Past and Future Services of the Bureau 
Botany 
The botanists of the Bureau of Science Service are pre- 
pared to serve the people of Indiana in any of the following 
ways : 
1. Identification of, and information concerning plants, — particularly 
grasses and certain groups of fungi. 
2. Histological and microchemical properties of woods, plant fibers, 
etc., to meet definite problems. 
3. Research in physical, chemical, and histological properties of grains, 
as applied to milling and the manufacture of cereal products. 
4. Plant breeding for definite results. 
5. Problems in the adaptation or acclimation of plants to new environ- 
ments for specific purposes. 
6. Any problem connected with the growth, improvement, or utiliza- 
tion of corn. 
7. Brief or extended courses of special individual training for any per- 
son of promise doing industrial work with plant materials or pro- 
cesses of any kind. 
Chemistry 
Professor Robert E. Lyons 
1905. Modimilk Company, Indianapolis. Production of condensed, 
modified cows’ milk for infants. 
1906. Fisher Automobile Company, Indianapolis. Production of non- 
corrosive anti-freeze radiator solution. 
1907. Vitrified Brick and Tile Company. Bloomfield. Composition and 
experimental kiln burnings of shale. 
1909-11. Williams Brothers Company, Detroit, Mich.; Blue Label Com- 
pany, Rochester, N.Y. Effect of sodium benzoate upon digestibility 
of canned foods. 
1910. Pitman-Myers Company, Indianapolis. Concerning validity of 
United States patents on production of aspirin. 
1911-15. Guggenheim Exploration Company, New York; Natomas Con- 
solidated Company, San Francisco; Yukon Gold Company, New 
York; Shasta Dredging Company, San Francisco. Systematic study 
of losses in gold dredging in California and Alaska, including 
causes and remedies. Recovery of rusty gold and platinum by 
amalgamation. 
191^-15. Calumet Baking Powder Company, Chicago; Crescent Powder 
Company, Seattle. Experimental study of the effect of egg albumen 
upon leavening power of baking powder. 
1916-18. Gentry Remedy Company, Bloomington. Development of sul- 
phur soap. 
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