"A man of great energy, a vigorous correspondent, an active and effective publicist, Henry worked closely with the farm leaders of Wisconsin and the farmer's associations, seeking to find out what the farmers wanted from the department and trying to devise the means of giving it to them."

More practical research was done by the Ag department, including exploration of round silos, barn ventilation, soil problems, use of insecticides, development of plum varieties for Wisconsin's climate, the effects of different feeds (including the new silage) on animal growth and milk production, Professor Stephen Babcock's standardized butterfat test, a better understanding of how cheese can be made, and testing for bovine tuberculosis.

[9] The Horticulture and Agricultural Physics building was added in 1894 and 1896, on that farm a half mile west of Bascom Mall.

[11] In 1903 Agriculture Hall was added a quarter mile west of Bascom Mall, a three-story Neoclassical-styled building designed by J.T.W.

[2] The turn of the century was a time of great expansion at the UW, and with the Bascom Hill mall filled, buildings were going up here and there in various styles.

If this continued, some regents were concerned that the campus would become an ugly hodgepodge of styles sprawled out in a way that would make students frequently walk a mile between classes.

The three began working on the plan, with Peabody and Charles Van Hise acting as liaisons between the Pennsylvanians and the UW.

Some goals of the plan were saccharine, like "Improvement of the Main Campus," but others influenced Henry Mall, like "Creation of a monumental centre" and "Grouping of Departments by affinity as far as practicable within existing conditions.

It seems that this group of buildings could be made very beautiful and comparable only to one of which Bascom Hill is the focus, if fourth side were formed by the imposing mass of the new Gymnasium, preceded by an approach arranged as a Court of Honor with a flag pole in the center.