B.S., Utah Agr. Coll., 1916. Delta Nu;
Gamma Sigma Delta.
Nelson, Martin, dean Coll. Agr. and dir.
Exp. Sta., Univ. Ark., Fayetteville, Ark.
Adj. prof, agron., Univ. Neb., 1906-7;
asst. prof., 1907-8; prof, agron., Univ.
Ark., 1908-13; dean and dir., 1913;
chg. agrl. ext., 1913-5. b. Crawford Co.,
Wis., Sept. 12, 1871; s. Erik and Christine
(Olson) N.; reared on farm; m. Maude
Agnes Farnham, Jan. 22, 1910; c. Helen
Christine, Isabel May. B.S.A., Univ.
Wis., 1905; M.S., 1906. Alpha Zeta.
Nelson, Oran Milton, assoc. prof. an. husb.,
Ore. Agr. Coll., Corvallis, Ore.
Instr. an. husb., Ore. Agr. Coll., 1913-7;
assoc. prof., 1917. Auth.: Part III,
Potters' Western Live-Stock Manage-
ment, 1917. b. La Crosse, Wis., Nov. 29,
1888; s. O. and Matilda (Olsen) N.;
reared on farm and in town; m. Charlotte
Lewis, Aug. 26, 1915. B.S.A., Univ. Wis.,
1913. Alpha Zeta; Kappa Phi Gamma.
Nelson, Rufus J., ed. Farm and Ranch,
Dallas, Tex.
Rice expert, Ark. Exp. Sta., 1905-8;
prof, agr., Univ. Ark., 1908-9; prof. agrl.
educ., 1909; present position, 1910 .
Asst. supt. hort. for Ark., St. Louis
Expos., 1904. b. Washington, Ark., Dec.
6, 1870; s. Sam H. and Alice (Wyatt) N.;
reared on farm; m. Flossie Ella Sander-
ford, June 24, 1908; c. Alice, Lucile,
Arthur. Normal Diploma, Univ. Ark.,
1903; B.S., 1904; M.S., 1907.
207
Nelson, Sofus Bertelsen, prof, and dean
Coll. Vet. Sci., Wash. State Coll., Pull-
man, Wash.
House surgeon, la. State Coll., 1889-90;
present position, 1895 . State vet.,
Wash., 1895-1911; mem. State Bd.
Health, Wash., 1895-1911. Sec. Wash.
Live-Stock Assoc., 1904-10; sec. North-
west Live-Stock Assoc., 1910-2; sec.
Cascade Inter. Stock Show, 1915. Del.
Inter. Convention Tuberculosis, Washing-
ton, D. C., 1908. Traveled in Europe, 1893.
b. Veile, Denmark, Dec. 21, 1867 (natura-
lized 1889); s. Niels P. and Maria (Bertel-
sen) N.; reared in town and on farm;
m. Jettchen Uhden, Nov. 28, 1895.
D.V.M., la. State Coll., 1880. Phi
Kappa Phi; Alpha Psi.
Neuswanger, George, co. agrl. agt., Alliance,
Neb.
b. Bloomington, 111., Jan. 26, 1894;
s. Chris N.; reared on farm. B.Sc.,
Univ. Neb., 1917. Phi Gamma Delta;
Alpha Zeta.
Nevens, William Barbour, asst. prof, dairy
husb., Univ. Neb., Lincoln, Neb.
Asst. dairy husb., Univ. 111., 1914-7;
present position, 1917 . Mem. bd.
editors, Journal of Dairy Science. b.
Winnebago, III, Nov. 27, 1885; s. Wm.
Henry and Jessie F. (Hunter) N.; reared
on farm; m. Martha C. Langwill, Aug. 6,
1914. B.S., Univ. Wis., 1914; M.S.,
Univ. 111., 1917. Alpha Zeta.
Newhall, Harold Wendell, assoc. prof,
dairying, Mich. Agr. Coll., E. Lansing,
Mich.
Instr. dairying, Mich. Agr. Coll., 1911-2;
with Carlyle Dairy Co., Calgary, Alta.,
1912-3; manag. and dir. Sanitary Dairy,
St. Catherines, Ont., 1913-7; present
position, 1917. b. Toronto, Ont., Oct.
22, 1885; s. Euegen Pierre and Georgina
A. (Fraser) N.; reared in city and country.
B.S.A., Ont. Agr. Coll., 1911.
Newhouse, Milton John, co. agrl. agt.,
Vancouver, Wash.
