1000 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Stephen Monlton Babcock, of the University of Wisconsin, and his unselfish dedica- 

 tion of these inventions to the pn})Hc; service, the State of Wisconsin presents to 

 Professor Babcock this medal." In his response Dr. Babcock attributed the oj)por- 

 tunity for carrying on the investigation which led to his discoveries to the wise 

 l)ounty of the State in establishing and maintaining institutions for research. The 

 principal address was made by ex-Governor W. D. Hoard, who pointed out the 

 importiint relation existing between science and practice in agriculture, and laid 

 great emphasis upon the value of Dr. Babcock' s discovery and its world-wide appli- 

 cation and introducti'_.. He compared it to the iron plow, the reaper, and tlie 

 thrashing machine in marking a di.stinct step of progress in agricultural advance- 

 ment. He cited it as a notable instance of the value of research, ami urged the 

 encouragement of such work along fundamental lines. "The great necessity of the 

 hour with the farmers of Wisconsin is a better knowledge of the laws which must 

 govern the outcome of their labor. The wisest among them see this, feel it, and in 

 their work as farmers endeavor to be governed l)y this necessity. The leading 

 thought and purpose of all our citizens then should be to so upbuild, establish, and 

 strengthen the cause of agri(;ulture in Wisconsin that knowledge, skill, training, and 

 broad judgment of the relation of things shall direct the hand that labors." 



Prof. F. E. Emery, formerly connected with the North Carolina Station, has been 

 appointed special agent of the Dairy Division, Bureau of Animal Industry, of this 

 Department, to investigate dairy interests in China, Japan, and the Philippines, with 

 reference to increasing the sale of American dairy products in these countries. 



John A. Myers, of New York, died from typhoid fever, after a brief illness, April 

 8, 1901. Dr. Myers was born in West Virginia in 1853. He served successively as 

 tutor in chemistry at Bethany College, professor of chemistry and physics in Butler 

 University, Kentucky University, and in the Mississippi Agricultural ami ^Mechanical 

 College, and was State chemist of Mississippi for six years. In 1888 lie was appointed 

 director of the West Virginia Experiment Station, which position he occupied until 

 1897. He then a.ssumed charge of the propaganda for nitrate of soda, which posi- 

 tion he occupied at the time of his death. Dr. Myers was widely known among 

 experiment station workers in this country, and took an active interest in the experi- 

 ment station movement from its inception. 



E. S. Nettleton, agent and expert in connection with the irrigation investigations 

 of this Department, died at Denver April 23, 1901. Colonel Nettleton had been 

 prominently identified with irrigation enterprises for many years and was the author 

 of several works on irrigation problems. A bulletin prepared by him on the Reser- 

 voir System of the Cache la Poudre Valley was recently issued by this Department. 



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