The M. A. C. RECORD. MICHIGAN STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. V O L. 8. L A N S I N G, M I C H I G A N, T U E S D A Y, D E C. 23, 1902. N o. 15 NOTICE. F O U N D —A fountain pen. Same can be had by identifying pen. Finder Nicolaas P r a k k e n, 121 Grandville A v e ., Grand Rapids, Mich. T he M. A. C. Sunday school will have their Christmas exercises and tree Wednesday, Dec. 24, at 4 p. m. All are invited. a new course offered in the univer sity. His election to the responsible position as president of the R h o de Island Agricultural College is not a surprise to those w ho have been ac quainted with his work in past years. In every position that he has filled since graduating from college he has shown marked ability. He is certainly well fitted, both by temperament and training, for his work at the head of the R h o de Island College. He believes in training for thorough the farmer and it is understood that Island Board will give the R h o de him full latitude to carry out his ideas in this direction. technical We congratulate the Board, faculty and students of the R h o de Island institution on the selection of Mr. Butterfield. T h ey will find him an able leader, a thorough scholar, and withal a frank, clean, manly man. We predict an era of great progress for the R h o de Island Agricultural College. WHO SHOULD TAKE THE SPECIAL COURSES AND WHY. AN M. A. C MAN HONORED. resigned Kenyon L. Butterfield, whose portrait is given above, is the newly- elected president of the R h o de Island Agricultural College. He was born at Lapeer, Michigan, J u ne I I, 1868, and is the oldest son of Hon. I. H. Butterfield, ex-secretary of this College. After graduating from the Latin course of the Lapeer high school, he entered this institu tion and graduated from the Agri cultural course in 1891. In the fol lowing October he was elected As sistant under Secretary Reynolds. He this position in April, 1892, to accept the editorship of the Visitor. He man State Grange aged and published this paper until its discontinuance, since which time he has been editor of the Grange Department Michigan taken Parmer. only a part of his time. He was appointed superintendent of farm ers' field institutes and College agent in 1895 and filled this position with marked success for four years. He prepared the act which became the law under which farmers' insti tutes are now held, and as superin tendent organized the present sys tem. He was, while editor of the Grange Visitor, active in the legis lative work of the grange and the passage of the act enlarging the province of the dairy and food com missioner's office was largely due to his efforts. This work has the of During the past three years he has pursued work in the University of Michigan. He was given his Master's degree last J u ne and has nearly completed work for the Doc tor's degree. His work in the uni versity has been of such a high or this year he was der appointed lecturer in rural sociology, that during the T he call for trained men is more urgent today than ever before. T he demand for laboring men is itself so keen that many farmers find it quite impossible to secure help to gather their crops and carry forward the regular operations of farm. W h e re the farms are large and this demand for working men is com bined with the attractions which al large ventures, men ways attend gravitate towards the place and there is less difficulty in securing them. It is the small farmer who suffers in the competition for the best class of workmen. this F or reason among others toward there is a strong tendency the concentration of into fewer hands. T h e re are springing up in various parts of the state large properties, farms of which the acre age is measured not by hundreds but by thousands. To manage these estates there is a call for trained men, for men who understand something of the sciences related to agriculture, but who are trained as well in the school of experience and know how to manage men, and who have good look business after the buying and selling. There have come to the college within the past month a large number of offers to young men of this class. These into t wo great offers are divided classes. judgment and can farms In the first place there is a demand for y o u ng men trained in the natural sciences to undertake experimental work for the government either in soils or in forestry. H e re college graduates are wanted, men w ho have devoted their energies while in College to the study of chemistry, botany, physics, and the sciences immediately related to agriculture, and who are skillful in the manipu lation of apparatus. Secondlj' there is a demand for young men w ho have had experi ence on the