Princ. high-sch. and instr. agr., Kirk-
land, Wash., 1911-5; instr. elementary
sci., Wash. State Coll., 1915-7; agt.
Pond Oreille Co., Apr.-Nov. 1917;
agt. Clarke Co., 1917. b. Ten Post,
Netherlands, Mar. 20, 1885 (naturalized
1910); s. John and Ethel (Wigboldus) N.;
reared on farm; m. Ethel Smawley, Aug.
15, 1913. A.B., Wash. State Coll., 1911;
B.S., 1917. Alpha Zeta; Phi Delta Theta;
Delta Sigma Rho.
Newlander, Carl Edwin, dairy manufactur-
ing specialist, Bur. An. Ind., U. S. Dept.
Agr., Washington, D. C.
Instr. dairy manufacture, Mich. Agr.
Coll., 1912-6; asst. prof., 1916-7; present
position, 1917 . b. Benton, N. Y., Sept.
11, 1886; s. August and Anna (Pearson)
N.; reared on farm; m. Ida Victoria
Hard, Mar. 20, 1915; c. Virginia May.
B.S., Cornell Univ., 1912.
Newman, Charles Carter, prof. hort. and
hort. Exp. Sta., Clemson Agr. Coll.,
Clemson College, S. C.
Asst. hort., S. C. Exp. Sta., 1897-9;
assoc. prof, and asst. hort., 1899-1900;
present position, 1900 . b. Sparta, Ga.,
Sept. 6, 1874; s. James Stanley and
Elberta (Lewis) N.; reared on farm;
m. Grace Strode, May 7, 1912; c. Aubrey,
Carter, Mildred, Wilson. B.S., Clemson
Agr. Coll., 1896.
Newman, Clifford Lewis, prof, agron.,
N. C. A.&M. Coll., W. Raleigh, N. C.
Asst. prof, agr., Univ. Tenn., 1887-9;
princ. distr. agrl. sch., Athens, Ala.,
1889-91; asst. agrst., Ark. Exp. Sta.,
1891-7; agrst. and prof, agr., Univ.
Ark., 1897-1905; prof, agron. and agrst.,
Clemson Agr. Coll., 1905-8; present
position, 1908 . b. Columbus, Ga.,
Jul. 25, 1864; s. James Stanley and
Elberta (Lewis) N.; reared on farm.
B.S., Ala. Poly. Inst., 1886; M.S., 1887.
Phi Delta Theta.
Newman, Cyrus Edson, asst. boys' club agt.,
Ala. Poly. Inst., Auburn, Ala.
Asst. instr. an. husb., Ala. Poly. Inst.,
1916; teach, agr., Talladega Co. high-sch.,
1916-7; agt. Tallapoosa Co., Feb.-Sept.
1917; present position, 1917 . b. Good-
water, Ala., Aug. 28, 1893; s. W. O. and
Ann (Staples) N.; reared on farm.
B.S., Ala. Poly. Inst., 1916. Phi Kappa
Phi; Gamma Sigma Delta.
Newman, John W., farmer, Versailles, Ky.
Asst. math., Ky. State Univ., 1888-97.
Mem. Ky. House of Rep., 1904-6; Ky.
State Senate, 1906-10. Sec. Ky. State
Fair, 1908-11; comnr. of agr., Ky.,
1912-6. General manag., Insular Fair,
San Juan, Porto Rico, 1911. b. Monroe
208
Co., Ky., Jan. 23, 1869; s. John J. and
Lucy (Harlan) N.; reared on farm;
m. Annie Miller; 2d, Janie Slemp, 1916.
B.S., Monroe Normal Sch., 1887; studied
agr., Colo. Agr. Coll., 1889-9. Kappa
Alpha.
Newsom, I. E., prof. vet. path, and path.
Exp. Sta., Colo. Agr. Coll., Fort Collins,
Colo.
Asst. vet. sci., Colo. Agr. Coll., 1906-7;
prof. vet. anat., 1907-12; prof. vet. path.,
1912 . State meat insp., Colo., 1907.
Sec. for Colo., Am. Vet. Med. Assoc.;
sec. Colo. Vet. Med. Assoc., 1912.
b. Mitchell Co., Tex., Apr. 13, 1883; s.
Eli and Lydia (Russell) N.; reared on
farm; m. Jessie S. Woods, Jul. 8, 1905;
c. Fern, Shirley. B.S., Colo. Agr. Coll.,
1904; D.V.S., San Francisco Vet. Coll.,
190G; D.V.S., Kans. City Vet. Coll., 1909.
