Minn., 1914-5; dir. agr., 1915-7; agt.
Columbian Co., O., 1917 . b. Tuscara-
was, O., Aug. 29, 1888; s. Wm. and
Martha (Henderson) H.; reared on farm;
m. Irma Stella Thompson; c. J. Wm.
B.S., Mt. Union Coll., 1911; B.S.A.,
Ohio State Univ., 1914.

Higgins, Allen Leet, co. agrl. agt., Sullivan,
111.

With U. S. Bur. Soils, 1908-12; Ohio
Exp. Sta., 1912-4; agt. Des Moines Co.,
la., 1914-6; Sullivan, 111., 1918. b.
Elmwood, 111., Apr. 29, 1885; s. B. P.
and Mary Eliza (Leet) H.; reared on
farm; m. Lulu Katherine Stephens,
Apr. 24, 1914. B.S., Univ. 111., 1907.

Higgins, James Edgar, hort., Hawaii Exp.
Sta., Honolulu, H. I.

Superv. agr., Honolulu schs., 1898-1903;
hort., Hawaii Exp. Sta., 1903-13; prof,
hort., Univ. Porto Rico, 1913-4; present
position, 1914 . Vice-pres. for Hawaii,
Am. Pom. Soc. 6. Wolfville, N. S., June
14, 1873 (naturalized 1896); s. D. F. and
Amelia (DeWolf) H.; reared on farm;
m. Nellie T. Chipman, Jul 31, 1898;
c. Ronald De Wolf. B.A., Acadia Univ.,
1895; M.S. A., Cornell Univ., 1898.

Higgins, Lyda Alexander, dairy husb., U. S.
Dept. Agr., Starkville, Miss.

Dairy ext., N. C. Dept. Agr., 1910-2;
with U. S. Dairy Div., 1912. b.
Higgins, N. C., Dec. 17, 1884; s. Thos. G.
and Elizabeth (Sronce) H.; reared on
farm; m. Maude Augustus Magee, May
11, 1913. B.S.A., N. C. A.&M. Coll.,
1910.

Higley, Louis Allen, prof, and head dept.
chem. and chem. Exp. Sta., N. Mex. A. &
M. Coll., State College, N. Mex.

Chief tech. chem., The Kennicott Co.,
Chicago, 111., 1908-9; The Centralia
Mining Co., Guadalahara, Mex., 1909-11,
prof, chem., Westminster Coll., Fulton,
Mo., 1911-5; present position, 1915 .



State chem. for N. Mex. b. Wilmot, O.,
Sept. 28, 1871; s. Lucian and Julia
(Marchand) H.; reared on farm; m.
Carrie L. Bradley, 1903; c. John Allen,
Florence Louise, Carrie Evelyn, Joseph
Leonard. A.B., Ohio Northern Univ.,
1896; Ph.D., Univ. Chicago, 1907.

Hildwein, Herbert Lynn, co. agrl. agt.,
Kingman, Kans.

b. Hiawatha, Kans., Dec. 20, 1891;
s. Chas. A. and Emma (Snyder) H.; reared
on farm; m. Daisy Hensley, Feb. 2, 1918.
B.S., Kans. State Agr. Coll., 1914.

Hill, Charles L., farmer, and breeder Guern-
sey cattle, Rosendale, Wis.

Pres. Am. Guernsey Cattle Club, 1912-
4; sec. Western Guernsey Breeders'
Assoc., 1911-8. Pres. Wis. State Bd.
Agr.; mem. State Bd. Educ. Visited
Isl. of Guernsey 7 times. Auth.: The
Guernsey Breed, 1917. 6. Rosendale,
Wis., Sept. 5, 1869; s. Geo. C. and
Georgianna (Brainard) H.; reared on
farm; m. Mina V. O'Neil, Nov. 11, 1891;
c. Anna Louise, Geo. O'Neil, Margaret
Muriel, Jessie May, John Dudley, Miriam
Althea. Student Univ. Wis., short-course,
1887.

Hill, Edward S., farmer, Freeville, N. Y.

Pres. Co. Agrl. Assoc. and Co. Sheep
Growers' Assoc. Sec. Cheshire Swine
Breeders' Assoc. b. Freeville, N. Y.,
May 27, 1860; s. A. B. and Sarah E.
(Hart) H.; reared on farm; m. Mary L.
Fox, Oct. 12, 1887; c. John H., Lawrence
B., Donald F.

