11; instr. political sci., Penn. State Coll.,
19145; asst. prof., 1915-6; present
position, 1916 . Traveled in France
and England, 1910. Auth.: Constitu-
tional Doctrines of Justice Harlan, 1915.
b. Chesterfield Co., Va., Sept. 11, 1886;
s. P. B. and Mattie A. (Belcher) C.;
reared on farm and in small town; m.
Ruth Haines, June 24, 1915. A.M.,
Richmond Coll., Va., 1908; Ph.D., Johns
Hopkins Univ., 1914.



Clark, J. Artemas, supt. Dominion Exp.
Sta., Charlottetown, P. E. I.

Lect. farmers' insts., P. E. I., 1903-7;
asst. to seed comnr., Ottawa, 1908-9;
lect. short courses, P. E. I., 1909-18.
Pres. P. E. I. Floral Assoc. Farmer.
b. Bay View, P. E. I., Aug. 2, 1878; s.
John C. and Annie Margaret (Simpson) C.;
reared on farm; m. Wilhelmina A. Toole,
Mar. 30, 1910; c. Eina Marion. B.S.A.,
Toronto Univ., 1906.

Clark, Olin Mitchell, assoc. prof, rural educ.,
Clemson Agr. Coll, Clemson College,
S. C.

Asst. prof, agron., Clemson Agr. Coll.,
1912-8; assoc. prof, rural educ., 1918 .
b. Chapin, S. C., June 22, 1885; s. 0. P.
and Ophelia (Ale wine) C.; reared on
farm. B.S., Clemson Agr. Coll., 1909;
M.S., Cornell Univ., 1918.

Clark, Robert Fry, prof. econ. and sociol.
and acting pres., Pacific Univ., Forest
Grove, Ore.

Prof, foreign languages, Central Coll.,
1902-5; princ. Washburn Acad., 1906-11;
fellow sociol. and research asst. social
tech., Univ. Chicago, 1911-3; assoc.
prof. econ. and sociol., Colgate Univ.,
1913-4; asst. econ., Univ. Chicago,
1914-5; dean and prof. econ. and sociol.,
Pacific Univ., 1915 ; acting pres.,
1917 . Specialty, rural sociol. b. Gait,
Ont., Feb. 10, 1880 (naturalized 1898);
s. Robt. A. and Elizabeth (Fry) C.;
reared on farm and in city; m. Mary
Adeline Willard, Oct. 16, 1913; c. Eliza-
beth Mary, Francis Willard. A.B., Cen-
tral Coll., 1901; Oberlin Coll., 1902;
A.M., Univ. Chicago, 1906.

Clark, William Darrow, prof, for., Mass.
Agr. Coll., Amherst, Mass.

Instr. and asst. prof, for., Penn. State
Coll., 1909-12; present position, 1912.
b. Rahway, N. J., May 27, 1877; s. Chas.
H. and Harriet Newel (Crowel) C.;
reared on farm and in city; m. Emma A.
McFeely, Mar. 28, 1912; c. Elinor Eliza-
beth. A.B., Yale Univ., 1904; M.F.,
1909.

Clarke, Virgil Vincent, co. agrl. agt., Ply-
mouth, Ind.

b. Edinburg, Ind., Mar. 20, 1894; s. T.
Curtis and Frances (Barlow) C.; reared
on farm. B.S.A., Purdue Univ., 1917.



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Clarke, Warren Thompson, prof. agrl. ext.,
Univ. Calif., Berkeley, Calif.

Asst. ent. and asst. supt. farmers'
insts., Univ. Calif., 1903-6; prof, ent.,
Ala. Poly. Inst., 1906-7; prof. hort. and
supt. farmers' inst., Univ. Calif., 1907-12;
prof. agrl. ext., 1912 . b. San Francisco,
Calif., Mar. 15, 1863; s. Chas. R. and
Marie Louise (Thompson) C.; reared in
town and country; m. Elizabeth Agnes
Allen, Dec. 22, 1885; c. Allen Louis,
Dorothy Ward, Elizabeth Anna, Cather-
ine, Chas. B.S., Univ. Calif., 1903.
Sigma Xi.

Clausen, Theodore Barton, co. agrl. agt.,
Court House, Schenectady, N. Y.