Alpha Psi.
Newton, Samuel Thomas, dir. agrl. ext.
serv., Winnipeg, Man.
Teach, public schs., 8 yrs.; teach,
manual training, Winnipeg, 5 yrs.; asst.
superv., 2 yrs.; chg. woodworking dept.,
Kelvin Tech. Sch., Winnipeg, 1 yr., chg.
tech. dept., 2 yrs;- present position, 1914 .
b. Violet Hill, Ont., Jan. 27, 1875; s.
Wm. and Sarah A. (Marshall) N.; reared
on farm; m. Annie B. Borden, Jul. 8,
1907; c. Merlin Borden, Vera. Student
Toronto Univ., 2 yrs.
Nicholls, William Durrett, prof, farm
manag., Univ. Ky., Lexington, Ky.
Asst. an. husb., Ky. Exp. Sta., 1907-8;
manag. and joint proprietor of farm,
Bloomfield, Ky., 1908-12; asst. prof. an.
husb., Univ. Ky., 1912-6; prof, and head
dept. farm manag., 1916 . b. Bloom-
field, Ky., Feb. 6, 1885; s. Archibald W.
and Elizabeth (Dougherty) N.; reared on
farm; m. Mary Elizabeth Hord, Sept. 1,
1913; c. W T m. Hord, Mary Elizabeth.
B.S.A., Univ. Ky., 1907; M.S.A., 1915.
Alpha Zeta.
Nichols, De Lore, co. agrl. agt., Flagstaff,
Ariz.
Farmer, 1911-3; co. agt., 1917;
war garden superv., Apr.-Sept. 1917.
Traveled in Great Britain and Europe.
b. Brigham City, Utah, Jul. 14, 1889;
s. Geo. W. and Lara (Jensen) N.; reared
on farm. B.S., Utah Agr. Coll., 1917.
Delta Nu.
Nichols, Mark Lovell, agrl. engin., Va. Poly .
Inst., Blacksburg, Va.
Agron., T. N. Vail Agr. Sch., 1915;
asst. prof, agron., Del. Coll., 1915-8;
present position, 1918 . b. Bellevue, O.,
Jan. 24, 1888; s. M. R. and Alice (McCril-
lis) N.; reared in village; m. Nina A.
Griffin, Jan. 24, 1913. B.S.A., Ohio
State Univ., 1912; M.S., Del. Coll., 1918.
Alpha Zeta.
Nichols, Ross, co. agrl. agt., Linneus, Mo.
b. Fairmont, Mo., Oct. 2, 1884; s. H. N.
and Ida May (Starr) N.; reared on farm;
m. Margaret B. Tompkins, Aug. 22, 1907;
c. Carroll Starr, Oneta Marie, Marguerite
Lucile. Student Univ. Mo.
[Nicholson, J. F., p. 312.
Niesley, Howard Graybill, co. agrl. agt.,
Dauphin Bldg., Harrisburg, Pa.
Princ. high-sch., Palenville, N. Y.,
1911-3. b. Carlisle, Pa., Mar. 22, 1890;
s. John B. and Lizzie E. (Graybill) N.;
reared on farm. B.S., Penn. State Coll.,
1917. Alpha Zeta.
Noble, John William, agrl. rep., Essex, Ont.
Sec. Ont. Corn Growers' Assoc., 1915-7.
b. Homings Mills, Ont., Jul. 14, 1893;
s. Wm. Geo. and Elizabeth (McGhee) N.;
reared on farm; m. Anna Mildred Heather,
Aug. 12, 1914; c. Fred Wm. Kitchener,
Margery Elizabeth. B.S.A., Ont. Agr.
Coll. and Toronto Univ., 1913.
Nolan, Aretas Wilbur, asst. prof. agrl. educ.,
Univ. 111., Urbana, 111.
Princ. high-sch., Lima, Ind., 1904-8;
assoc. prof. agrl. educ., W. Va. Univ.,
1908-12; present position, 1912 ; state
superv. agrl. educ., 1918 . Sec. Nat.
Collegiate Country Life Club. Auth.:
One Hundred Lessons in Elementary
Agriculture, 1911; Agriculture and Home
Projects, 1916; The Teaching of Agri-
culture, 1918; A Year in Agriculture with
Home Projects, 1918. Asst ed., Rural
Educator, b. Edgar Co., 111., June 1,
1874; s. Fielden C. and Sarah M. (Pin-
son) N.; reared on farm; m. Myrta
Phillips, Dec. 28, 1898; c. Phyllis M.
