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tin- [owa State College. G. N. Keller, assistant entomologist and botanist, has 

 resigned his position and is now connected with the department of agriculture oi 

 Ireland, assisting in housing and curing tobacco. 



Louisiana University.- E. L. Jordon, of Madison, Wisconsin, has been elected 

 ant professor of agriculture, and entered upon his duties with the beginning of the 

 ci illege > ear. 



Maryland College and Station. — B. E. Porter, a graduate of the rowa State College, 

 ha- been apppinted instructor in animal husbandry. S. B. Shaw, assistant horti- 

 culturist in the Btation, has resigned to accept a position with the Baltimore and 

 Ohio Railroad. 



Massachusetts Station. — AIIk-h Parsons, assistant chemist, has resigned to accept a 

 position as assistant superintendent of the Hdod Farm, at Lowell, Mass. He is suc- 

 ceeded by 1". <■. Helyar, of tlif University of Vermont. Joseph G. Cook, assistant 

 in feeds and feeding, has resigned to become superintendent of a large dairy and 

 Vegetable farm in the vicinity of Boston, and is succeeded by R. !•'. t raskill, a recenl 

 graduate of the college dairy course. E. S. Fulton, assistant chemist, has accepted 

 an appointment in connection with the nutrition investigations at Middletown, 

 Conn., ami is succeeded by A. ('. Whittier, of the University of Maine. 



Michigan College and Station. — Horace W. Norton, assistant in animal husbandry, 

 has resigned to engage in dairy farming at Howell. Michigan. 



Minnesota University.— William Robertson, instructor in agricultural physics in the 

 Ichool of agriculture, lias been a] (pointed superintendent of the substation at ( !rook- 

 Kon. I lew ill also have charge of organizing the new agricultural school to be built 

 at that place, provision tor which was made by the last legislature. 



Missouri University and Station. — Dean and Director H. .1. Waters, J. W. ( lonnaway, 

 and ( '. II. Eckles, who spent last year in Europe on leave of ahsence. have returned 

 and resumed their respective duties. President R. II. Jesse, B. M. Du'_ r L r ar. and 

 W. L. Howard have been granted leave of ahsence ami will spend the year in study 

 in Europe. 



Montana College and Station. — E. 1*. Tannatt has been appointed professor of civil 

 engineering in the college and irrigation engineer in the station. 



Nebraska Station. — George R. Chatham has been added to the station staff as high- 

 way engineer. 



Nevada University and Station. — President J. E. Stubbs will he absent on leave for 

 six months, beginning November 1. Dean X. E. Wilson will act as president and 

 director during his ahsence. 



North Carolina Station. — Franklin Sherman, jr.. has resigned his position as State 

 ■Dtomologist to accept the chair of entomology and zoology in the Ontario Agricul- 

 tural College. R. S. Woglum, a graduate of Cornell University, has been appointed 

 assistant State entomologist. G. M. MacNider and W. G. Haywood have been added 

 b the station staff as assistant chemists. The state department of agriculture has 

 locate.! a branch station tor the fruit and trucking interests at Willard, in Pender 

 County. 



Ohio Station. — < >. E. Bradfute, president of the board of control, has been trans- 

 ferred by the Governor to the board of trustees of the Ohio state University, and 

 •John Courtwright, of Ashville, appointed in his place, D. I.. Sampson being elected 

 pit-idem of the board. B. E. Carmichael, a -raduate of the University of Illinois, 

 has been appointed chief in animal husbandry. The station's exhibits at the Ohio 

 pate Fair are attracting more and more attention each year. This year the fair 

 Management assigned to the station 2,000 sq. ft. of door space, which was all occu- 

 pied, and was constantly crowded with visitors. The station has also made exhibits 

 at several county fairs. 



Pennsylvania Station. — Percy W. Flint, of Charleston. South Carolina, has been 

 appointed assistant chemist, vice Arthur W. Clark, resigned. 



