EXPKRIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Vol. XVII. July, L906. No. 11 



The friends of agriculture will learn with sincere regret of the death 

 of Hon. H. 0. Adams, of Wisconsin, which occurred at Chicago, 

 July 9, L906. 



Mr. Adams had shown himself to be a most earnest and intelligent 

 friend of agricultural progress, whose varied interests had for many 

 veins received his active cooperation and support. As a member of 

 the committee on agriculture of the House of Representatives, he 

 brought to his work wide familiarity with the conditions and needs of 

 agriculture, and judgment as to the means of accomplishing the 

 desired ends, which made him an extremely useful man to the country 

 at large. He was liberal and broad-minded in his conceptions, and 

 active and aggressive in urging what he conceived to be for the com- 

 mon good. Although he took a prominent part in all matters relating 

 to agriculture during his period of service in Congress, his success in 

 securing the passage of the act for the further endowment of agri- 

 cultural experiment stations stands out as a conspicuous feature of his 

 public career, and has made him a National figure. This act placed 

 him among the great benefactors of agriculture, along with Morrill 

 and Hatch, and will serve as an enduring monument to his memory. 



Mr. Adams' avowed intention when elected to Congress was to 

 secure an increase of the appropriation for agricultural experiment 

 stations. In this effort lie showed not only an intelligent appreciation 

 of the stations' work, but of the higher work in agricultural science, 

 which must needs be quite limited under existing appropriations. 

 Although not a student of science, he had become thoroughly imbued 

 with the important relations of science in the development of agricul- 

 ture, and he entertained high ideals for work on the 1 frontiers of agri- 

 cultural science. 



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