A.B., Univ. Ind., 1905; M.S., W. Va.
Univ., 1911. Kappa Alpha; Kappa Delta
Pi.
Noland, David Reeves, dairy manufacturing
specialist, U. S. Dept. Agr., Washington,
D. C.
b. Crabtree, N. C., May 22, 1894; s.
209
David R. and Etta (Reeves) N.; reared
on farm. B.S., Cornell Univ., 1915.
Norcross, Charles JW. dir. agrl. ext., Univ.
Nev., Reno, Nev.
Enrolling clerk, U. S. Senate, 1896-
1904; coninr. agr., Nev., 1911-5. b. Reno,
Nev., Nov. 6, 1866; s. Thos. W. and
Caroline B. (Sherman) N.; reared on
farm; in. Lydia Z. Lonkey, Feb. 26, 1896
(d. 1914). B.A., Univ. Nev.
Norgord, Christian Percival, comnr. of
agr., Madison, Wis.
Princ. high-sen., 1899-1902; special
agt. on barley breeding, U. S. Dept. Agr.,
1905-6; agron., Univ. Ark., 1907-9;
assoc. agron., Univ. Wis., 1909-13;
supt. farmers' insts., 1913-5; comnr. agr.,
1915. b. Frederickshaven, Denmark,
Oct. 25, 1874; s. James and Bertha
(Hansen) H.; reared on farm; m. Erne
M. Molley, Jul. 29, 1902; c. Gladys,
Lucele, Helen. Ph.B., Univ. Wis., 1903;
B.S.Agr., 1905. Alpha Zeta.
Norland, Norman, co. agrl. agt., Court
House, Lincoln, Neb.
Teach. agr., St. Joseph's Acad.,
Ottumwa, la., summer 1916; princ.
high-sch. and superv. agr., Blair, Neb.,
1916-8. b. Marshall Co., la., Feb. 26,
1888; s. Nels. and Rachel (Peterson )N.;
reared on farm; m. Aletta Brunswold,
Jan. 23, 1918. B.Sc., la. State Coll.,
1916. Alpha Zeta.
Northrup, Lydia Zae, research assoc. bact.,
Mich. Agr. Coll., E. Lansing, Mich.
Princ. Thompsonville high-sch., Mich.,
1906-7; asst. bact., Mich. Agr. Coll.,
1907-8; instr., 1908-13; asst. prof.,
1913-8; research assoc., 1918 . Auth.:
(with Giltner) Microbiology, 1916. b.
Thompsonville, Mich., June 24, 1884; d.
Orrin Mead and Alice Gertrude (Burlin-
game) N.; reared on farm. B.S., Mich.
Agr. Coll., 1913; A.M., Univ. Mich., 1914.
Omicron Nu.
Norton, Jesse Baker, plant physiologist,
Bur. Plant Ind., U. S. Dept. Agr., Wash-
ington, D. C.
Librarian, Mo. Bot. Gard. 1899-1900;
asst., U. S. Dept. Agr., 1900; asst. ent.,
Kans. State Agr. Coll., 1900-2; asst.
prof, plant-breeding, Cornell Univ., 1907-
8; asst. physiologist, Bur. Plant Ind.,
1902-7; physiologist, 1908. Fellow A.
A. A. S. b. Leadvale, Tenn., Aug. 19,
1877; s. Samuel J. and Louisa (Kenyon)
N.; reared in town and country. B.Sc.,
Kans. State Agr. Coll., 1897; M.Sc., 1901.
Sigma Xi.
Norton, John Bitting Smith, bot. and plant
path., Md. Exp. Sta., College Park, Md.
Asst. bot., Kans. Exp. Sta., 1895-6;
bot. asst., Mo. Bot. Gard., 1896-1901;
prof, bot., Md. Agr. Coll., 1901. Sec.
Md. State Hort. Soc., 1903-4; vice-pres.
Am. Dahlia Soc., 1915-8. Fellow A. A.
A. S. b. E. Tenn., Apr. 7, 1872; s.
Samuel J. and Louisa (Kenyon) N.;
reared in country and city; m. Gertrude
J. Havens, 1897; 2d, Jennie Webster,
1907; c. Dorothy Viola, Frances Louise,
Elizabeth Webster. B.S., Kans. State
Agr. Coll., 1896; M.S., 1899.
Nourse, Edwin Griswold, prof. agrl. econ.,
la. State Coll., Ames, la.
