Phi; Alpha Chi Sigma; Phi Lambda
Upsilon.

Gruickshank, Robert Bacon, asst. prof,
hort., Ohio State Univ., Columbus, O.

Chg. 1200-acre orchard, Ore., 1910-2.
Sec. O. State Hort. Soc. b. Syracuse,
N. Y., Oct. 12, 1885; s. Robt. and Mar-
garet (Bacon) C.; reared in city; m.
Marion E. Coburn, Mar. 4, 1912; c.
Mary Adeline, Robt. Jr. B.S., Univ.
Me., 1910. Beta Theta Pi; Alpha Zeta.

Culley, Frank Hamilton, prof, lands, arch.,
la. State Coll., Ames, la.

Asst. prof, lands, gard., la. State Coll.,
1914-5; assoc. prof., 1915-8; prof,
lands, arch. 1918. Mem. Country
Planning Com., Am. Civic Assoc. b. Fort
Dodge, la., Aug. 7, 1888; s. Charley
Hamilton and Ida May (Keeler) C.;
reared in town. B.S., Mass. Agr. Coll.,
1913; Mast. Lands. Arch., Harvard
Univ., 1914.

Gumming, Melville, princ. Coll. of Agr.,

Truro, N. S.

Asst. prof. an. husb., Ont. Agr. Coll.,
1901-5; sec. for agr. and princ. Coll.
Agr., Province of N. S., 1907. Traveled
in Great Britain and Europe studying
and purchasing live-stock, b. Stellarton,
N. S., Jan. 5, 1876; s. Thomas and
Matilda (McNair) C.; reared in town and
country; m. Mary Alice Archibald,
June 13, 1905; c. Jean, Alison Archibald,
Mary Rutherford, Melville Erskine. B.A.,
Dalhousie Univ., Halifax, 1897; B.S.A.,
la. State Coll., 1900; B.S.A., Toronto
Univ., 1901.

Cummings, Marshall Baxter, prof, hort.,
Univ. Vt., Burlington, Vt.

Sec. Vt. Hort. Soc. b. N. Thetford, Vt.,
Dec. 2, 1876; s. H. P. and Alpha Maria
(Baxter) C.; reared on farm; m. Lura
Alice Bugbee, Aug. 24, 1910 ; c. Preston



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Curtis. B.S., Univ. Vt., 1901; M.S.,
Univ. Me., 1904; Ph.D., Cornell Univ.,
1909. Sigma Xi; Alpha Zeta; Garnnia
Alpha.

Cunningham. John Ferguson, ed. Ohio
Farmer, Cleveland, O.

Instr. hort. and for., Ohio State Univ.,
1898-9; present position, 1899. Mem.
Bd. of Trustees, Ohio State Univ. Farm
operator. Ed., Journal Columbus Hort.
Soc. Co-founder Agricultural Student
Magazine, 1894; ed., 1894-8. 6. Afton,
la., Feb. 4, 1877; s. Robt. Henry and
Virginia Ross (Loy) C.; reared in country;
m. Edna Mumper, Oct. 30, 1307; c. John
F. Jr., Richard M. B.Sc., Ohio State
Univ., 1897; M.Sc., 1899. Sigma Xi;
Phi Gamma Delta; Alpha Zeta (co-
founder).

Cunningham, Omer Cole, dairy husb.,
Bur. An. Ind., U. S. Dept. Agr., Washing-
ton, D. C.

Prof, dairying and an. husb., Winona
Coll. Agr., Ind., 1906-9; instr. dairying,
Ohio State Univ., 1909-11; asst. prof.,
1911-8; present position, 1918 . ft.
Switzerland Co., Ind., Apr. 15, 1882;
s. Jonathan R. and Margaret O. (Cole) C.;
reared 011 farm; m. Anna Blanche Eaton,
Jul. 2, 1908; c. Jonathan R. B.S.A.,
Purdue Univ., 1906.

Cunningham, Walter Stanley, asst. prof. an.
husb., Univ. Ariz., Tucson, Ariz.

Asst. an. husb., N. Mex. A. & M. Coll.,
19L2-4; present position, 1914 . 6.
Ind., Mar. 21, 1885; s. J. R. and Mar-
garet O. (Cole) C.; reared on farm; m:
Clara M. Schroeder, Aug. 26, 191.5.
B.S.A., Purdue Univ., 1909.

Curran, George Bryan, agrl. rep., Napanee,
Out.