Farmer and stockman, 2 yrs.; rnanag.
cow testing assoc., 2 yrs. Pres. N. Y.
State Dairy Students' Butter and Cheese-
makers' Assoc., 1916-8. b. Hoboken,
N. J., Nov. 30, 1894; s. Bernard and
Mary (Chancellor) C.; reared in town;
m. Mildred Taber, Aug. 27, 1917. Grad.
N. Y. State Sch. Agr., Alfred Univ., 1914.

Claybaugh, Joseph Harrison, co., agrl. agt.,
Clay Center, Neb.

Instr. agr., Fairfield, Neb., 1914-6;
Sioux Co. high-sch., 1916-7; asst. state
club leader, Univ. Neb., 1917-8; agt.
Clay Co., 1918 . b. Emmerson, la.,
Apr. 27, 1889; s. Mathew S. and Mary E.
(Moore) C.; reared on farm; m. Helen
Krause, Aug. 12, 1916. B.Sc., Bellevue
Coll., 1912; Univ. Neb., 1914.

Cleeves, Edward Warren, co. agrl. agt.,
Warrensburg, N. Y.

Dairy and poultry farming, 9 yrs.
b. Meadowbrook, N. Y., Aug. 15, 1882;
s. Wm. A. and Susie E. (White) C.;
reared on farm; m. Clara B. Dubbstadt,
Jan. 12, 1910; c. Wm., Geo., Mary.
B.S.A., Cornell Univ., 1907.

Clemens, Ralph Hagey, agrl. rep., Arthur,
Ont.

Drainage dem., Ont. Agr. Coll., 1912-3;
agrl. rep., Waterloo Co., 1914; supt.
Monteith Dem. Farm., New Ontario,
1915-7; agrl. rep., Wellington Co., 1918.
6. Gait, Out., Jul. 17, 1885; s. Wm. Henry
and Amelia (Hagey) C.; reared on farm.
B.S.A., Ont. Agr. Coll., 1912.

Clement, Fannie Fletcher, dir. Town and
Country Nursing Serv., American Red
Cross, Glencarlyn, Va.

Social worker, Social Serv. Dept.,



Boston Dispensary, 8 mos. Mem. Bd.
Dirs., Nat. Organization Public Health
Nursing; mem. Nat. Com. on Red Cross
Nursing Serv. Special attention to pub-
lic health nursing in rural communities.
Ed., Bulletin of Town and Country
Nursing Service, b. Boston, Mass., May
14, 1880; d. Geo. W. and Maria F.
(Edwards) C.; reared in city. A.B.,
Smith Coll., 1903; B.S., Simmons Coll.,
1912; Boston City Hospital Training
Sch., 2 yrs.; Boston Lying-in Hospital,
6 mos.



Clement, Fred Moore, prof, hort., Univ.
B. C., Vancouver, B. C.

Agrl. rep., Elgin Co., Ont., 1911-2;
lect. hort., Macdonald Coll., 1912-4;
dir. Exp. Sta., Vineland, Ont., 1914-6;
present position, 1916 . Sec.-treas.
B. C. Fruit Growers' Assoc. b. Virgil, Ont.,
Nov. 21, 1884; s. John Putnam and Lily
E. (Zimmerman) C.; reared on farm;
m. Florence Wegernart, Aug. 19, 1913;
c. Paul Wilfrid. B.S.A., Ont. Agr. Coll.
and Univ. Toronto, 1911.



Clement, Peter Ernest, asst. co. agt. leader,
Univ. Minn., St. Paul, Minn.

Princ. high-sch. and supt. public schs.,
Wis., Neb. and Wyo., 1900-12; co. agt.,
Moorhead, Minn. b. Clinton Co., la.,
May 17, 1873; s. Benj. and Eliza (Lippin-
cot) C.; reared on farm; m. Ora A.
Crandall, Aug. 14, 1904; c. Ruth Helene,
Ernest Crandall. A.B., Milton Coll.,
Wis., 1900; B.S.A., Colo. Agr. Coll.,
1913; A.M., Milton Coll., 1914.



Clinton, George Perkins, bot., Conn. Exp.
Sta., New Haven, Conn.

Asst. bot., Univ. 111. and Exp. Sta.,
1890-1900; present position, 1902;
bot. Conn. State Bd. Agr., 1902.
Vice-pres. Sect. G., A. A. A. S., 1914;
pres. Am. Phytological Soc., 1913. Sent
by Harvard Univ. to Japan to study
economic fungi and by U. S. Dept. Agr.
to Porto Rico. Editorial bd., Phyto-
pathology, 1917. b. Polio, 111., May 7,
1867; s. John W. and Carrie A. (Perkins)
C.; reared in small city; m. Anna J.
Lightbody, Aug. 9, 1892; c. Harry L.
B.S., Univ. Ill, 1890; M.S., 1894; M.S.,
Harvard Univ., 1901; Sc.D., 1902.
Sigma Xi.



