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Florida Station. — F. C. Reimer, assistant horticulturist and botanist at the station, 

 lias been ap])ointecl acting head of that department pending the appointment of a 

 horticulturist and botanist. The Department is continuing its work in tomato breed- 

 ing, started a year or two ago, with the object of securing varieties immune to tomato 

 l)light. Some promising results have already been secured. 



Georgia College. — The chemical building (Terrill Hall), which is ])eing erected at 

 a cost of $30,000, on the foundation of the old one (Science Hall), which was 

 destroyed ])y fire in November, 1903, will be one of the bef t constructed and equipped 

 chemical laboratories in the South. Special provisions are lieing made for la1)ora- 

 tories designed to meet the requirements of organic chemistry, physical chemistry, 

 and electro-chemistry; and in addition to these special laboratories there will be a 

 laboratory for beginners accommodating 120, a junior laboratory accommodating 36, 

 a senior laboratory accommodating 18, a large pharmaceutical laboratory, two private 

 laboratories, assay rooms, a large library room, two stock rooms, three museum 

 rooms, four large lecture rooms, a balance room, a dark room, and a large fireproof 

 vault. The building will be 75 by 133 ft., and three stories in height. The walls 

 will be of brick, with a facing of red pressed brick, and all the floors will be sup- 

 ported by heavy steel girders. It is expected to be ready for occupancy by January 

 1, 190.'i. 



Kansas College and Station. — The Kansas State Agricultural College has recently 

 completed a new building to be used exclusively for dairy manufactures, the deiry 

 machinery having been hitherto in Agricultural Hall. Prof. Oscar Erf, of the dejiart- 

 ment of animal and dairy husbandry, has been given leave of absence in order to 

 take charge of the .scientific work in connection with the dairy exhibits and tests at the 

 Louisiana Purchase Exposition. Professor Erf planned the creamery which is oper- 

 ated in connection with the exposition. Leslie F. Paull has resigned his position as 

 assistant botanist in the college and station, to take a position in the Bureau of Plant 

 Industry of this Dei)artment. 



Missouri University and Station. — H. J. Waters has been given a further leave of 

 alxsence for one year, for study and travel in Europe. Dr. J. W. Connaway has also 

 been granted leave of absence for study abroad. In the absence of C. H. Eckles, 

 who has gone abroad for a year or more, R. M. Washburn will be in charge of the 

 dairy w^ork. Dr. J. B. Tiffany, of Cornell University, has been appointed instructor 

 in veterinary science, vice R. J. Foster, resigned. George M. Tucker, instructor of 

 agronomy at the university and agronomist in the station, has resigned his position, 

 and Merritt F. Miller, assistant professor of agronomy at the Ohio State University, 

 has been elected to succeed him. 



New Hampshire College and Station. — The completion of the new range of green- 

 houses was celebrated by a reception given by Prof. F. AV. Rane May 20. The green- 

 houses were constructed with an appropriation of |7,000 made by the last legislature, 

 and were first occupied by the department at the close of the winter term. They 

 are steel structures, designed for both instruction and experimental work. The total 

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