The chemist at work. XVIII. Research in an agricultural experiment station

Abstract

has been with the Ohio Agriczdtural Experiment Station since 1920. Dr. Hunt was graduated from the state college of Washington and has done graduate work at Columbia University and the Ohio State University. From the latter he received the Ph.D. degree in 1926.He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Xi, and the American Chemical Society. His research publications have dealt "with mineral metabolism and vitamins.

Fertilizers, Then and Now

“…Agricultural chemistry was also one of the topics for the annual Prize Essay Contest for high school students (12), and winning entries appeared in JCE until the program's demise in 1931. Other examples of agriculturally focused papers include two contributions to The Chemist at Work series (13) describing research activities in a soils laboratory (14) and in an agricultural experiment station (15).…”

“…A recurring theme in these articles is the importance of fertilizers and the chemist’s role in their development. For example, H. A. Halvorson of the Minnesota State Department of Agriculture said, “I have often thought that of all of the pursuits related to agriculture, the manufacture of fertilizers is the one that comes nearest to the classification of a chemical industry.” And Charles H. Hunt of the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station wrote,…”