Ed. Farm Crops, 1908-9; farmer,
1909-12; present position, 1912 . Sec.
Lennox ami Addington Farmers' Buying
and Selling Bd.; sec. Canada Rhode Island
Red Club. b. Orillia, Ont., Apr. 27, 1886;
s. Geo. and Martha (Bates) C.; reared on
farm; m. Josephine Edna Carson, Sept.,
1913; c. Josephine Mary. B.S.A., Ont.
Agr. Coll., 1908.

Currey, Hiram Meyrick, asst. prof, agron.,
Ida. Tech. Inst., Pocatello, Ida.

With U. S. Bur. Markets, 1917-8.
b. Cannelton, Ind., Oct. 10, 1887; s.



Hiram Meyrick and Fannie (Smith) C.;
reared on farm. B.S.A., Ore. Agr. Coll.,
1915; grad. student, Cornell Univ.,
1916-7. Sigma Phi Epsilon; Gamma
Sigma Delta.

Currier, Edwin L., prof, farm manag. and
head dept. of Exp. Sta., Mont. Agr. Coll.,
Bozeman, Mont.

b. St. Edward, Neb., Oct. 24, 1887; s.
John W. and Adella (Lovejoy) C.; reared
on farm; in. Bernice Chambers, June 4,
1914; c. Helen, Merrill Chambers.
B.S., Univ. Neb., 1912.

Curry, Arthur David, distr. dem. agt.,
Stratton, Neb.

6. David City, Neb., Jan. 28, 1878;
s. John and Jane (Harris) C.; reared on
farm; m. Maude Holston, Apr. 3, 1907;
c. Gilbert, Leah.

Curtis, Franklin Richards, co. agrl. agt.,
Demopolis, Ala.

Agt. Craighead Co., Ark., 1913-4;
agt. Marengo and Sumter Cos., Ala.,
1914-6; agt. Marengo, Hale and Perry
Cos., 1916-7; dir. Canebrake Agr. Exp.
Sta., Uniontown, Ala., 1917; agt. Mar-
engo Co., 1918. b. Shelby Co., Ala-
Jan. 4, 1894; s. Joseph Franklin and Kate
(Richards) C.; reared in small town;
m. Anne Beall McCants, Jan. 25, 1918.
B.S., Ala. Poly. Inst., 1912. Lamda Chi
Alpha.

Curtis, Harry Pennybacker, co. agrl. agt.,
Button, W." Va.

Instr. sci., high-sch., New Providence,
la., 1915-6; agt. Braxton Co., 1916.
b. Little Hocking, O., Mar. 7, 1891;
s. A. L. and Mary (Pennybacker) C.;
reared on farm. B.S.A., Ohio State
Univ., 1915.

Curtis, Henry S., writer and lect., Olivet,
Mich.

Teach. English, N. Y. City high-sch.,
1899-1905; general dir. playgrounds,
N. Y. City, summer, 1898, 1901; lect.
Columbia Univ., summer, 1893; lect.
World's Fair, summer, 189 i; superv.
playgrounds, Distr. Columbia, 1905-9;
sec. Playground Assoc. of Am., 1906-9.
Y. M. C. A. recreation work in France.
Auth.: Play and Recreation for the Open
Country, 1904; Education Through Play,
1915; The Practical Conduct of Play.
1915; The Play Movement and its



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Significance, 1917; Recreation for Teach-
ers, 1918. Traveled in Europe and Porto
Rico. b. Olivet, Mich., Feb. 9, 1870;
9. Samuel and Mary (Stoddard) C.;
reared on farm.; m. Charlotte Doremus
Scudder, Nov. 25, 1902; c. Henry Stod-
dard, Bessie Scudder, Elnora Charlotte.
A.B., Olivet Coll., 1894; A.B., Yale
Univ., 1895; Ph.D., Clark Univ., 1898.
Phi Alpha Pi.

Curtis, John Gerrit, co. agrl. agt., White
Plains, N. Y.

Lect. N. Y. State farmers' insts., 1904-
15; also N. J. and W. Va. insts.; agt.
Westchester Co., 1915. Chg. Chilean
govt. exhibit fert. materials, World's
Fair, 1893; U. S. govt. exhibit, St.
Louis Expos., 1904. Invest, phosphate
mines of S. C., Fla., Tenn., Canada.
Farm operator, b. Rochester, N. Y.,
Aug. 8, 1870; s. Geo. M. and Mary E.
(Campbell) C.; reared on farm; m.
Martha Elizabeth Heermans, June 2, 1906.
Grad. Genesee Wesleyan Sem., Lima,
N. Y., 1890.

