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Connecticut College. — Edwin Gilbert, of Georgetown, Conn., who died al Crescenl 

 City, Fla., February 28, bequeathed to the college a farm of aboul 356 acres, together 

 with all tools, machinery, agricultural implements, live Btock, and buildings, upon 

 condition ••that the same he taken ami maintained in connection with said college 

 as a farm and for the purpose "!' teaching or instruction in farming practically." In 

 addition $60,000 was left t<. the college, the interest of which is to be used for caring 

 for the farm and for instruction in agriculture, especially animal husbandry. The 

 farm is said to he worth from s.;:,,(i(in to $40,000. 



The now brick and stone dormitory, for which the lasl legislature appropriated 

 160,000, is rapidly nearing completion, and the building will he ready for occupancy 

 in time for the summer school. This dormitory contains 66 single bedrooms and 30 

 Studies, which, except in the case of a few single rooms, are grouped in suites of :;. 2 

 bedrooms being connected with each study. 



Delaware College. — .1. A. Foord has resigned his position as professor of agriculture, 

 to take effect early in April, and will become assistant professor of agronomy at the 

 I >hio State University, instead of " assistant in agronomy," as previously announced. 



Hawaii Station. — .Tared <i. Smith, director of the station, has returned to Washing- 

 ton for a few weeks. The sum of $1,750 has been raised by private subscription and 

 placed at the disposal of the station for carrying on experiments in rice culture, with 

 a view to decreasing the cost of production by modem methods and developing varie- 

 ties hotter suited to local conditions or the substitution of other commercial crop.- on 

 rice lands. The average annual rental- for rice land in 1 Iawaii are aboul $35 peracre, 

 which fact limits the prospects of crop substitution. Six thousand dollar- has also 

 been promised by private contributors to carry on a field experiment with tobacco, 

 to test this crop on a commercial scale. The experiment will he made at Ilamakua. 

 where experiments in tobacco growing have been made by the station in previous 

 years. An experiment in raising grapes for wine making has also been started on the 

 island of Maui in cooperation with local farmers. A vineyard of 1 24 varieties of wine 

 grapes lias been set out. 



Kansas College. — W. E. Mathewson, assistanl professor of chemistry in the college, 

 has been appointed assistant chemist of the station. 



Kentucky Station. — W. E. Scherffius, chemist of the station, ha- been appointed 

 agriculturist to fill the vacancy caused by the removal of .1. N. Harper to the South 

 ( iarolina station. 



Louisiana Stations. — The office of the Crop lVst Commission has been removed 

 from Shreveport to Baton Rouge, ami will m>w have its office in tin- experiment 

 Btation building on the university campus at Baton Rouge. Arrangements have 

 been made for cooperative experiment- with this Department in studies on rice, 

 including varieties, fertilizer tests, etc. 



Maryland Station.— Walter K. Ballard, B. s., Kansas Agricultural College, has been 

 appointed assistant horticulturist to succeed S. B. Shaw, resigned. 0. < '. Gibbe has 

 been appointed clerk, vice H. H. Howell, resigned. 



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