Hill, George Richard Jr., prof. bot. and dir.
Sch. Agr., Utah Agr. Coll., Logan, Utah .
Asst. plant physiologist, Cornell Univ.,
1910-1; instr., 1911-2; research asst.,
Mo. Bot. Gard., 1912-3; prof, bot.,
Utah Agr. Coll., 1913; dir. Sch. Agr.,
1916. b. Ogden, Utah, Apr. 10, 1884;
s. George Richard and Elizabeth Nancy
(Burch) H.; reared on farm; m. Lizzie
Odette McKay, Apr. 10, 1914. B.S.,
Brigham Young Univ., 1907; B.S.A.,
Utah Agr. Coll., 1908; Ph.D., Cornell
Univ., 1912. Sigma Xi; Gamma Alpha.

Hill, Isaac William, asst. in chg. boys'
club work, Off. Ext. South, States Rela-
tions Serv., Dept. Agr., Washington, D.C.
Princ. high-sch., 1884-93; prof. English
and Latin, Spring Lake Coll., 1893-6;



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pres., 1895-6; supt. city schs., 1896-1903.
State supt. educ. for Ala., 1903-7; mem.
State Text-book Comn. for Ala., 1903.
A-uth.: (with McBain) How We are
Governed in Alabama and the Nation
in 1910. b. Auburn, Ala., Jul. 25, 1861;
s. Isaac and Harriet E. (Holt) H.; reared
on farm; m. Laura T. Jones, June 18,
1890; c. Julia, Geraldine, Isaac Wm. Jr.
A.B., Emory Coll., Oxford, Ga., 1880;
A.M., 1883; LL.D., Univ. Ala., 1906.
Phi Delta Theta.

Hill, William, lect. on agrl. econ., Bethany,
W. Va.

From tutor to assoc. prof., Univ.
Chicago, 1893-1912; dir. Agrl. Guild;
organizing dir., Agrl. Dept., Bethany
Coll., W. Va. Organized agrl. dept.,
Friends Bloomingdale Acad. Dir. Sand
Hill Farm Life Sch., 1916-7. Dir. of
organization of Fed. Food Administration,
for W. Va., 1917. Farmer. Agrl.
trips through Europe, b. Bloomingdale,
Ind., May 31, 1865; s. Nathan Vestal
and Eliza (Canada) H.; reared on farm.
A.B., Kans. State Univ., 1890; A.B.,
Harvard Univ., 1891; A.M., 1892.
Phi Beta Kappa. lffi llain, L. W., p. 311

Hills, Frank Burrows, chg. publicity and
ext. work, Am. Guernsey Cattle Club,
Peterboro, N.H.

Asst. prof. an. husb., Del. Coll.,
1913-6; present position, 1916 . Capt.
U. S. Army, 1918 . b. Bernardstown,
Mass., Feb. 24, 1891; s. Chas. Russell
and Mary L. (Wilder) H. ; reared on farm.
B.S., Mass. Agr. Coll., 1912; M.S., la.
State Coll., 1913.

Hills, Joseph Lawrence, dean Coll. Agr. and
dir. Exp. Sta., Univ. Vt., Burlington, Vt.
Asst. chem., Mass. Exp. Sta., 1882-3;
asst. chem., N. J. Exp. Sta., 1884-5;
chem. Phosphate Mining Co., Beaufort,
S. C., 1885-8; chem., Vt. Exp. Sta.,
1888-98; prof. agrl. chem., Univ. Vt.,
1893-1906; prof, agron., 1906; dean
Coll. Agr., 1898 . Sec.-treas. Assoc.
Am. Agrl. Colls, and Exp. Stas. and ed.,
proceedings . b. Boston, Mass., Mar. 2,
1861; s. Thomas and Amelia Ellen
(Drew) H.; reared in city; m. Kate
Conover, Sept. 11, 1888; c. Thomas
Lawrence, Bertha. B.S., Mass. Agr.
Coll., 1881; Boston Univ., 1881; D.Sc.,
Rutgers Coll., 1904. Kappa Sigma; Alpha
Zeta; Phi Kappa Phi.



Hills, Thomas Lawrence, research bact.,
Ida. Exp. Sta., Moscow, Ida.