Curtis, Ralph Wright, prof, lands, art,
Cornell Univ., Ithaca, N. Y.

Asst. supt. parks, Boston, 1906-9;
asst. supt. Arnold Arboretum, Mass.,
1909-12; with Warren H. Manning,
lands, designer, 1912; asst. prof, lands,
art, Cornell Univ., 1912-5; prof., 1915.

b. Burlington, Wis., Dec. 8, 1877; s.
Chas. Burritt and Mira (Vail) C.; reared
in town; m. Alison M. Pettigrew, Sept. 3,
1910; c. Roger Sherman. B.S.A., Cornell
Univ., 1901; M.S.A., 1905. Alpha Zeta;
Gamma Alpha.

Curtiss, Charles F., dean and dir. Div. Agr.,
la. State Coll., Ames, la.

Dir. la. State Bd. Agr.; dir. and exec,
com., Inter. Live-Stock Expos. ; pres. Am.
Berkshire Assoc.; ex-pres. Am. Shrop-
shire Assoc.; dir. Percheron Soe. of Am.;
dir. and exec, com., Nat. Soc. Live-Stock
Record Assoc. Mem. horse-breeding and
meat invest, com., U. S. Dept. Agr.
Special invest, for U. S. Dept. Agr., Great
Britain and Mexico. Consulting ed.,
Agricultural Digest. Farm operator, b.
Boral, 111., Dec. 12, 1863; s. Franklin
and Margaret (Schmitz )C.; reared on
farm; TO. Olive Wilson, Feb. 15, 1893;

c. Ruth, Edith, Helen. B.S., la. State
Coll., 1887; M.S., 1894; D.Sc., Mich.
Agr. Coll., 1907. Delta Tau Delta.



Cutler, Garnet Homer, prof, field husb.,
Univ. Alberta, Edmonton, Alta.

Lect. cereal husb., McDonald Coll.,
McGill Univ., 1909-12; prof, cereal
husb., Univ. Sask., 1913-6; present posi-
tion, 1917 . Mem. Provincial Seed Bd.
of Alta. b. Arkona, Ont., June 12, 1882;
s. Albert Elgin and Annie Sarah (Belton)
C.; reared on farm; m. Gertrude Camp-
bell, June 6, 1911 ; c. Mabelle Gertrude.
B.S.A., Toronto Univ., 1909.

D

Dacy, Arthur Lincoln, assoc. prof. hort
and assoc. hort. Exp. Sta., W. Va. Univ.>
Morgantown, W. Va.

Asst. hort.^W. Va. Exp. Sta., 1908-12;
present position, 1912 . b. S. Boston,
Mass., Nov. 10, 1875; s. Geo. L. and
Sarah A. (Kimball) D.; m. Amelia Muir
Bachmann, Aug, 16, 1905; c. Geo. Alden,
Muriel Louise, Earle Bachmann, Arthur
Kimball. B.S.A., Mass. Agr. Coll., 1902.

Dadant, Camille Pierre, ed. American Bee
Journal, Hamilton, 111.

Beekeeper, 1868. Del. to Inter.
Beekeepers' Assoc., Paris, 1900. Auth.:
Hive and Honey Bee, 1907; A Bee Primer,
1914; First Lessons in Beekeeping, 1917.
b. Langres, France, Apr. 6, 1851 (natural-
ized 1872); s. Chas. and Gabrielle
(Parisot) D.; reared in city and country;
m. Marie Marinelli, Nov. 1, 1875; c.
Louisa, Valentine, Louis, Henry, Maurice,
Clemence, Harriette.

Dadisman, Andrew Jackson, assoc. prof,
agrl. econ. and farm manag., Univ.W. Va.,
Morgantown, W. Va.

Teach, rural schs., 3 yrs.; town and
city schs., 5 yrs.; Off. Farm Manag.,
U. S. Dept. Agr., 2 yrs. Farm help
specialist for W. Va., 1917 . b. Grafton,
W. Va., Feb. 5, 1881; s. Newton and
Lucetta (Williamson) D.; reared on
farm. B.S.A., W. Va. Univ., 1914;
M.S.A., Cornell Univ., 1914.

Dalrymple, William Haddock, prof. comp.
med. and vet. Exp. Sta., La. State
Univ., Baton Rouge, La.

