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with observations upon plants and animals is apparent 

 to all. No conclusions are firmly grounded until the 

 conditions of temperature, moisture, and sunlight have 

 been duly considered.' Similar or more complete ob- 

 servations were continued after the Massachusetts 

 Station was merged in the Hatch Station. 



XIX. Miscellaneous work. 



In addition to the work already reviewed, many 

 other experiments were made and reported which were 

 of value at the time. Among these may be mentioned 

 temperature conditions in the silo for several weeks 

 after filling, a continuation of his observations on the 

 effect of different forms of potash in fruit-culture, a 

 study of the conditions in two local creameries, and the 

 composition of the milk of different breeds of cows. 



As a conclusion to the brief review of the scientific 

 papers and the experiments undertaken by Goessmann 

 from the beginning of his connexion with the Massa- 

 chusetts Agricultural College in 1868 until his retire- 

 ment in 1907, one cannot fail to be impressed with the 

 wonderful energy displayed by him. He was not a 

 rapid worker, but he succeeded in accomplishing much 

 because of his steady and long-continued application. 

 He took comparatively few vacations. He possessed a 

 strong constitution and a phlegmatic temperament. 

 His pleasant home life, together with his garden, his 

 shrubbery and trees, were his constant sources of 

 recreation and enjoyment. Vacations were to him in 

 reality more a duty than a pleasure. He did practically 