Asst. bact., Penn. Exp. Sta., 1914-5;
present position, 1915 . 1st Lieut.,
Sanitary Corps, Nat. Army, 1918 .
6. Burlington, Vt., Aug. 13, 1890; s.
Joseph Lawrence and Kate (Conover) H. ;
reared in city; m. Helen E. Rutter, Sept.
11, 1917. Ph.B., Univ. Vt., 1913; M.S.,
Univ. Wis., 1914; Ph.D., 1916. Sigma
Xi; Kappa Sigma; Phi Eta.

Hinds, Warren Elmer, prof, ent., state ent.
and ent. Exp. Sta., Ala. Poly. Inst.,
Auburn, Ala.

Fellow A. A. A. S. First vice-pres .
Am. Assoc. Econ. Ent., 1917; pres.
Assoc. Cotton States Ent., 1908;
mem. Centro de Scienceas, Letras e
Artes, Brazil. Mem. adv. com., Journal
Economic Entomology, b. Townsend,
Mass., Sept. 20, 1876; s. Warren David
and Mary Persis (Colby) H.; reared on
farm; m. Edith G. Gray, Mar. 4, 1903.
B.S., Mass. Agr. Coll., 1899; Ph.D.,
1902. Alpha Sigma Phi.

Hine, George Sherwood, state dairy comnr. ,
Manhattan, Kans.

Superv. dairy tests, feed and fertilizer
insp., Univ. Wis., 1907-9; princ. Mari-
nette Co. Sch. Agr., 1909-10; dairy
ext., Kans. State Agr. Coll., 1910-2;
state dairy comnr., 1912 . b. Fair-
child, Wis., Jan. 25, 1885; s. Rivilla C. and
Kittie E. (Foster) H.; reared on farm;
m. Edith Dahlberg, Aug. 19, 1911;
c. Geo. C. B.S.A., Univ. Wis., 1907.
Alpha Zeta.

Hines, Frank Richardson, co. agrl. agt.,
Rutledge, Tenn.

b. Harrisburg, Tenn., Mar. 28, 1887;
s. Stephen Emory and Alberta Kate
(Umberger) H.; reared on farm; m.
Mayme H. Ayre, June 3, 1917; c. Frances
Evelyn. B.S.A., Univ. Tenn., 1914.

Hinkle, Samuel Francis, co. agrl. agt.,
Webster Springs, W. Va.

Pro;, sci. and agr., Cameron high-sch.,
1916-7; present position, 1917 . b.
Cameron, W. Va., Oct. 14, 1889; s. Wm.
and Sarah (Giffen) H.; reared on farm;
m. Nora Livingston, Aug. 30, 1917. B.S.,
Muskingum Coll., New Concord, O., 1914;
B.S.A., Ohio State Univ., 1915. Tau
Kappa Alpha.



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Hislop, William, breeder and dealer in sheep,
Spokane, Wash.

Instr. an. husb., Ohio State Univ., 1912-
6; head dept. an. husb., Wash. State
Coll., 1914-8. b. Ratho, Scotland, June
11, 1889; s. Thomas and Georgina
(Annand) H.; m. Elizabeth Coit Kelton,
Aug. 18, 1915. B.S., Edinburgh Univ.,
1911; M.S., Kans. State Agr. Coll., 1912.
Beta Theta Pi.

Hoard, William Dempster, dairy farmer and
ed. Hoard's Dairyman, Ft. Atkinson, Wis.
Served in Civil War, 1861-5; nursery-
man, Columbus, Wis., 1865-70; pub.
Jefferson Co. Union, 1870-3; governor
state of Wis., 1889-91. Organizer and
officer in dairy assocs.; pres. Wis. Dairy
Assoc.; pres. Farmers' Nat. Congress;
lect. on agr. and country life; pres. Wis.
World's Fair Com.; bd. manag. St.
Louis Expos.; pres. Bd. Regents, Univ.
Wis. b. Stockbridge, N. Y., Oct. 10,
1836; s. Wm. B. and Sarah Catherine
(White) H.; reared on farm; m. Agnes
Elizabeth Bragg, Feb. 9, 1860; c. Halbert
L., Arthur Ralph, Frank W.

Hobson, Asher, dir. Off. Farm Markets,
State of Wash., Pullman, Wash.

Research asst. marketing, Univ. Wis.,
1913-6; field agt. in marketing, Bur.
Markets, U. S. Dept. Agr., 1914.
b. Quenemo, Kans., Nov. 26, 1889; s.
Felix and Ida May (Harr) H.; reared on
farm and in village; m. Thea Dahle, June
26, 1917. B.A., Univ. Kans., 1913;
M.A., Univ. Wis., 1915. Delta Sigma
Rho.

