44 HATCH EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



secured a more lucrative and responsible position at the 

 Pennsylvania experiment station. jVIr. Parsons fills, in a 

 sense, a new position, rendered necessary by the increasing 

 work placed upon the department. He is acting as inspector 

 of feed stufts under the new feed law, as inspector of Bab- 

 cock machines under the dairy law, and as dairy herd tester. 

 Mr. Cook has charge of the experiments in animal nutrition 

 at the feeding barn. These several young men have taken 

 hold of the work earnestly and have proved themselves most 

 efficient and satisfactory. 



