 At the time I worked for the Ministry of Agriculture in Northern Ireland, a most bureaucratic organisation, and when I returned all hell was let loose for the Ministry felt (understandably) that they and they alone should decide who would benefit from Kellogg grants.Anyway I was released for a year and spent 1954/55 in the States where I learned a great deal about research and plants.The US had not suffered from the War the way Europe had and it was an exhilarating time."