1907-12; Edmeston, 1915-7; present
position, 1917. b. Hornell, N. Y.,
Apr. 10, 1874; s. Eleazer T. and Mary E.
(Goff) C.; reared on farm; m. Eva E.
Hill, Jan. 21, 1916. B.S., Cornell Univ.,
1915.
Conn, Harold Joel, assoc. bact., N. Y. Agr.
Exp. Sta., Geneva, N. Y.
Asst. soil tech., Cornell Univ., 1908-11;
present position, 1911 . b. Middletown,
Conn., May 28, 1886; s. Herbert W. and
Julia M. (Joel) C.; reared in small city.;
m. Anna Carter Mansfield, Jan. 5, 1916;
c. Jean Elizabeth. Ph.B., Wesleyan Univ.,
1908; Ph.D., Cornell Univ., 1911. Phi
Beta Kappa; Sigma Xi; Beta Theta Pi.
Conner, Charles M., co. agrl. agt., Visalia,
Calif.
Asst. prof, agr., Clemson Agr. Coll.,
1896-1901; prof, agr., Univ. Fla., 1901-6;
prof, agr., N. C. A. & M. Coll., 1906-7;
asst. dir. agr., Philippine Isls., 1907-13;
farmer, 1913-5; farm adv., 1915 .
Studied agr. of Italy and France, 1911.
b. Macon Co., Mo., Apr. 14, 1868; s.
Stephen and Josephine (Edwards) C.;
reared on farm; m. Ella D. Long; c.
Laura Louise. B.S.A., Univ. Mo., 1891;
B.S., Mich. Agr. Coll., 1892.
Conner, Samuel Dicken, assoc. chem. in
soils and crops, Ind. Exp. Sta., LaFayette,
Ind.
Deputy state chem., Purdue Univ.,
1899-1905; -asst. agrl. chem., 1905-8;
asst. prof., 1908-12; present position,
1912. Fellow A. A. A. S. b. Conners-
ville, Ind., June 17, 1872; s. Henry
Dicken and Rebecca (Vance) C.; reared
on farm; m. Jessie Louise Cowing, June
21, 1909; c. Dicken Cowing, Jean Louise,
Arthur Cowing. B.S., Purdue Univ.,
1894; M.S., 1903. Sigma Xi.
Cook, Charles B., farmer, asst. state leader co.
agrl. agts., E. Lansing, Mich.
Asst. zool., Mich. Agr. Coll., 1888-91;
farmer Oswego, N. Y., 5 yrs.; Owosso,
Mich., 22 yrs.; ext. work, Mich. Agr.
Coll., 1913. Pres. State Hort. Soc.,
2 yrs.; pres. State Assoc. Farmers'
Clubs, b. Owosso, Mich., June 17, 1868;
s. E. J. and Anna (Benjamin) C.; reared
on farm; m. Addie D. McGillvra, Nov.,
1897. B.S., Mich. Agr. Coll., 1888;
M.S., 1891.
66
Cook, Herbert E., agrst., Glenns Palls, N. Y.
Dean State Sch. Agr., St. Lawrence
Univ., Canton, N. Y. Lect. on agr. b.
Denmark, N. Y., Dec. 12, 1858; s. Ellis
A. andAnna (Parsons) C.; reared on farm;
m. Fannie Schermerhorn, Feb. 13, 1883;
c. Clara R.
Cook, Irving Charles Holmes, farmer, S.
Byron, N. Y.
Conductor and lect., farmers' insts.
Sec.-treas. Byron Produce Co. Ex.-pres.
N. Y. State Drainage Assoc. b. S. Byron,
N. Y., Sept. 18, 1874; s. Irving D. and
Julia A. (Holmes) C.; reared on farm;
m. Julia G. Woods, Aug. 29, 1900; c.
David Seaver, Dorothy Julia, Irving Wm.
Studied Oberlin Coll. and Cornell Univ.
Cook, Irvvin Wycliffe, prof, for., Univ. Ida.,
Moscow, Ida.
Present position, 1912 . b. Carthage,
111., Nov. 20, 1882; s. Jerry and Melissa J.
(Miller) C.; reared on farm; m. Mary S.
Gaylord, Jul. 12, 1911; c. Edward Gay-
lord. B.S., Washburn Coll., 1907; M.S.F.,
Mich. Univ. For. Sch., 1910.
Cook, Melville Thurston, prof, plant path.,
Rutgers Coll., New Brunswick, N. J.