farm, who understand judges of every detail of plowing, sowing, cultivation and harvesting, the care fruit, of animals and possibly of w ho are good stock, know how to feed, to economize the feeding stuffs and secure at the same time the best gains possible or the largest flow of milk, who can care for the animals, diagnosing cor rectly where the iinimal is afflicted with any of the common ailments, and knowing how to prescribe and to nurse, all round farmers, w ho are at the same time, good business men, capable of carrying forward a large business enterprise with profit to the owner. T h e re are scattered through the state of Michigan a large number of level headed, hard courageous persistent, working, young men fitted by nature to satisfy the latter demands. All they lack to give them a start is a short course at the College. These young men are working by the month on farms, or are employed in various capa cities in rural communities. Some are teaching in the common schools, although the work is not to their liking, but taken as the readiest means of earning money. Others are in country stores, although never designed by nature to be merchants. Still others are the sons of owners of small farms, where their services could be spared for the doing of this broader and more lucrative work. T he College invites such men to come to its halls for a four-year course if possible, otherwise to a through six lasting short course weeks of one winter, if no more time can be spared. It is for such y o u ng men that the courses are planned. All young men, there fore, w ho design to spend their lives on the farm, and who want to make as much money as possible from the farm, and to live as broad lives as possible, are invited to take the one of the special courses that best suits his particular wants. W H AT T HE SPECIAL COURSES ATTEMPT. in stock T he special courses attempt to give training along certain definite In the matter of live stock, lines. for instance, there is given training first judging with some thing of the history and characteris tics of the various breeds. There is kept in mind what the farmer wants to know and to be able to do, and these wants are met. T he hand and the eye are trained to discriminate between the good and the poor beast, and the attention called to the points in which they differ. If a farmer is to make money feeding stock he must know how to buy animals of the right type for the purpose in tended. To do this his judgment must be trained. It is not enough to be able to guess closely as to weights, he must be able to select after a short inspection the animals suited to his purpose and to reject the others. Again he must be so well practiced in the art that he has confidence in his judgments and is safe in risking his money on them. T he attempt is not made to turn out (Continued on page two) ALUMNI. It is the '77 and '78. Purdue University has sent out its announcement for the winter school of agriculture. A very handsome hall of agriculture was completed this fall at a cost of $60,000 and has been equipped at a large expense. finest structure on the university grounds in style, construction and equip It contains laboratories and ment. class rooms for practical instruction in dairying, horticulture, veterinary agriculture, soils science, general and also, the office of farmers' institutes, the agri library, rooms of the farm cultural club J a m es and grange. Prof. Troop, '7S, and Prof. W. C. Latta, '77, are connected with Purdue Uni '9002, and versity. Prof. McCarl, M r. H. V an Norman, '97, are also members of the faculty. animal husbandry, '95. H. E. W a rd writes to have his address for the R E C O RD changed from 66 Glviia Strasse, Zurich, Switzerland, to 358 Lyon street, Grand Rapids, Mich. On account of ill health he is compelled to give up his work abroad and return home. He has been doing work in bacteri ology for the past three months, having gone to Switzerland about the first of September. ACTION OF THE AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION RELATIVE TO THE LATE DR. KEDZIE. At the meeting of the American Public Health Association, held at N ew Orleans during the week of December 8th, D r. H e n ry D. Hol- ton, of Vermont, president of the association, announced the death of D r. Robert C. Kedzie, one of the early presidents of the association, and spoke very feelingly of the great value of Dr. Kedzie's service to the cause of public health. Mr. H e n ry A. Haigh, ( M. A. C. '74) delegate to the meeting from Detroit, Michigan, offered the fol- lowiug resolutions, which were unanimously adopted: T h at Resolved, the American Public Health Association has re ceived with deep sorrow the intelli gence of