Univ. Wis., 1916.

Ross, Harold Ellis, prof, dairy ind., Cornell
Univ., Ithaca, N. Y.

Asst. dairy ind., Cornell Univ., 1906-7;
instr., 1907-9; asst. prof., 1909-12; prof.,
1912 -. Auth.: A Dairy Laboratory
Guide, 1910; Laboratory Guide in Market
Milk, 1915; Dairy Laboratory Guide
for High Schools, 1918. b. Leadville,
Colo., Oct. 23, 1881; s. John Warren
and Fanny Jane (Coleman) R.; reared on
farm; m. Jessie F. Williams, Dec. 25,
1907; c. John Warren, Jane Elizabeth,



Harold Ellis Jr. B.S.A., Cornell Univ.,
1906; M.S.A., 1908. Sigma Xi; Gamma
Alpha.

Ross, John Francis, farm supt., Cereal Field
Sta., Amarillo, Tex.

Teach, agr., Indian serv., 1903-7;
with Off. Cereal Invests., U. S. Dept.
Agr., 1908 . b. Jewell Co., Kans., Jan.
19, 1873; s. Pontus and Ingeborg Olina
(Lokke) R.; reared on farm; m. Jessie
Naomi Stewart, Nov. 21, 1903; c. Inga
Ann, John Hammond, Flora Helena,
Frances Naomi, Stewart. B.S.A., Kans.
State Agr. Coll., 1902.

Ross, Orrin F., farmer, Lowville, N. Y.

Farmer and contractor, 1908-13;
manag. H. D. Ross & Sons, Lowville,
N. Y.; co. agrl. agt., Franklin Co., 1913-5;
Oneida Co., 1916-8; rnanag. Rossdale
Farms and supt. of Martinsburg Farms
Co. Inc., producers of certified milk.
Dir. N. Y. State Dairymen's Assoc., 1912;
vice-pres. Lewis Co. Agrl. Soc., 1911-2.
Lect. N. Y. Bur. Farmers' Insts., 1911-3.
b. Lowville, N. Y., Oct. 10, 1885; s.
Howard D. and Frankie J. (Bowen) R.;
reared on farm; m. Ella E. Evans, Oct. 10,
1911; c. Eloise Estelle, Evelyn Roberta,
Howard Evans. Special student, Cornell
Univ., 1905-8.

Ross, Pontus Henry, asst. dir. agrl. ext. serv.
and co. agt. leader, Univ. Mo., Columbia,
Mo.

Expert and agt., Off. Exp. Stas., U. S.
Dept. Agr., 1903-7; teach, agr., high-sch.,
Jewell City, Kans., 1911-2; agt. Leaven-
worth Co., 1912-6; co. agt. leader,
Univ. Mo., 1916 ; asst. dir. agrl. ext.
serv., 1918 . Pres. Kans. Assoc. Agrl.
Agts. b. Jewell Co., Kans., June 24,
1879; s. Pontus and Ingeborg (Lokke)
R.; reared on farm; m. Esther Hanson,
Mar. 8, 1905; 2d, Bertha Campbell, Aug.
12, 1913; c. Philip Harold,Irene, Winifred.
B.S., Kans. State Agr. Coll., 1902.

Rothenberger, Alvin Kriebel, co. agrl. agt.,
Norristown, Pa.

Instr. agr., Perkiomen Sem., 1911-2;
agt. Montgomery Co., 1912 . b. Wor-
cester, Pa., Jul. 16, 1886; s. Edwin S.
and Amanda (Kriebel) R.; reared on
farm; m. Helen Elizabeth Moyer, Sept. 18,
1915; c. Margaret Moyer. B.S.A., Cor-
nell Univ., 1911.



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Rothgeb, Benton E., sci. asst., Bur. Plant
Ind., U. S. Dept. Agr., Washington, D. C.
b. Luray, Va., May 16, 1875; s. Martin
and Annie (Early) R.; reared on farm;
m. Blanche G. Grove, Oct. 7, 1899; 2d,
MyraE. Payne, Dec. 26, 1914; c. Russell
G., Edwin G., Carlton P. Grad. Roanoke
Nat. Business Coll., 1898.

Rouse, Thomas Andrew, assoc. prof. an.
husb., Clemson Agr. Coll., and asst. Exp.
Sta., Clemson College, S. C.