Princ. high-sch., Vandalia, 111., 1894-5;
prof, biol., DePauw Univ., 1895-1904;
plant path., Cuban Exp. Sta., 1904-6;
plant path., Del. Exp. Sta., 1906-11;
plant path., N. J. Exp. Sta. and prof.
Rutgers Coll., 1911. Vice-pres. (1916)
and pres. (1917) Am. Phytopathological
Soc. Auth.: Diseases of Tropical Plants,
1913. Mem. editorial bd., Phytopatho-
logy, b. Coffeen, 111., Sept. 20, 1869;
s, W. H. and Elizabeth Frances (Robinson)
C.; reared on farm; m. Dora Reavill,
Sept. 8, 1897; c. Harvey Reavill, Harold
Thurston, Elizabeth. A.B., Stanford
Univ., 1894; A.M., DePauw Univ., 1902;
Ph.D., Ohio State Univ., 1904. Phi Beta
Kappa; Sigma Xi; Delta Upsilon.
Cookingham, Waldo Beale, teach, agr.,
Atlanta, N. Y.
Asst. teach, agr., high-sch., Interlaken,
N. Y., 1916; teach, agr., high-sch., N.
Cohocton and Atlanta, 1917 . b. Pough-
keepsie, N. Y., Jul. 2, 1894; s. Russell T.
and Carrie (Beale) C.; reared on farm.
B.S., Cornell Univ., 1916. Alpha Gamma
Rho.
Cooley, Abraham Coon, dir. ext. and co. agt.
leader, N. Mex. A.& M. Coll,. State College,
N. Mex.
Prof, agr., Jordan high-sch., 1911-2;
Ogden high-sch., 1912-3; co. agrl. agt.,
San Luis Valley, Colo., 1913-4; present
position, 1914 . Del. Nat. Irrig. Con-
gress, Nat. Dry-Farming Congress. Trav-
eled in Europe as missionary 3 yrs. b.
Salt Lake City, Utah, June 16, 1884;
s. Andrew Wood and Rachel Caroline
(Coon) C.; reared on farm; m. Lucille
Jensen, Nov. 19, 1913; c. Rachel Adline,
Estelle Jensen. B.S.A., Utah Agr. Coll.,
1911. Delta Theta Sigma.
Cooley, Fred Smith, dir. ext. serv., Mont.
State Coll., Bozeman, Mont.
Asst. agrst., Mass. Exp. Sta., 1889;
farm supt., Mass. Agr. Coll., 1890-7;
asst. prof, agr., 1893-1907; present
position, 1907 . b. Sunderland, Mass.,
Aug. 22, 1869; s. Geo. L. and Abigail
(Smith) C.; reared on farm; m. Grace
Content Smith, Oct. 4, 1893; c. Esther
Belle, Geo. Atherton, Elizabeth Content,
Laura Grace. B.S., Mass. Agr. Coll.,
1888. Phi Sigma Kappa.
Cooley, Robert Allen, state ent. and prof,
ent., Mont. State Coll., Bozeman, Mont.
Asst. ent., Mass. Exp. Sta., 1895-9;
prof. ent. and ent. Exp. Sta., Mont. State
Coll., 1899; Mont, state ent., 1903.
Fellow A. A. A. S. Sec. Mont. State
Bd. Ent., 1913 ; pres. Am. Assoc. Econ.
Ent., 1917. b. S. Deerfield, Mass., June
27, 1873; s. Alfred A. and Charlotte M.
(Clapp) C.; reared on farm; m. Edith
M. Cooley; c. Charlotte, Robt. Jr.,
Genevieve. B.Sc., Mass. Agr. Coll.,
1896. Phi Sigma Kappa.
Coons, George Herbert, assoc. prof. bot.
and plant path., Mich. Agr. Coll., E.
Lansing, Mich.
Adj. prof, bot., Univ. Neb., 1909-10;
present position, 1910 . b. Bloomington,
111., Nov. 2, 1885; s. G. W. and Susan
Elizabeth (Irwin) C.; reared on farm;
m. Myrta A. Vogel, 1908; c. Myrta Susan.
A.B., Univ. 111., 1908; A.M., Univ. Neb.,
1911; Ph.D., Univ. Mich. 1915. Sigma
Xi; Gamma Alpha.
Cooper, John Ralph, prof, hort., Univ. Ark.,
Fayetteville, Ark.