the death of Dr. Robert Clark Kedzie, one of its early presi dents and an active practical and in defatigable worker in the field.of public health. Resolved, T h at this Association places a very high value on the un labors of D r. selfish and untiring Kedzie in behalf of sanitation and the public welfare, and recognizes in him a superb type of the hardy, hopeful pioneer in preventive medi cine, the reward of whose persistent labors is being and will be reaped in better health and happiness by this generation and by generations yet to come. Resolved, T h at these resolutions be spread upon the records of this Association as an expression of our esteem for Dr. Kedzie as a man and santitarian and of our belief in the high value of his life to the science of sanitation and to the human race. THE M. A. C. RECORD. P U B L I S H ED E V E RY T U E S D AY D U R I NG T HE C O L L E GE Y E AK BY' T HE M I C H I G AN S T A TE A G R I C U L T U R AL C O L L E GE EDITORS. P. H. STEVENS, M A N A G I NG E D I T O R. A S S O C I A TE E D I T O R S: \V. K. HOUGH, '05m. F. H. NICKLE, '03m. KATE COAD, '05. ZOE BENTON, '05. J; G. MOORE, '03. C. M. BLANCHARD, '03m. M. P. WILLET, sp. E. S. GOOD, 03. H. N. HORNBECK, '04. G. C. MORBECK, '04. Subscription, 50 cents per year, Remit by P. O. Money Order, Draft or Regis tered Letter. Do not send stamps. Address all subscriptions and advertising mat ter to the College Secretary, Agricultural Col lege, Mich. Address all contributions to the Managing Editor. Business Office with Lawrence & Van Buren Printing Co.. 122 Ottawa St. E., Lansing. Mich. Entered as second-class mail matter, Lansing, Mich. This paper is occasionally sent to non subscrib ers. Such persons need have no hesitation about taking the paper from the post-office, for no charge will be made for it. The only way, however, to secure the paper regularly is to sub scribe. TUESDAY, DEC. 2j, ig02. for time. exhausted H A V I NG the time being our stock of ideas for this column we quote from the Michigan Moderator some classified errors in English. Doubtless some this list will be more errors from published at a later It is that many Col hardly questioned humiliating lege graduates make the mistakes effects of early associations show in one's speech in later years. This is the season in which new resolutions are made and here are some errors to be guarded against during 1903: should not be pluralized when Say, it expresses distance. " It was a long w a y ," (not a l o ng ways). in English. Often W ay Don't use party for person, ex cept in legal or business phrases. Say, " He is the person that I wished to see," (not p a r t y ). W h en a relative pronoun is used as a subject, it is important to note that the relative agrees with its an tecedent in person and number. Say, " He is one of the best teachers that have ever taught in our coun try," (not has). D o n 't say, "a half an hour." Say, "half an hour" or "a half-hour." "I waited half an hour or I waited a half-hour. Don't use well-posted for well- informed. Say, " He is well-inform ed," (not well-posted). Don't use funny when you mean odd or queer. " B ut the old three-cornered hat, T he breeches and all that Are so queer!" O u g ht is a defective verb; hence it has no past participle. Say, " Y ou ought not to do so," (not hadn't oug-ht). W h en a verb, taking an infinitive as object, refers to a future act or circumstance, the present, not the infinitive should be used; perfect, to go to Europe," as, "I expected (not to have g o n e; "I expected to write to you last week," (not to have written). Don't use don't for doesn't. Say, " S he doesn't dress properly," (not don't). Don't use try and go for try to go. Say, "I shall try to g o ," (not try and g o ). THE M. A. C. RECORD. Somewhat is an adverb; some is an adjective. Say, " My friend is somewhat better," (not some bet- ter). Everywhere is an adverb; place is a noun. Say, " 1 looked for it everywhere," (not every place). This, that and real are not ad verbs. Say, " It was as long as this or that," ( not this long or that long ) ; " It was very cold," not real c o l d ); '' I can't j u mp so far," (not that f a r ). Don't use just as soon for just as lief. Say, "I had just as lief g o ," (not just as soon). WHAT THE SPECIAL COURSES ATTEMPT. (Continued from page one) for judges fairs and exhibitions, county, local, or state, but is is safe to say that a young man who sup plements the training received here by work in his own herds and else where, and adds intelligent investi gation to his training will be well fitted to be a judge at these exhibi tions, even if his decisions do not al ways agree with the prejudices of the owners of the stock exhibited. W i th this training