Present position, 1913 . b. Critten-
den, Ky., Oct. 16, 1890; s. Henderson
and Frances (Morin) R.; reared on
farm. B.S.A., Ohio State Univ., 1913.
Alpha Zeta.

Rouzer, Paul Charles, asst. prof. agrl.
educ. and asst. state dir. voc. agr., W. Va.
Univ., Morgantown, W. Va.

Instr. agr., high-sch., St. Croix Falls,
Wis., 1912-5; agt. Tyler Co., W. Va.,
1915-8; present position, 1918 -. b.
Chicago, 111., Oct. 20, 1888; s. John C.
and Carrie (Strow) R.; reared on farm;
TO. Maud Ella Ketchum, Aug., 1913.
B.S.A., Univ. Wis., 1912.

Rowan, Levi John, pres. Alcorn A.&M.

Coll., Alcorn, Miss.

Teach, public schs., Miss., 1893-8;
head English dept. and pres., Alcorn
A.&M. Coll., 1898. Pres. State Teach-
ers' Assoc. b. Rodney, Miss., Aug. 7,
1871; s. Sidney and Martha (Walker)
R.; reared in town; m. Mattie Foote,
Jul. 29, 1896; c. Ruth Inez, Mattie
Hermione, Pearl Bernice, Thelma Bee.
B.S., Alcorn A.&M. \Co\l, 1893; Ph.D.,
1910.

Royce, Charles Howard, asst. prof. an.
husb., State Coll. Agr., Cornell Univ.,
Ithaca, N. Y.

Farm manag., N. Y., Pa., 111., W. Va.,
24 yrs.; present position, 1915 . b.
Mongaup Valley, N. Y., May 10, 1866;
s. Joshua Pettis and Sarah Elizabeth
(Royce) R.; reared on farm; m. Nina
Barney, Sept, 27, 1893; c. Mary Gillespie,
Esther Tibbits, Milton Pettis, Elizabeth
Kurd. B.S.A., Cornell Univ., 1891;
M.S.A., 1892.

Roylance, William M., fruit-grower, mer-
chant and business man, Provo, Utah.

Mem. Utah House, 1897-1900, speaker,
1899-1900; mayor Provo, 1904-5. Del.
Baltimore Convention, 1912. b. Spring-



ville, Utah, Mar. 31, 1865; s. Wm. and
Lucy (Clucas) R.; reared on farm; m.
Laura A. Turner, Dec. 23, 1885; 2d,
May Zabriskie, Aug. 6, 1902; c. Martin
W., Merline, Enid, Wm. C.

Ruddick, John Archibald, dairy comnr.,
Ottawa, Ont.

Traveled in Europe and New Zealand.

b. Oxford Co., Ont., Sept. 3, 1862; s.
Lawrence and Marion (Moir) R.; reared
on farm; m. Harriet Emily Congdon;

c. Marion C.

Rudnick, Arthur William, ext. prof, dairy
manufacturers, la. State Coll., Ames, la.
Asst. dairying, Kans. State Agr. Coll.,
1910-3; asst. prof, dairying, la. State Coll.,
1913-8; present position, 1918 . Sec.
la. Butterrnakers' Assoc. b. Chicago,
111., Dec. 22, 1887; s. John and Wilhel-
mina (Mueller) R.; reared in city; m. Alice
Sniay, Aug. 7, 1912; c. Arthur Wm. Jr.,
B.S., la. State Coll., 1910. Phi Lambda
Upsilon; Gamma Sigma Delta.

Rue, Nelson B., co. agrl. agt., Pennington
Gap, Va.

Agt. Smythe Co., Va., 1917-8; agt. Lee
Co., 1918. b. Harrisburg, Ky.,Aug. 17,
1892; s. Wallace C. and Mary (Bright) R.;
reared in small town; m. Elizabeth
Waitt, 1914; c. Mary Helen, Wallace
Waitt. Student la. State Coll., 3 yrs.
Alpha Sigma Epsilon.

Ruffner, Robert H., ext. dairy husb., Va.
Poly. Inst., Blacksburg, Va.

Asst. vet., Md. Exp. Sta., 1908-9;
dairyman for Isthmian Canal Comn.,
Panama, 1909-10; asst. prof. an. husb.,
Md. Agr. Coll., 1910-3; prof., 1913-8;
present position, 1918 . Sec. Md. State
Dairymen's Assoc.; dir. Md. Holstein-
Friesian Breeders' Assoc. Prof, zootech-
nics, U. S. Coll. Vet. Surgeons, 1915-8.
b. Fauquier Co., Va., May 22, 1882;
s. James W. and Sarah J. (Hogsett) R.;
reared on farm; m. Frances H. Donovan,
June 19, 1911; c. Robt. Francis. B.S.,
Md. Agr. Coll., 1908. Sigma Phi Sigma.