Pres. U. S. Exp. Sta. Vet. Med. Assoc.,
1901-2; pres. Am. Vet. Med. Assoc.,
1907-8; pres. U. S. Live-Stock Sanitary
Assoc., 1908-9; vice-pres. La. State
Sanitary Assoc.; mem. exec. com. Nat.
Live-Stock Assoc., 1902 4; former sec.



La. State Agrl. Soc. and La. Stockbreeders'
Assoc.; ex-pres. La. Vet. Med. Assoc.;
pres. La. Soc. of Naturalists; mem. La.
State Live-Stock Sanitary Bd. Reporter
on anthrax for II. S. 10th Inter. Vet.
Congress, London, 1914; mem. Inter.
Congress on Tuberculosis, Washington,
D. C., 1908; 15th Inter. Congress on
Hygiene and Demography, Washington,
1912. Fellow Glasgow Vet. Med. Soc.
Traveled in S. Africa and Europe. For-
mer ed. live-stock dept., New Orleans
Picayune. Auth.: Veterinary Obstetrics,
1896. b. Stranraer, Wigtownshire, Scot-
land, Apr., 23, 1856 (came to Am. 1889);
s. Thomas and Mary Eleanor (Haddock)
D.; m. Mary Isabel Umpleby, Aug. 27,
1891; c. W. C. S., Mary Eleanor. M.R.
C.V.S., Glasgow Vet. Coll., 1886.

Danforth, Herman W., pres. Fed. Land
Bank, St. Louis, Mo.

Teller First Nat. Bank, Kankakee, 111.,
1892-5; attorney, Peoria, 111., 1899-1907;
farm manag., Washington, 111., 1907-17;
present position, 1917 . Pres. Farmers'
Grain Dealers' Assoc., 2 yrs.; pres. Nat.
Council Farmers' Coop. Assocs., 5 yrs.;
pres. Tagewell Co. Farm Bur., 5 yrs.;
pres. 111. Agrl. Assoc., 1 yr. Traveled in
Europe. b. Danforth, 111., June 15,
1872; s. Henry R. and Mary (Wenger)
D.; reared in town; m. Louise Leonard,
Oct. 18, 1905; c. Mary Louise, Elizabeth,
Herman L. LL.B., Univ. Mich., 1899.

Danielson, Edward Roseman, sec. Neb.
Bd. of Agr., Lincoln, Neb.

b. Missouri Valley, la., Dec. 30, 1881;
s. John A. and Eva (Roseman) D.;
reared on farm; m. Mary Maud Barnard,
Oct. 21, 1903; 2d, Edna Maud Bruner,
Sept. 14, 1908; c. Helen M., John Arthur,
Robt. Bruce.

Darche, John H., strawberry-grower, Park-
ville, Mo.

Assoc. ed. on hort., Missouri and Kansas
Farmer, 8 yrs. b. Ont., Canada, Feb.
6, 1840; s. Peter Darcher and Mary
(Brown) D.; reared in village.

Darling, Floyd Nelson, co. agrl. agt., Keene,
N. H.

Instr. voc. agr., high-sch., Walton,
N. Y., 1912-3; present position, 1913.
Chm. Com. on Revision of Syllabus Voc.
Agr., N. Y. State, 1912. b. Coudersport,
Pa., Aug. 12, 1885; s. Thaddeus S. and



Mary L. (Teuscher) D.; reared on farm;
m. Margaret P. Stanion, Dec., 1910;
c. Virginia N. B.S., Cornell Univ., 1910.

Darrow, George McMillan, sci. asst., Bur.
Plant Ind., Washington, D. C.

b. Spring6eld, Vt., Feb. 2. 1889; s.
Guy Calvin and Maria (McMillan) D.;
reared on farm. A.B., Middlebury Coll.,
1910; A.M., Cornell Univ., 1911. Kappa
Delta Rho.

Darrow, William Hinds, sci. asst.. Bur.
Markets, U. S. Dept. Agr., Washington,
D. C.

Instr. hort., Univ. Me., 1912-3; practi-
cal orchard work, Va., Md., N. Y., Vt.,
1913-6; supt. schs., Waterbury, Vt.,
1916-7; present position, 1917 . b.
Springfield, Vt., May 7, 1890; s. Guy C.
and Maria (McMillan) D.; reared on
farm. A.B., .Middlebury Coll., 1911;
A.M., Cornell Univ., 1912; M.S., Univ.
Me., 1913. Kappa Delta Rho.