in stock judg ing there is given a course in the diagnosis and treatment of the com mon ailments of domestic animals treatment. and methods of This course of lectures by D r. Water man has proven of immense value to the men who have the courses in years past. One young man has written that what he learned from this course of lectures alore has abundantly paid him for his time and expense in taking the whole special course. T he attempt is not made to turn out veterinarians, to give wholesome advice to but the young farmers as to treatment of their live stock. taken T he veterinary work goes hand- in-hand with the lectures by Pro fessor Marshall on bacteriology and hygiene, in which the students are taught the relation of bacteria to the health of animals, and rules are laid down as to the proper stables and precautions necessary to secure good health. T he lectures on feed ing domestic animals simply bring to the attention of the men the ad vice of practical feeders combined with the results of the work of the experiment stations. H ow to feed economically is the question most studied. On the side of the soil and crops the lectures of Prof. Jeffery and the lectures and demonstrations of M r. Longyear will open the eyes of the students to some of the methods of nature in converting what appears to be dead soil and its elements into growing and living plants. No farmer can succeed financially who live stock alone. He understands must know how to grow his crops, to feed his stock most economically and without exhausting the fertility of his soil. It is the aim of the spec ial courses to give training along this line and to interest young farm ers in the study of the laws of plant growth and the methods of handling the soil. If any young man, who designs to attend the special courses, desires work in the dairy, he will find here equipment suitable to carry this in struction forward along either line, that of butter making or the manu facture of cheese. He is allowed to elect work in butter making for as many hours per day as he may choose between the 6th of January the 16th of February. T he and work in cheese making immediately follows and continues for four weeks. T he young man who desires to be really proficient in live stock work should take some butter making. into taken invite to go It is not out of place for the Col lege to train men for such work, as the manufacture of butter in cream eries, or the manufacture of cheese. Already a large number of these factories in the state are managed by men who have the special courses. T he quality of the instruc tion along these lines is demonstrated by the success of our men in the they sales of the butter and cheese have made. We these to courses the men now engaged in the than men without ex work rather perience desiring the business to make dairy goods in fac tories. Prior experience is almost a requisite to a proper appreciation of the course and to the proper use of the instruction given. T he demand for young men who had completed our course was far greater last year than we could supply. , T he orchardist and grower of small fruits finds his way hedged about and obstructed by a series of difficulties which require training as to overcome. well as experience from This training and experience the the selection of varieties and preparation of the soil, the harvest ing of the fruit, packing and selling including thorough a somewhat course in the fungus and insect dis eases is gone over in the most prac tical way in our special course in fruit growing. T he College invites to this course, not only the persons interested in growing peaches, other stone fruits, small fruits and vege tables along the western coast, but all young farmers in the state inter ested even in a small way in fruit growing, to come to the College for six weeks beginning January 6th next. We feel sure that the train ing they will get in this course will amply repay them for their money and time expended. T he crowded condition of our the College laboratories prevents from farther advertising the sugar beet course. To a limited number of young men, who have a good knowledge of analytical chemistry, sugar work a course in technical will be given after April 1st, 1903. Yours respectfully, C. D. S M I T H, Dean. Mrs. Mary J. W i n t h r op of N ew Y o r k, has made an unconditional bequest of $1,000,000 to the Prince ton Theological Seminary.—Ex. Class debates are being held at tha University of Nebraska. B O A RD R E P O RT F OR 1902. T he report of the Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture now ready for distribution contains some interesting facts. T he general ar rangement of the report is similar to the arrangement of the reports for previous years. 