Anna (Moore) K.; reared on farm; m.
Alice Erwin Myers, Dec. 21, 1904; c.
Lily Bess. B.S., Tex. A. & M. Coll.,
1899; B.S. A., Cornell Univ., 1901; M.S.A.,
1902. Alpha Zeta.

Kyzer, Willard Tindall, co. agrl. agt.,
Kinston, N. C.

Teach, agr. and sci., Forrest Co. Agrl.
High-Sch., Brooklyn, Miss., 1913-4; teach,
agr. and woodwork, Berry Sch., Rome, Ga.,
1914-6; agrst. and ind. agt., Norfolk
Southern R. R., Norfolk, Va., 1916-7;
agt. Lenoir Co., N. C., 1917. b.
Lexington, S. C., May 9, 1891; s. J. E. R.
and Anna M. (Meetze) K.; reared on
farm. B.S.A., Clemson Agr. Coll., 1913.



Lackie, Harry M., ext. asst. prof. an. husb.,
la. State Coll., Ames, la.

Asst. prof. an. husb., la. State Coll.,
1915-7; ext. asst. prof., 1917. With
Coast Artillery Corps, U. S. Army, 1918.
b. Bradford, 111., Jan. 4, 1891; s. Richard
Y. and Annie (Buswell) L.; reared on
farm. B.S.A., la. State Coll., 1915. Phi
Kappa Phi; Gamma Sigma Delta; Tau
Kappa Epsilon.



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Lacy, Frank Howard, co. agrl. agt., Pough-
keepsie, N. Y.

Teach, agr., high-sch., Tully, N. Y.,
1910-] ; Millbrook, 1912-3; agt. Duchess
Co., 1913. b. Stanley, N. Y., Jan. 2,
1886; s. Ira E. and Rose S. (Witter) L.;
reared on farm: m. Clara Mabel Ran-
som, Sept. 5, 1911; c. Mabel Elizabeth,
Evelyn Rose, Theodora Esther. B.S.A.,
Cornell Univ., 1912.

Ladd, Carl Edwin, specialist in agrl. educ.,
N. Y. State Educ. Dept., Albany, N. Y.
Instr., Cornell Univ., 1912-5; dir.
State Sch. Agr., Delhi, 1915-7; present
position, 1917 . b. McLean, N. Y.,
Feb. 25, 1888; s. Arnold D. and Mary E.
(Mineah) L.; reared on farm; m. Camilla
M. Cox, Mar. 9, 1912: e. Elizabeth Marie.
B.S.A., Cornell Univ., 1912; Ph.B ,
1915.

Ladd, Edwin Freemont, pres. N. D. Agr.
Coll., Agricultural College, N. D.

Chem., N. Y. Agr. Exp. Sta., 1884-90;
prof, chem., N. D. Agr. Coll., 1890;
chem., Exp. Sta., 1890 ; pres., 1916 .
Federal food administrator, 1917 .
Fellow A. A. A. S. Pres. Assoc. Official
Agrl. Chems. Auth.: Manual of Analysis,
1898; Mixed Paints, 1908. Ed., North
Dakota Farmer, b. Starks, Me., Dec. 13,
1859; s. John and Rosilla (Locke) L.;
reared on farm; m. Rizpah Sprogle, Aug.
16, 1893; c. Rizpah, Katherine, Rosilla,
Culver, Vernon, Milton, Elizabeth, Vir-
ginia. B.S., Univ. Me., 1884; LL.D.,
1915. Phi Gamma Delta.

Lake, Edward Ralph, pom., Bur. Plant Ind.,
U. S. Dept. Agr., Washington, D. C.

Instr. bot., Mich. Agr. Coll., 1885-8;
prof. bot. and hort., Ore. Agr. Coll.,
1888-91; prof. bot. and hort., Wash.
State Coll., 1891-4; prof. bot. and hort.,
Ore. Agr. Coll., 1898-1905; prof. bot.
and for., 1905-10; present position,
1910. Mem. Ore. House of Rep.;
Ore. Conservation Comn.: regent Ore.
Agr. Coll. Del. Nat. Republican Con-
vention, 1896. Sec. Am. Pom. Soc.,
1912. Sent to Europe, 1900, as agt.
Dept. Agr. to investigate prune industry.
b. England, May 16, 1860 (naturalized
1906); s. Geo. and Elizabeth (Seaton) L.;
reared in country; m. Lillian May Stryker,
Sept. 19, 1888; c. Roscoe Verne. B.S.,
Mich. Agr. Coll., 1885; M.S., 1888.
Phi Delta Theta.



