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1884; Mississippi River Commission, 1884-85. Married, 16th 

 March, 1886, at Chelsea, Ruth Fielding. Address, Wakefield, 



Mass. 



CHARLES SUMNER PLUMB was born 21st April, 1860, at West- 

 field ; prepared for college at Westfield High School. Graduate 

 student in Chemistry, Mass. Agr'l Coll., 1882; in the employ of 

 Henry A. Ward, Esq., Rochester, N. Y., 1883 ; on the editorial 

 staff, Rural New Yorker, N. Y. City, 1883-84 ; asst. director, 

 New York Agr'l Expt. Station, Geneva, N. Y., since 1884. Ad- 

 dress, Geneva, N. Y. 



ASA FRANK SHIVERICK was born 26th September, 1861, at East 

 Dennis; studied at Lawrence Academy, Falmouth, 1876-78. 

 B.Sc., Boston Univ., 1882; Chemist and asst. manager, works 'of 

 Pacific Guano Company, Wood's Holl, and Charleston, S. C., 

 since 1883. Member of the Amer. Assoc. for the Advancement 

 of Science. Address, Wood's Holl, Mass. 



WINTHROP ELLSWORTH STONE was born 12th June, 1862, at 

 Chesterfield, N. H., prepared for college at Amherst High School. 

 Assistant, Expt. Dept., Houghton Farm, Mountainville, N. Y., 

 1882-84 ; Asst. Chemist, Mass. Agr'l Expt. Station, Amherst, 

 since 1884. B.Sc., Boston Univ., 1886. Member of the Amer. 

 Assoc. for the Advancement of Science. Address, Amherst, 

 Mass. 



Soil Temperatures. (Trans. N. Y. Agr'l Soc., 1883.) 

 Report on Agricultural Physics. (Houghton Farm, 1884.) 

 Special Fertilizers for Small Fruits. (Amer. Garden, Sept., 1884.) 

 Sweet Ensilage. (Country Gentleman, Oct., 1885.) 

 Indian Corn. Maturity of Seed. (Country Gentleman, Oct., 1885.) 

 Also numerous minor papers on agricultural subjects contributed to the agri- 

 cultural press. 



LEVI RAWSON TAFT was born 22d August, 1859, at Mendou ; 

 studied at Mendon High School, 1874-78. B.Sc., Boston Univ., 

 1882 ; assistant, Botanical Dept., Mass. Agr'l Coll., 1882-85, and 

 Asst. Professor of Horticulture and bursar, same, 1883-85 ; Pro- 

 fessor of Horticulture and Asst. Professor of Biology, University 

 of the State of Missouri, Columbia, Mo., since 1885. Married, 

 4th June, 1884, at Northboro, Ella S. Maynard. One daughter. 

 Address, Columbia, Mo. 



Contributed various articles on horticultural subjects to the agricultural 

 press. 