Instr., Wharton Sch. Commerce and
Finance, Univ. Penn., 1909-10; prof,
econ. and sociol., Univ. S. D., 1910-2;
asst. political econ., Univ. Chicago,
1914-5; prof. econ. and sociol., Univ.
Ark., 1915-8; present position, 1918 .
Chm. com. on marketing, Am. Assoc. for
Agrl. Legislation. Auth. : Agricultural
Economics, 1916; Outlines of Agricul-
tural Economics, 1917; The Chicago
Produce Market, 1918. b. Lockport,
N. Y., May 20, 1883; s. Edwin Henry
and Harriet Augusta (Beeman) N.;
reared in village; m. Ray Marie Tyler,
Aug. 17, 1910. A.B., Cornell Univ.,
1906; Ph.D., Univ. Chicago, 1915.
Noyes, Harry Alfred, research assoc. in
hort. chem. and bact., Ind. Exp. Sta.,
W. LaFayette, Ind.
Research asst., Ind. Exp. Sta., 1914-7;
present position, 1917 . b. Marlborough,
Mass., Jul. 7, 1890; s. Lambert Alfred
and Bertha (Keir stead) N.; reared in
city and country; m. Florence J. Fisher-
dick, June 25, 1913; c. Lorraine F.,
Arthur Alfred. B.S., Mass. Agr. Coll.,
1912; M.S., 1914. Sigma Xi; Beta
Kappa Phi.
Nuckols, Samuel B., asst. agrst., U. S. Dept.
Agr., Washington, D. C.
Asst. prof, agron., W. Va. Univ., \y%
yrs.; asst. prof, agron., Colo. Agr. Coll.,
1 yr. b. Savannah, Mo., Jul. 20, 1887;
s. W. R. and M. F. (Snowden) N.; reared
210
on farm; m. Winona Woodward, Sept. 2,
1913; c. Roland Woodward, Elizabeth.
B.S.A., Univ. Mo., 1911; M.A., 1912.
Alpha Zeta.
Nyhus, Paul 0., co. agrl. agt., Waupaca,
Wis.
Teach, agr., high-sch., Fairchild, Wis.,
1915-7; asst. farm manag. dem. surveys,
Univ. Wis., 1917. b. Chippewa Falls,
Wis., Apr. 18, 1894; s. O. J. and Anna P.
(Anderson) N.; reared on farm. B.S.,
Univ. Wis., 1918.
Nystrom, Amer Benjamin, co. agrl. agt.,
Chehalis, Wash.
Instr. dairy mech. and testing, Ohio
State Univ., 1907-9; instr. dairying,
Kans. State Agr. Coll., 1909-10; instr.,
Wash. State Coll., 1910-2; asst. prof.,
1912-4; prof., 1914-7; agt. Lewis Co.,
1917 . b. Ostergotland, Sweden, Feb.
19, 1885 (naturalized as minor); s.
Adolf Frederick and Anna Matilda
(Carlson) N.; reared on farm; m. Mamie
C. Frey, June 25, 1911. B.S.A., Kans.
State Agr. Coll., 1907. Alpha Zeta.
O
Oakley, Russell Arthur, agron., Bur. Plant
Ind., U. S. Dept. Agr., Washington, D. C.
Auth.: (with Piper) Turf for Golf
Courses, 1917. b. Marysville, Kans.,
Sept. 7, 1880; s. Thos, and Anna (McKee)
O.; reared on farm; m. Bessie Clark Bell,
Oct. 23, 1912. B.S., Kans. State Agr.
Coll., 1903.
O'Brien, Harry Russell, asst. prof. agrl.
journalism, la. State Coll., Ames, la.
Asst. reference librarian, Ohio State
Univ., 1910-2; asst. English, Okla.
A.&M. Coll., 1912-3; instr. English
and journalism, 1913-5; present position,
1915. b. Union, O., Dec. 12, 1889;
s. Geo. and Josephine (Peirce) O.; reared
on farm. B.A., Ohio State Univ., 1910;
M.A., 1912. Pi Kappa Alpha; Sigma
Delta Chi.
Odum, Howard Washington, prof. educ.
sociol. and rural educ., Univ. Ga., Athens,
Ga.
Instr., Univ. Miss., 1905-7; research
agt., Bur. Municipal Research, Phila-
delphia, 1910-3; assoc. prof., Univ. Ga.,
1913-5; prof., 1915 ; supt. Univ.
Summer Sch. for Teachers, 1916 .
