Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1897-10-07

with the farm all his life and with
experimental work. since he was
thirteen years old. lie has been a
frequent contributor to the leading
agricultural and scientific papers
and has conducted the fertilizer de-
partmene OF the Maryland Farmer
for several years.
Mr.. Patterson 10 a fellow of the
American association for the adj.
vancement of Science member
of-the Society for the Promotion of
Agricultural science Whose mem
bership is limited to 1901: of the
Society OF Chemical Industry Lion
don, England) : and of the Ameri-
can Chemical Society, and was for
! two years reporter on Foods and
Feeding Stuffs for the Association
OF Official Agricultural Chemists.
His work % the feeding value of
corn fodder has received national
reputas:en and bulletin No. 20
of the Maryland Station on that
subject has been more largely quot
ed and reprinted possibly than any
other ballctin in the United States.
Mr.. Patterson is we'll known to
the farmers of Maryland not only
through his writings, but by bis
practical talks at farmers meetings
on feeding, fertilizers, dairying,
the growing and curing of tobacco
aud other topics of agricultural in
terest. .
W. &. Johnson, Professor of the
Maryland Agricultural College, En-.
tomologist of the Maryland Agn-
cultural Experiment Station and
Maryland State Entomologist, was
born in Ohio in 1866. He studied
for three years in his special work
at the Ohio State University at the
same time working on the Univer-
slty farm. Having been compelled
by iii health to desist for a time
from his studies, he again resumed
them in 1888 at Cornell University
Iii New York. completing course
of science there in the fall of 1891.
Ia order 10 better equip himself az
an entemologist he went to Califor-
MIA in 1891 and entered Stanford
University, where he was made as
slstant in the Department of Ento-
mology and had unexcelled oppor-
tunities for the study of economic
entomology, and especially the San
Jose and other scale insects. Leay-
ing Stanford University in 1894
with the degree of Master of Sci
ence, he was appointed assistant
Entomologist in the Illinois State
Laboratory of Natural History.
While there he was detailed to do
the field and laboratory experiment
tai work and also to teach in the
University Of Illinois. He left H.
linois in 1896 to accept his present
position in Maryland.
In California and Illinois he pre-.
sented many lectures on economic
topics before Farmers Institutes
and Horticultural Societies and
contributed papers to nearly all the
prominent Agricultural and Horti.
cultural periodicals. He is also a
regular contributor to the leading
chronological journals published in
this country and is a member of the
American Association of Economic
EntomOl0gists, OF the Entomoloei-
cal Society of Washington, of the
Biological Society &c.
Among his recent contributions
to chronological literature are a
monograph OF sixty-five pages on
"The Mediterranean Flour Moth. !"
pest which has made it appear
ance in this country description
of Five New Species of Scale In
sects with notes on their Life Hrs
tories" and bulletin of No. IL of
the Maryland Agricultural Expert
ment Station.
Charles Herbert Lake 10 a native
OF Massachusetts, and came to Ma
ryland in the "Sixties. As boy
ne developed strong love for bee
culture and has made bee keeping
the study aud business of his life.
His apiaries, four in Kent county
and riye in Baltimore county, con-
tains upward Of three hundred
hives and he 10 also apiarist of the
Maryland Agricultural College,
where he has under his charge the
college apiarg of fifty or seventy
five hives. He has taken bis pet
/ insect for his model hnwarer and