Ruggles, Arthur Gordon, state ent. and ent.
Minn. Exp. Sta., University Farm, St.
Paul, Minn.

Instr. ent., Univ. Minn., 1902-10;
asst. prof., 1910-3; assoc. prof., 1914 ;
ent., Pa. Chestnut Tree Blight Comn.,



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1912-3. Fellow A. A. A. S. 6. Anna-
polis Royal, N. S. (naturalized 1908);
s. Arthur Stewart and Laura Elizabeth
(Newcomb) R.; reared in small town;
m. Bessie Dyer, Jan. 3, 1905; c. Elizabeth,
Arthur G. Jr., Dyer Newcomb. B.S.A.,
Cornell Univ., 1901; M.A., 1904. Alpha
Zeta; Gamma Alpha.

Rumbold, Caroline, asst. path, sugar plant
invests., Bur. Plant Ind., U. S. Dept. Agr.,
Washington, D. C.

Asst. bot., Univ. Mo., 1908-10. Fellow
A. A. A. S. b. St. Louis, Mo.; d. Thos.
Frazier and Charlotte Elizabeth (Leder-
geber) R. B.A., Smith Coll., 1901;
M.A., Washington Univ., 1903; Ph.D.,
1911; Dr. oec. publ., Munich Univ.,
1907. Sigma Xi; Phi Beta Kappa.

Rumsey, William Earl, state ent., Morgan-
town, W. Va.

With ent. dept., W. Va. Exp. Sta.,
1893; state ent., 1913. Third vice-
pres. Am. Assoc. Econ. Ent., 1915. b.
Van Etten, N. Y., Sept. 9, 1865; s.
Sylvenus Dusenbury and Clarinda (Shoe-
maker) R.; reared on farm; m. Stella
Edna Berkshire, Dec. 23, 1895; c. Neal
Obeth, Virginia Clarinda. B.S.A., Cor-
nell Univ., 1891.

Rusk, Earl Nilson, co. agrl. agt., Quincy,
111.

Asst. an. husb., Univ. Mo., 1909-10;
farm manag., 1910-3; farm adv., Audrain
Co., Mo., 1913-5; agt. Adams Co., 111.,
1915. b. Champaign, ill., Dec. 17,
1885; s. W. H. and Anna L. (Renner) R.;
reared on farm; m. Selma O. DeWees,
Oct. 27, 1909; c. Rowena, Leslie, Wm.
DeVere, Fred Earl. B.S.A., Univ. Mo.,
1909. Alpha Zeta; Chi Beta; Sigma
Xi.

Rusk, Henry Perly, asst. prof, beef cattle
husb., Univ. 111., Urbana, 111.

Asst. an. husb., Univ. Mo., 1908-9;
asst. an. husb., Purdue Exp. Sta., 1909-10;
assoc. in beef cattle husb., Univ. 111.,
1910-3; asst. prof, and asst. chief in
Exp. Sta., 1913. Sec. Ind. Cattle
Feeders' Assoc., 1909-10; sec. 111. Cattle
Feeders' Assoc., 1911-8. b. Rantoul, 111.,
Jul. 19, 1884; s. Wm. H. and Anna L.
(Renner) R.; reared on farm; m. Edith
E. Hartley, June 28, 1911; c. Elizabeth
Hartley, Martha Hartley. B.S., Univ.



Mo., 1908; M.S.A., 1911. Sigma Xi;
Alpha Zeta; Alpha Gamma Rho.

Russell, Carl, co. agrl. agt., Ardmore, Okla.
Prof. an. husb. and dairying, Connell
State Sch. Agr., 1914-6; agt. Carter Co.,
1916. Sec. Carter Co. Free Fair
Assoc. b. Muskegee Co., Okla., June 8,
1892; s. Campbell and Martha (Shinn)
R.; reared on farm; m. Elsie Ray, Aug.
19, 1914; c. Wm. Campbell. B.S., Okla.
A.&M. Coll., 1914.

Russell, Harry Luman, dean Coll. Agr.,
Univ. Wis., Madison, Wis.

