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IT is seldom that the Journal of an important Society so abounds with obituary notices of prominent contributors as the one now before us. The sad refrain of “In Memoriam” runs through but too many of the closing pages of the number, in affectionate remembrance of names which have been associated with the advancement of agricultural knowledge throughout a considerable part of this century. The late Charles Randell, of Chadbury, was essentially a farmer of the widest views and experience, and full of sympathy for scientific work. The late John Chalmers Morton, the late John Algernon Clarke, and the late John Coleman ranked among the most distinguished ornaments of the literary aspect of agriculture. The editor, remarking upon these losses, says: “It is a noteworthy but melancholy circumstance that, in the short space of six months, the three leading professional writers on agricultural subjects should have been gathered in by the Great Harvester.” We should be wanting in respect to pass over unnoticed these bereavements, and when we call to mind the very recent deaths of Dr. Voelcker and Mr. H. M. Jenkins, the late secretary and editor, we must admit that this Society has sustained exceptionally heavy losses.
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The Journal of the Roual Agricultural Society 1 . Nature 39, 261 (1889). https://doi.org/10.1038/039261a0
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