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out by Goessmann with the aid of assistants, mostly 

 graduates of the Massachusetts Agricultural College, 

 from the time he became director until he retired in 

 1907, and the results were published in the annual re- 

 ports of the Massachusetts State Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station (1883-1894), and afterwards in the re- 

 ports of the Hatch Experiment Station, in which the 

 State Station was merged. 



I. The free analyses of fertilizer mixtures, agricul- 

 tural chemicals, refuse materials and by-products suit- 

 able for fertilizing purposes, fodder-crops, concentrated 

 feeds, dairy products particularly milk and drink- 

 ing waters. 



Goessmann desired to make the Station of service 

 to every one. He, therefore, accepted and had analyzed 

 all materials of an agricultural nature that in his judg- 

 ment would prove helpful to the citizens of the state. 

 He gave freely of his time to reporting the results of the 

 analyses and to answering all inquiries in his own hand- 

 writing; and one visiting him of an evening would find 

 him often in his little office at his home, laboriously 

 writing, with a pile of letters by his side. Even in his 

 later years he would not employ a stenographer. He 

 finally purchased a typewriter, and required one of the 

 assistant chemists to learn the art of typewriting. He 

 would then state to the young man the gist of what he 

 wished to say in answer to letters received, and the 

 assistant would write out the letter in full on the type- 

 writer, to which Professor Goessmann appended his 

 signature. 