Asst. hort., Kans. State Agr. Coll.,
1912; asst. prof, hort., Univ. Neb., 1912-
67
6; assoc. prof., 1916-8; present position,
1918 . b. Washington, la., Apr. 18,
1883; s. Joseph and Laura Annis (Mor-
gan) C.; reared on farm; in. Lillian
Leonora Ware, June 15, 1913. B.S.,
Kans. State Agr. Coll., 1912; M.S., Univ.
Neb., 1917. Sigma Xi; Alpha Zeta; Pi
Kappa Alpha.
Cooper, Morton Oscar, ext. an. husb., Va.
Poly. Inst., Blacksburg, Va.
Asst. an. husb., Del. Coll., 1912-3;
sci. asst., U. S. Dept. Agr., 1913-7;
present position, 1917 . b. Manson,
la., Oct. 23, 1888; s. Thos. O. and Anna
(Wright) C.; reared on farm; m. Rosa-
lind Langworthy, Jan. 7, 1914. B.S., la.
State Coll., 1912; M.A., American Univ.,
1916. Phi Kappa Phi.
Cooper, Roswell D., farmer, Little Falls,
N. Y.
Mem. N. Y. State Food Supply Comn.,
1917. Pres. Dairymen's League; vice-
pres. Nat. Milk Producers' Fed.; pres.
Coop. Milk Producers' Marketing Assoc.;
pres. Country Milk Co.; sec. Little Falls
Dairy Co.; dir. Fed. Bd. of Farm Organi-
zations; chm. Conference of N. Y. Farm
Organizations; mem. council, Am. Assoc.
for Agrl. Legislation, b. Little Falls,
N. Y., Mar. 27, 1877; s. Benj. W. and
Helen A. (Brown) C.; -reared on farm;
m. Marguerite L. Allen, Oct. 10, 1914;
c. Allen, Walter W. A.B., Williams Coll.,
1900. Zeta Psi.
Cooper, Thomas Poe, dean Coll. Agr. and
dir. Exp. Sta., Univ. Ky., Lexington, Ky.
Statistical agt., Minn. Exp. Sta., 1902-7;
special agt., Bur. Statistics, U. S. Dept.
Agr., 1902-7; asst. farm manag., instr.
agrl. econ., Univ. Minn., 1908-11; asst.
chg. dem. farms, 1910-1; sec. Better
Farming Assoc. of N. D., 1912-3; dir.
ext. and Exp. Sta., N. D. Agr. Coll.,
1914-7; present position, 1918 . Pres.
Bd. of Farmers' Insts., N. D., 1914-7;
vice-chern., Ky. State Bd. Agr. and Ky.
State Live-Stock Sanitary Bd. b. Pekin,
111., Mar. 2, 1881; s. J. R. and Sue B.
(Poe) C.; reared on farm; m. Essie N.
Burgan, 1912. B.S.A., Univ. Minn.,
1908. Alpha Zeta.
Cooter, John Edward, sch. gard. superv.,
551 Court House, Portland, Ore.
Instr. soils and farm manag., Ore. Agr.
Coll., 1913-8; present position, 1918.
b. Lebanon, Ore., Oct. 29, 1891; s. Dennis
and Belle (Miller) C.; reared on farm;
m. Cora Hubler, Aug. 24, 1914; c. Anna-
belle Ellen. B.S.A., Ore. Agr. Coll.,
1913.
Cope, Ralph P., prof. agrl. chem., Wash.
State Coll., Pullman, Wash.
Prof, sci., Western Union Coll., 1911-2;
present position, 1912 . b. Hanoverton,
O., Jul. 12, 1885; s. John A. and Emma
(Pearce) C.; reared on farm; m. Mary
B. Deems, Aug. 6, 1913; c. Dorothy Lee.
B.S., 111. Wesleyan Univ., 1910; grad.
student Univ. Chicago, 1910-1: Sigma
Alpha ^Epsilon.
Copeland, Arthur J., asst. in grain market-
ing, Bur. Markets, U. S. Dept. Agr.,
Washington, D. C.
Head dept. agr., Normal Inst., Marion,
Ind., 1916-7. b. Peebles, O., May 22,
1889; s. Wm. and Hester Ann (Smalley)
C.; reared on farm. B.S.A., Ohio State
Univ., 1915.
Copeland, Edwin Bins-ham, farmer and
experimenter, Chico, Calif.
Asst. prof, bot., Ind. Univ., 1897-8;
State Normal Sch., Chico, Calif., 1899;
asst. prof, bot., W. Va. Univ., 1899-1900;
prof., 1900-1; instr. bot., Stanford Univ.,
1901-3; bot., Philippine govt., 1903-8;
supt. Philippine Agr. Sch., 1908-9; dean
Coll. Agr., Univ. Philippines, 1909-17.
