SCIENTIFIC WORK OF HARRY LUMAN RUSSELL 11 
state. He had brought to Wisconsin the most prominent and 
the most honored dairy investigator of this country, Dr. 8S. 
M. Babcock, and had sought in every way to favor the develop- 
ment of the dairy industry. It was but natural that these 
raen, wide awake to the developments that were to come in 
dairying, should at once recognize the importance of this new 
phase of bacteriology to the state of Wisconsin. It was again 
but natural that in seeking a man to develop this subject, both 
from’ the research and instructional points of view, they 
should turn for aid to the first student of the University who 
had prepared himself for work in this field. In 1893 H. L. 
Russell was appointed assistant professor of bacteriology in 
the University of Wisconsin. Advancement to full professor 
was made in 1897. 
The training received in general biology led to the develop- 
ment of a course in general bacteriology, in which the general 
relations of the bacteria were considered, apart from their 
practical relations. This course was given most successfully 
for many years. The constant knocking at the door of the 
list of required studies by the new phases of agricultural 
work that had been introduced from time to time into the 
college led to the abandonment of the course and to the 
development of a course in which the practical aspects of 
bacteriology as related to farming were especially emphasized. 
From the laboratory of the University have gone many men 
who have had much to do with the development of agricultural 
bacteriology in this country. 
The Wisconsin College of Agriculture in 1893 was expend- 
ing a large portion of its energy in the development of the 
Dairy School and in the training of young farmers in the 
Short Course in Agriculture. Dean Henry furnished to these 
groups of students the best instruction the College could pro- 
vide. Thus the instructional work of the bacteriologist was 
not limited to the regular university students, but was ex- 
tended to both the students in the Dairy School and in the 
Short Course in Agriculture. Many hundreds of young men 
have returned to their homes with not only some idea of the 