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Clinton, Louis Adelbert, agrst. and asst.
chief, Off. of Ext. North and West,
U. S. Dept. Agr., Washington, D. C.

Asst. to dir., Mich. Exp. Sta., 1890-3;
asst. agrst., Clemson Agr. Coll., 1893-5;
asst. agrst., Cornell Exp. Sta., 1895-1902;
dir. Storrs Exp. Sta. and prof, agr.,
Conn. Agr. Coll., 1902-12; present position,
1912. Pres. Am. Soc. Agron., 1912-3.
b. Grand Rapids, Mich., Feb. 13, 1868;
s. F. H. and Rhoby Ann (Allen) C.;
reared on farm; in. Florence A. Seage,
Sept. 16, 1892; c. Ruth, Ruby, Olive.
B.S., Mich. Agr. Coll., 1889; M.S., 1902.

Clore, Leonard B., treas. and dir. Fed.
Land Bank, Louisville, Ky.

Co. agrl. agt., La Porte, Ind. Mem.
State Bd. Agr.; mem. Ind. State Legis-
lature. Del. to Farmers' Nat. Congress.
Received medal on corn, Paris Expos.;
grand prize, St. Louis Expos.; two grand
prizes Nat. Corn Expos. Originator
"Johnson Co. White Dent" seed corn. b.
Franklin, Ind., Apr. 24, 1866; s. John and
Eliza (Uterback) C.; reared on farm;
m. Ola O. Clore, Sept. 24, 1889; c. Roy D.

Close, Charles Phillip, pom., U. S. Dept.
Agr., Washington, D. C.

Asst. hort., N. Y. State Exp. Sta.,
Geneva, 1895-9; hort., bot., ent., Utah
Agr. Coll., 1899-1901; hort., Del.
Coll., 1901-7; hort., Md. Agr. Coll.,
1907-11; present position, 1911 . Sec.-
treas., Am. Soc. for Hort. Sci., 1907 .
b. New Buffalo township, Mich., Jan. 21,
1868; s. Chas. and Caroline (Kobelin) C.;
reared on farm; TO. Margaret Whyte
Blandy, Oct. 11, 1906. B.S., Mich. Agr.
Coll., 1895; M.S., 1897.

Clough, Robert Samuel, co. agrl. agt., Benton,



Princ. schs., Holliday, Mo., 1909-11;
supt. city schs., Queen City, Mo., 1912-
5; short course asst. vet. sci., Univ. Mo.,
1917. b. Wyaconda, Mp., Jul. 7, 1888;
s. Geo. and Ida May (Wilson) C.; reared
on farm; TO. Lulu Mary Casper, June
22, 1917. B.S.A., Univ. Mo., 1917.

Cloyd, David McNutt, co. agrl. agt., Warren-
ton, Va.

Asst. bact. and an. husb., Va. Poly.
Inst., 1905; farmer, 1905-17. b. Dublin,
Va., Sept. 2, 1883; s. David McNutt
and Mary Buford (Langhorne) C.; reared
on farm; TO. Manie Elizabeth Guthrie,



Aug. 7, 1907; c. Lelia Langhorne,
David McNutt, James Guthrie. B.S.,
Va. Poly. Inst., 1904.

Cobb, Herbert Nelson, co. agrl. agt.,
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

Asst. expl. agron., Penn. State Coll.,
1914; asst. instr., 1913-4; ext. rep.,
Luzerne Co., 1914 . b. Factoryville, Pa.,
Sept. 12, 1890; s. Nelson G. and Hannah
D. (Sickler) C.; reared on farm. B.S.,
Penn. State Coll., 1914. Alpha Zeta;
Phi Kappa Phi.

Cobb, Nathan Augustus, agrl. tech.,
Bur. Plant Ind., U. S. Dept. Agr., Wash-
ington, D. C.