Darst, Williard Holden, asst. prof, agron.,
Penn. State Coll., State College, Pa.

b. Covington, O., Nov. 7, 1884; s.
D. M. and Addie (Darner) D.; reared on
farm; m. Janet Caley, 1913; c. Williard
H. Jr. B.S.A., Ohio State Univ., 1910.

Davenport, Eugene, dean Coll. Agr., Univ.
111., Urbana, 111.

Prof, agr., Mich. Agr. Coll., 1889-91;
pres. Collegio Agronomica, Sao Paulo,
Brazil, 1891-2; dean Coll. Agr. and dir.
Exp. Sta., Univ. 111., 1895. Fellow
A . A. A. S. Mem. Authors' Club, London,
England. Auth.: Principles of Breeding,
1907; Education for Efficiency, 1909;
Domesticated Animals and Plants, 1910.
b. W r oodland, Mich., June 20, 1856;
s. George Martin and Esther (Sutton) D.;
reared on farm; m. Emma Jane Coats,
Nov. 2, 1881; c. Dorothy, Margaret.
B.S., Mich. Agr. Coll., 1878; M.Agr.,
1895; LL.D., 1907. Delta Tan Delta.

Davidson, Gabriel, general manag. The
Jewish Agrl. and Ind. Aid Soc., 174
Second Ave., New York City.

Mem. Adv. Com., Fed. of Jewish
Farmers of Am. b. New York City,
Jan. 23, 1879; s. David and Hannah
(Gerechter) D.; reared in city; m nna
Perlowitz, June 26, 1910; c. Hannah
Adele. LL.B., N. Y. Law Sch., 1900;
LL.M., N. Y. Univ., 1901.



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Davidson, Jay Brownlee, prof. agrl. engin.,
Univ. Calif., Davis, Calif.

Adj. prof, farm mech., Univ. Neb.,
1905-6; prof. agrl. engin., la. State
Coll., 1906-15; present position, 1915.
Auth.: (with Chase) Farm Machinery
and Farm Motors, 1908; Agricultural
Engineering, 1913. b. Douglas, Neb.,
Feb. 15, 1880; s. James H. and Margaret
(Dixon) D.; reared on farm; in. Jennie
Baldridge; c. Margaret E., Ethel B.,
Helen M. B.S., M.E., Univ. Neb., 1904;
A.E., 1914. Phi Beta Kappa; Sigma Xi;
Sigma Tau; Tau Beta Pi; Alpha Zeta.

Davidson, Sidney Harold, sci. asst., Bur.
Markets, U. S. Dept. Agr., Washington,
D. C.

In U. S. Army, 1918 . b. Wadena,
Minn., Feb. 23, 1896; s. Morris and
Emma (Katzky) D. B.S., Univ. Calif.,
1917. Alpha Zeta.

Davis, Arthur Grant, co. agrl. agt., Concord,
N. H.

Instr. agr., high-sch., Hopkinton, N. H.,
1913-4; princ. and instr. agr., high-sch.,
Antrim, 1914; co. agt., 1915. b. E.
Jaffrey, N. H., Aug. 17, 1887; s. Chas. B.
and Clara E. (Ames) C.; reared on
farm; m. Cecile F. Livingstone, June 29,
1912; c. Grant L., Robt. C., Beverly C.
B.S., N. H. A.&M. Coll., 1912. Gamma
Theta.

Davis, Boothe Colwell, pres. Alfred Univ.,
Alfred, N. Y. (with which a state school
of agriculture is affiliated).

Ordained Baptist minister, 1893; pas-
tor, Alfred, N. Y., 1893-5; prof, philoso-
phy and ethics, Alfred Univ., 1895 ;
pres., 1908 . b. Jane Lew, W. Va.,
Jul. 12, 1863; s. Samuel D. and Elizabeth
(Fitz-Randolph) D.; reared on farm;
m. Estelle W. Hoffman, 1893; c. Stanton
H., Elizabeth R., Boothe C. Jr. A.B.,
Alfred Univ., 1890; B.D., Yale Univ.,
1893; Ph.D., Nat. Normal Univ., 1897;
LL.D., Alfred Univ., 1915.

Davis, Chester Charles, ed. Montana Far-
mer, Great Falls, Mont.

b. Dallas Co., la., Nov. 17, 1887; s.
Wm. Highland and Eva Elizabeth (John-
son) D.; reared on farm; m. Helen Gail
Smith, Aug. 14, 1913; c. Chester Smith.
B.A., Grinnell Coll., la., 1911.



