, chemist; and E. B. von Heyne, 

 of Waterville, N. Y., practical cheese maker. 



Florida University and Station. — The recent legislature enacted a law giving the 

 university jiower to investigate, segregate, or destroj' domestic animals afflicted with 

 communicable diseases. The station veterinarian was appointed for this work. Two 

 consideral)le outbreaks of glanders in the State have been suppressed. Twenty-six 

 thorough])red Shorthorn cattle have been inoculated this winter for protection 

 against Texas fever, w'ith no deaths so far. The i:)racticability of shipment of cattle 

 direct to the owner and subsequent inoculation for fever is also being tested. Its 

 success so far seems certain. This will I'elieve the owner of considerable expense 

 attendant upon having the work done at the station itself. The old greenhouses 

 having become unsuitable have been repaired and put in excellent condition. 

 Cooperative experiments in the control of jwlato diseases have been instituted in 

 connection with C. ii. White, at Hastings, which is the largest potato-producing 

 section oi the State. 



Hawaii Station. — Plans have been made for an office building and a chemical lab- 

 oratory building, to be erected with funds appropriated ])y the Territorial legislature. 

 The new buildings will be located on the naval hospital site adjacent to the land 

 already occupied by the station. 



Idaho University and Station. — Short courses in horticulture and dairying have been 

 conducted at the university this season. 



Kentucky College and Station. — The legislature has appropriated $15,000 annually 

 toward the maintenance fund of the college. A bill providing ?25,000 for a building 

 for the normal department of the college passed l)oth branches, but was vetoed by 

 the governor on the ground of economy. The fund for the enforcement of the pure- 

 food law has been increased from $7,500 to $10,500 annually. 



Nebraska Station. — Operations have been begun on the substation at North Platte, 

 established by the State legislature, and W. P. Snyder, assistant in animal husbandry 

 in the station at Lincoln, has been appointed superintendent of the new substation. 

 As previously noted, this station is located on a tract of 1,920 acres of land 3 miles 

 south of North Platte. The tract includes 280 acres of bench land, only about 20 

 feet to permanent water, and already under an irrigation ditch. The ])alance is table- 

 land 2,900 to 8,000 feet above sea level. About 160 acres of this is level and will 

 be used for farming purposes, while a large portion is broken and only valuable for 

 pasture. This pasture land is covered with buffalo grass and other excellent grasses. 

 Most of the experiments in dry farming will be duplicated, one set being made on 

 the bench land and one on the table-land. Experiments will also be made on the 

 effect of dehorning steers under range conditions, a lot of 150 2-year-old cattle being 

 equally divided, one half being dehorned and the other half allowed to run without 

 dehorning. Experiments will also be made to determine the amount of grain which 

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