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Iii order to promote the use of better seeds throughout the State, the school of 

 agriculture has undertaken an educational seed-growing contest. Wheat, corn, and 

 oats will be grown in competition for prizes, and the best seeds obtained disseminated 



for seed purposes. The vement is financed by the Minneapolis Chamber of 



Commerce, and it is the aim to give the contesl as much of an educational feature as 

 possible. 



The farmers' clubs of the State, consisting of graduates and former students of the 

 Bchool of agriculture, have been holding a series of agricultural meetings recently. 

 In many counties these clubs have been formed and are affiliated with a central 

 organization. The programmes of the differenl meetings are arranged to meel the 

 agricultural conditions of the differenl localities. 



Nebraska University and Station. — Koscoe II. Shaw, for several years pas! assistant 

 in the chemical department of the Kansas Station, has been appointed associate 

 chemist in the station and assistant professor of agricultural chemistry in the uni- 

 versity, vice Al\ in ECeyser, who has been transferred to assistant in soil investigations 

 in the agricultural department of the university and station. 



Oklahoma College and Station. — Four hundred and three students were enrolled in the 

 week's course in stock judging and seed selection, given at the college January 9 15. 

 H.J. Webber and W. J. Spillman, of this Department, gave lectures in connection 

 with the course. The cornerstoneof Morrill Hall, the new agricultural building, was 

 laid January L5, Hon. Rudolph Kleiner, president of thet Oklahoma hoard of agricul- 

 ture, delivering the address. 



Pennsylvania College and Station. — At a recent meeting of the hoard of true 

 was decided to set off the respiration-calorimeter and other feeding work as a separate 

 department, to be known as the Institute of Animal Nutrition, and to be in charge 

 of a director. The dean of the college of agriculture and director of the experiment 

 station will be combined in one <>t!icer, to be selected later. The Institute of Animal 

 Nutrition will he a department of the college, affiliated with the experiment station. 



Dr. H. I'. Armshy has been appointed director of the new institute, and upon the 

 selection of a dean and director will he relieved of administrative work connected 

 witli the experiment station. 



South Carolina Station. — At a recent meeting of the governing hoard, F. II. II. Cal- 

 houn of the college was elected geologist of t he station. 



Virginia Station. — It is noted from press reports thai a hill has been introduced 

 into the State legislature providing an annual appropriation of $10,000 for the exper- 

 iment station, and regulating the expenditure of the appropriation. 



West Virginia Station. — Frank F. Grout, assistanl chemist, has resigned to take up 

 work at the University of Illinois in connection with the geological survey and the 

 engineering experiment station. 



Wyoming University and Station. — The third animal short course at the university 

 closed on January 1.".. The attendance was L r "od. and the block demonstrations 

 brought out some interesting data in regard to feeding lambs on various rations of 

 -rain and native hay. The demonstration was conducted by D. A. Gaumnitz, of the 

 Minnesota ( iollege of Agriculture. 



The station has secured a new Polled Hereford hull to take the place of Polled 

 Admiral, head of the herd, which died a short time ago. Some new breeding exper- 

 iments with hogs have been inaugurated also. 



Digestion experiments \\ hich have been conducted show a high digestibility for the 

 alfalfa raised at the high altitude of the station | 7.L'i>i> ft. ). This feci in connection 

 with tin* protein content, which is higher than that of the average alfalfa in other 

 places, uives the hay a nntrit ive ratio of 1:3.2. With the shortness of season and 

 dr\ ness of climate, protein seems to increase in all crops. 



