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Professor Henry's success was no less marked in the develojmient 

 of the experiment station. He went to the University of Wisconsin 

 in 1880 as jDrofessor of botany and agriculture, and three years later 

 secured funds for the establishment of the experiment station. He 

 had a thorough appreciation of scientific work and was keenly alive 

 to the needs of the farmer. Step by step he developed ditferent de- 

 partments of the work, gathering around him a competent corps of 

 w^orkers, who Avere inspired by his enthusiasm and aided by his intel- 

 ligent insight into the jjractical and scientitie bearing of their work. 

 Under his direction the Wisconsin Station has placed to its credit 

 some of the most noteworthy contributions to the science of agricul- 

 ture, and a nndtitude of results of jjractical importance, which the 

 institution has carried directly to the farmer. 



The imposing array of buildings which he has brought together at 

 the University of Wisconsin, several of them the lirst of their kind to 

 be erected at any agricultural college, will remain a tribute to his long 

 period of service and to the confidence he inspired in the people of 

 his State. Although not yet fifty-seven years of age, his health has 

 been impaired by constant devotion to his work, which left little 

 time for vacation. The letters of President Van Hise and of the 

 board of regents in accepting the resignation, which he had been pre- 

 vailed upon to postpone for some time, expressed a profound appre- 

 ciation of Profesor Henry's services to the university and to the 

 State, and a deep sense of personal loss at his going. The title of 

 " emeritus professor " was conferred upon him. 



In the closing paragraph of his letter Professor Henry says : " My 

 work has been that of a pioneer. I have laid only the foundations ; 

 others will build a better superstructure than I possibly could . . . 

 It is my hope, as it is my ambition, that when the load of responsibil- 

 ity is removed and I have somewhat regained my old-time health and 

 vigor I can draAV closer than ever before to our students and the 

 farmers, and so in some ways at least be more useful than ever be- 

 fore." His many friends the country over will echo this hope, and 

 will wish for him nuiny years of continued activity in a less respon- 

 sible and exacting capacity as a reward for his great service. 



