February, '10] CURRENT NOTES HI 



work in the Department of Entomology of the Minnesota Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station. 



Mr. Arthur H. Rosenfeld, formerly assistant entomologist on the staff of 

 the State Crop Pest Commission of Louisiana at Baton Rouge, has been 

 appointed entomologist of the Estacion Experimental Industrial Agricola 

 at Tucuman, Argentina, and has erhtered upon his new duties. 



Prof. F. L. Washburn of the University of Minnesota and of the Minne- 

 sota Agricultural Experiment Station, has been granted a two months' 

 leave of absence by the board of regents, and will spend February and March 

 studying conditions governing the control of insects affecting market gardens 

 and small land holdings in Europe. 



According to the Experiment Station Record, Prof. John F. Nicholson, 

 formerly entomologist and botanist of the Oklahoma College and station, 

 has been appointed bacteriologist at the Idaho College and station and has 

 entered upon his duties. 



At the Oregon College and Experiment Station Mrs. Laura Hill Griffin 

 has resigned as assistant entomologist and Miss Alice L. Edwards has been 

 appointed in her place. Miss Edwards is a graduate of the college in the 

 class of 1906. 



A department of economic entomology has been organized at the Uni- 

 versity of Wisconsin, and Mr. J. G. Sanders, formerly of the Bureau of 

 Entomology at Washington, has been placed in charge, with the rank of 

 assistant professor. Mr. Sanders will- also be state entomologist, and will 

 have charge of nursery inspection. He will assume the duties of his new 

 position about February 1. 



In August, 1909, the Connecticut Legislature just before adjournment 

 passed a law providing for the inspection of apiaries of the state and plac- 

 ing the work under the direction of the state entomologist. The appropri- 

 ation is small, being only $500 for the biennial period. Two experienced bee- 

 keepers have been appointed as inspectors, Mr. H. W. Coley of Westport for 

 the southern portion of the state, including Fairfield, New Haven, Middlesex 

 and New London counties, and Mr. A. W. Yates of Hartford for the northern 

 portion, Litchfield, Hartford, Tolland and Windham counties. 



Mr. H. L. Frost of Arlington, Mass., has been appointed a trustee of the 

 Massachusetts Agricultural College at Amherst. The appointment was made 

 by Governor Draper and the term of office is for seven years, beginning 

 January 5, 1910. Mr. Frost is a graduate of the college, is a member of the 

 American Association of Economic Entomologists, and is the head of the 

 well-known business firm of H. L. Frost and Company, foresters and ento- 

 mologists. 



Prof. Wilmon Newell, secretary and entomologist of the Louisiana State 

 Crop Pest Commission and entomologist of the Agricultural Experiment Sta- 

 tion at Baton Rouge, has resigned to accept the position of state entomolo- 

 gist and entomologist of the experiment station of Texas. He will devote 

 his entire time to investigation and research work along economic lines, 