Teach, public schs., Spencer, Mass.,
1877-8; prof. chem. and nat. sci., Willis-
ton Sem., Mass., 1881-7; appointee
British Assoc. Adv. Sci., Naples Zool. Sta.,
1888-9; prof, biol., Sydney Univ., New
S. Wales, 1890-1; path., Dept. Agr.,
New S. Wales, 1891-8, 1901-4; manag.
Wagga Exp. Farm, 1897-8; agrl. comnr.,
New S. Wales to Europe and U. S.,
1898-1901; dir. div. physiology and path.,
Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Exp. - Sta.,
Honolulu, 1904-7; present position,
1907 ; acting asst. chief, Bur. Plant
Ind., 1911 . b. Spencer, Mass., June
30, 1859; s. Wm. H. and Jane A. (Bige-
low) C.; m. Alice Vara Proctor, Aug. 8,
1881. B.Sc., Worcester Poly. Inst., 1881;
Ph.D., Univ. Jena, 1888.

Coburn, Foster "Dwight, sec. Kans. State
Bd. Agr., Topeka, Kans.

Pres. Bd. Regents, Kans. State Agr.
Coll.; chief live-stock dept., La Purchase
Expos.; present position, 21 yrs. Auth.:
Swine Husbandry, 1877; Alfalfa, 1903;
The Book of Alfalfa, 1910; Swine in
America, 1915. On editorial staff, Live-
Stock Indicator, Kansas Farmer, Mis-
souri Valley Farmer, Farmers' Mail and
Breeze. Served in Civil War. b. Jef-
ferson Co., Wis., May 7, 1846; s. E. W.
and Mary Jane (Mulks) C.; reared on
farm; m. Lou Jenkins, Sept. 1869;
c. Tina Louise, Gertrude, Clay E. A.M.
(hon.), Baker Univ.; LL.D., Kans. State
Agr. Coll.

Cochel, Wilber Andrew, Am. Shorthorn
Breeders' Assoc., Manhattan, Kans.

Asst. an. husb., Purdue Exp. Sta.,
1905-6; assoc., 1906-10; prof. an. husb.,
Penn. State Coll., 1910-2; prof. an.



G2



husb., Kans. State Agr. Coll., 1912-8;
present position, 1918 . Pres. Am. Soc.
of An. Production; pres. Federated Meat
Producers' Assoc. ; adv. com. on beef
cattle, U. S. Food Administration, b.
Tipton, Mo., Aug. 7, 1877; s. Wm. Henry
and Charlotte (Calvin) C.; reared in
country town; m. Caroline Fahnestock,
Oct. 1, 1908. A.B., Univ. Mo., 1897;
B.S., 1905. Sigma Xi; Alpha Zeta;
Phi Kappa Phi; Gamma Sigma Delta.

Cocke, Randolph Preston, supt. Agr. Exp.
Sta., Williamsburg, Va.

Farmer, 1906 . b. Powhatan Co., Va.,
Sept. 3, 1884; s. T. L. P. and Mary
(Curtis) C.; reared on farm; m. Christine
McRae, June 14, 1911; c. Duncan
McRae, Mary Curtis, Thos. Preston.
B.S., Va. Poly. Inst., 1906.

Coen, Edward Emanuel, co. agrl. agt.,
Fordyce, Ark.

Teach, agr., high-sch., Natchitoches
Parish, La., 1 yr.; Tisheminge, Miss.,
1 yr.; instr. farm crops, Tex. A. & M.
Coll., 1 yr. b. Hoboken, N. J., Mar. 22,
1888; s. Chas. and Jennie (Franklin) C.;
reared on farm. B.S.A., Miss. A. & M.
Coll., 1911.

Coffey, George Nelson, state leader co.
advs., Univ. 111., Urbana, 111.

Bur. Soils, U. S. Dept. Agr., 1900-11;
Ohio Exp. Sta., 1911-5; asst. state leader
co. advs., Univ. 111., 1915-7; state
leader, 1917. b. Patterson, N. C.,
Jan. 17, 1875; s. Elijah and Mary Ann
(Nelson) C.; reared on farm; m. Clara
Kean, Apr. 22, 1914. Ph.B., Univ.
N. C., 1900; M.S., Geo. Washington
Univ., 1908; Ph.D., 1911.

Coffey, Joel Simmonds, asst. prof. an. husb.,
Ohio State Univ., Columbus, O.

Instr. an. husb., Purdue Univ., 1912-4;
lect., Univ. la., summers, 1913-4; present
position, 1914 . Farm operator, 2 yrs.
b. Rugby, Ind., Dec. 8, 1884; s. Calvin
Allen and Josephine (Simmonds) C.;
reared on farm. B.S., Univ. 111., 1912.
Alpha Zeta.

Coffey, Walter Costella, prof, sheep husb.,
Univ. 111., Urbana, 111.

