240 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Improvements at the State Agriculturai, Coi^i^ege. — The late ses- 

 sion of the state legislature, while it failed to provide means for the construc- 

 tion of a main building (estimated to cost $200,000), did satisfy the other 

 pressing needs of this institution. Prof. W. M. Hays, in a recent letter has 

 summarized the various appropriations made as follows: 

 Buildings: 



Veterinary and live stock $25,000 



Agricultural chemistry 23,000 



Girls' dormitory 12,000 



Meats (curing, dressing, etc.) 7,500 



Swine 3,000 



Blacksmith shop (addition) 3,000 



Equipment in dairy hall 3,000 



For introducing agriculture in rural schools, $2,000 



annually 4,000 



Total $82,500 



Looking forward, he writes: " But the future will see very large growth in 

 this institution, greater than most of us have yet dreamed of. Good work 

 depends far more on the men than on their tools in most lines of work, and 

 much can be done with present facilities in divisions not yet provided for. 

 Those instructors who have new buildings provided are planning with renewed 

 energy to carry forward good work in instruction and in experimentation. 



"We are especially pleased with the appropriation, though it is small, look- 

 ing toward the introduction of agriculture and nature study into the rural 

 schools of the state. The popular sentiment of the legislature was exceedingly 

 favorable to this department of the university, and if we can continue to merit 

 it we shall surely secure ample means for a large institution. The national 

 Department of Agriculture is recognizing this institution by making it a party 

 to extensive co-operative experiments, the means for which are partly to be 

 supplied by the general government." 



Death of Prof. Otto Lugger. — This distinguished scientist, state ento- 

 mologist, and professor of entomology and botany at the Minnesota State 

 Experiment Station for the past fourteen years, died suddenly at his residence 

 in St. Anthony Park, Minn., on Tuesday forenoon, May 21, 1901. He had 

 been confined to his bed for about a week but was apparently improving, and 

 his early recovery was expected. 



Prof. Lugger was a man of large attainments in his favorite pursuits and 

 was universally held in the highest esteem. As a member of this society, he 

 was a co-worker with us during all the time of his residence in the state, always 

 ready and willing to assist in any way in his power in advancing the interests 

 of the organization. In his death we have lost a dear friend as well as an 

 earnest practical worker. A suitable obituary will appear in a later number. 



