EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Vol. III. ISSUED AUGUST, 1891. No. 1. 



EDITORrAL NOTES. 



In view of the fiicts that the needs of the Department in its rehition 

 to the experiment station enteri)rise, seem to demand that the Director 

 of thisOnie*' shall devote liis entire time and energy to ofllcial duties, 

 and that Mr. W. O. Atwater di<l not feel that he ought to relinquish his 

 opportunities for original research, be has resigned the directorshii) of 

 the OCiiee. His services will, liowever, be retained as a general coun- 

 selor in scientific matters, and the fruits of his wide experience and 

 study with regard to European investigations in agricultural science 

 will be made available, lie will be a regular contributor to the record 

 of abstracts of European publicatious, and in certain special lines he 

 expects to be able to furnish r6sum<5s of past and current inquiries. 



Under the new organization of the Office Mr. A. W. Harris, formerly 

 Assistant Director, becomes Director, and Mr. A. C. True, formerly 

 First Assistant Editor, becomes Assistant Director. The editorial and 

 clerical force of the Office is to be somewhat enlarged, and it is hoped 

 that in the coming fiscal year much work will be accomplished which 

 will be of benefit to the stations and to farmers. 



The agricultural experiment station now located at the Agricultural 

 Institute of the University of Giittingen, Germany, was established at 

 AVeende near Gottingeu in 1857 and removed to its present location iu 

 187-1. 



Dr. Willu'lm Henneberg was director of the station from its founda- 

 tion until his death in November, 1890. During his connection with 

 the station he also continued to be editor of the Journal fur Land- 

 irirthschaft^ which he had established iu 1853, and from 1SG5 he was 

 professor of agricultural chemistry in the University of Gottingeu. Iu 

 addition to his contributions to the theory of animal nutrition, Henne- 

 berg gave much attention to other lines of work, as plant nutrition iu 

 the earlier part of his career, and, later, human physiology. 