Davis, Edward Gorton, prof, lands, arch.,
Cornell Univ., Ithaca, N. Y.

Practical lands, arch., 1904-11, at
Denison Univ., 1903-5, with Townsend
and Fleming, Buffalo, 1905-11; present
position, 1911 . Traveled in England,
France and U. S. studying residence plans.

b. Cincinnati, O., 1880; s. Geo. F. and
Lucy (Gorton) D.; reared in city and
country place; m. Marion Briggs, 1908;

c. Dorothea, E. Gorton Jr. B.S., Denison
Univ., 1905. Beta Theta Pi.

Davis, Helen Lee, prof. dona, art, Ore. Agr.
Coll., Corvallis, Ore.

Math, computer, astronomical dept.,
Columbia Univ., 1899-1908; instr. home
econ., Univ. Neb., 1910-2; asst. prof.,
1912-7; assoc. prof. dom. art, Ore. Agr.
Coll., 1917-8; prof., 1918-. b. Moulton-
boro, N. H. Sept. 22, 1877; d. Eleazer A.
and Mary A. (Rolfe) D.; reared on farm.
A.B., Vassar Coll., 1899; B.S., Columbia
Univ., 1910.Phi Beta Kappa; Omicron Nu.

Davis, Irving Gilman, co. agt. leader, Conn.
Agr. Coll., Storrs, Conn.

Instr., Brimfield Voc. Agr. Sch., Brim-
field, Mass., 1912-4; asst. co. agt. leader,
Conn. Agr. Coll., 1915-7; leader, 1917.
b. Poland, Me., Apr. 25, 1885; s. John
Gilman and Juniata (Dunn) D.; m.
Alice Sawin, Aug. 18, 1914; c. Elizabeth
Valentine, Irving G. -Jr. A.B., Bates
Coll., 1906.

Davis, John June, chg. U. S. Ent. Lab.,
W. LaFayette, Ind.

Asst. to state ent. of 111., 1907-11;
with U. S. Dept. Agr., 1911. b.
Centralia, 111., Oct. 9, 1885; s. John L.
and Mary C. (Marsh) D.; reared in city;
m. Pearle E. Taylor, Oct. 27, 1909.
B.S., Univ. 111., 1907. Sigma Xi; Alpha
Tau Omega.

Davis, Kary Cadmus, prof, agr., George
Peabody Coll. for Teachers, Nashville,
Tenn.

Princ. state high-sch., Austin, Minn-,
1892-8; teach, sci., State Normal Sch.,
St. Cloud, 1900-1; prof, hort., W. Va.
Univ., 1901-2; princ. Dunn Co. Sch.
Agr., Menomonie, Wis., 1902-7; dean
State Sch. Agr., Canton, N. Y., 1907-8;
prof, agron. and princ. agrl. short courses,
Rutgers Coll., 1908-13; present position,
1913 . Conductor summer training
schs. for teachers in Minn, and Wis.;



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prof, agr., Univ. Va., summer sch., 1908-11;
dir. N. J. State Summer Sch. for Teach.,
1912. Lect. farmers' inst., agrl. trains,
etc. Fellow A. A. A. S. Pres. Tenn.
State Dairy Assoc., 1917 . Auth.: Pro-
ductive Farming, 1911. 3d ed. 1917; Pro-
ductive Plant Husbandry, 1917; School and
Home Gardening, 1918; A Year of Horti-
culture for Normals and High Schools,
1918. Ed., Lippincott's Farm Manuals,
Farm Life Text Book Series. 6. Decatur,
111., Oct. 7, 1867; s. John and Martha
Ann (Powell) D.; reared on farm; TO.
Fanny Elisabeth Waugh, Aug. ^19, 1896;
c Douglas Powell, Louise. B.S., Kans.
State Agr. Coll., 1891; M.S., 1894;
Ph.D., Cornell Univ., 1900. SigmaXi;
Phi Beta Kappa ; Phi Kappa Phi.

Davis, Leon M., asst. in marketing dairy
products, Bur. Markets, U. S. Dept.
Agr., Washington, D. C.