Lambert, Daniel Joseph, ext. agt. in poultry
husb., R. I. State Coll., Kingston, R. I.
Poultry farmer, 20 yrs. b. Cranston,
R. L, Oct. 14, 1860; s. Daniel and Mary
(Hulme) L.; reared on farm; m. Fannie
Leigh, Dec. 8, 1886; c. Clara Alice,
Leroy Leigh, Daniel J. Jr.

Lambert, Fonsa Allan, asst. prof. comp.
anat., Ohio State Univ., Columbus, O.

Present position, 1910. Sec. State
Vet. Med. Assoc. of O., 1915-8. Farm-
ing, 1902-7. Lieut. Vet. Reserve Corp,
Nat. Army, 1918. b. Kenton, O., Dec.
4, 1886; s. Samuel E. and Maria (Wilson)
L.; reared in town; m. Dorothy Irvine,
Dec. 14, 1911; c. Samuel Ellsworth,
Martha Jane. D.V.M., Ohio State Univ.,
1910. Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Alpha Psi.

Lambert, J. Carlos, co. agrl. agt., Metropolis,

Nev.

Dairyman, Utah Dairy and Food
Comn., 1911-4; dry-farm expert, Nev.
Agr. Bd., 1917-8. b. Kamas, Utah,
Feb. 12, 1887; s. John C.and Leva (Ander-
son) L.; reared on farm; ire. Laura
Seymour, Sept. 23, 1908; c. Beth, Wen-
dell, Darwin, Ruth. B.S., Utah Agr.
Coll., 1911.

Lamson-Scribner, Frank, agrostologist, U. S.
Dept. Agr., Washington, D. C.

Special agt. in chg. mycological sect.
Bot. Div., U. S. Dept. Agr., 1886; chief
sect. veg. path., 1887; prof, bot., Univ.
Tenn., 1888-94; dir. Exp. Sta., 1890-4;
chief div. agrostology, U. S. Dept. Agr.,
1894-1901; chief Insular Bur. Agr.,
Philippine Isls., 1901-4. Fellow A. A.
A. S.; Chevalier du Merite Agricole,
France, 1889. Expert on exhibits, U. S.
Dept. Agr., 1913 . Translator, The
True Grass, 1880. b. Cambridgeport,
Mass., Apr. 19, 1851; s. Joseph H. and
Ellen E. (Winslow) L. (adopted by family
named Scribner); m. Ella Augusta
Newmarch, 1877 (d. 1908); 2d, Marjorie
Flemming Anderson, 1913; c. Allen,
Frank, Louise. B.S., Univ. Me., 1873.

Lancaster, Robert Roy, co. agrl. agt., Rupert,
Ida.

Sergeant of cavalry and sergeant of
field artillery, regular U. S. Army, 1905-
11, 2 yrs. in HaAvaiian Isls. Farmer,
Kans., 6 yrs. b. Sheldon, Mo., Apr. 8,
1887; s. Robt. F. and Hattie G. (Steven-
son) L.; reared on farm. B.S.A., Kans.
State Agr. Coll., 1916. Sigma Nu.



16.5



Lane, Clarence Bronson, chg. sci. dept. and
vice-pres. Supplee Wills Jones Milk
Co., Philadelphia, Pa.

Asst. farm exps., Storrs Exp. Sta.,
1890-5; asst. agr., 1895-6; dairy husb.,
N. J. Exp. Sta., 1896-1903; asst. chief
Dairy Div., U. S. Dept. Agr., 1903-9.
Auth.: The Business of Dairying, 1909.
b. Killingworth, Conn., Jan. 6, 1870;
s. J. Harvey and Angenette (Barnum) L.;
reared on farm; m. Nellie L. Lefferts,
Aug. 21, 1901; c. Lowell L., Clarence B. Jr.
B.S., Mass. Agr. Coll. and Boston Univ.,
1895. Phi Kappa Phi.

Langworthy, Charles Ford, chief Off. Home
Econ., U. S Dept. Agr., Washington,
D. C.