Fellow A. A. A. S. Auth.: Philippine Agri-
culture, 1908; The Coconut, 1914; Ethics,
The Science of Conduct, 1918. Former
assoc. ed., Mexican Journal of Tropical
Agriculture and Philippine Journal of
Science, b. Monroe, Wis., Sept. 30, 1873;
s. Herbert Edson and Alice (Bingham) C.;
m. Ethel Faulkner, Dec. 19, 1900; c. Her-
bert F., Mary F., Alice B., Chas. F. A.B.,
Stanford Univ., 1895; Ph.D., Univ.
Halle, 1896. Phi Gamma Delta.
Corbett, Lee Cleveland, hort. in chg. hort.
and pom. invest., U. S. Dept. Agr., Wash-
ington, D. C.
Asst. hort., Cornell Univ. Exp. Sta.,
1891-3; prof. hort. and for., S. D. State
Coll., 1893-5; W. Va. Univ., 1895-1901;
hort., U. S. Dept. Agr., 1901-13; asst.
chief, Bur. Plant Ind., 1913-5; present
position, 1915. Fellow A. A. A. S.
Auth.: Garden Farming, 1913; Intensive
Agriculture, 1913. b. Schuyler Co., N. Y.,
Oct. 21, 1867; s. J. Wallace and Lucia
68
M. (Gabriel) C.; reared on farm; m.
Evelyn Lovenia Northrup, Mar. 23, 1893;
c. Ruth, Frances, Roger Bailey, Laurence
Ward, Thurston Lee. B.S., Cornell Univ.,
1890; M.S., 1896.
Corbett, Louis L., asst. agrst., U. S. Dept.
Agr., Blissfield, Mich.
Asst. farm crops, Va. Truck Exp. Sta.,
1910-2; present position, 1912. b.
Watkins, N. Y., Mar. 27, 1875; s. John
Wallace and Lucia M. (Gabriel) C.;
reared on farm; m. Ida Jones; c. Wallace
Jerome, Lois, Louis L. Jr. LL.B., W. Va.
Univ., 1897.
Cordley, Arthur Burton, dean Coll. Agr. and
dir. Exp. Sta., Ore. Agr. Coll., Corvallis, Ore.
Asst. ent., Mich. Agr. Coll., 1888-90;
asst. ent., Vt. Exp. Sta., 1890-1; asst.
ent., U. S. Dept. Agr., 1891-3; farmer,
1893-5; prof. zool. and ent. Exp. Sta.,
Ore. Agr. Coll., 1895. dean Coll. Agr.,
1907; dir. Exp. Sta., 1914. b.
Pinckney, Mich., Feb. 11, 1864; s. Chas.
and Esther (Hicks) C.; TO. Mary Celia
McLouth, Jul. 5, 1893. B.S., Mich.
Agr. Coll., 1888; M.S., 1901; D.Sc., 1917.
Phi Delta Theta; Gamma Alpha; Gam-
ma Sigma Delta.
Coryell, Jay, asst. co. agt. leader, Cornell
Univ., Ithaca, N. Y.
Instr. agr., Northboro, Mass., high-sch.,
1912; Woburn, Mass., Acad., 1912;
North Easton, Mass., high-sch., 1912;
agrl. agt. Windsor Co., Vt., 1912-5;
asst. state co. agt. leader, Univ. Vt.,
1915-7; present position, 1917 . b.
Romulus, N. Y., Feb. 5, 1886; s. Newman
Potter and Susan L. (Sayre) C.; reared
on farm; TO. Helen Stewart Folwell,
Feb. 7, 1912; c. Geo. Chester, Arlene
Elizabeth. B.S.A., Cornell Univ., 1912.
Cotterman, Harold F., dean div. rural educ.
and econ., Md. State Coll. Agr., College
Park, Md.
Prof. agr. and agrl. educ. and dean
Dept. Agr., Ohio Northern Univ., 1913-5;
asst. agrl. educ., Ohio State Univ., 1916;
prof. agrl. educ. and superv. secondary
voc. agr. for Md., Md. State Coll. Agr.,
1917. b. Farmersville, O., Oct. 22,
1887; s. Marcus W. and Martha (Bru-
baker) C.; reared on farm; TO. M. Mae
Yingling, June 13, 1914. B.S.A., Ohio
State Univ., 1916; M.A., Columbia Univ.,
1917.