Instr. dairy ind., Univ. Calif., 1909-12;
asst. prof., 1912-6; present position,
1916 . Mem. Inter. Jury of Awards,
Panama-Pacific Expos., 1915; pres. W.
Dairy Instrs. Assoc.; sec.-treas. Calif.
Creamery Operators' Assoc. Regular
contributor Pacific Dairy Review, 1911-3.
6. Topeka, Kans., Apr. 19, 1885; s.
Thos. J. and Stella (Kidder) D.; raised
on dairy farm; m. Hazel Estelle Bixby,
June 15, 1911; c. Leon Bixby, Barbara
Jean. B.S., Kans. State Agr. Coll., 1909.
Beta Theta Pi; Alpha Zeta.

Davis, Samuel Sylvester, co. agrl. agt.,
Kentland, Ind.

b. Newport, Ind., Feb. 28, 1891; s.
3. N. and Rose (Manion) D.; reared on
farm; m. Clara Davis, Jan. 27, 1917.
B.S., Univ. 111., 1915; M.S., 1917.



Davis, Vernon Hayes, chief O. State Bur.
Markets and Marketing, Columbus, O.
Asst. hort. and for., Ohio State Univ.,
1901-5; asst. prof., 1905-9; asst. prof,
hort., 1909-14; prof., 1914-7; present
position, 1917 . Treas. O. State Hort.
Soc. Farm operator. Auth.: The Garden
Book, 1915. ' b. Byesville, O., Mar. 7,
1877; s. James A. and Rachel (Gauder)
D.; reared on farm; m. Mary E. Haskell,
Aug. 6, 1907; c. Ernily Haskell, Rachel
Katherine. B.S., Ohio State Univ., 1900;
M.S. A., Cornell Univ., 1901. Sigma Xi;
Kappa Sigma; Alpha Zeta.



Dawley, Frank E., farmer, Fayetteville, N. Y.
Dir. N. Y. State farmers' insts., 1896-
1908; trustee Cornell Univ., 1899-1904.
Sec. N. Y. State Farmers' League,
1881-91; sec. State Dairymen's Assoc.,
1896-1902; treas. N. Y. State Breeders'
Assoc., 1904-8; sec. Cheviot Sheep Soc.,
1899-1918; pres. State Agr. Soc., 1899-
1902. Master Syracuse Grange, 1891-2;
Fayetteville Grange, 1905-15; Onondaga
Co. Grange, 1914-6. Breeder of pure-
bred Holstein-Friesian cattle, Cheviot and
Persian lamb fur sheep. Pres. Am.
Persian Lamb Fur Sheep Registry,
1916. Awarded Gold Medal on New York
State grown alfalfa hay at Panama
Expos., 1916. First to make a success
of raising Persian lamb fur in Am.;
erected first steel frame barn in Am. in
1902; ground the first alfalfa "bran"
or meal in 1899 and proved its value as
compared with wheat bran as a food for
milch cows. 6. Elbridge, N. Y., Sept. 10,
1863; s. Win. Walker and Charlotte A.
(Lamson) D.; reared on farm; m.
Carrie L. Barnes, June 16, 1891; c.
Marion B., Laura A., Helen F., Catherine
L., Lamson Eldred, Dorothy Jackson.
Educ. Munro Collegiate Inst.

Deabler, Chaise Halle, co. agrl. agt.,
Angleton, Tex.

6. Xenia, 111., Mar. 18, 1886; s. Geo. I.
and Ida (McGregor) D.; reared in town;
TO. Etta E. Peterson, June 20, 1912;
c. Mattie Elaine, Martha Lucille.

Dean, George Adam, prof. ent. and state ent.,
Kans. State Agr. Coll., Manhattan, Kans.
Ent. Kans. State Ent. Comn. Fellow
Ent. Soc. of Am. Traveled in Europe
to investigate handling of flour, b.
Topeka, Kans., Apr. 19, 1873; s. Thos.
Jackson and Harriet (Reese) D.; reared
on farm; m. Minerva Blachly, Sept. 30,
1903; c. Elizabeth, Geo., Marjorie,
Maurice, Dorothy. B.Sc,. Kans. State
Agr. Coll., 1895; M.Sc., 1905. Sigma Xi;
Phi Kappa Phi.

Dean, Henry H., prof, dairy husb., Ont.
Agr. Coll., Guelph, Ont.

Chg. dairy dept., Ont. Agr. Coll.,
1891. Farm operator. Auth.: Cana-
dian Dairying, 1903, 4th ed., 1914. b.
Ont., Nov. 12, 1865; s. Walter and
Theresa (Hahnel) D.; reared on farm;
m. Almeda Ansley, Jul. 25, 1894. B.S.A.,
Ont. Agr.Coll. and Toronto Univ., 1890.



