INTRODUCTION 5 



station under his direction was a powerful stimulus 

 to its propagation and fruition in other states. 



By developing details of station work and methods, 

 by establishing high standards of fair dealing both 

 with the farmer and with those who supplied him, and 

 by inspiring all associated with him with high ideals 

 of scientific work, he did more than any one other man 

 to make the experiment stations of the country the 

 useful and successful institutions they are today. 

 In his old age he found himself, in the words of a 

 friend, ''In the rare and privileged position of having 

 assisted almost at the sowing of the seed of the science 

 of agricultural chemistry and of living to see it grow 

 into a great, big tree." 