Cotton, John Storrs, agrst., Off. Farm
Manag., U. S. Dept. Agr., Washington,
D. C.
Conducting range invests., Wash. Exp.
Sta., 1901-4; range and farm manag.
invests., U. S. Dept. Agr., 1904. b.
E. Woodstock, Conn., Jul. 30, 1875;
s. John and Persis (Storrs) C.; reared in
village; TO. Ada Gertrude Chappie,
Dec. 31, 1907; c. Jane Catherine, John,
Elisabeth Storrs. B.S., Union Coll.,
1897; M.S.A., Wash. State Coll., 1904.
Coulter, John Lee, dean Coll. Agr. and dir.
Exp. Sta., W. Va. Univ., Morgantown,
W. Va.
Asst. prof, rural econ., Univ. Minn.,
1908-10; chief agrl. census, U. S. Census
Bur., 1910-4; prof, rural econ., Knapp
Sch. Country Life, Nashville, Tenn.,
1914-5; present position, 1915 . Del.
Inter. Inst. Agr., Rome; Rural Credits
Comn. to Europe, 1913. Mem. Bd.
Dirs., Nat. Agrl. Organization Soc.
Auth.: Cooperation Among Farmers, 1911.
b. Mallory, Minn., Apr. 16, 1881; s.
John and Katherine (McVeety) C.; reared
on farm; TO. Phoebe Frost, Sept. 23, 1911;
c. John Lee Jr., Kirkley Schley. A.B.,
Univ. N. D., 1904; A.M., 1905; PhD.,
Univ. Wis., 1908. Phi Beta Kappa.
Coupe, James Francis, co. agrl. agt., Carroll'
la.
Agt. Thurston Co., Neb., 1913-5;
live-stock fieldrnan, Twentieth Century
Farmer, Omaha, 1915-7; farm bur.
organizer, Neb., Sept. 1917-Feb. 1918;
present position, 1918 .b. Falls City,
Neb., Aug. 30, 1886; s. Richard A. and
Mary M. (King) C.; reared on farm;
TO. Mary A. Ballengee, Apr. 12, 1915.
B.S., Univ. Neb., 1909. Alpha Zeta.
Cowell, Arthur Westcott, lands, arch., prof,
lands, design, Penn. State Coll., State
College, Pa.
b. Auburn, N. Y., Apr. 30, 1878; s.
Wlllard Gould and Jennie (Fisher) C.;
reared in city; m. Sophie Harriet Lyndon,
1907; c. Jane Augusta, David Lvndon.
B.S.A., Cornell Univ. Alpha Zeta.
Cowgill, Helen Julia, superv. girls' club
work, Ore. Agr. Coll., Corvallis, Ore.
Teach, dom. sci., Harney Co. high-sch.,
1913-4; present position, 1914 . 6.
Springfield, 111., Dec. 1, 1881; d. Win. C.
and Caroline M. (Etter) C.; reared in
city. B.S., Ore. Agr. Coll., 1913.
69
Cowles, Anna Bryant, state club leader for
girls, Mich. Agr. Coll., E. Lansing, Mich.
Ext. dept. home econ., Mich. Agr.
Coll., 1915-6; state club leader for girls,
1916. b. Lansing, Mich., Oct. 22,
1893; d. Truman A. and Carrie (White-
house) C.; reared in city. B.S., Mich.
Agr. Coll., 1915. Omicron Nu.
Cox, Henry Joseph, meteorologist in chg.
North Central Forecast Distr. of Weather
Bur., Federal Bldg., Chicago, 111.
Prof, meteorology, Norwich Univ.,
Northfield, Vt., 1886-8; connected with
U. S. Weather Bur. since 1884. In
chg. special field researches, cranberry
marshes, 1906-10; thunder bolts on
Carolina mountain slopes, 1912-8. Trav-
eled in Europe inspecting meteorological
observatories, 1906-7. Auih.: Weather
and Climate of Chicago, 1914; Weather
Forecasting in U.. S., 1916. b. Newton,
Mass., Apr. 5, 1863; s. Thos. and Hannah
(Perkins) C.; reared in city; m. Mary
Cavanaugh, Sept. 8, 1887; c. Harry P.,
Arthur C., Paul G. A.B. Harvard Univ.,
1884; M.A. Norwich Univ., 1887; D.Sc.,
1914. Theta Chi.
Cox, Herbert Randolph, co. agrl. agt.,
Berlin, N. J.
Farming in O., 1905-7; Off. Farm
Manag., U. S. Dept. Agr., 1907-15;
assoc. ed., Country Gentleman, 1915-7;
present position, 1917 . b. Canton, O.,
Oct. 28, 1882; reared in town and on farm.
