He served as director of the Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station from 1912 until 1923 and chaired the Connecticut Sewerage Commission from 1897 to 1903.[1] During World War I, he served as state food administrator, leading Connecticut's efforts to ration supplies and maximize production of foodstuffs needed for the war effort.[2] He wrote or oversaw the composition of hundreds of agricultural reports, bulletins, and other publications, including A History of Connecticut Agriculture (1925).[3][5] Dedicated in October 1932 at a ceremony presided over by Governor Wilbur Cross, the Jenkins Laboratory of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station was named in his honor.[6][7] Renovated and expanded in 2014, the facility was renamed the Jenkins-Waggoner Laboratory after Paul E. Waggoner (Station director, 1972–1987).[8][9]