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Connecticut storrs Station.— ('. I >. Jarvis, a graduate of the Ontario Agricultural 

 College and of the University of Toronto, who has been pursuing advanced work at 

 Cornell University, has been appointed assistanl horticulturisl to the Btation, and 

 entered upon his duties early in June. II. I». Edmond, instructor in chemistry and 

 physics in tin- college, has been appointed station chemist. 



Hawaii Station. — A proclamation lias been issued setting aside lands at Hamakua, 

 Hawaii, for a tobacco farm. Experiments to cover three years are planned, which 

 will be carried out under the direction of the Federal station. The funds for carrying 

 on the farm are to he supplied by private parties. 



Louisiana Stations. —Clifford Waldron, farm manager at the sugar station al Audubon 

 Park, has resigned to accept a position in connection with an extensive sugar estab- 

 lishmenl in Antigua. He will be succeeded by A. E. Dodson. I>r. G. l>. Harris,of 

 Cornell University, has been elected to the chair of geology in the state University, 

 and will divide his time between university duties and the direction of the geological 

 survey of Louisiana. 



Maine University and Station. —The "Maine Farming Special," run under the 

 auspices of the college of agriculture and the experiment station over the Bangorand 

 Aroostook Railroad, proved agreal success. Thirty-one stops of two hours each were 

 made, and eleven evening exhibitions were given. More than 20,000 people visited 

 the train and listened to the addresses. A similar trip was run over the Maine Cen- 

 tral Railroad in June. 



The university is giving increasing attention to agricultural extension, and A. W. 

 Gilbert, a graduate of the Massachusetts Agricultural College and of Cornell Uni- 

 versity, has been placed in charge of this work. Reading and correspondence 

 courses on sixteen different topics are now offered. Efforts are being made to intro- 

 duce instruction in agriculture and forestry into all of the normal schools of the State. 

 It is now taught in the normal schools at Castine and Gorham, and it is planned to 

 start the work in a small way next year at Fort Kent, Presque Isle, ami Farmington. 

 Small tree nurseries will he stalled at each of the normal schools. The university 

 will offer at its summer school, .Inly 2 to August :'>, a course in nature study for 

 teachers. 



W. M. Munson has been relieved of his duties as professor of horticulture in the 

 university, and will devote his whole time to experiment-station work. His title in 

 the station has been changed to orchardisl instead of horticulturist. F. IF Merrill, 

 professor of biological chemistry, will hereafter '_ri\e his entire time to the station as 

 chemist. A. C. Whittier, assistant chemist at the Massachusetts station, ha- been 

 appointed assistant chemist to the station, and Miss Joanna C. Colcord assistant 

 chemist, in place <»f I. Nurenburg, resigned. Roydon Hammond succeeds Bessie G. 

 Tow.r as Beed analyst and photographer. 



New Jersey College and Stations.— The legislature has appropriated $24,000 for the 

 establishment of short courses in agriculture, and $6,500 for the maintenance of the 



same. The college also received $27,000 due on scholarships for L902 1905, anc 

 $12,000 on scholarships for the present year. The station was given an appropria- 

 tion Of $500 for the inspection of Paris green, and $13,500 for work on the extermi- 

 nation of mosquitoes. 



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