B.S.A., Cornell Univ., 1905; M.S.A.,
1909. Beta Theta Pi.
Crabb, George Arthur, junior prof, agron.,
Univ. Ga., Athens, Ga.
Instr. soil tech., Cornell Univ., 1907-10;
Bur. Soils, U. S. Dept. Agr., 1910-3;
present position, 1913 . b. Allen Co.,
O., Aug. 18, 1882; s. Nathan T. and
Amelia (Bowyer) C.; reared on farm;
m. Mary Clement Shepperson, Sept. 28,
1908; c. Anna Elizabeth, Geo. A. Jr.,
Mary Frances. B.S.A., Ohio State Univ.,
1907. Alpha Zeta.
Craig, Charles P., agrl. organizer and admin-
istrator, Duluth, Minn.
Developed Jean-Duluth Farms, Duluth.
Pres. Minn. Live-Stock Breeders' Assoc.,
5 yrs.; dir. Minn. State Agrl. Soc., 7 yrs.,
pres. 2 yrs.; manag. Minn. State Fair,
7 yrs., pres. 2 yrs. b. Clarion Co., Pa.,
Jul. 4, 1858; s. W. T. and Katherine
(Patton) C.; reared on farm; m. Florence
Cameron; c. Margaret Patton. A.B.,
Lafayette Coll., 1883; A.M., 1886;
LL.B., Univ. Penn., 1886. Delta Kappa
Epsilon.
Craig, Stephen James, co. agrl. agt., Pro-
phetstown, 111.
111. State Soil Survey, 2 yrs.; traveled
2 yrs. on seed and soil surveys; co. agt.,
Crown Point, Ind., 4 yrs.; agt. Whiteside
Oo., 111., 1918 ; seed corn administrator,
111. State Council Defense, Chicago,
1918. b. Wilmington, 111., Jan. 16,
1882; s. James and Minerva (Rockwell)
C.; reared on farm; m. Ruth Jackson,
Oct. 16, 1912; c. James J., Harold J.,
Ruth J. B.S. Univ. 111., 1905; M.S.A.,
Cornell Univ., 1908.
Crandall, Benjamin Ray, princ. Holtville
Union High-Sch. Distr., Holtville, Calif.
Princ. schs., Hammond, La., 1889-
1902; supt. schs., Rawlins, Wyo., 1902-7;
supt. schs., Idaho Falls, Ida., 1907-15;
present position, 1915. Pres. Ida.
State Teach. Assoc., 1912-3. Instr. in
agr., asst. emergency co. club leader.
b. Andover, N. Y., Dec. 31, 1875; s.
Sherman G. and Leonora (Wood) C.;
reared on farm; m. Matilda Fogg, Apr.
12, 1900; c. Burton Benjamin. B.S.,
Alfred Univ., 1899; B.Ped., Univ. Wyo.,
1905; A.M., Univ. Denver, 1905; D.Ped.,
Alfred Univ., 1911; Ph.D., Univ. Denver,
1915.
Cranefield, Frederic, sec. Wis. State Hort.
Soc., Madison, Wis.
Instr. hort., Univ. Wis., 1897-1904.
Ed., Wisconsin Horticulture, b. near
Madison, Wis., Jul. 23, 1865; s. James and
Maria (Tipple) C.; reared on farm;
m. Laura Hinriche, Dec. 5, 1894; c.
Marian Chas., Paul Frederic, Harold
Alfred, Laura Edith.
Crawford, Nelson Antrim, head dept. ind
journalism and printing, Kans. State Agr
Coll., Manhattan, Kans.
Teach. English, Kans. State Agr. Coll.,
1910-4; present position, 1914 . Dir.
publicity, Kans. Council of Defense,
1917; dir. publicity, U. S. Food Admin-
istration in Kans., 1917. Vice-pres. Am.
Assoc. Agrl. Coll .Editors, 1916-7, pres.,
1917-8. In daily newspaper work, 1906-
9; manag. ed., The Kans. Industrialist,
1914 ; ed. The Kans. Churchman,
70
1916-8; assoc. ed., The Midland, 1917.
6. Miller, S. D.; s. N. A. and Fanny
(Vandercook) C. A.B., State Univ. la.,
1910; A.M., Univ. Kans., 1914. Sigma
Delta Chi; Phi Kappa Phi.
Creelman, George Christie, pres. Ont. Agr.
Coll., Guelph, Ont.
