SCIENTIFIC WORK OP HARRY LUMAN RUSSELL H 



state. He had brought to Wisconsin the most prominent and 

 the most honored dairy investigator of this country, Dr. S. 

 M. Babcoc-k, and had sought in every way to favor the develop- 

 ment of the dairy industry. It was but natural that these 

 men, wide awake to the developments that were to come in 

 dairying, should at once recognize the importance of this new 

 phase of bacteriology to the state of Wisconsin. It was again 

 but natural that in seeking a man to develop this subject, both 

 from the research and instructional points of view, they 

 should turn for aid to the first student of the University who 

 had prepared himself for work in this field. In 1893 H. L. 

 Russell was appointed assistant professor of bacteriology in 

 the University of Wisconsin. Advancement to full professor 

 was made in 1897. 



The training received in general biology led to the develop- 

 ment of a course in general bacteriology, in which the general 

 relations of the bacteria were considered, apart from their 

 practical relations. This course was given most successfully 

 for many years. The constant knocking at the door of the 

 list of required studies by the new phases of agricultural 

 work that had been introduced from time to time into the 

 college led to the abandonment of the course and to the 

 development of a course in which the practical aspects of 

 bacteriology as related to farming were especially emphasized. 

 From the laboratory of the University have gone many men 

 who have had much to do with the development of agricultural 

 bacteriology in this country. 



The Wisconsin College of Agriculture in 1893 was expend- 

 ing a large portion of its energy in the development of the 

 Dairy School and in the training of young farmers in the 

 Short Course in Agriculture. Dean Henry furnished to these 

 groups of students the best instruction the College could pro- 

 vide. Thus the instructional work of the bacteriologist was 

 not limited to the regular university students, but was ex- 

 tended to both the students in the Dairy School and in the 

 Short Course in Agriculture. Many hundreds of young men 

 have returned to their homes with not only some idea of the 