Instr. sheep husb., Univ. 111., 1906-7;
assoc., 1907-10; asst. prof., 1911-3;
prof., 1913. Special agt. Tariff Bd.
under Pres. Taft, 1911. Auth.: Productive



Sheep Husbandry, 1918. b. Hartsville,
Ind., Feb. 1, 1877; s. Calvin Allen and
Josephine (Simmonds) C.; reared on
farm; m. Jennie C. Lardner, Aug. 14,
1907; c. Lardner Allen, Walter C. Jr.
B.S., Univ. 111., 1906; M.S., 1909. Sigma
Xi; Alpha Zeta; Sigma Alpha Epsilon.

Coffin, George Peabody, ext. poultry husb.,
U. S. Bur. An. Ind. and Conn. Agr. Coll.,
Storrs, Conn.

Mem. Me. State Legislature, 1915-6,
1917-8. Pres. Me. State Poultry Assoc.
Assoc. ed., Turf, Farm and Home, Water-
ville, Me., 1894-9; ed. and pub. Eastern
Poultryman. b. Freeport, Me., June 21,
1869; s. Orrin D. and Caroline W.
(Corliss) C.; reared on farm; m. Mary
Blaisdell, June 24, 1897; c. Margaret B.,
Robt. L., Richard O., Emily H. Grad.
Androscoggin Business Coll., 1889.

Coffin, Roscoe Calvin, asst. state sec.
Y. M. C. A., Minneapolis, Minn.

Dept. supt., Minn. State Agr. Soc.
Mem. Bd. Trustees of Penn. Coll.
Sec. Co. Y. M. C. A., 6 yrs. Specially
interested in rural sociol. b. Pleasant
Plain, la., Sept. 23, 1876; s. Jeremiah
and Martha Ann (Bray) C. ; reared on
farm; m. Isabella Reid, Aug. 5, 1914;
c. Wilbur Reid. B.S., Penn. Coll., Oska-
loosa, la., 1905; M.A., 1912.

Coffindaffer, Ernest Wayne, co. agrl. agt.,
Lebanon, Va.

Superv. schs., W. Va., 1915-6; agt.
Russell Co., Va., 1917 . b. Harrison
Co., W. Va., Mar. 25, 1884; s. Abraham
B. and Sarah J. (Carder) C.; reared on
farm; m. Leda Clayton, Jul., 1910; c.
Roberta Lee, Gene. B.S., W. Va. Univ.,
1915.

Coglon, Roger Brandt, co. agt. leader,
Wash. State Coll., Pullman, Wash.

Asst. distr. rep., Ont. Co., Out., 1910;
ext. lect., Univ. Sask., 1911; state seed
comnr., Ida., 1912-3; state leader co.
agrsts. Ida., 1913-4; co. agt., Eugene,
Ore., 1914-6; present position, 1916 .
Del. from Ida. to Inter. Dry-Farming
Congress, Lethbridge, Canada, 1912.
Sec. Ida. Seed Growers' Assoc., 1912-4.
b. Kingston, Ont., Feb. 22, 1888 (natura-
lized 1917); s. I. I. and Mary C. (Orser)
C.; reared on farm; m. Hazel L. Frye,
Sept. 2, 1913. B.S.A., Univ. Toronto,
1911.



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Coit, John Eliot, prof, citriculture, Univ.
Calif., Berkeley, Calif.

Assoc. prof, hort., Univ. Ariz., 1907-9;
asst. prof, pom., Univ. Calif., 1909-12;
assoc. prof. pom. and supt. Citrus Exp.
Sta., 1911-2; prof, citriculture, 1912;
farm adv., Los Angeles Co., 1918 .
Fellow A. A. A. S. Dir. Calif. Avocado
Growers' Soc. Auth.: Citrus Fruits, 1915.
b. San Antonio, Tex., Mar. 9, 1880; s.
Wm. Henry and Anna Maria (Summer-
ell) C.; reared in city and truck farm;
m. Emilie A. Hanna, Aug. 7, 1907; c.
Eleanor M., Frances Eliot. B.Agr.,
N. C. A. & M. Coll., 1903; M.S.A.,
Cornell Univ., 1905; Ph.D., 1907. Sigma
Xi; Gamma Alpha.

Cokeley, Harlin Rex, co. agrl. agt., Moore-
field, W. Va.