Asst. and instr. chem., Wesleyan Univ.,
Conn., 1893-5; assoc. ed. Experiment
Station Record, 1895 ; expert in nutr.,
later chief nutr. invest., U. S. Dept.
Agr., 1895-1905; chief Off. Home Econ.,
1905. Fellow A. A. A. S.; mem. Soctete*
Scientifique d'Hygiene Alimentaire, Paris.
b. Middlebury, Vt., Aug. 9, 1864; s.
Chas. P. and Ann E. (Ford) L.; reared in
small town. A.B., Middlebury Coll.,
1887; A.M., 1890; Ph.D., Strassburg
Univ., Germany, 1893; D.Sc., Middle-
bury Coll., 1912. Delta Kappa Epsilon.

Lanham, William Bradford, state leader of
specialists, Tex. A. & M. Coll., College
Station, Tex.

Hort., Sutherlin Land and Water Co.,
1908-10; hort., Lewiston, Clarkston
Improvement Co., Clarkston, Wis., 1910-
2; supt. Mclntosh Manor, LoLo, Mont.,
1912-4; ext. hort., Texas A.&M. Coll.,
1915-6; chief plant ind. div., 1916-8;
present position, 1918 . Sec.-treas. Tex.
State Hort. Soc. b. Boone Co., Mo., June
27, 1882; s. J. O. and Alice Elizabeth
(Baldridge) L.; reared on farm; m.
Clarice Maud Lyman, Nov. 25, 1910; c.
Clarice Elizabeth, Wm. Bradford Jr.
B.S.A., Univ. Mo., 1907; A.M., 1917.

Lapham, Macy Harvey, insp. soil survey,
Western Div., U. S. Bur. Soils, Federal
Bldg., Berkeley, Calif.

b. Okemas, Mich., Apr. 10, 1874; s.
Harvey and Maria (Morrison) L.; reared
on farm; m. Beulah Pearl Haskins, Apr.
8, 1903; c. Mary Kathleen. B.S.,
Mich. Agr. Coll., 1899.



Lapp, William Henry, ext. prof, poultry
husb., la. State Coll., Ames, la.

b. Cleveland, O., Aug. 29, 1893; s.
Chas. W. and Minnie (Binger) L.; reared
on farm and in city. B.S.A., Ohio State
Univ., 1916; M.S., 1917. Alpha Zeta.

Larmon, Charles W., dir. Bur. Statistics,
Dept. Farms and Markets, Albany, N. Y.
Mem. N. Y. Assembly, 1889-90; with
State Dept. Agr., 1905. Mem. N. Y.
State Immigration Comm., 1907-8.
Farmer, 1902 . Vice-pres. and manag.,
Denver Reservoir Irrig. Co., Colo. b. Eagle
Bridge. N. Y., Aug. 5, 1857; s. John and
Laura Francis (King) L. ; reared on farm;
m. Susie M. Culver, Oct. 24, 1884; c.
Frances M.

Larsen, Christian, dir. agrl. ext., S. D.
State Coll., Brookings, S. D.

Teach, country schs.; tSach. Mass.
Agr. Coll., winter, 1901-2; instr. and
assoc. prof, dairy husb., la. State Coll.,
1902-6; prof., Utah Agr. Coll., 1906-7;
prof, dairy husb., S. D. State Coll.,
1907-18; present position, 1918 . Supt.
dem. trains in S. D. Studied agrl,
and dairy conditions in Europe, 1899-
1900. Auth.: Principles and Practice
of Buttermaking, 1908; Dairy Tech-
nology, 1910; Exercises in Farm Dairying,
1914. Ed., dairy dept. in The Dakota
Farmer; former ed., la. dept., Dairy
Record; creamery dept., Creamery Jour-
nal, b. Odense, Denmark, Aug. 4, 1874
(naturalized 1897); s. Hans and Marie
(Frydendahl) L.; reared on farm; m.
Elsie M. Finch, Aug. 4, 1903; c. Thor-
wald H., Harold C., Alice M., Lillian.
B.S.A., la. State Coll. 1902; M.S.A.,
1904.

Larsen, Harvey Earl, chg. local market
reporting serv., U. S. Bur. Markets,
139 N. Clark St., Chicago, 111.

Asst. princ. high-sch., Shawano, Wis.,
1911-2. b. Clintonville, Wis., Oct. 8,
1888; s. Jacob C. and Marie (Peterson)
L.; reared on farm; m. Mary Agnes
Schneider, May 17, 1917. A.B., Ripon
Coll., Wis., 1911; M.S., Univ. Wis., 1915.

Larson, Carl William, asst. prof. agr. and
agrl. econ., Columbia Univ., New York
City.