Hochbaum, Hans Weller, co. agt. leader,
Univ. Ida., Boise, Ida.

Teach, agr., State Teachers' Coll.,
Greeley, Colo., 1906-12; State Normal
Sch., Los Angeles, 1912-3; co. agt.
Ada Co., Ida., 1913-4; co. agt. leader,
Ida., 1914. b. Chicago, 111., Jul. 20,
1881; s. John E. and Matilda (Weller)
H.; reared on farm; m. Gertrude Stone
Schenck, Mar. 15, 1910; c. Hans Albert,
Mary Elizabeth. B.S.A., Cornell Univ.,
1905. Alpha Zeta.

Hodgson, Albert Lee, co. agrl. agt., Winches-
ter, Ind.

b. Mt. Vernon, S. D., May 28, 1890;
s. R. M. and Mary E. (Knight) H.;
reared on farm; m. Iris E. Robinson,
Dec. 26, 1917. B.S., Univ. Wis., 1917.



Hodgson, Robert E., co. agrl. agt., Marshall,
Minn.

Instr. farm crops, Univ. Minn., 1915-8.
b. Luverne, Minn., Oct. 26, 1893; s.
Lewis C. and Leila (Ebersol) H.; reared
on farm; m. Helen F. Angier, Apr. 16,
1918. B.S., Univ. Minn., 1916. Alpha
Zeta.

Hogan, Albert Garland, asst. prof. an.
nutr., Kans. State Agr. Coll., Manhattan,
Kans.

Asst. physiological chem., Yale Univ.,
1913-4; asst. an. nutr., Kans. State Agr.
Coll., 1914-7; asst. prof., 1917. Lieut.
Sanitary Corps, U. S. Army, 1917.
b. Maryville, Mo., Dec. 31, 1884; s.
Wm. Carroll and Belle (Ford) H.; reared
on farm. B.S., Univ. Mo., 1909; A.M.,
1912; Ph.D., Yale Univ., 1914.

Hoke, Mac, co. agrl. agt., Enterprise, Ore.

Instr. agr., high-sch., Idaho Falls, Ida.,

1912; Twin Falls, 1913-5; Boise, 1915-7.

b. Cherokee, Kans., May 27, 1892; s.
John P. and Anna (Montee) H.; reared
on farm; m. Carrie Williamson, Dec. 30,
1915. B.S., Okla. A.&M. Coll., 1912.

Holdaway, Charles William, prof, dairy
husb., Va. Poly. Inst., Blacksburg, Va.

Asst. dairy husb., Va. Poly. Inst.,
1903-7; instr., 1907-14; assoc. prof.,
1914-8; prof., 1918. Traveled in Aus-
tralia, Samoa, Hawaii, b. New Zealand,
May 24, 1880; s. Chas. and Helen B. R.
(Mair) H.; reared in town and on farm;
m. Carrie E. McTavish, Dec. 25, 1907;

c. Helen, Lome, Chas., Amy. B.S., Va.
Poly. Inst., 1912; M.S., 1916.

Holden, Perry Greeley, head agrl. ext. dept.,
International Harvester Co., Harvester
Bldg., Chicago, 111.

Instr. agr., Mich. Agr. Coll., 1889-93;
prof, sci., Benzonia Coll., Mich., 1895;
co. supt. schs., Benzie Co., Mich., 1895-6;
prof, agron., Univ. 111., 1896-1900; agrst. ,
111. Sugar Refining Co., 1900-1; organizer
Funk Bros. Seed Co., 1902; prof, agron.
and vice-dean dept. agr., la. State Coll.,
1902-12; head agrl. ext., 1906-12; present
position, 1912 . Auth.: Vitalized Agri-
culture in the Rural Schools. 6. Dodge
Co., Minn., Oct. 14, 1865; s. Denison
Franklin and Helen Mar (Wilson) H.;
TO. Carrie Burnett, Nov. 25, 1892. B.S.,
Mich. Agr. Coll., 1889; M.S., 1895;



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B.Pd., Mich. State Normal Sch., Ypsilanti,
1894; Pd. M., 1912.

Holland, Franklin Pierce, pres. Tex. Farm
and Ranch Pub. Co., Dallas, Tex.

Ex-mayor Dallas, b. Galveston, Tex.,
Sept. 22, 1852; s. Gustavus and Evelyn
(Compton) H.; reared on farm; m.
Pamelia Darling Allen; c. Franklin P. Jr.,
Reginald V., Gussie, James Porter,
Marsh W.

