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to enact no more special laws, but a general law cover- 

 ing all food products. The law prepared by Professor 

 Johnson and rejected the preceding year was accord- 

 ingly taken from the archives and passed with scarcely 

 any opposition. This law remained in force until 

 1907, when it was supplanted by the present law based 

 on the Federal Act which, in the opinion of those in 

 the state best fitted to judge, has not proved its 

 superior effectiveness. 



Under the individualistic direction of Professor 

 Johnson, the Connecticut Station made most signifi- 

 cant demonstrations of possibilities in various lines of 

 research, some even in fields where practical returns 

 appeared very remote. His later life was as marked 

 by wise progressiveness and freedom from the 

 prejudices acquired through habit as his early 

 years had been by the common-sense conservatism 

 more usually associated with mature years and 

 experience. This happy constitution of mind enabled 

 him to keep in sj^npathetic touch with the progress 

 of events around him after ill health prevented 

 participation in them. 



Professor Johnson's earliest expectation was first 

 to develop agricultural schools and colleges in this 

 country; at that time his belief was that experiment 

 stations would grow naturally out of them and, while, 

 perhaps not necessarily an adjunct, would at least be 

 closely related to some teaching foundation. All stu- 

 dents in the agricultural course of the Connecticut Col- 

 lege of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts (Sheffield 

 Scientific School) came under his instruction and 

 observation. This institution fitted men to teach and 