Asst. prof, bact., Univ. Wis., 1893-6;
prof., 1896-1907; dean Coll. Agr. and
dir. Exp. Sta., 1907. Mem. Wis.
State Bd. For.; State Bd. Immigration,
Wis. Tuberculosis Comn. Fellow A. A.
A. S. Auih.: Public Water Supplies
(with F. E. Turneaure), 1908; Experi-
mental Dairy Bacteriology (with E. G.
Hastings), 1914; Agricultural Bacteriol-
ogy (with Hastings), 1915; Outlines of
Dairy Bacteriology (with Hastings), 1915.
b. Poynette, Wis., Mar. 12, 1866; s. E.
Fred and Luanda E. (Waldron) R.;
reared in village; m. H. May Delany,
Dec. 20, 1893; c. Gertrude Estelle,
Eldon Babcock. B.S., Univ. Wis., 1888;
M.S., 1890; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins Univ.,
1892. Phi Beta Kappa; Sigma Xi.

Rutherford, William John, prof, farm manag.
and dean Coll. Agr., Univ. Sask., Saska-
toon, Sask.

Mem. Sask. Live-Stock Bd.; Sask.
Educ. Comn., 1912-3; Sask. Agrl. Instr.
Com.; Sask. Winter Fair Bd.; Dominion
Conservation Comn.; Adv. Council in
Agr. Del. conference of universities of
British Empire, London, 1912; Rural
Credits Conference, Chicago, 1916. Sent
to Europe as special comnr. by Sask.
Educ. Com., 1912. Auth.: Prairie Agri-
culture, b. Madrid, N. Y., Jan. 9, 1868;
s. John A. and Esther (Grey) R.; reared
on farm. c. 5.

Ruzek, Charles Vladis, assoc. prof, soils,
Ore. Agr. Coll., Corvallis, Ore.

Asst. prof, agron., Univ. Ark., 1909-13;
asst. agron., Ark. Exp. Sta., 1909-13;
present position, 1913 . b. Chicago,
111., Jan. 26, 1887; s. Jerome and Anna
(Schader) R.; reared on farm and in city;
m. Marie Farness, 1911; c. Jerome F., Chas.
V. Jr. B.S.A., Univ. Wis., 1909.



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Sackett, Walter George, bact., Colo. Exp.
Sta., Fort Collins, Colo.

Prof. nat. sci., Meredith Coll., Raleigh,
N. C., 1902-4; asst. prof. bact. and
hygiene and asst. bact. Exp. Sta., Mich.
Agr. Coll., 1904-8; present position,
1908. Fellow A. A. A. S. Auth.:
Chapters on Bacterial Diseases of Plants
in Marshall's Microbiology, 1911-7. b.
Sterling, 111., Jul. 5, 1880; s. Walter
C. G. and Emma L. (Hagey) S.; reared in
city; m. L. Margaret Ferguson, 1905;
c. Mariana Wray. B.S., Univ. Chicago,
1902; Logan Research Fellow, Univ.
Chicago, 1917-8. Phi Beta Kappa; Sigma
Xi; Alpha Zeta.

Salisbury, Schuyler Marsh, co. agrl. agt.,
Medina, O.

Instr. dairying, N. C. A.&M. Coll.,
1913-5; asst. prof. an. husb., Ohio
State Univ., 1915-8; co. agt., 1918.

b. Collinwood, O., June 29, 1889; s.
Joseph G. and Lina (Marsh) S.; reared
on farm; m. Golda Ree Wade, June 29,
1909; c. Glenn W., Genevieve. B.S.A.,
Ohio State Univ., 1913.

Salmon, Samuel Cecil, prof, farm crops,
Kans. State Agr. Coll., Manhattan, Kans.
Special agt., U. S. Dept. Agr., 1908-11;
plant physiologist, 1911-3; present posi-
tion, 1913. b. Emery, S. D., Jul. 25,
1885; s. A. G. and Lucy (Merrill) S.;
reared on farm; m. Ada Miner, Mar. 1908;

c. Miner Ray, Mary Aurolyn. B.S.,
S. D. State Coll., 1907.

Sammis, John Langley, assoc. prof, dairy
husb., Univ. Wis., Madison, Wis.