Hollister, Sherman Preston, pom. and ext.
hort., Conn. Agr. Coll., Storrs, Conn.

Hort., Hampton Normal and Agrl.
Inst., 1909-11; instr. hort., Conn. Agr.
Coll., 1911-7; pom. and ext. hort., 1917.
Treas. New England Peach Growers'
Assoc. 6. Medina, O., Feb. 11, 1884;
s. John Burr and Hattie (Northrop) H.;
reared on farm; m. Mary Gushing Rogers,
Oct. 15, 1913; c. Mary Elizabeth. B.S.A.,
Cornell Univ., 1909.

Hoist, John Henry, princ. secondary schs.,
Mont. State Coll., Bozeman, Mont.

Teach, public schs. until 1913; present
position, 1913 ; dir. summer session,
Mont. State Coll., 1914. Pres. Mont.
Country Life Educ. Assoc., 1913 .
Organizer of first consolidated sch. in
Mont. Ed., Country Life Dept., Moun-
tain Educator, Montana Farmer. 6.
Gravois Mills, Mo., Mar. 2, 1873; s.
N. J. and Rachel Jane (James) H.;
reared on farm; in. Laura C. Maynard,
Aug. 10 1910; c. Rachel Edith, Jane
Maynard. Grad. Hooper Inst., Clarks-
burg, Mo.; M.A. (hon.), Univ. Mont., 1918.

Holt, Arthur E., clergyman, pastor First
Presbyterian Church, Fort Worth, Tex.
Pastor, First Congregational Church,
Pueblo, Colo., 1904-10; Manhattan,
Kans., 1910-18. Mem. Nat. Social Serv.
Comn. of Congregational Churches of
Am. Specialty, rural church and social
service. Editorial staff, Rural Educator.
b. Longmont, Colo., Nov. 23, 1876;
s. Asa D. and Fannie D. (Merrill) H.;
reared on farm; m. Grace L. Bradshaw,
1904; c. Frances M., John B., Florence
E. A.B., Colo. Coll., 1898. B.D., McCor-
mick Sem.; Ph.D., Univ. Chicago, 1904.

Holt, James T. N., co. agrl. agt., Mt. Ida,
Ark.

Ex. rnem. House of Rep., Ark., 3 sessions,
Senate, 2 sessions. Vice-pres. Ark. State



Farmers' Union. 6. Bingen, Ark., Apr. 12,
1863; s. J. T. and Cassie L. (Johnson) H.;
reared on farm; m. Amanda J. Campbell,
Dec. 25, 1887; c. J. T. M. Jr., P. C.,
Grace, Odessa, Charlie, Rector, John,
Ralph, Willis.

Holt, Walter Armand, co. agrl. agt., Okano-
gan, Wash.

Teach, agr., high-sch., Richland, Wash.,
1913-7; princ., 1914-7; present position,
1917. b. near Pullman, Wash., Sept. 6,
1891; s. D. M. and Nancy H. (Smith) H.;
reared in country; m. Blanche E. Cle-
ments, Dec. 23, 1916; c. Betty Jane.
B.S., Wash. State Coll., 1913. Sigma Nu;
Alpha Zeta.

Holtzclaw, Hanan H., sec. Army Y. M. C. A.,
Poly. Inst. Training Detachment, Auburn,
Ala.

Asst. agrl. educ ., Univ. Ark., 1909-10;
prof. an. husb. and supt. farm, State Sch.,
Magnolia, Ark., 1910-3; prof. an. husb.
and supt. live-stock and dairying, State
Sch., Russellville, 1913-6; agt. Childress
Co., Tex., 1916-7; agt. Hall Co., Mem-
phis, Tex., Jan.-Apr., 1918. b. Vineyard,
Ark., Dec. 13, 1886; s. Henry H. and
Izora H.; reared on farm; m. Georgia
Goodwin Short, 1910; c. Henry G.
B.S.A., Univ. Ark., 1909; M.S., 1910.

Hood, George William, assoc. prof, hort.,
Univ. Neb., Lincoln, Neb.

