NOTES. 



California University.— The college of agriculture announces 6 short courses for the 

 autumn and winter of 1905-6, among which are courses in viticulture, nutrition of 

 man and domestic animals, irrigation, and the reclamation sendee. 



Colorado Station. —The station has begun some cooperative work in forestry through 

 the State, furnishing seedlings for these trials and some supervision. A horse barn 

 is being built for use in connection with the cooperative experiments with this 

 Department in horse breeding. 



Illinois University.— The Illinois Agriculturist states that the enrollment in the 

 college of agriculture exceeds that of last year by one hundred. '"All conditions 

 indicate that the total enrollment for the year will reach live hundred or over." A 

 greater percentage of the new students have had a high school training or its equiva- 

 lent than formerly, and have matriculated at once and entered upon the prescribed 

 course. 



Iowa College and Station.— J. B. Davidson has been elected assistant professor in 

 agricultural engineering to succeed C. J. Zintheo, who, as previously noted, resigned 

 to take up work in farm mechanics in connection with the irrigation and drainage 

 work in charge of this Office. E. T. Robbins has been elected to the position of 

 assistant in animal husbandry, to succeed W. W. Smith, who has been elected assistant 

 of animal husbandry at Purdue University. 



Kansas College and Station. — At a recent meeting of the board of regents, a resolu- 

 tion was passed materially extending the duties of the director of the station and 

 denning the function of the station council. The director is to have immediate 

 charge of all the work of the station, including that of the branch station, and be 

 held responsible for its execution. He is also to have charge of the expenditures of 

 the stations, the publications, and other business matters. Reports are to be made 

 To the board annually, and a plan of the work and the expenditures for the year is to 

 be submitted each spring. The new plan will materially strengthen the organization 

 of the station. 



The department of dairy and animal industry has been divided, O. E. Erf remain- 

 ing in charge of the dairy husbandry department, and the animal husbandry depart- 

 ment placed in charge of R. J. Kinzer. 



A wheat and corn special, manned by experts from the college and station, was run 

 this fall over the Rock Island system in Kansas, the work occupying two weeks, 

 beginning November 6. Stops of 30 minutes were made along the route, the schedule 

 including nearly 150 towns. There were two coaches for audience rooms, one used, 

 for the talks on wheat raising and the other on corn. 



Maine University. — G. E. Tower has been appointed professor of chemistry in the 

 university, A. W. Gilbert instructor in agriculture, and L. T. Ernst assistant in 

 horticulture. 



Michigan College and Station. — A number of experimental silos are being con- 

 structed of cement and of wood. The materials of the latter are of several different 

 kinds, and are treated in a number of different ways, to test their durability and 

 efficiency. 



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