Henry Baird Favill, AB, MD, LL.D., 1860-1916, a ... - University Library

76 HENRYBAIRDFAVILL
Few men have such outstanding quahties as to be long
missed in the busy hfe of the world; but here was one of
such conspicuous value that it seems the gap of his passing
can never be filled.
Kimball's Dairy Farmer, March i, 1916.
UNTIRING
DR. HENRY B. FAVILL
in his manifold duties;
sincere in his convictions;
fearless in his speech for everv^thing helpful
and good— such was the character of Dr. Favill,
president of the National Dairy Council, who died February
20th at Springfield, Mass.
His death was due to an attack
of pneumonia contracted a week before. Though he did
not feel his best he was anxious not to disappoint the New
England Dairymen's Association, who had placed him on
the program. His illness took a severe turn immediately
upon his arrival and the address was never delivered. He
died three days later.
During the eight years of his connection with agricultural
matters, he has commanded the respect of his
fellow workers and the masses whom he was serving.
His
interest in all things was of the genuine sort. From his
profession he not only knew the value of milk as a food,
but also the dangers of impure milk. He preached the one
and warned against the other. He established in Wisconsin
a farm on a practical basis and solved to his own
satisfaction the essentials in the production of clean milk.
Thus he was sincere and thorough in all things. He had
the powerful character so rarely met with in this day and
age where commercialism walks hand in hand with all
movements for advancement. He was a man whose greatness
would have made itself felt in a still larger measure in
the years to come, when agricultural development will have
reached its real momentum.