Instr. hort. and in chg. conservatories,
Ohio State Univ., 1907-9; asst., U. S.
Dept. Agr., 1910-1; instr. hort., Mich.
Agr. Coll., 1911-3; present position,
1913 . Auth.: Laboratory Manual of
Horticulture, 1915; Practical School and
Home Gardens, 1916; Farm Horticulture,
1918. b. Lancaster, O., Jul. 30, 1886;
s. James T. and Elizabeth (Hodgison) H.;
m. Mildred M. Neimeier, Jul. 7, 1915.
B.S., Ohio State Univ., 1910; M.S.,
1914. Sigma Kappa Zeta.

Hook, Wallace Henry, co. agrl. agt., Neosho,
Mo.

Dir. Agrl. High-Sch. and Exp. Farm,
Ridgely, Md., 1912-4; farm bur. manag.,
Ulster Co., N. Y., 1914-8; poultry farmer,
Esopus, N. Y., 1916-8; agt. Newton Co.,
Mo., 1918 . b. near Bridgewater, N. Y.,
Mar. 22, 1886; s. Wm. Felton and Francis
Alvira (Hopkins) H.; reared on farm;
TO. F. Faith Kimball, Apr. 28, 1913. B.S.,
Cornell Univ., 1912.



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Hooper, John Julian, prof. an. husb., Univ.
Ky., Lexington, Ky.

Asst., Tex. Exp. Sta., 1902; asst. prof,
agr., Univ. Ky., 1906-8; prof. an. husb.,
1909 . Chg. Horse Improvement Bur.,
Ky. State Racing Comn.; first vice-pres.
Am. Army Horse Assoc.; dir. Blue Grass
Fair; supt. dairy cattle, State Fair.
Ed., dairy dept., Inland Farmer. Studied
European agr., 1911. b. Colorado, Tex.,
Mar. 16, 1882; s. John Randolph and
Julia Emma (Felker) H. B.S. Tex. A. &
M. Coll., 1901; M.S.A., la. State Coll.,
1907.

Hoopingarner, Roy Gabriel, co. agrl. agt.,
Crystal Falls, Mich.

Instr. farm crops, Mich. Agr. Coll.,
1911-2. b. Gilead, Mich., Aug. 31, 1882;
s. Geo. B. and Isabelle (Shank) H.;
reared on farm. B.S., Mich. Agr. Coll.,
1909.

Hoover, Jessie May, prof, home econ.,
Univ. Ida., Moscow, Ida.

Preceptress Sch. Agr., S. D. State Coll.,
1907-9; prof, home econ. and dean of
women, N. D. Agr. Coll., 1909-12;
present position, 1912 . Chm. Home
Econ. Div., Inland Empire Teacher's
Assoc., 1915-8; chm. Food Conservation
Women's Com., Council of Defense for
Ida., 1917-8; sec. Ida. Coll. Women's
Work, U. S. Food Administration, 1918;
chm. home econ., State Fed. of Women's
Clubs, 1914-7. b. Seneca, Kans.; d.
D. F. and Martha A. (Tomson) H.;
reared in town and on farm. B.S., Kans.
State Agr. Coll., 1905. Phi Kappa Phi;
Phi Upsilon Omicron.

Hopkins, Andrew Delmar, for. ent. in chg.
for. insect invests., Bur. Ent., U. S. Dept.
Agr., Washington, D. C.

Ent., W. Va. Exp. Sta., 1890-1902;
vice-dir., 1897-1902; prof. econ. ent.,
W. Va. Univ., 1896-1902; present
position, 1902 . Fellow A. A. A. S.;
Am. Geog. Soc. Vice-pres. Ent. Soc.
Am.; vice-pres. Assoc. Econ. Ent., 1900;
pres. 1901; 1st pres. W. Va. Acad. Sci.;
pres. Ent. Soc. Washington; vice-pres.
Washington Acad. Sci.; 1st pres. Soc.
for Adv. For. Ent. in Am. Farmer and
breeder sheep and cattle, 1877 ; deve-
loped over 40 varieties of timothy, b.
Jackson Co., W. Va., Aug. 20, 1857;
s. Andrew Evans and Miriam Florence
(Evans) H.; reared on farm; m. Adealia



S. Butcher, Nov. 18, 1880. Hon. Ph.D.,
W. Va. Univ., 1893.

Hopkins, Cyril George, prof, agron. and
chief agron. and chem. and vice-dir.
Exp. Sta., Univ. 111., Urbana, 111.