Instr. an. husb., W. Va. Univ., 1917.
b. Harrisville, W. Va., June 13, 1891;
s. E. E. C.; reared on farm; m. Clara S.
McMillen, June, 1917. B.S.A., W. Va.
Univ., 1917. Kappa Sigma.

Cole, John Selden, agrst., Bur. Plant Ind.,
U. S. Dept. Agr., Washington, D. C.

Special agt., U. S. Dept. Agr., 1903-5;
asst. agrst. in chg. agron., S. D. State
Coll., 1905-8; present position, 1908.
b. Cincinnatus, N. Y., Nov. 19, 1878;
s. Harley and Mercy Ann (Fisk) C.;
reared on farm; m. Beatrice Lightfoot,
Sept. 17, 1903; c. Selden D., Arthur W.,
Geo. L. B.S., S. D. State Coll., 1903.

Cole, Leon Jacob, prof, genetics, Univ.
Wis., Madison, Wis.

Chief div. an. path, and breeding,
R. I. Exp. Sta., 1906-7; acting chief,
1907-8; instr. zool., Sheffield Sci. Sch.,
Yale Univ., 1907-10; assoc. prof. expl.
breeding, Univ. Wis., 1910-4; prof.,
1914-8; prof, genetics, 1918 . Invest.
U. S. Bur. Fisheries, summers, 1901-6.
Fellow Am. Acad. Arts and Sci.; mem.
council Inter. Assoc. Poultry Instrs.
and Invests. Mem. Harriman Alaska
Exped., 1899; zool. exped., Yucatan,
1904. b. Allegany, N. Y., June 1, 1877;
s. Elisha Kelley and Helen Marion
(Newton) C.; reared in city and on
farm; m. Margaret Belcher Goodenow,
Aug. 28, 1906; c. Margaret Valeria,
Edward Goodenow. Student Mich. Agr.
Coll., 1894-5, 1897-8; A.B., Univ.
Mich., 1901; Ph.D., Harvard Univ., 1906.



Collier, John S., co. agrl. agt., Kankakee,
111.

Auth.: Farmers' Account Book, 1915.
b. Tipton, Ind., June 25, 1876; s. A. B.
and Mary E. (Durham) C.; reared on
farm; m. Lena E. Drayer, 1905. B.S.,
DePauw Univ., 1904; M.S., Univ. Chi-
cago, 1910; 1 yr. grad work, Univ. 111.
Sigma Xi.

Collings, Hamilton Banks, asst. co. agt.
leader, Purdue Univ., LaFayette, Ind.
b. Rockville, Ind., May 11, 1893;
s. Wm. Bion and Laura Belle (Hamilton)
C.; reared on farm; TO. Emma Maude
Loveless, June 30, 1918. B.S.A., Purdue
Univ., 1918. Sigma Delta Chi.

Collingwood, George Harris, asst. prof,
for., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, N. Y.

Present position, 1916 . b. Fayette-
ville, Ark., May 27, 1890; s. Chas. B.
and Harriett (Thomas) C.; reared in
village; m. Jean Grinnell Cummings,
Sept. 1, 1916; c. Chas. Cummings.
B.S., Mich. Agr. Coll., 1911; A.M.,
Univ. Mich., 1917; studied Univ. Munich,
1913-4.

Collingwood, Herbert Winslow, ed-in-
chief Rural New-Yorker, Woodcliff Lake,
N. J.

Ed., Southern Live-Stock Journal,
Starkville, Miss., 1883-5; ed. Rural
New-Yorker, 1885 ed.-in-chief, 1900.
Auth.: Andersonville Violets; Fertilizer
Farming; The Business Hen; The Child;
The Story of Hope Farm. Fruit farmer,
1898. b. Plymouth, Mass., Apr. 21,
1857; s. Joseph W. and Rebecca W.
(Richardson) C.; reared on farm; m.
Lulie D. Sullivan, Apr. 6, 1888; c. Ava
F. B.S., Mich. Agr. Coll., 1883; LL.D.,
1906; D.Agr., Univ. Wis. Delta Tau
Delta.

Collins, Charles Walter, ent. asst., Bur. Ent.,
U. S. Dept. Agr., Gipsy Moth Lab.,
Melrose Highlands, Mass.

b. Harrington, Del., Jul. 6, 1882;
s. Geo. Washington and Sarah Pauline
(Tharp) C.; reared on farm; TO. Eva
Narcissa Hone, June 4, 1909; c. Byron
Hone. B.S.A., Del. Coll., 1905; M.S.,
1913.