Instr. dairying, Penn. State Coll.,
1907-9; asst. prof., 1909-13; prof, in
chg. dept. dairy husb., 1913-6; present



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position, 1916 ; asst. chief, Dairy Div.,
Bur. An. Ind., U S. Dept. Agr., 1917 (on
leave). Sec. Official Dairy Instrs. Assoc.;
sec. Pa. Dairy Union. Del. to Dairy
Congress, Stockholm, 1911. Studied dairy
conditions in Europe, 1911. Auth.: (with
Putney) Dairy Cattle Feeding and
Management, 1917; Milk Production
Cost Accounts, Principles and Methods.
b. St. Ansgar, la., May 29, 1881; s.
Henry and Minnie (Hansen) L.; reared
on farm; m. Nellie C. Wallace, Sept. 7,
1911; c. Eileen. B.S.A., la. State Coll.,
1906; M.S., Penn. State Coll., 1913;
Ph.D., Columbia Univ., 1916. Sigma
Xi; Alpha Zeta.

Larson, John Elmer, head serv. dept.,
Portland Seed Co., Portland, Ore.

Assoc. ed., Northwest Farmstead, Min-
neapolis, 1912-3; agrl. agt., Spink Co.,
S. D., 1913-5; ext. assoc. prof, agron.,
Ore. Agr. Coll., 1914-8; present position,
1918. b. Lockbridge, la., Jul. 6, 1883;
s. John and Barbara (Graber) L.; reared
on farm; m. Mary Anna Wilkins, June
5, 1912; c. Richard John, Marceline Anne.
B.S., S. D. State Coll., 1912.

Lassetter, William Casper, dir. ext., Univ.
Ark., Fayetteville, Ark.

Asst. agron., Ohio State Univ., 1909-
10; instr. agron., Univ. Ark., 1910-2;
asst. prof.. 1912-4; prof., 1914-5; asst.
dir. ext., 1915-7; dir., 1917. b. Villa
Rica, Ga., Aug. 31, 1887; s. J. G. W.
and Mary (Barnett) L.; reared on farm;
m. Irma Lee Hamby, Dec. 16, 1916.
B.S.A., Univ. Wis., 1909. Alpha Zeta;
Phi Lambda Upsilon.

Lathrop, Frank Waldo, instr. agron. and
farm manag., State Sch. Agr., Cobleskill,
N. Y.

Instr. agr., Canandaigua Acad., N. Y.,
1914-6; present position, 1916 . b.
Manchester, Conn., Dec. 5, 1888; s.
Wm. Waldo and Harriett (West) L.;
reared in town; m. Lucy B. Avery,
Dec. 31, 1914; c. Mary Avery. B.A.,
Yale Univ., 1911; M.S. A., Cornell Univ.,
1914. Zeta Psi.

Latta, William Carroll, farmers' inst. specia-
list, Purdue Univ., LaFayette, Ind.

Instr. agr. and supt. farm, Purdue Univ.,
1882-3; prof., 1883-1911; present posi-
tion, 1911. b. Union Mills, Ind., Mar.
9, 1850; s. Robt. S. and Mary (Tumble-



son) L. ; reared on farm; m. Alta E.
Wood, Jul. 10, 1879; c. Bertha, Robt.,
Pauline, Mary. B.S., Mich. Agr. Coll.,

1877; M.S., 1882.

Lauman, George Nieman, prof, rural econ.,
Cornell Univ., Ithaca, N. Y.

Instr. rural econ., Cornell Univ., 1903-5;
asst. prof., 1905-9; prof., 1909. Fel-
low A. A. A. S. Mem. Am. comn. to
study rural credits in Europe, 1913. b.
Pittsburgh, Pa., Feb. 15, 1874; s. A. H.
and A. M. L. (Havekotte) L.; reared in
city; m. Frances Addison Wheeler, June
1912; c. Frances W., Geo. W., Mary W.,
Henry W. B.S.A., Cornell Univ., 1897.

Law, James, veterinarian, Ithaca, N. Y.

