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Pi'ofessor Goessmann possessed a wonderfully retentive memory, and 

 l)eing' a great reader he was especially well informed on a wide 

 variety of topics. He was a good conversationalist, and if interested 

 in a subject poured forth a torrent of information, interspersed with 

 opinions of his OAvn. He had a genial disposition, a winning pei'son- 

 ality, and when he was amused his smile of appreciation was not soon 

 lo be forgotten. One did not need to be long associated with him to 

 feel his influence for good and to realize that he was much i^iore than 

 an ordinary man. In fact, his verj'^ presence seemed to exhale a sort 

 of spiritual essence which lifted one to a higher level of thought 

 and feeling, 



Goessmann was indeed a pioneer in the cause of agrienltural investi- 

 gation in the United States, or, as one of his students expressed it, 

 he was a foundation builder. He was a leader, and pointed the way 

 to a fuller understanding of the principles of science as applied to 

 agrieultu.re. Every experiment station woi-kei", every tiller of the soil, 

 and in fact every citizen in our great country, either directly or in- 

 directly, has been benefited by this man who has recently ]iassed into 

 the Great Beyond. 



J. B. LINDSEY. 



