Stephen John Watson

Bush House

Stephen John Watson FRSE FRIC FRAgS CBE (24 March 1898 – 25 June 1976) was a 20th-century British agriculturalist. He had an expert knowledge of the nutritional values of hay, straw and silage under different conditions.[1]

In 1947 he founded the Edinburgh Centre of Rural Economy (ECRE) at Bush House, near Penicuik.[2]

  1. ^ Index of Agricultural Research 1957
  2. ^ "History · SCRR · Scottish Consortium for Rural Research". scrr.ac.uk. Retrieved 31 March 2019.