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twenty acres, 3 full sections, will be used in the experiment, the seed and labor 

 being furnished by Mr. Cook, while the station will supervise the work and make 

 accurate observations on the growth of the clover under the different conditions 

 of seeding. A cooperative experiment is also in progress at the same farm in growing 

 barley of 3 varieties, specially selected seed of each being used. The experiment 

 covers 900 acres. P. G. Holden, agronomist, conducted a 3-days' special train tour in 

 northern Iowa in April, for the purpose of giving instruction on seed corn and 

 improved methods of corn growing. A special train was provided by one of the 

 railroad companies, and addresses of 20 minutes were made at various points, a long 

 day coach being used as the lecture hall. In this car were arranged charts, samples 

 of seed corn, and other material for illustrating the lectures on corn and the methods 

 of seed selection. This novel undertaking was eminently successful, and large crowds 

 of farmers gathered to listen to the addresses. The newspapers speak enthusias- 

 tically of the enterprise and the benefits which may be expected to follow. 



Mississippi Station. — The recent legislature appropriated |14,000 for a substation at 

 McNeill for the period of two years, and also provided for the establishment of two 

 other branch stations, one in the brown loam and one in the Delta region. An 

 appropriation of $3,000 was made for each of these stations to start the work. This, 

 together with the contributions of the communities in which the stations are located, 

 will enable the work to be organized. 



Cornell University. — The Inll appropriating $250,000 for buildings and equipment 

 for the college of agriculture was passed by both, branches of the legislature previous 

 to adjournment. The opposition to it, previously noted, was continued before the 

 governor, but the latter signed the bill early in May. The university will add about 

 $40,000, making a grand total of $290,000 for buildings. The university will take 

 over the dairy building and adapt it for other purposes, and a new site adjacent to 

 the veterinary',department and the college farms will be selected for the agricultural 

 buildings. 



Porto Rico Station. — F. I), (iardner, who has been in charge of the station since its 

 organization, has resigned to reenter the service of the Bureau of Soils, in charge of 

 soil management. He is succeeded by D. \V. May, formerly connected with this 

 Office, and for two years j)ast at the head of the department of animal husbandry in 

 the Kentucky Station. Mr. May is a graduate of the Missouri Agricultural College, 

 where he spent some time in postgraduate work and served for a period as farm 

 superintendent. He has had experience in southern \ew Mexico and has consid- 

 erable familiarity with subtropical agriculture. He brings to his work a thorough 

 understanding of the spirit and methods of experiment station work, a working 

 knowledge of the Spanish language, and good administrative ability, which will 

 stand him in good stead in his new station. G. P. Clinton, of the Connecticut State 

 Station, has spent several weeks in the island investigating the diseases of citrus 

 fruits, coffee, and other products. 



Rhode Island College. — The legislatui'e has appropriated $3,000 for repairs to the 

 college buildings, and increased the appropriation for labor fund and demonstration 

 work, which last year was $3,000, to $4,000, to V)e divided equally between these two 

 objects. 



Vermont College. — (.'. L. Stygles has Ijeen appointed dairyman, vice E. S. Gregg. 



Wisconsin University and Station. — Charles W. Stod<lard has been appointed instruc- 

 tor in agricultural physics to succ-eed F. J. Wells, who, as i)reviously noted, died 

 early in March. Mr. Stoddard was reared upon a farm in Wisconsin, and is a grad- 

 uate of the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute and Columbia College, where he also 

 spent some time in postgraduate work. His training has been especially along tlie 

 lines of chemistry, physics, and plant physiology. 



A New Plant Introduction Garden. — The Bureau of Plant Industry of this Depart- 

 ment has established a plant introduction garden at Chico, California. The great 

 increase in the work of plant introduction during the jtast two years, and the 