Prof. anat. and materia medica, Edin-
burgh New Vet. Coll., 1860-5; prof,
anat., Albert Vet. Coll., London, 1865-7;
prof. vet. sci., Cornell Univ., 1868-96; dir.
and dean N. Y. State Vet. Coll., 1896-
1908; emeritus, 1908. Consulting vet.,
N.Y. State Agrl. Soc., 1868-96; chm. U. S.
Treasury cattle comn., 1882-3; field chief,
Bur. An. Ind., for extinction cattle lung
plague in 111. and N.Y., 1887-8. Pres. Am.
Vet. Med. Assoc., 1906-7. Auth.: General
and Descriptive Anatomy of Domestic
Animals, 2 vols.; Farmers' Veterinary
Adviser; Text Book of Veterinary Medi-
cine, 5 vols. b. Edinburgh, Scotland,
Feb. 13, 1838; s. John and Grace (Turner)
L.; m. Elizabeth Crichton, May 4, 1863;
c. Celia A., Grace, Julia. Educ. Edin-
burgh Vet. Coll., Univ. and Coll. of Sur-
geons., 1'Ecole Veterinaire, Alfort, Paris,
1'Ecole Veterinaire, Lyons, France; V.S.,
Highland and Agrl. Soc. Vet. Bd., 1857;
M.R.C.V.S., Royal Coll. of Vet. Surgeons,
1863; F.R.C.V.S., 1870.

Lawrence, Jay Washington, farmer, and
breeder Shorthorn cattle, Coshocton, O.
Lect. at farmers' insts. and farm dern.
b. Coshocton Co., O., Mar. 28, 1895;
s. D. C. and Lulu (Karr) L.; reared in
country.

Lawrence, William Hereford, prof, hort.,
Univ. Mo., Columbia, Mo.

From asst. to asst. prof, and plant
path. Exp. Sta., Wash. State Coll., 1900-
11; plant path, and hort., Hood River
Apple Growers, and Ore. Agr. Coll.,
1911-3; prof. hort. and hort. Exp. Sta.,
Univ. Ariz., 1913-5; present position,
1915 . Auth.: Apple Growing, 1912.



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b. Lake City, la., Feb. 3, 1877; s. Geo. W.
and Vesta (Easton) L.; reared on farm;
m. Edith Florence McDermott, June 8,
1908; c. Robt. Hereford. B.S., S. D.
State Coll., 1899; A.B., Wash. State
Coll., 1902; M.S., 1902. Sigma Xi.

Lawton, Jay Waldemar, co. agrl. agt.,
Wabasha, Minn.

Originator of the Lawton seed-corn
tester, given to the public without patent
rights. Auth.: The Awakening, 1914.
6. Viola, Wis., Mar. 7, 1891; s. J. W.
and Sarah (Saubert) L.; reared on dairy
farm; m. Mollie Thoreson, Jul. 29, 1916;

c. Beatrice June. B.S.A., Univ. Wis.,
1914.

Laythe, Leo L., co. agrl. agt., Tucson, Ariz.
Agt. Park Co., Wyo., 1917-8; agt.
Pirna and Final Cos., Ariz., 1918 .
b. Kinbrae, Minn., Mar. 26, 1892; s.
S. and Ella (Swarthout) L.; reared on
farm; m. Lillian Gertrude Dearmin,
Mar. 10, 1917. B.S., Ore. Agr. Coll.,
1916. Gamma Sigma Delta.

Learning, Stewart, co. agrl. agt., Rensselaer,
Ind.

Agrl. dir., high-sch., St. Peter, Minn.,
1912-5; agrl. agt., Nicollet Co., Minn.,
1915-7; agt. Jasper Co., Ind., 1917.

b. Romney, Ind., Aug. 5, 1889; s. G. C.
and Alice (Stewart) L.; reared on farm;
m. Florence Johnson, June 12, 1916;

c. Mary Alice. B.S.A., Purdue Univ.,
1912. Alpha Zeta.

Leathers, Chauncey E., co. agrl. agt.,
Cambridge, Md.

Teach, public schs., O., 1910-2; asst.
sci., Ohio Northern Univ., 1914-5; teach,
high-sch., Clear Spring, Md., 1915-7;
asst. bot., Md. Exp. Sta., 1917-8; co.
agt., 1918. b. Van Wert, O., Aug. 13,
1890; s. W. C. and Jennie A. (Leslie) L.;
reared on farm; m. Edna R. Ringwald,
Aug. 22, 1917. B.S., Ohio Northern
Univ., 1917. M.S., Md. Agr. Coll., 1918.

Lechner, Herwegh Joseph, co. agrl. agt.,
Astoria, Ore.

Special instr. agr., high-sch., Pullman,
Wash., 1909-10; princ. rural consoli-
dated sch., Moxee, Wash., 1910-1; instr.
agr., high-sch., Tracy, Minn., 1911-3;
instr. farm crops, la. State Coll., 1913-5;
teach, dept. rural schs., State Normal
Sch., Ellensburg, Wash., 1915-8; agt.