Asst. chem., S. D. State Coll., 1890-2;
asst. chem., Cornell Univ., 1892-3;
asst. chem. and acting prof, pharmacy
S. D. State Coll., 1893-4; chem., Ill
Exp. Sta., 1894; vice-dir., 1903
prof, agron., Univ. 111., 1900 ; dir. agr.;
Southern Settlement and Development,
Organization, 1913-4. Fellow A. A. A. S.
Inventor of Hopkins' condenser, Hopkins'
distilling tube, Hopkins' limestone tester.
Pres. Assoc. Off. Agrl. Chem.; chm. Exp.
Sta. Sect., Assoc. Am. Agrl. Colls, and
Exp. Stas. Traveled in Europe. Auth.:
Soil Fertility and Permanent Agriculture,
1910; The Story of the Soil, 1910; The
Farm That Wont Wear Out, 1913. b. near
Chatfield, Minn., Jul. 22, 1866; s. Geo.
Edwin and Caroline (Cudney) H.; reared
on farm; m. Emma Mathilda Stelter,
May 11, 1893; c. Jules Edwin, Karl
Stetler. B.S., S. D. State Coll., 1890;
M.S., Cornell Univ., 1894; Ph.D., 1898;
studied Goettingen Univ., Germany,
1899-1900. Sigma Xi.

Hopper, Herbert Andrew, prof. an. husb.,
Cornell Univ., Ithaca, N. Y.

Instr. dairy husb., Univ. 111., 1903-7;
ext. dairy husb., Purdue Univ., 1907-8;
asst. prof, dairy husb., Univ. Calif.,
1908-11; asst. prof. an. husb., Cornell
Univ., 1911-3; prof., 1913. Contribut-
ing ed., Black and White Record. Dairy
farmer and breeder, 1911 . b. Ithaca,
N. Y., June 10, 1879; s. Andrew P. and
Arvilla (Peckham) H.; reared on farm;
m. Portia E. Gilkerson, Jul. 31, 1907;
c. Elizabeth, Portia Arvilla, Herbert A.
Jr. B.S.A., Cornell Univ., 1903; M.S.,
Univ. 111., 1907. Sigma Xi.

Hoppert, Ernest H., assoc. prof. ext. hort.,
Univ. Neb., Lincoln, Neb.

b. Sheboygan, Wis., Jan. 19, 1891;
s. C. W. and Sophia (Kauffman) H.;
reared in city and country; m. Clara
Hauschildt, June 20, 1917; c. Marion
Ruth. B.S.A., Univ. Wis., 1914. Alpha
Zeta.

Hopt, Erwin, prof, agron., Univ. Neb.,
Lincoln, Neb.

Exp. Sta., N. Platte, Neb., 1909; pre-
sent position, 1909 . Treas. Neb. Corn



138



Improvement Assoc. Farm operator,
1887-90. Auth.: (with Spafford) Labora-
tory Exercises in Principles of Agriculture,
1914. b. Hamburg, la., Jan. 17, 1876;
s. Chas. and Albina (Schnirel) H.; reared
in town and country; m. Eva S. Burner,
Jul. 25, 1905; c. Helen Ruth, Erma
Eveline, Carl Erwin. B.S.A., Univ. Neb.,
1909. Sigma Xi; Alpha Zeta.

Home, William Titus, assoc. prof, plant
path., Univ. Calif., Berkeley, Calif.

Instr. bot., Neb. Wesleyan Univ., 1898-
1900; Sch. Agr., 1899-1900; asst. plant
path., Cuban Exp. Sta., 1904-7; chief
dept. plant path., 1907-9; asst. prof,
plant path., Univ. Calif., 1909-14; assoc.
prof., 1914. Fellow A. A. A. S. Sec.
Am. Phytopathological Soc., Pacific Div.
6. 111., Nov. 8, 1876; s. Wm. Henry and
Ellen Alzora (Titus) H.; reared on farm;
m. Mary Tracy Earle, Jul. 1, 1906.
B.S., Univ. Neb., 1898; fellow bot.,
Columbia Univ., 1903-4.

Horton, John Raymond, sci. asst., U. S.
Bur. Ent., 126 S. Minneapolis Ave.,
Wichita, Kans.

Asst. ent., Utah Agr. Coll., 1906-9.
6. Ogden, Utah, Aug. 4, 1882; s. Joseph
Holly and Mary Ruth (Davidson) H.;
TO. Aura Baker, Jul. 23, 1910; c. John
Ziemer, Dorothy. B.S., Utah Agr. Coll.,
1909. Phi Kappa Iota.

Hosmer, Ralph Sheldon, prof, for., Coll. Agr.,
Cornell Univ., Ithaca, N. Y.

