Evening star., 1924-07-13
BY WILL p. KENNEDY.

years Dr. warner w.
Stockberger has been Uncle
Sans right-hand man in
helping to make homegrown drugs
| available to the American people and
aiding various American industries In
profitable utilization Of waste" He
Is author of more than fifty publica-
| tions, many of the mhighly technical
and scientific.
During the last FIVE years he has
given as much as any individual of
personal service, constructive advice
based on experience, and progressive
reclassifying the Jobs and salaries of
tho army of government employees not
only In Justice to the workers, but
In the interest OF economy and eff
cheney in Uncle Sans workshop,
which is the biggest industrial plant
In the whole world.
DR.. Stockberger is a government
sclentfst-but he Is very human" at
the same time and practical in a way
that means dollars and cents to hard
headed business men.
He was born on an Ohio farm Of
American parents fifty-two years ago.
He got his b. S. degree from Denison
eayss tsO2 and Ph p feSm ao9
His major subjects were biology and
botany, with special laboratory and
field work in botany and entomology
and on cytology and thallophytes.
For a time he was in charge Of the
| course in botany and histology in
Densfon University, was superintend-
ent of the public schools, Hanover,
Ohio, and president of the Granville
board of education.
Character Of His Work.
DR.. Stockberger is psychologist in
| charge of drug, poisonous and oil
plant Investigations, United States
Department Of Agriculture. His Serv-
Ice in this department Is represented
by twenty-one years of very produc-
tive work, both in scientific investi-
cations, along lines OF pharmacognosy
physiology and plant breeding, and
In the practical application of the re-
suits OF scientific Investigations to
problems of crop production and uti-
liLation. The investigation of Ameri-
can hops. for example, which he un-
dertook. is regarded generally as
model OF crop Investigation in its re-
lation to economic and agricultural
conditions.
In the early days of the world war,
Whlle reading foreign journal, DR..
Stockberger noted an inconspicuous
item OF only six or seven lines which
told the amount of castor oil used for
lubrication of the rotary engine on an
alrshfp In flight. AS a result of his
| needs Of the United States, then con-
templatiing wholesale aeroplane con-
struction, came the establishment of
a great castor-bean growing indus
acres planted in each of ten states
California, Texas, Louisiana. Okla
homa, Florida. Arkansas. Alabama.
Georgia. North and South Carolina.
partment of Agriculture with con-
spicuous ability in dealing with the
war Department on conditions affect
ing castor-bean production and the
technical phases OF manufacture of
castor oil.
Under DR.. Stockberger's leadership
the drug plant Investigations of the
Department of Agriculture have re-
maceutical circles. This has led to
requests from educational institutions,
pharmaceutical associations and other
organizations for Information in nu-
and has brought DR.. Stockberger into
the limelight as pleasing and effec-
tive speaker on his pet" subjects.
He is an active member of the.
and is member of the council of
that association. chairman of the
sclentihc section. chairman of the
o0 bsteeea on e45PIas a and
president of the Washington branch
He represents the department on the
revision committee of the U. S. Phar-
macopoeia.
How Work Aids Industry.
DR.. Stockberger's value to the de-
partment and to American industry is
reflected in the results obtained under
the projects organized and conduct
ed by him. These projects deal
mainly with the production and i'm
provement of drug and related crops.
the utilization of oils and other VAL
liable products discovered in tomato
seeds. raisin seeds, cherry pits and
similar waste of the canning and
fruit packing industries; introduction
of new crops such, as camphor. red
pepper,-oil seeds. the Investigation
of poisonous plants and related lines
of work. Here are a couple of illus
trations:
From the drug garden at Arlington
Farm. medicinal plants and seeds have
been sent to schools Of pharmacy de-