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training at Ohio State University. Later he took both his Bachelor 

 and Master of Science degrees at Cornell University where he made a 

 specialty of economic entomology. His professional career was a 

 busy one in the work of teacher, investigator and editor. He was 

 instructor for a time in Leland Stanford University and also in the 

 University of Illinois, at the same time conducting important in- 

 vestigations. He served as State Entomologist of Maryland and later 

 organized the State Horticultural Department, remaining at its head 

 until 1900, when he resigned to take up the journalistic work along agri- 

 cultural lines in which he has since become so well known. His first 

 work in this direction was as managing editor of the American Agricul- 

 turalist, which was followed by the associate editorship of the Agricul- 

 turalist, the New England Farmer and the Orange Judd Farmer. His 

 most recent honor was the appointment, a short time before his death, to 

 the Board of Control of the New York Experiment Station at Geneva. 

 Though in recent years he was prevented by heavy editorial duties 

 from carrying on much research, his interest in such work never flagged, 

 and his unfailing enthusiasm was a stimulation to all with whom he 

 came in contact. He was member of a number of societies and the 

 author of numerous reports and bulletins. 