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Dean, Marion Lothrup, chief div. hort.,
Wash. State Dept. Agr., Olympia, Wash.
Asst. instr. hort., Mich. Agr. Coll.,
8 yrs.; state hort., Mont., 8 yrs.; present
position, 1916 . b. Napoleon, Mich.,
June 27, 1863; s. Julius P. and Maria L.
(Weeks) D.; reared on farm; m. Ida L.
Smith, Jan. 28, 1872. Special student,
Mich. Agr. Coll.

Dearing, Charles, asst. hort., Bur. Plant
Ind., U. S. Dept. Agr., Washington, D. C.
Asst. hort., Univ. Mo., 1908; instr.,
1909-10; sci. asst., Bur. Plant Ind.,
1910-7; asst. hort., 1918. b. Wichita,
Kans., Mar. 25, 1888; s. Geo. M. and
Marion Elvira D.; reared in town.
B.S.A., Univ. Mo., 1909. Sigma Xi;
Alpha Zeta.

De Baun, Roscoe William, specialist in veg.
growing, Ext. Div., Rutgers Coll., New
Brunswick, N. J.

Truck farmer, 1911-5. Mem. exec,
com., N. J. State Hort. Soc. b. Caldwell,
N. J., Dec. 16, 1887; s. John Wm. and
Abbie (Kimball) D.; reared on farm.
B.Sc., Rutgers Coll., 1911. Chi Phi.

DeBusk, Ezra Franklin, co. agrl. agt.,
Orlando, Fla.

Teach, sci. and agr., Washington high-
sch., Tampa, Fla., 1914-7. b. Walkers'
Ford, Tenn., Feb. 11, 1884; s. James Knox
and Helen (Shumate) D.; reared on
farm; m. Eva M. Holt, June 28, 1911.
B.S., Lincoln Memorial Univ., 1910.

Decker, Roy M., co. agrl. agt., Stroudsburg,
Pa.

Teach, rural and graded schs., 5 yrs.;
agt. Monroe Co., 1916 . b. Hublers-
burg, Pa., Aug. 20, 1888; s. Wm. and
Emma C. (Beck) D.; reared on farm.
B.S., Penn State Coll., 1916.

De Lashmutt, Floyd Silas, co. agrl. agt.,

Athens, O.

Ext. serv., Ohio State Univ., 1916.
b. Columbus, O., Aug. 18, 1889; s. Van B.
and Anna (Simmons) D.; reared on farm.
B.S.A., Ohio State Univ., 1916.

De Loach, Robert John Henderson, dir.
Bur. Agrl. Research and Econ., Armour &
Co., 10154 Longwood Drive, Chicago, 111.
Bot., Ga. Exp. Sta,, 1906-8; prof,
cotton ind., Univ. Ga., 1908-13; dir.
Ga. Exp. Sta., 1913-6; present position,



1916. Fellow A. A. A. S. Auth.:
Rambles with John Burroughs, 1911;
Agriculture for the Schools of Georgia,
1914. Ed. agrl. dept., Atlanta Consti-
tution, 1913-6. b. Statesboro, Ga., Dec.
21, 1873; s. Z. T. and Jane (Williams) D.;
reared in country and village; m. Bessie
Holland, Apr. 2, 1900; c. Edward,
Louise, Evelyn, Julia, Helen. A.B., Univ.
Ga., 1898; A.M., 1906. Sigma Chi.

Delwiche, Edmond Joseph, assoc. prof,
agron. and supt. Branch Exp. Stas.,
Univ. Wis., Ashland, Wis.

Supt. branch stas., Univ. Wis., 1906-9;
asst. prof, agron. and supt. stas., 1909-12;
present position, 1913 . b. Orbais, Bel;
gium, Mar. 25, 1874 (naturalized 1895)-
*. Desire J. and Marie J. (Dethy) D.;
reared on farm; m. Alice J. Collin, 1899;
c. Mary A., Anthony J., Edmond D.;
Joseph J., Francis R., Richard O. B.S.A.,
Univ. Wis., 1906; M.S., 1909. Alpha.
Zeta.

Deming, William C., agrl. ed., Cheyenne,
Wyo.

Ed., Daily Tribune, Warren, O., 1894-
1901; Wyo. Daily Tribune, 1901;
Wyo. Stockman-Farmer, 1913 . Mem.
Wyo. Legislature, 1902-3. Receiver U.
S. Land Off., Cheyenne, 1907-13. Trav-