1 T he credit account of the College and experiment station shows a sum total of $629,399.94. T he reports the various departments show of very satisfactory conditions. T he marked changes in the courses, and is called, are the to which attention new five-year courses and the new department of forestry. As regards the freshman class en tering in September, 1901, some elaborate statistics have been com piled. T he counties of the state are well represented by this class, and the states of Pennsylvania, Illinois, N ew Y o r k, Indiana and California are represented. T h e re is one stu dent each from the District of Co lumbia, from Ontario Province and from Porto Rico. T he statistics of indicate a preference individual stu dents vary much with each individ ual. Under the heading, " P r o p o s ed Occupation after Leaving College," eighteen for farming, sixteen for mechanical en gineering, ten for civil engineering and ten would be mechanics, while many are undecided. church membership and church preference the the Congregational has lead Episcopal with church a close second. the Methodist In EXCHANGES. T he annual Y. M. C. A. Student Conference of the different college associations of the coast will be held from December 26 to January 6 at Pacific G r o v e . —E x. President Eliot of Harvard recom mends ten hours of study, eight hours of sleep, two of exercise, and four devoted to meals and social duties to students.—Ex. Dr. Loeb, the famous scientist, is now a member of the faculty of the University of California. Dr. R. T o m b o, J r ., registrar of Columbia University, has published a report indicating the registration in the University for the last five years. According to the report, the total influence of Columbia, includ ing students and officers and exclud ing 941 pupils in Horace Mann school and 91 in Speyer school, is for 1898, 3,504, for 1899, 4,149, for 1900, 4,756, for 1901, 4,991, for 1902, 5,267. THE D0NSEREAUX CLOTHING & GROCERY CO'S M, ft. G. SPECIAL Is now being distributed for the Opening Sale of DRY GOODS, CLOTHING AND GROCERIES. — A special sale exclusively for the College and College- ville. Be sure and get one of our circulars. A. M. D0NSEREAUX. T HE M. A. C. RECORD. *£ A B O UT T HE C A M P U S. *£ C l ub A is running this vacation. A wind-break has been placed on Miss Avery is spending her vaca tion in Oberlin. T he horticultural department has just purchased a new Remington typewriter. Miss Earl, of Howard Terrace, has received many Christmas orders for her woodenware decorated by burning. T he workroom of the old forcing house has been moved and connected with the horticultural laboratory to be used for a tool-room. M r. Herbert Patriarche has been engaged for the past two weeks in catalogueing the library of the hor ticultural department. A considerable amount of repair the machine together with term's •work is going on in shops the preparation w o r k. this vacation for next its session Congress during last week appropriated $500,000 to be devoted the eradication of the foot and mouth disease of the cattle of N ew England. to T he program for the winter term was ready for distribution before the close of the fall term. No marked changes are in evidence as contrasted with the winter term a year ago. the program for Dr. Beal was in A nn Arbor Sat urday, the 20th, conferring with other members at a meeting of the the State Academy of council of Science, the next meeting of which takes place in about three months. NORTON'S HARDWARE Have you a MARQUART S T E EL R A N G E? If not, you certainly have not got the best. Y o ur neighbor has one, ask her about the quality. We have sold a large amount of t h em and all give satisfaction. Would be pleased to show them to you. the west side of the elk park. M r. M. L. Dean will have ready in a short time a bulletin on small fruits. Considerable trouble is being ex the various heaters the perienced with in several buildings owing enforced use of soft coal. to Matt Crosby and E. R. Bennett, '02, have gone respectively to of Washington and Storrs, Conn., to take up their new duties. T he Hesperian Society held their regular fall banquet Saturday even ing, the 13th. All members were present and a very pleasant spread enjoyed. At a meeting of the F a r m e r s' re last Wednesday evening Club ports were given of the meeting of the State Association of F a r m e r 's Clubs, of the meeting of the Amer ican Federation of Students of A g riculture (which the M. A. C. Club recently joined), and of the Chicago Live Stock Exposition. Messrs. A n g el and Chase, own ers of the land across the road north of to the College campus, expect complete their brick store opposite the