Prof, biol., Miss. A. & M. Coll., 1889-
97; pres. Ont. Agr. Coll., 1904 ; comnr.
agr., Ont., 1917. Del. to Inter. Inst.
at Rome, 1907; traveled in Europe,
Asia, Hawaii, New Zealand, Australia,
Philippines. Sec. Am. Assoc. of Farmer's
Inst. Workers, 1900-6; pres., 1908.
6. Collingwood, Ont., May 9, 1869;
s. James R. and Isabel (Patterson) C.;
reared on farm; m. Ada Mills, Sept. 8,
1892; c. James, Louise, Margaret, Ross,
Donald. B.S.A., Toronto Univ., 1888;
Miss. A. & M. Coll., 1895; LL.D.,
McMaster Univ., Toronto, 1910.
[Cresswell, C. F., p. 310.
Cribbs, Charles C., minister, R. D. 1, Falls
Creek, Pa.
Teach, hist., Elders Ridge Acad., 2 yrs.;
princ. schs., Homer City, 1 yr.; pastor
E. Butler Presbyterian church, 2 yrs.;
Beechwood, 5 yrs. Adv. mem. Rural
Com. of Pa. State Sunday Sch. Assoc.
Specially interested in rural problems.
b. Clarksburg, Pa., Nov. 8, 1880; s.
Armor P. and M. Ella (Marshall) C.;
reared on farm; m. Cecil A. Stewart,
June 7, 1911; c. Mary Elizabeth, Marjorie
Cecil, Mildred Josephine. A.B., Grove
City Coll., 1908; A.M., 1911.
Crider, Franklin Jacob, prof, hort., Univ.
Ariz, and hort., Exp. Sta., Tucson, Ariz.
Instr. hort., Clemson Agr. Coll., 1908-9;
asst. prof, hort., N. C. A. & M. Coll.,
1910-3; assoc. prof, hort., Clemson Agr.
Coll., 1913-8; present position, 1918.
b. St. Matthews, S. C., Dec. 1, 1883; s.
Lawrence E. and Georgella (Hay) C.;
reared on farm; m. Charlotte Ellen
Nash, Dec. 25, 1911; c. Dorothy Ellen.
B.S., Clemson Agr. Coll., 1908; M.S.,
Univ. Minn., 1910. Alpha Zeta.
Crittenden, Lee Wright, co. agrl. agt., New
Brunswick, N. J.
Instr. agr., Cortland Normal Sch.,
1913-7; Chamberlain Inst., Randolph,
N. Y., 1917-8. b. Oswayo, Pa., Jul. 1,
1884; s. Shubel Edgar and Ida Viola
(Rowlee) C.; reared on farm; m. Mil-
dred Maria Sliter, Aug. 16, 1916; c.
Chas. Edgar. B.S., Cornell Univ., 1913.
Crocheron, Bertram Hanford, assoc. prof,
ext., state leader, Univ. Calif., Berkeley,
Calif.
Princ. agrl. high-sch., Baltimore Co.,
Md., 1909-13; present position, 1913 .
6. N. J., May 21, 1882; s. David E. and
Flora V. (Hanford) C.; reared in country.
B.S.A., Cornell Univ., 1908; M.S.A.,
1909. Alpha Zeta.
Crofoot, Herman K., co. agrl. agt., Olean,
N. Y.
b. Herkimer Co., N. Y., May 18, 1886;
s. Henry A. and Marrietta (Kilts) C.;
reared on farm; m. Grace Fitts, 1916;
c. Henry A., Mariam H. B.S., Cornell
Univ., 1912.
Cron, Alexander B., sci. asst., U. S. Dept.
Agr., Chillicothe, Tex.
Specialist in alfalfa culture, U. S. Dept.
Agr., 1908-13; asst. in field stas., Amarillo,
Tex., 1913-7; in chg. sta., Chillicothe,
1918 . b. Augusta, Kans., Jan. 4,
1883; s. A. G. and Emma F. (Womer) C.;
reared on farm; m. Bessie Minerva
Nicolet, Dec. 7, 1910; c. Ralph Nicolet,
Lawrence Everett, Minerva Marie. B.S.,
Kans. State Agr. Coll., 1908.
Crosby, Cyrus Richard, prof. ent. ext.,
Cornell Univ., Ithaca, N. Y.
