NOTES. 



Arizona Station. — F. W. Wilson, of the Kansas Agricultural College, has been 

 appointed in charge of the department of animal husbandry, which position has been 

 vacant for some time. His duties will include the organization and conduct < if farm- 

 ers' institutes for about three months each year. George E. P. Smith has succeeded 

 S. M. Woodward, now of this Department, as irrigation engineer. About $10,000 

 was expended for improvements during the past calendar year. These included a 

 residence and pumping plant at the Tempe cooperative date orchard, a residence 

 and barn at the station farm in Phoenix, and a cottage on the new date orchard at 

 Yuma. 



Colorado Station.— Special field investigations in fruit growing will be made on the 

 western slope of the State, with headquarters at Grand Junction. Two field men, 

 one an expert horticulturist and the other an entomologist, will be in charge of this 

 work. The orchardists in that section have experienced considerable trouble, and it 

 is thought that the various problems can be best studied on the grounds. The w r ork 

 is to be carried on at the request of the fruit growlers of western Colorado, who have 

 raised $1,500 for the purpose. Drainage and seepage investigations w T ill also be car- 

 ried on in the same locality in conjunction with the other work. A. H. Danielson, 

 who has been with the station for five years as assistant agriculturist, resigned 

 January 1 to devote his time to private interests. 



Idaho Station. — J. Shirley Jones, a graduate of the University of California, has 

 accepted the position of chemist to the station, vice J. S. Burd, and entered upon his 

 w 7 ork January 1. 



Louisiana Stations. — J. A. Yerret has resigned to accept a position as manager of a 

 sugar house in the Hawaiian Islands. 



Massachusetts College and Station. — Hon. Carroll D. Wright, president of Clark 

 College, has been appointed by the Governor a member of the board of trustees of 

 the college, to succeed William E. Sessions, resigned. At a special meeting of the 

 board of control W. P. Brooks was elected director of the station, the office being 

 separated from that of president. The new horticultural building is nearly com- 

 pleted and is being occupied. Dr. C. A. Goessmann, formerly director of the State 

 Station, has been elected honorary director of the station. 



Michigan College and Station. — T. A. Farrand, in charge of the South Haven sub- 

 station, has resigned to engage in business. A. G. Craig, instructor in horticulture, 

 has accepted a similar position at the Washington College. 



Minnesota University and Station. — The foundation for the new main building has 

 been completed. It is 250 ft. long by 73 ft. wide, with a wing 73 ft, by 79 ft. on the 

 east side. Provision was made for the erection of this building by the State legisla- 

 ture three years ago. When completed it will contain the offices of the dean, 

 secretary, and principal of the school of agriculture; offices and laboratories for the 

 departments of agriculture and entomology, and a number of class rooms for the gen- 

 eral work of the school of agriculture. There will also be a chapel and assembly 

 hall, and the library will occupy a prominent place on the first floor. The building 

 is located on a tract of land adjacent to the main avenue of the campus, which was 

 purchased mainly for this purpose. When completed it will greatly facilitate the 

 work of both the college and station. 



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