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the rapid progress which is being made in this country in building up 

 a substantial body of agricultural literature, based upon the more 

 definite and reliable information furnished by investigation. 



The retirement of Director E. J. Redding, of the Georgia Station, 

 will be learned with regret by his many friends and colleagues in 

 experiment station work. 



Director Redding is one of our oldest station officers in point of 

 service, having come into the work when the station was moved from 

 Athens to Griffin in 1890. The laying out of the fields and grounds 

 at that place and the planning of its work devolved upon him ; and 

 the systematic conduct and careful attention to details which have 

 characterized the work under him, as indeed all of the business of the 

 station, reflect much credit upon his administration. 



His career in the service of agriculture has been a long and honora- 

 ble one, crowned with much practical usefulness, and he will lay 

 down his work with the respect and esteem of all who have known 

 him. The resolutions passed by the board of directors of the station 

 in accepting his resignation evidence the appreciation of his services 

 and the warm regard in which he is held. 