Clatsop Co., Ore., 1918 . b. Washougal,
Wash., Feb. 13, 1885; s. Jos. and Mar-
garet M. (Heilmann) L.; reared on farm;
m. Anna B. Badger, Jul. 3, 1913; c.
Burdette Emerson, Eleanor Jane. B.S.,
A.B., Wash. State Coll., 1910; M.S.,
la. State Coll., 1915.

Le Clerc, Joseph Arthur, in chg. lab. plant
chem., Bur. Chem., U. S. Dept. Agr.,
Washington, D. C,

Asst. chem., N. Y. Agr. Exp. Sta.,
Geneva, 1895-1901; present position,
1903. Sec. Am. Soc. Milling and
Baking Tech.; pres. Washington sect.,
Am. Chem. Soc., 1912. Del. Inter.
Congress of Agr., Paris, 1900; mem.
jury awards, Paris Expos.; chm. jury
awards on cereal products, St. Louis
and San Francisco Expos. Awarded Che-
valier du Me"rite Agricole by French
govt. Leader agrl. tour to Europe, 1911;
visited Santo Domingo. 6. Ware, Mass.,
May 10, 1873; s. J. B. and Lucie (Chi-
coine) L.; reared in town; m. Emma V.
Hall, 1895. B.Sc., Worcester Poly. Inst.,
1895; Ph.D., Univ. Halle, 1903. Sigma
Xi.

Lee, Alfred R., an. husb. in poultry invests.,
U. S. Dept. Agr., Washington, D. C.

b. Wakefield, Mass., Jul. 6, 1887; s.
Edward E. and Annie (Wheelock) L.;
reared in town and on farm; m. Esther G.
Cristy, June 18, 1913; c. Barbara Martha,
Richard Everett. B.S., R. I. State Coll.,
1909.

Lee, Carl Emil, asst. dairy and food comnr.
and dairy specialist, Dept. Agr., Madison,
Wis.

Asst. prof, dairy manufacture, Univ.
111., 1903-9; asst. prof, dairy husb.,
Univ. Wis., 1909-15; present position,
1915. b. Edgerton, Wis., June 23,
1875; s. T. J. and Matilda (Hansen) L.;
reared on farm; m. Gertrude Lang,
Sept. 1, 1903; c. Howard James, Dorothy
Mary, Herbert Carl. B.S., N.D. Agr.
Coll., 1897; M.S., Univ. Wis., 1909.
Sigma Xi.

Lee, Jordan Gray, supt. grounds, La. State
Univ., Baton Rouge, La.

Asst. dir. N. La. Exp. Sta., 1888-96;
comnr. agr. and immigration, La., 1896-
1906; asst. dir. N. La. Exp. Sta., 1906-8;
prof. for. and hort., La. State Univ., 1910-
8; present position, 1918 . Farmer,



168



Calhoun, La. Trustee Southwest La.
Ind. Inst., 1899-1904. State comnr.
in chg. state exhibits, Buffalo and West
India Expos., 1901; mem. and sec.
Bd. Comnrs., St. Louis Expos., 1902-4.
Vice-pres. La. For. Assoc. and mem. La.
For. Adv. Bd., 1916. b. Farmersville,
La., Dec. 17, 1863; s. John Martin and
Mary Jane (Taylor) L.; m. Addle E.
McGrath, Oct. 9, 1889; 2d, Sallie Lane,
Oct. 19,, 1898. B.S., La. State Univ.,
1888. Kappa Alpha.

Lee, Leon Frank, teach, agr., Brushton,
N. Y.

b. Berkshire, N. Y., Aug. 30, 1891; s.
Frank LaFayette and Bertha J. (Walter)
L.; reared on farm; m. Myrtle Clement,
June 14, 1917. B.S.A., Syracuse Univ.,
1916.

Lee, Mary Estella, writer and dealer in
seeds, plants, coal and feeds, Wester-
ville, O.

Legislative agt., O. Sch. Improvement
Fed. and Blendon Grange, 10 yrs. Sec.
O. Republican Land Owner's League.
Formerly Grange ed., Farm and Fire-
side, b. Amesville, O., Jan. 29, 1869;
d. Eli and Annie Leah (Dean) Brown;
reared on farm; m. Vernon W. Lee, Oct.
17, 1894. M.A., Ohio State Univ., 1905.

