Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1915-10-15
New Courses i'm Ag. and Hort, At
tract New Students--Much Work
Is Planned

Washington State College, Oct. 8.
Mr.. Il. f. Gaines of the depart
ment of cereals, left Tuesday for
Ritzville, Wash. Mr.. Gaines will
supervise the seeding of some dem
onstration plots which the college
has set apart on 10 acres to expert
ment with cereals in variety tests.
Mr.. Lester Buchanan, formerly
associated with the division of crops
and experiment station, resigned in
July to become county agriculturist
in West Virginia Mr.. Alvord sue
ceeds him as instructor in crops.
We are pleased to welsome
Messrs. G. E. Howell of Missouri; E.
b. kranz of Ames; r. M. Phillips of
the U. of Kansas, as new instructors
in the various divisions of agricul-
ture. Mr.. Howell is instructor in
animal husbandry, Kranz and Phil
lips in dairy husbandry.
The department of animal hus-
bandry has opened a new and very
practical course in meat work. Mr..
Albert Haring of the Union Meat
company of Portland, Ore, is in
charge. The work includes general
meat cutting in beef, pork, and NUT.
ton; curing of meats, making sau-
sages, rendering of lard, sailing
down hides and the utilization of all
by-products. The course is open to
Juniors and Seniors.
Mr.. Kranz was at lone, Wash,
Judging stock during the past week.
Mr.. Howell judged stock at the
Walla Walla county fair, Kennewick
and Mabton during the latter Spart
of the summer and will leave in
few days for similar work at Golden
dale, Wash.
Prof. Hislop has been very busy
during the summer meeting import
ant engagem ents in stock judging
contests, judging at the Interstate
fair held recently in Spokane, at the
state fair at North Yakima, at the
Montana state fair, Helena, Walla
Walla and community fairs at Pa
louise and Rosalia.
Next Monday at APO D. M. Prof.
Hislop will give a talk to the Saddle
and SiEloin club on his experiences
during the summer judging stock
throughout the west.
Prof. Westgate of the Hort deprt-
ment has just received a new supply
OF palms and decorative material
from Portland and Chicago.
Mr.. Alvin Strausz returned from
Hunter. where he was Judging
fruits.
Prof. Barnett was judge of all
horticultural products at the state
fair recently held in North Yakima.
The Hort department boasts of
brand new hot house for Freshmen.
1t has capacity of 76x24.
Monday afternoon the Hort club
started off with full program and
attendance, with apples and sinkers
for refreshments.
The division of plant physiology
i'll Science hall, which for the past
two years has occupied room 81.
moved its quarters downstairs to
room 7 with office quarters in
room 8.
The need of more room is greatly
evidenced by the marked increase in
the class of taxonomy, which has an
added enrolment of 80 over that of
last year, which was %. The big
class crowds the newly vacated soils
laboratory to the limit.
The new members of the botany
department are Mr.. E. NJ. Hall, post
graduate of Chicago, instructor in
bacteriology, and Professor f. M.
Mulsaw, U. of Kansas, as professor
OF bacteriology.
Prof. G. c. Thorn is attending the
International Dry Land congress
held in Denver, Col. Prof. Thorn
took with him some of the best
exhibits in cereals, vegetables, and
fruits that were grown under dry
land conditions in the Northwest.
Mr.. A. T. Heck, instructor in soils
comes from the u. of Illinois.