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was established at Amherst for the scientific investi- 

 gation of problems relating to agriculture. The Board 

 of Control of the new station organized for work in 

 July, and in November Dr. Goessmann was appointed 

 Director and Chemist. From 1888 to 1895 he was 

 ex cfficio a member of the Board, and from 1892 to 1895 

 Treasurer of the Station. In 1895 the Massachusetts 

 Station became merged in the so-called Hatch Experi- 

 ment Station of the College, and he retired from the 

 directorship with the title of Honorary Director, and 

 was placed in charge of the chemical-fertilizer and 

 fertilizer-control work, a position he filled until his 

 retirement in 1907. Happily, the 'Hatch' has since 

 been dropped and the earlier and more euphonious 

 name restored. 



In the early years Professor Manly Miles and Pro- 

 fessor Samuel T. Maynard were associated with Dr. 

 Goessmann in the work of the Station the former as 

 superintendent of field and stock experiments, the 

 latter as superintendent of horticultural experiments, 

 microscopist, and draughtsman. In 1888 Dr. James E. 

 Humphrey was appointed vegetable physiologist and 

 mycologist, and in 1892 Dr. Joseph B. Lindsey became 

 associate chemist. These investigators contributed 

 many papers in various lines of research to the bulle- 

 tins and annual reports of the Director. 