Legg, Andrew Jackson, farmer, Albion,
W. Va.

b. Nicholas Co., W. Va., Mar. 29, 1861;
*. Chas. Henderson and Harriet Jane
(Grose) L.; reared on farm; m. Elizabeth
Belle Burdette, Apr. 26, 1899; c. Carl B.,
Ethel J., Bernice, Wm. Cecil, Audra F.,
Bonny Lee, Edyth, Mabel.

Lehenbauer, Philip Augustus, assoc. in
plant physiology, Univ. 111., Urbana, 111.
Instr. biol., Millikin Univ., Decatur,
111., 1908-9; asst. bot., Univ. 111., 1909-
11; instr. bot., 111. Biol. Sta., summer,
1910; asst. prof. bot. and hort., Univ.
Nev., 1914-7; present position, 1917 .
b. Hannibal, Mo., Nov. 1, 1881; s. Fred-
erick A. and Mary Elizabeth (Koehler)
L.; reared on farm. A.B., Westminster
Coll., Fulton, Mo., 1907; A.M., Millikin
Univ., 1909; Ph.D., Univ. 111., 1914.
Sigma Xi; Gamma Alpha.

Lehman, H. Ashford, co. agrl. agt., Canfield,
O.

b. Prairie City, la., Dec. 5, 1883; s.



D. K. and Algie (Haines) L.; reared on
farm. M.S.A., Ohio State Univ., 1916.

Lehman, Simon Sweigert, co. agrl. agt.,
Erie, Pa.

b. W. Willow, Pa., Dec. 21, 1886; s.
Adam and Mary (Rineer) L.; reared on
farm. A.B., Franklin & Marshall Coll.,
1913; B.S., Penn. State Coll., 1915.

Lehmunn, Adolf Ludwig Ferdinand, prof,
chein. and soils, Univ. Alberta, Edmon-
ton, Alta.

Farmer, 1884-7; asst. chein., Ont.
Agr. Coll., 1890; asst. chem., Central
Exp. Farm, Ottawa, 1890-3; chem.,
Sugar Exp. Sta., New Orleans, 1893-4;
lect. chein., Queen's Univ., Kingston,
Ont., 1897-8; agrl. chem., Mysore,
India, 1898-1908; research chem., Ohio
Exp. Sta., 1908-9; prof, chem., Univ.
Alta., 1909; prof, soils, 1916. Fel-
low A. A. A. S.; Am. Chem. Soc.; Chem.
Soc., London. Mem. deputation to state
of Coorg, India, 1907, Ceylon, 1908.
Mem. Assembly, Mysore, India, 1899-
1908; Bd. Agr., India, 1905-8. Assoc.
ed., Farmers' Advocate, 1888. b. Spar-
ron Lake, Ont., Dec. 22, 1863; s. Adel-
bert L. and Kathinka (Bruch) L.; reared
on farm; m. Georgina Lovick, Dec. 10,
1898 (d. 1908); 2d, Carry M. Lovick, Jul.
19,1911; c. Ferdinand, Jack, Karl, Mary.
B.S.A., Ont., Agr. Coll. and Toronto Univ.,
1889; Ph.D., Univ. Leipzig, 1897.

Lehmann, Emil Wilhelm, assoc. prof. agrl.
engin. and chm. dept., Univ. Mo., Colum-
bia, Mo.

Instr. physics, Tex. A. & M. Coll.,
1910-3; instr. agrl. engin., la. State Coll.,
1914-5; asst. prof., 1915-6; present
position, 1916 . b. Oldenburg, Miss.,
Apr. 19, 1887; s. Carl A. and Arminia
(Vaulkenhausen) L.; reared on farm;
m. Stella Spence, Aug. 5, 1915; c. Mar-
garet Louise, Mary Bain. B.S. in E.E.,
Miss. A.&M. Coll., 1910; E.E., Tex.
A. & M. Coll., 1913; B.S. in A.E., la.
State Coll., 1914. Alpha Zeta; Phi
Kappa Phi.

Lehnert, Eugene Hugo, prof. vet. sci. and
bact. and vet Exp. Sta., Univ. Wyo.,
Laramie, Wyo.

Prof, vet sci., Conn. Agr. Coll., 7 yrs.;
vice-dir. Smith's Agr. Sch., Northampton,
Mass., 7 yrs.; supply prof, vet sci.,
Mass. Agr. Coll., 1 yr. b. E. Jaffrey,



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N. H., Aug. 13, 1867; s. Carl W. and
Ella R. (Burpee) L. ; reared on farm and in
small town; TO. Eva M. Akin, Aug. 27,
1901; c. Carl, Lloyd, Clyde. B.Sc.,
Mass. Agr. Coll., 1893; D.V.S., McGill
Univ., 1895. Kappa Sigma; Phi Kappa
Phi.