Collins, James Homer, invest., Bur. Mar-
kets, U. S. Dept. Agr., Washington, D. C.
Field asst., Ark. Exp. Sta., 1913-4;



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sci. asst., Bur. Markets, 1914-5; asst.
in market surveys, 1915-6; invest, in
market surveys, 1917 . b. Fresno, Calif.,
Jan. 3, 1889; s. Chas. S. and Nettie
(James) C.; reared in city; m. Serena F.
Tilton, Dec. 28, 1916. B.S.A., Univ.
Ark., 1913.

Collins, Morris William Hollowell, manag.
pedigreed seed farm, Univ. Ga., Athens,
Ga.

b. Franklin Co., Ind., Mar. 21, 1895;
*. Harry Lincoln and Ida Olive (Hollo-
well) C.; reared in town; m. Eula D.
Thomas, Nov. 29, 1916; c. Morris W. H.
Jr. B.S.A., Univ. Ga., 1916.

Collison, Reginald Clifton, agron., N. Y.
State Exp. Sta., Geneva, N. Y.

Asst. agrl. chem., Ohio State Univ.,
1909; asst. nutr., Ohio Exp. Sta., 1909-12;
asst. chem. in soils, N. Y. State Exp.
Sta., 1912-4; assoc., 1914-7; agron.,
1917. b. Prospect, O., May 3, 1884;
s. Chas. E. and Mary E. (Gast) C.; reared
on farm. B.S.A., Ohio State Univ., 1908;
M.S. A., 1909. Sigma Xi; Alpha Zeta.

Colliver, Samuel Addison, co. agrl. agt.,
Wadena, Minn.

Agrl. dir., high-sch., Dodge Center,
Minn., 1912-3; Sandstone, 1913-8; agt.
Wadena Co., 1918. Treas. Minn. Agrl.
Instr. Assoc., 1917-8. b. Bainbridge,
Ind., Aug. 7, 1888; s. Wm. D. and Julia
(Ader) C.; reared on farm; m. Charlotte
Dean, June 30, 1915. B.S., Purdue
Univ., 1912.

Colquhoun, Ezra Angus, co. agrl. agt.,
Brainerd, Minn.

Teach. Pillsbury Acad., Owatonna,
Minn., 1911-2; teach, agr., Aitkin,
1915-6; cp. agt., 1916. b. Blooming
Prairie, Minn., June 17, 1885; s. Archi-
bald and Sarah (Rafter) C.; reared on
farm; m. Claire I. Brown, Aug. 1, 1916;
c. Margaret Irene. B.S., la. State Coll.,
1915.

Colver, Charles William, asst. prof. agrl.
chem. and asst. chem. Exp. Sta., Univ.
Ida., Moscow, Ida.

6. Missouri Valley, la., Feb. 28, 1885;
s. Joseph Wright and Abbie (Palmer) C.;
reared on farm; m. Catharine Sinclair,
Dec. 22, 1909; c. Margaret Louise,
Catharine Helen. B.S., Univ. Ida., 1909;
M.S., 1911. Phi Delta Theta.



Colvin, Carl, assoc. in agrl. educ., Univ.
111., Urbana, 111.

Instr. agr., high-sch., Bloomington,
111., 1912-3; Blackburn Coll., 1913-5;
Eastern 111. State Normal Sch., 1915-8;
present position, 1918 . b. Olney, 111.,
Apr. 3, 1889; s. W. E. and Lydia Jane
(Jackson) C.; reared on farm; m. Helen
Schmidt, Dec. 21, 1912. B.S., Univ.
111., 1912. Alpha Zeta; Phi Delta Kappa.

Colwell, Rachel Hartshorne, head home
econ. dept., Univ. W. Va., Morgantown,
W. Va.

Instr. home econ., Mich. Agr. Coll.,
1905-6; asst. dept. nutr. and grad.
student, Columbia Univ., 1906-8; head
dom. sci. dept., Lake Erie Coll., Paines-
ville, O., 1908-10; present position,
1910. Pres. W. Va. Home Econ.
Assoc. Traveled in Europe, 1903. b.
Providence, R. I., Jan. 12, 1877; d. R. S.
and Emily (Hartshorne) C.; reared in city.
B.S., Denison Univ., Granville, O., 1903;
M.A., Teachers Coll., Columbia Univ.,
1905. Phi Beta Kappa.

Comstock, Anna Botsford, asst. prof, nature-
study, Cornell Univ., Ithaca, N. Y.