hospital during February. T he improvements made by these gentle to the College men are of interest In the brick building, community. when completed, there will be a meat market and a grocery and con fectionery store. T he building will also contain a business office. A sewer system is to be constructed in the spring. Furniture... Headquarters C O H P L E TE LINE OF FURNITURE FOR S T U D E N T S' ROOMS Canvas Cots at 95c. Woven W i re Cots at $1.50. W o v en W i re Springs at $1.50, $2.00, and $2.50. Mattresses at $2.00, $2.50 and $3.00. Tables at $1.50 and $1.35. Chairs at 50c up. AH goods delivered to y o ur room free. M r. Robison of the experiment station expects to move into H o w a rd Terrace during the holidays. A quantity of rhubarb and aspar agus has been placed in the basement of the horticultural for winter forcing. laboratory Instructor Michels had a long article in the last Michigan Farmer, describing the correct methods for constructing creameries. M r. E. S. Good received a visit last week from Attorney Huff, of Gobleville. Mr. Huff had some law cases before the pardon board. At the meeting of the Michigan Passenger Association at Detroit last week, a rate of one fare for the trip was granted on all rail round the lower Michigan for in roads Round-up Institute to be held at Owosso February 24-7, 1903. T he tickets will be on sale February 2 3- 4, and will be good to return on February 28 inclusive. it has pleased W H E R E A S, Heavenly Father this earth our brother, W. R. Good win, be it to remove highly our from esteemed Resolved, T h at we, the Olympic Society, extend our most sincere sympathy to the bereaved parents, and be it further Resolved, T h at a copy of these resolutions be sent to the parents and also a copy be published in the M. A. C. R E C O R D. H. K. P A T R I A R C H S, S. B. H A R T M A N, C L Y DE A R M S T R O N G, Committee. Prof. Weil's little boy is much improved at the present writing. Messrs. Good, L y m an and K e n ny are making an inventory of the co operative book store. " It T he following is noteworthy paragraph was for December taken from Seience that 5th, 1902: in all the standard literature on the Brachiopoda no notice has been taken of the earliest American publi to cation relating the anatomy of these animals. It is contained in a 1 Text-book of Vegetable and Ani mal Physiology,' by Henry Goad- by, published in N ew Y o rk in 1858. One chapter is devoted to the nutri tion in the Brachiopoda, and another to a description of their nervous and circulatory systems. Inasmuch as Goadby's observations were based upon original dissections and studies, their claims for a place in the litera ture of brachipod research are per fectly valid." referred T he reader may wonder w hy this item was copied the R E C O R D. in My dear sir, you probably do not know that H e n ry Goadby was Pro fessor of Animal and Vegetable Physiology and Entomology at this College 1S57-59. President Abbot often to him as a man of remarkable skill in his demonstra tions. He could dissect out the ner vous system of some small animal, and set it up on the desk like a spi In the library is a der on its legs. unique volume (A Text-book of Vegetable and Animal Physiology) written by this professor. On pages 158-160 are illustrations of the bra- chiopods referred to. w. J. B. 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D a i n ty and graceful in appearance—just t he t h i ng for dress occasions. Price $2.00 and $2.50 a pair. "I C. D . W O O D B U R Y, Holtister Block. House Slippers, 50 Cents to $2.00. ^ j& J \ 5 MICHIGAN LIVE STOCK BREEDER'S ASSOCIATION. T he 13th annual meeting of this association was held at the Griswold House, Detroit, Mich., on Dec. 16th and 17th. During the first day the time was occupied by meetings of the various cattle, sheep and swine associations. These or breeders' ganizations after transacting the bus iness which was brought before them, used the balance of the time in discussing important questions relating to the workings of the or ganizations. In some cases a pre pared program had been arranged for, the most notable among these was that of the Shorthorn Breeders' Association, in which a number of the breeders presented addresses, which were followed by profitable discussions. for the this meeting question, At is the Michigan Agricul " W h at the Live tural College doing Stock Industry of the State" was discussed. This discussion brought forth the some expressions from members of the faculty present re lating to the working of the Col lege, the result being that the work of the institution is now more fully understood by the members present. On the 17th both morning and after noon sessions were held. During