set recently received illustrates the general principles of develop-
The committee on track athletics is anxious that all new men
who intend to try for a place on the track and relay teams during
the winter and spring, should do some preparatory work this fall.
Previous experience in work of this kind is not' necessary, and
competent instruction will be furnished. Prospects for a winning
track team are unusually bright this year, but we cannot afford to
wait for it to develop itself. We must make it ourselves. About
twenty new men have promised to join in the work of the team
when drill does not interfere. Any other men, who wish to take
this work for the sake of exercise merely, should h ind their names
to the captain at once. A general course of work will be followed
this autumn. When the weather becomes too cold for outside
work a gymnasium squad will be formed.
Owing to the growth of the Dairy School the work in Animal
Industry, which Mr. Hayward formerly had charge of, has been
transferred to Prof. Watson.
Prof. Watson, Mr. and Mrs. Hayward and Mr, Patterson served
as judges at the State Fair, held in Johnstown.
At the recent State Fair the College and Experiment Station
exhibited two car loads of cattle and swine, and many favorable
comments were made, especially in regard to the cattle.
, Mr. Hayward acted as judge of the cattle at the Burgettstown
Fair. Prof. Watsou, Mr. Patterson and Mr. Hayward will judge
the live stock at the Columbia County Fair, at Bloomsburg.
During the summer Dr. Frear made a special examination, for
the Department of Agriculture, of the general character of the
cheese sold in central and northeastern Pennsylvania. Mr. J. A.
Fries assisted in the work.
Mi. M. E. McDonald, instructor in Dairy Bacteriology, spent a
number of weeks in studying the milk supplies of Philadelphia,
Reading, Hanisburg, York, Scranton, Williamsport, Pittsburg,
Altoona and New York, for the purpose of making a preliminary
study of their standard character and purity. Mr. Playward
made a careful study of the dairy markets of Pennsylvania and
adjacent States.
At its recent meeting at Minneapolis the Association of Ameri
can Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations appointed a
committeee to take charge of the work of preparing a col-
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