Asst. ent., Univ. Mo., 1904-5; ent.
invest., Cornell Exp. Sta., 1906-9; asst.
prof., Cornell Univ., 1909-13; prof. ext.
ent., 1913. Auth.: (with Slingerland)
Manual of Fruit Insects, 1914; (with
Leonard) Manual of Vegetable-Garden
Insects, 1918. 6. Penn Yan, N. Y.,
Jan. 9, 1879; s. Isaac and DrusiJla (Eddy)
C.; reared on farm; m. Nellie G. Heck,
Dec. 16, 1905. A.B., Cornell Univ.,
1905.
Crosby, Dick Jay, prof. ext. teach., Cornell
Univ., Ithaca, N. Y.
Instr. English, Mich. Agr. Coll., 1893-9;
asst. agr., U. S. Dept. Agr., 1901-5;
specialist in agrl. educ., U. S. Dept. Agr.,
1905 ; farmer and part-time ext.
teach., Cornell Univ., 1913-5; present
position, 1915 . b. Elbridge, Mich.,
Oct. 2, 1866; s. Daniel Way and Agnes
(Colestock) C.; reared on farm; m.
Mary Lillian Wheeler, 1902; 2d, Mrs.
Addie J. Irwin, 1914; c. Ruth, Alan
71
Wheeler, Richard Collier. B.S., Mich.
Agr. Coll., 1893; M.S., 1901.
Crosby, Matt A., agrst., Off. Farm Manag.,
U. S. Dept. Agr., Washington, D. C.
b. Hart, Mich., Aug. 2, 1875; s. Daniel
Way and Agnes (Colestock) C.; reared
on farm. B.S., Mich. Agr. Coll., 1902.
Alpha Zeta.
Cross, Gurnee G., state co. sec., rural work,
Y. M. C. A., 603 A. O. U. W. Bldg.,
Little Rock, Ark.
b. Ind., Sept. 24, 1883; s. Benjamin
Franklin and Missouri (Watts) C.;
reared on farm; m. Delia Bennett, June
5, 1911. B.A., Kans. Univ., 1911;
Bach, of Assoc., Sci., Y. M. C. A. Coll.,
Chicago, 1913.
Cross, Lewis Josephus, prof. agrl. chem.,
Cornell Univ., Ithaca, N. Y.
Asst. prof. agrl. chem., Cornell Univ.,
1912-4; prof., 1914. Ed., The Cornell
Chemist, 1912-4. b. Hoosick Falls, N. Y.,
Oct. 15, 1874; s. Waite J. and Hannah M.
(Scriven) C.; reared on farm; m. Jessie
B. Kerr, Dec. 23, 1915; c. Margaret E.
A.B., Cornell Univ., 1909; Ph.D., 1912.
Sigma Xi; Gamma Alpha.
Grossman, Paul Stevens, co. agrl. agt.,
Smethport, Pa.
Asst. farm manag., U. S. Dept. Agr.,
1915; food emergency agt., 1917. Farm
operator, b. Hamilton, Pa., Dec. 18,
1890; s. Everett Lincoln and Mary
Alice (Croasmun) C.; reared on farm;
m. June 15, 1918. B.S., Penn. State
Coll., 1917. Alpha Zeta; Phi Kappa Phi.
Grossman, Samuel Sutton, ent. asst., Bur.
Ent., U. S. Dept. Agr., Melrose High-
lands, Mass.
6. Needham, Mass., May 30, 1886;
s. Thos. James and Eliza Ann (Sutton)
C.; reared in town; m. Pauline Haskell,
Dec. 30, 1912; c. Faith Sutton, Margaret,
Ruth. B.Sc., Mass. Agr. Coll., 1909.
Crouch, Harry Ensign, co. agrl. agt., Court
House, Albany, N. Y.
Manag. Univ. 111. dairy farm, 11 yrs.;
manag. dairy farm, Ann Arbor, Mich.,
3 yrs. 6. Cohocton, N. Y., June 10,
1878; s. Joel M. and Rose Ella (Slay ton)
C.; reared on farm; m. Mary J. Pierce,
Dec. 24, 1902; c. Mary J., James E.,
Francis Richard. Studied Cornell Univ.,
3 yrs. Gamma Alpha.
Cruess, William Vere, asst. prof, zymology,
Univ. Calif., Berkeley, Calif.
Asst. zymology, Univ. Calif., 1911-3;
asst. prof., 1913 . Specialty, utiliza-
tion of waste fruits and vegetables.
Farmer, 8 yrs. b. San Miguel, Calif.,
Aug. 9, 1886; s. Wm. V. and Lucy M.
(Withrow) C.; reared on farm. B.S.,
Univ. Calif., 1911. Sigma Xi; Sigma