Leighty, Clyde Evert, agron. in chg. eastern
wheat invests., Bur. Plant Ind., U. S.
Dept. Agr., Washington, D. C.

Grain standardization, Bur. Plant Ind.,
1906-9; cereal invests., 1912 ; agron.
dept., 111. Exp. Sta., 1905. Visited Euro-
pean corn-receiving ports, 1906. b. Billett,
111., May 7, 1882; s. Geo. H. and Lucre-
tia (Vandermark) L.; reared on farm;
TO. Ollie Edna Harris, Oct. 13, 1908; c.
Florence Lucretia, Dorothy Lee, Ray-
mond Vandermark. B.A., 111. Wesleyan
Univ., 1904; Ph.D., Cornell Univ., 1912.
Sigma Xi; Tau Kappa Epsilon.

Leith, B. D., asst. prof, agron. and supt.
farms, Univ. Wis., Madison, Wis.

b. Eldorado, Wis., Sept. 2, 1875; s.
Wm. and Margaret (Leith) L.; reared
on farm; m. Edna Elkneton, 1908; c.
Donald. B.S., Univ. Wis., 1911.

Leonard, William Eziekel, prof, econ.,
Whitman Coll., Walla Walla, Wash.

Prof, social sci., Bellevue Coll., Omaha,
Neb., 1902-11; teaching fellow, Univ.
Wis., 1911-2; instr. econ., Univ. Tex.,
1912-6; present position, 1916 . Special
attention to rural problems, b. la., Aug.
12, 1865; s. Almon and Emma (Ward)
L.; reared on the farm; TO. Lillian L.
Ramsdell, 1903; c. Wm. Ramsdell, Faith
Eloise. Ph.B., Grinnell Coll., la., 1899;
A.M., Univ. Wis., 1912. Phi Beta
Kappa.

Leopold, Rev. Father, O. C R., prof, hort.,
Inst. Agricole d'Oka, La Trappe, Que.

Present position, 1910 . Dir. Que.
Soc. of Protection of Plants, 1914,
vice-pres., 1917; dir. Que. Pom. Soc., 1913,
and former pres. Del. to Pom. Soc. at
Tours, France, 1911. Mem. French Pom.
Soc. Auth.: La Culture Fruitiere dans
la Province de Quebec, 1915. b. Nassau,
Bahama Isls., Jan. 15, 1884; s. Enrique
Ortiz y Pi and Ada (Black). Educ.
Montreal Coll. and in France; ordained
priest.



Lesseps, Hamilton, co. agrl. agt., Plaque-
mine, La.

Sugar planter and manufacturer, St.
Landry Parish, La., 7 yrs. b. La., June 30,
1883; s. Auguste and Augusta (Story)
L.; reared on sugar plantation; TO. Mary
Beaufort Williams, Sept. 9, 1914.

Letourneau, Firmin, prof. ent. and plant
path., Inst. Agricole d'Oka, La Trappe,
Que.

Dir. Soc. of Que. for Protection of
Plants, b. Mont-Louis, Gaspe, Que.,
Sept. 25, 1891; s. Louis and Zoile (Lemi-
eux) L.; reared on farm. Student Inst.
Agricole d'Oka, Ont. Agr. Coll., Cornell
Univ.

Levine, Max, asst. prof. bact. and bact.
in the Exp. Sta., la. State Coll., Ames,
la.

Research asst., Sewage Exp. Sta.,
Mass. Inst. of Tech., 1912-3; instr. bact.,
la. State Coll., 1913-4; bact. U. S. Public
Health and Marine Hospital Serv., 1914-5;
present position, 1915 . 1st Lieut.
Sanitary Corps, Nat. Army, 1918 .
b. Poland, Apr. 4, 1889 (immigrated 1892);
s. Julius and Rebecca (Mogelson) L.;
reared in city; TO. Adele Dine, Nov. 30,
1911; c. Norman Dine, Boris Eugene, Saul
Edgar, Melvin Lewis. S.B., Mass.
Inst. Tech., 1912.

Lewelling, Walter Williams, co. agrl. agt.,
Kirksville, Mo.

Dairy farmer, Mo., 1899-1917. b.
High Hill, Mo., Oct. 16, 1875; s. H. G.
and Martha Keeler (Turner) L.; reared
on farm; m. Mary Lee Woods, Sept. 25,