Asst. Div. Soils, U. S. Dept. Agr., 1896-
8; field asst., Bur. For., 1898-1903;
instr., Yale For. Sch., 1901-2; supt. for.,
Hawaii, 1903-14; regent Coll. of Hawaii,
1907-14; prof. for. and head dept., Cor-
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Comn. of Territory of Hawaii, 1908-14.
Del. from Hawaii to Nat. Irrig. Congress,
1907. Treas. Soc. Am. Foresters, 1902-3;
mem. Exec. Com., 1915; mem. Exec.
Com., N. Y. State For. Assoc., 1915;
mem. N. Y. State Wood Fuel Advisory
Conm. b. Deerfield, Mass., Mar. 4, 1874;
s. Geo. Herbert and Julia West (Sheldon)
H.; reared in city; m. Jessie Nash Irwin,
Dec. 30, 1913; c. David Irwin, Jane
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M.F., Yale Univ., 1902.

Hottes, Alfred Carl, asst. prof, flor., Ohio
State Univ., Columbus, O.

Asst. biol., Cornell Univ., 1913-4;



instr. hort., 1914-6; present position,
1916. With A. T. DeLaMare Pub. and
Ptg. Co., New York City, summer, 1916-7.
Pres. Columbus Florisb' Assoc.; sec.
Columbus Hort. Soc. Chg. trial grounds
Am. Gladiolus Soc., Ithaca, 1913-6.
Auth.: Commercial Plant Propagation,
1917; revisor Oliver's Plant Culture, 1917.
Contributor to Garden Guide. 6. Ithaca,
N. Y., Mar. 16, 1891; s. Chas. F. and
Mary A. (Bergman) H.; reared in small
city. B.S., Cornell Univ., 1913; M.S.A.,
1914. Sigma Xi.

Houghton, Frederick Lowell, sec. Holstein-
Friesian Assoc. of Am., Brattleboro, Vt.

Lawyer, Boston, 1884-95; Vt., 1896.
Mem. Vt. House of Rep., 1900-4. Trus-
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Fair Assoc. Auth.: Holstein-Friesian Cat-
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Development in America, 1887; Holstein-
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and Edna Rebecca (Lowell) H.; m.
Rosmarie MacCallum, June 20, 1896;
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House, Edward B., prof, civil and irrig.
engin., Colo. Agr. Coll., Fort Collins, Colo.
Asst. math., Colo. Agr. Coll., 1896;
prof, math., 1896-1905; assoc. prof,
irrig. engin., 1905-10; prof, civil and
irrig. engin., 1910 . 6. Evans, Colo.,
Feb. 27, 1872; s. E. P. and C. H. (Bishop)
H.; reared on farm and small town;
TO. Harriet Chandler, 1898; c. Edward C.,
Margaret, Joe C. B.S., Univ. Mich.,
1896; M.S., Colo. Agr. Coll., 1904.

Householder, Glen M., co. agrl. agt,
Ladysmith, Wis.

Foreman, Richland Co. Poor Farm,
1912; teach, agr., high-sch., Dawson,
Minn., 1914-6; Spring Valley, 1916-7;
present position, 1917. b. Richland
Co., Wis., Jan. 12, 1890; a. H. C. and
Alice (Francis )H.; reared on farm;
m. Erma Dieter, 1911; c. Howard C.,
Helen, John D. B.S., Univ. Wis., 1914.

Houston, David Franklin, Secretary of
Agriculture, U. S. Dept. Agr., Washington,
D. C.

Adj. prof, political sci., Univ. Tex.,
1894-7; assoc. prof., 1897-1900; prof.,
1900-2; dean faculty, 1899-1902; ptes.



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Tex. A.&M. Coll., 1902-5; pres. Univ.
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1913. b. Monroe, N. C., Feb. 17, 1866;
s. Wm. Henry and Cornelia Anne (Ste-
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A.B., S. C. Coll., 1887; A.M., Harvard
Univ., 1892; LL.D., Tulane, 1903,
Univ. Wis., 1906, Yale Univ., 1913,
Univ. Mo., 1914, Harvard Univ., 1914.

Hovensten, Albert, supt. South East Dem.
Farm and Exp. Sta., Waseca, Minn.

Sec. Waseca Co. Crop Improvement
Assoc., sec. Waseca Co. Farm Club Fed.

b. Jewell, la., Nov. 8, 1885; .?. Thore and