Contributing ed., American Journal of
Race Development, b. Bethlehem, Ga.,
May 24, 1884; s. Wm. Pleasants and
Mary Ann (Thomas) O.; reared on farm;
m. Anna Louise Kranz, Dec. 24, 1910;
c. Eugene Pleasants. A.B., Emory Coll.,
Oxford, Ga., 1904; A.M., Univ. Miss.,
1906; Ph.D., Clark Univ., 1909; Colum-
bia Univ., 1910.
O'Gara, Patrick Joseph, dir. dept. agrl.
and smelter by-products invests., Am.
Smelting and Refining Co., Salt Lake City,
Utah.
Plant path, in dig. fruit disease invest.,
U. S. Dept. Agr., 1902-10; dir. Rouge
River Fruit and Produce Assoc., Medford,
Ore., 1910-4; special meteorlogical observer
and local frost forecaster, U. S. Weather
Bur., 1910-4; present position, 1914 .
Fellow A. A. A. S.; Royal Meteorological
Soc., London; mem. Royal Soc. Arts,
London. Traveled in Mexico, Hawaii,
Europe. Assoc. ed., Better Fruit. b.
Coleridge, Neb., Jul. 1, 1872; s. Roger
Thos. and Bridget Susan (Hayes) O.;
reared on farm; m. Anna Isabel Sloan,
Nov. 1, 1906. B.S., Univ. Neb., 1902;
Sc.D., 1917. Sigma Xi.
Ogilvy, Lyulph, writer, Denver Post, Denver,
Colo.
Farmer, Greeley, Colo., 1880-1904;
importer of live-stock. Special writer,
Denver Post, and correspondent agrl.
journals. Served in Spanish-American
War, S. African War; Lieut. Scottish
Horse, present war. b. London, Eng-
land, June 25, 1861; s. Earl of Airlie
and Blanche (Stanley) A.; m. Edith Ger-
trude Boothroyd, 1902; c. Jack David
Angus.
O'Kane, Walter Collins, prof. econ. ent.
and ent. Exp. Sta., N. H. A. & M. Coll.,
Durham, N. H.
Newspaper and magazine work, 1897-
1909; asst. prof. econ. ent., N. H. A.&M.
Coll., 1909-10; assoc. prof., 1910-1;
prof., 1912 . Deputy comnr. of agr.,
N. H., 1913 . State nursery insp.
Travelled in S. America, 1900. Auth.:
Injurious Insects, 1913; Jim and Peggy
at Meadowbrook Farm, 1916. 6. Colum-
bus, O., Nov. 10, 1877; s. Henry and
Catherine (Van de Water) O.; reared in
city; m. Clifford Hetherington, Dec. 30,
1902; c. Elizabeth, Catherine, Wm.,
211
Richard. B.A., Ohio State Univ., 1897;
M.A., 1909. Sigma Xi; Beta Theta Pi.
Oldham, L. L., co. agrl. agt., Elkhorn, Wis.
Asst. dir. ext. work for Great Northern
Ry., 1913-4; manag. Jas. J. Hill farm, St.
Paul, Minn., 1914-6; agt. Walvvorth Co.,
1916. b. Madison, Wis., Sept., 23,
1889; s. Thos. W. and Helen Amintha
(Latham) O.; reared on farm; m. Hilma
MaeCritten, June 7, 1916; c. Jean Cather-
ine. B.S.A., Univ. Wis., 1913. Alpha Zeta.
Oley, Warren Wilcox, co. agrl. agt., Bridge-
ton, N. J.
Farmer, Sparta, N. J., 1912-3; field
asst. hort. dept., N. J. Exp. Sta., 1913-4;
fruit specialist, ext. div., Rutgers Coll.,
1914-5; co. agt., 1915. Traveled
through Mexico and Cent. America for
Tehuantipec Rubber Co. b. Dunellen,
N. J., Apr. 12, 1889; s. Chas. W. and
Theodora I. (Wilcox) O.; reared in town
and on farm; m. Grace Helen Clarke,
Oct. 8, 1915; c. Warren Wheeler. B.Sc.,
Rutgers Coll., 1911.
Olin, Walter Herbert, superv. farm market-
ing, Frisco Lines, Frisco Bldg., St. Louis,
Mo.
Rural sch. teach., 1880-6; princ. and
supt. schs., Waverly, Ottawa, Osborne,
Kans., 1890-1901; instr. farm crops, La.
State Univ., 1902-4; prof, agron., Colo.
