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years here I did not take much interest in my life- 

 long occupation until after I recovered my health. 

 I did return, however, to Cornell in 1905 and 1906 

 to deliver short courses of lectures ; and also gave 

 two short courses at the Polytechnic School at San 

 Luis Obispo, California. Later, in 1912 and 

 I 9 l 3i while my son Roger was Manager of the 

 University Farm at Davis I gave short courses 

 there ; and during the winter and spring I gave one 

 parlor lecture a week to six mature men, teachers 

 in High Schools, who wished to prepare them- 

 selves for teaching agriculture in secondary 

 schools. Four of the six were made principals of 

 schools the next year and they were kind enough 

 to say they thought their course with me had 

 helped them to this promotion. This summer 

 (1915) I read a paper on "The Trend of Agri- 

 cultural Practise," before the Association for the 

 Promotion of Agricultural Science at their annual 

 meeting which was held in connection with the 

 Panama-Pacific Exposition Congresses at Berke- 

 ley. At this meeting there were about forty of 

 my former colleagues and students, all of whom 

 are engaged in some line of Agricultural Science; 

 and it made me feel that I am indeed, what people 

 have sometimes called me " The Father of Agri- 

 cultural Science. 1 ' 