the following the morning session addresses were presented: Presi dent's Address, Mr. Robert Gibbons. " F a d s, Their Prevalence and Influ in Live Stock Husbandry," ence Prof. Geo. C. H u m p h r e y. "Live Stock and Crop Rotation," by Mr. L. C. Drake, Weston, Mich. lution in Michigan Agriculture," by Hon. L. D. Watkins, and "Some thing About Shorthorn Cattle," by F. J ay Lessiter, Clarkston, Mich. " E v o At the afternoon session the fol lowing addresses were presented: " Some N ew Stock Feeds in Mich.," by Prof. C. D. S m i t h; " F e e d i ng Live Stock by Modern Methods," Prof. J . J. Ferguson, Chicago; "A the P i g ," N. A. Clapp, Plea for W i x o m, Mich.; 1Economy in the Production of Meat," Prof. R. S. Shaw, Agricultural College, Mich.; " Stock J u d g i ng at Fairs," E. M. Moore, Orchard Lake, Mich., and " Does the Breeding Industry Need a Revival?" by F. W. Upton, Ovid, Mich. that the association In accordance with a resolution these adopted by papers will be published. T he dis the papers and cussions following addresses were lively and full of interest. T he general consensus of opinion of those who have attended there has former meetings is been a great revival of interest in the association. This was mani increased attendance the fested taken by such the active part and the discus large numbers during sions. T he question of the neces sity of publishing a state live stock breeders' directory was discussed, this work will be undertaken. and This association is doing a valuable work for the live stock industry of the State. in SOME THINGS GOING ON IN THE HERBARIUM. T he economical trend of the bo tanical department since the opening of the College, over forty-five years ago, has made it seem unwise to in clude in its course any instruction in the subject of mosses; still, the her barium contains a respectable num ber of these interesting little plants. THE M. A. C. RECORD. forty Packets of about them collected over species which were received in the Cooley herbarium have remained unnamed, some of fifty years ago. Recently the professor of botany packed them off to an ex pert in Columbia University where they were named, and now they will be pigeon-holed where they be long, each by the side of its nearest relative. In the summer of 1900 Professor Wheeler collected two hundred and thirty mosses and liverworts which he did not take the time to study and name. These went to Colum bia and were named. About fifty duplicates were exchanged for fifty of other species from E u r o p e. In different parts of the world, experts make a business of collecting sets of fungi for sale to colleges and scientific societies. From time to time this college has been a subscriber to a consider able number of these collections, and the teaching force has added many more, 'till now we have not far from 13,000 of these low forms of plants, most of which are of considerable interest to all agricultural students. T h ey are edible or poisonous; they living plants live as parasites on which are cultivated, or on those which constitute our weeds, and thus are of economic value. Most of these purchased have been received 50 to too at a time, each ticketed and pasted in a volume. In this way there is no attempt at classi fication, and on this account rather tedious to find any of for study or comparison. it is them After years of deliberation and consultation, Dr. Beal has decided to strip the specimens from these vol umes and arrange them on sheets in the herbarium, placing each speci men that is infested with a particu lar rust, smut, or mildew near those of the same name, making it much more convenient for reference. This rearrangement is now going on rap idly, J.-B. w. Instructor Michels last week was in D e W i t t. He contracted for a ton of milk a day for the special courses, to be delivered from that place. is making a Instructor Michels series of experiments to determine the yield of cheese from milk con fat. taining varying percentages of 'oo»z. William Ball is in Grand Rapids. He has a good position as designer with Stowe & Butterworth, plaster mill manufacturers. T HE J E W E TT & KNAPP STORE Lansing's Low Priced Reliable Store E v e ry Department full of New Fall Goods. N ew Dress Goods, Silks, Laces, Gloves, Hosiery, Underwear, Silk and Cotton Shirt Waists, Muslin Underwear, Dress and W a l k i ng Skirts, Tailor Made Suits, and Jackets. We also carry a Complete Stock of Lace C u r t a i ns a nd D r a p e r i e s. 222, 224 Washington Ave. S. Lansing, Mich. Jewett & Knapp, When in need oK FINE STATIONERY, INVITATIONS o r C A R DS Lawrence & Yan Buren Printing Co. 122 Ottawa St. E. Lansing Mich. ALL MEATS . . .. 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