Agr. Coll., 1904-6; vice-dean agr.,
1906-8; ind. comnr., Denver, Laramie
& N. W. Ry., 1908-11; dir. agrl. ext.,
Univ. Ida., 1911-4; comnr. agr., D. &R. G.
R. R., 1914-6; present position, 1916.
Auth.: Olin's Commercial Geography,
1900; American Irrigation Farming,
1913. b. Walnut Grove, Calif., Aug. 7,
1862; s. Nelson and Harriett M. (Holly)
O.; m. Winifred Estella Cotton, Nov. 27,
1890; 2d, Eleanor Lee, June 7, 1915.
Grad. Kans. State Agr. Coll., 1889;
M.Sc., 1893.
Olney, Albert Jackson, asst. prof, hort.,
Univ. Ky., Lexington, Ky.
Teach, sci. and agr., high-sch., Green-
ville, Mich., 1913-4; hort., Theo. N.
Vail Agr., Sch., Lyndon, Vt., 1914-6;
present position, 1916 . b. Fremont,
Mich., Apr. 15, 1888; s. Bert John and
Alice (Beem) O.; reared on farm; m.
Lydia Branstrom, Jul. 8, 1914; c. Chas.
Bert, Robt. Branstrom. B.S., Mich. Agr.
Coll., 1913.
Olney, Raymond, ed. Power Farming and
Power Farming Dealer, St. Joseph, Mich.
Ed., Farm Engineering, Springfield, O.,
1913-5; present position, 1915 . b.
Monroe Co., N. Y., Dec. 29, 1885; s.
Amos M. C. and Martha (Collins) O.;
reared on farm; m. Elisabeth Lloyd
Watson, May 28, 1912. M.E., Cornell
Univ., 1910.
Olsen, Anna Margrethe, asst. prof, home
econ., la. State Coll., Ames, la.
Head food work, Univ. Neb., 1912-5;
present position, 1915 . b. Herscher,
111., May 10, 1883; d. A. Chr. and Anna
(Risetter) O.; reared on farm. B.Sc.,
Teachers Coll., Columbia Univ., 1912.
Omicron Nu.
Olsen, Arnold Lauritz, co. agrl. agt., Muni-
sing, Mich.
b. Manistique, Mich., May 20, 1892;
s. August and Hannah A. (Drevdahl) O.;
reared in city. B.S., Mich. Agr. Coll.,
1916.
Olson, Oscar Milton, co. agrl. agt., Roseau,
Minn.
Farmers' inst. worker, 1906-8; asst.
supt. ext., Wash. State Coll., 1909-10;
agrl. specialist ext., Univ. Minn., 1911-3;
farmer, Montevideo, Minn., 1914-8. b.
Prior Lake, Minn., Jan. 21, 1872; s.
Henry and Mary E. (Field) O.; reared
on farm; m. Lillian D. Gallagher, Apr.
24, 1907; c. Jeanette Bernice. B.S.,
Univ. Minn., 1905.
Olson, Peter J., asst. prof, agron., Univ.
Minn., University Farm, St. Paul, Minn.
Instr. agr., Putnam High-Sch., Alex-
andria, Minn., 1910-2; present position,
1913. b. Grafton, N. D., Oct. 12, 1887;
s. Samuel and Nicoline (Anderson) O.;
reared on farm; m. Myrtle May Stoltz,
Sept. 2, 1914. B.S., N. D. Agr. Coll.
M.S., Univ. 111. Alpha Zeta; Phi
Kappa Phi.
Olson, Roy Lethrtip, co. agrl. agt., Zumbrota,
Minn.
b. Bertha, Minn., Mar. 29, 1894; s.
Robt. and Augusta (Anderson) O. ;
reared on farm; m. Elizabeth Bryan, Jan.
1, 1918. B.S., Univ. Minn., 1916.
O'Neal, Emmett Cleveland, co. agrl. agt.,
Milan, Mo.
b. Paris, Mo., Apr. 13, 1885; s. R. H.
212
and Virginia (Gollehon) O.; reared on
farm; m. Ethel Pennington, June 9, 1909;
c. Ernestine, Chas., Elizabeth, David.
B.S.A., Univ. Mo., 1909.
Oosterhuis, Alvin Cecil, asst. prof. an. husb.,
Univ. Wis., Madison, Wis.
b. Sheboygan Falls, Wis., Dec. 8, 1884;
s. Albert and Gertrude Ten (Dolle) O.;
reared on farm. Traveled in Europe,
4mos. B.S.A., Univ. Wis., 1909; M.S.A.,
1910.