Asst. prof. ext. work in nature-study,
Cornell Univ., 1899 ; asst. prof,
nature-study, 1913 ; lect. Stanford
Univ., 1899-1900. Awarded bronze
medal for wood engraving, Buffalo
Expos., 1901. Auth.: Ways of the Six-
Footed; How to Know the Butterflies;
How to Keep Bees; Confessions to a
Heathen Idol, 1906; Handbook of Nature-
Study, 1911; The Pet Book, 1914;
Bird, Tree and Plant Note-books, 1914.
Ed., Nature-study Review, 1917 . b.
Otto, N. Y., Sept. 1, 1854; d. Marvin and
Phebe (Irish) Botsford; m. John Henry
Comstock, Oct. 7, 1878. Grad. Chamber-
lain Inst., Randolph, N. Y., 1873; Cornell,
1878.

Comstock, John Henry, prof. ent. emeritus,
Cornell Univ., Ithaca, N. Y.

Instr. ent., Cornell Univ., 1875-7;
asst. prof., 1877-8; U. S. ent., W r ashing-
ton, 1879-81; prof. ent. and invertebrate
zool., Cornell Univ., 1882-1914; prof,
emeritus, 1914 . Lect. zool., Vassar
Coll., 1877; non-resident prof, ent.,
Stanford Univ., 1891-1900. Del. from
Cornell Univ. to 250th anniversary of
Royal Soc., London. Hon. fellow Ent.
Soc. Am.; hon. fellow, Ent. Soc. London;



hon. mem. Societe Entom. de Belgique.
Auth.: A Manual for the Study of Insects,
1896; Insect Life, 1897; How to Know
the Butterflies (with his wife), 1904; The
Spider Book, 1912; The Wings of Insects,
1918. b. Jaynesville, Wis., Feb. 24, 1849;
s. Ebinezer and Susan (Allen) C.; reared
partly on farm; m. Anna Botsford,
Oct. 7, 1878. B.S., Cornell Univ., 1874;
grad. student Yale Univ., 1874-5, Univ.
Leipzig, 1888-9. Delta Upsilon.

Condit, Ira Judson, asst. prof, citriculture,
Univ. Calif., Berkeley, Calif.

Flor., Ohio State Univ., 1905-6; sci.
asst., Bur. Ent., U. S. Dept. Agr., 1906-7;
instr. hot. and hort., Calif. Poly. Sch.,
San Luis Obispo, 1907-12; instr. citri-
culture, Univ. Calif., 1913-5; asst. prof.,
1915. b. Jersey, O., Nov. 18, 1883;
s. Daniel Day and Clara Jane (Spayde)
C.; reared on farm and in small town;
m. Caroline Callender, June, 1912. B.S.,
Ohio State Univ., 1905.

Condra, George Evert, prof, geography and
conservation, Univ. Neb., Lincoln, Neb.
Head dept. sci., Lincoln Normal Sch.,
1892-6; head dept. sci., Lincoln high-sch.,
1896-1902; instr. geography and econ.
geology, Univ. Neb., 1902-3; asst. prof.,
1903-4; assoc. prof., 1904-5; prof.,
1905; head dept., 1908-12; present
title, 1912 . Prof, geography, Cornell
summer sessions, 1905-11.; asst. state
geologist, 1902-10; dir. Neb. Conserva-
tion and Soil Survey, 1910 . Pres. Neb.
Conservation and State Development
Congress, 1910; chm. Nat. Conservation
Comn., 1908-13; exec. sec. Neb. Conser-
vation and Welfare Comn; chm. state
Highway Comn., 1915; pres. Nat. Assoc.
State Conservation Comnrs., 1910-3; mem.
Neb. Rural Life Comn., 1910-2; chm.
exec. com. Nat. Conservation Congress,
1915-6; pres., 1916. Pres. Neb. Acad.
Sci., 1909-11. Auth..- Geography of Neb-
raska, 1906. b. Seymour, la., Feb. 2,
1869; s. I. N. and Mary (Keller) C.;
reared on farm; m. Hattie M. Daven-
port, Aug. 12, 1893; c. Cordelia. B.S.,
Univ. Neb., 1896; A.M., 1898; Ph.D.,
1903. Sigma Xi; Sigma Chi; Alpha
Zeta.

Cone, Willard Ray, prof, soils and field

crops, N. Y. State Sch. Agr., Alfred, N. Y.

Princ. high-schs., Blasdell, N. Y., 1902-4;

Orchard Park, 1904-7; Silver Springs,