Opperman, Charles Louis, supt. Ridgely
Substa., Ridgely, Md.
State poultryman, Md., 1906-11; poul-
try expert, U. S. Dept, Agr., 1911-3;
swine husb., Md., 1913-4; present posi-
tion, 1914 . Former ed., Tri-State Far-
mer, b. Staten Isl., N. Y., Sept. 30,
1885; s. Chas. Nickolas and Florence
(Williams) O.; reared in town and
country; m. Edna Gertrude Barrows,
Dec. 19, 1910; c. Nancy Rideout. Special
student, Cornell Univ.
On, Alfred W., co. agrl. agt., Livingston,
Tex.
Agt. Kendrick Co., Ind., 1914-5; supt.
farm of ex-vice-pres. C. W. Fairbanks,
Green Co., 111., 1916; present position,
1917. b. Mt. Vernon, Mo., Sept. 4,
1875; s. John A. and Mary Frances
(Scroggs) O.; reared on farm; m. Edith
H. Dunlap, Dec. 29, 1897; 2d, Mary
Elizabeth Stewart, June 18, 1913; c.
Helen Pauline, Frances Anna. B.S.A.,
Univ. Mo., 1915.
Orr, William McGilvary, asst. in marketing,
U. S. Bur. Markets, Bourse Bldg., Phila-
delphia, Pa.
Princ. Southern Ind. Inst., Charlotte,
N. C., 3 yrs. 6. Statesville, N. C., Mar.
21, 1889; s. R. W. and Emelie (McGil-
vary) O.; reared on farm; m. Ethel L.
Fowle, Oct. 25, 1916; c. W. M. Jr. B.S.,
Davidson Coll., N. C., 1910. Kappa
Alpha.
Orton, William Allen, plant path., U. S.
Dept. Agr., Washington, D. C.
Asst. bot., Vt. Exp. Sta. and instr.,
Univ. Vt., 1898-9; plant path., U. S.
Dept. Agr., 1899 ; in chg. cotton, truck
and forage crop disease invests., Bur.
Plant Ind. Fellow A. A. A. S. Vice-
chm., Fed. Hort. Bd. Del. to 4th Inter.
Genetics Conference, Paris, 1911. Ed.,
Phytopathology, 1918 . b. N. Fairfax,
Vt., Feb. 28, 1877; s. Gardner G. and
Electa W. (Allen) O.; reared on farm;
m. Helen A. Davis, Apr. 20, 1903; c.
Helen Alberta, Alice Louise. B.S., Univ.
Vt., 1897; M.S., 1898; Sc.D., 1915.
Phi Beta Kappa.
Osborn, Herbert, research prof. zool. and
ent., Ohio State Univ., Columbus, O.
Asst. zool. and ent., la. State Coll.,
1879; asst. prof., 1883-5; prof., 1885-98;
prof. zool. and ent., Ohio State Univ.,
1898-1916; research prof., 1916 ; dir.
Lake Lab., 1899-1918; dir. O. Biol.
Survey, 1912 . Pres. Soc. Promotion
Agrl. Sci., 1917-8; pres. Assoc. Am. Econ.
Ent., 1898; pres. O. Acad. Sci., 1904.
Traveled in Mexico and Europe. Aidh.:
Economic Zoology, 1908; Agricultural
Entomology, 1916. b. Lafayette, Wis.,
Mar. 19, 1856; s. Chas. Paine and Harriet
Newell (Marsh) O.; reared in village;
m. Alice Isadore Sayles, Jan. 19, 1883;
c. Morse Foster, Herbert Thrill, Evelyn,
Dorothy, Margaret Stanton. B.Sc., la.
State Coll., 1879; M.Sc., 1880; D.Sc.,
1916.
Osborne, Thomas Burr, research chem.,
Conn. Exp. Sta., New Haven, Conn.
Asst. instr., Sheffield Sci. Sch., Yale
Univ., 1886-7; present position, 1886 ;
research assoc., Carnegie Inst. of Washing-
ton. Pres. Am. Soc. Biol. Chem., 1910.
Auth.: Proteins of the Wheat Kernel,
1907; The Vegetable Proteins, 1909.
b. New Haven, Conn., Aug. 5, 1859;
s. Arthur Dimon and Frances Louisa
(Blake) O.; reared in city; m. Elizabeth
Annah Johnson, 1886; c. Arthur Dimon,
Francis Blake. A.B., Yale Univ., 1881;
Ph.D., 1885; Sc.D., 1910. Psi Upsilon.