Instr. chern., Univ. 111., 1900-5; asst.
prof, dairy husb., Univ. Wis., 1907-12;
assoc. prof., 1912 . b. Winona, Minn.,
Jan. 1, 1873; s. John Bangs and Malvina
Augusta (Newman) S.; reared in suburbs;
m. Flora Elizabeth Curtis, June 30, 1898;
c. Marguerite, Malvina Elizabeth, Jose-
phine, John Curtis. B.S., Univ. 111., 1897;
M.S., 1899; Ph.D., Univ. Wis., 1906.
Phi Lambda Upsilon.

Sampson, H. O., state asst. for agrl. educ.,
Dept. Public Instr., Trenton, N. J., and
prof. agrl. educ., Rutgers Coll., New
Brunswick, N. J

Teach, agr., high-sch., Waterford, Pa.,
1904-6; asst. agrl. educ., U. S. Dept.



Agr., 1906-8; princ. Sch. Agr., Inter.
Correspondence Schs., Scranton, Pa.,
1908-14; prof, agr., Winthrop Normal
Coll., Rock Hill, S. C., 1915-8; present
position, 1918 . Auth.: Effective Farm-
ing, 1918. Ed., agrl. text-books for
Inter. Correspondence Schs., 1908-14.
b. Dodgeville, Wis., Apr. 21, 1879; s. Wm.
and Agnes (Shipley) S.; reared in small
city; m. Harriet Louise Nairn, May 29,
1908; c. Louise Nairn, H. O. Jr. B.S.,
la. State Coll., 1903; B.S.A., 1904.
Phi Gamma Delta.

Samuelson, Samuel Ernest, distr. agrl. agt.,
Hebron, Neb.

Agrl. dir., high-sch., Gothenburg, Neb.,
1913-4; princ. and instr. agr., Lynd
Consolidated Sch., Minn., 1914-6; supt.
Waldorf Consolidated Sch., Minn., 1916-8.
6. Wayne Co., Neb., Mar. 6, 1889; s.
August and Emma (Anderson) S.; reared
on farm; m. Bessie Elma Manzer, Dec.
27, 1916. Special student, Univ. Minn.,
1915.

Sanders, Alvin Howard, ed. The Breeders'
Gazette, 542 S. Dearborn St., Chicago, 111.
Mem. U. S. Comn., Paris Expos., 1900;
vice-chm. U. S. Tariff Bd., 1908-12;
mem. Agrl. Adv. Bd. of 111., 1917. Vice-
pres. Inter. Live-Stock Expos. Chevalier
of the Order of Leopold, Belgium. Auth.:
History of Shorthorn Cattle, 1900; The
Story of the Herefords, 1914; At the
Sign of the Stock Yard Inn, 1915; The
Road to Dumbiedykes, 1916; A History
of the Percheron Horse (with Wayne
Dinsmore), 1917. b. Keokuk Co., la.,
Sept. 8, 1860; s. James H. and Martha
(Rodgers) S.; reared on farm; m. Eliza-
beth A. Hildebrand, Apr. 25, 1882; c.
Elizabeth, Louise, Alva. LL.B., North-
western Univ., 1881; D.Agr., Univ. 111.,
1906; LL.D., Kenyon Coll., O., 1910.
Chi Phi.

Sanders, James G., state zool. and sec. Am.
Assoc. Hort. Insps., State Capitol, Harris-
burg, Pa.

Fellow and sci. asst., Ohio State Univ.,
1902-5; expert, U. S. Bur. Ent., 1905-10;
prof, ent., Univ. Wis., 1910-5; state ent.,
Wis., 1915-6; state zool., Pa., 1916;
sec. Am. Assoc. Hort. Insps., 1913.
b. Louisville, O., Jul. 17, 1880; s. Franklin
P. and Elma J. (Gindlesperger) S.;
reared on farm; m. Anna Salome Wingate,
Aug. 15, 1906; c. Elma Salome. Ph.B.,



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Otterbein Univ., O., 1901; M.A., Ohio
State Univ., 1903. Sigma Xi; Delta
Upsilon.

Sanderson, Ezra Dwight, prof, rural organiza-
tion, State Coll. Agr., ^Cornell Univ.,
Ithaca, N. Y.

Asst. state ent., Md., 1898-9; ent.,
Del. Exp. Sta., 1899-1902; state ent.,
Tex. A.&M. Coll., 1902-4; prof. zool.
and ent., N. H. A.&M. Coll., 1904-10;
dir. N. H. Exp. Sta., 1907-10; dean
Coll. Agr., W. Va. Univ., 1910-5; dir.
W. Va. Exp. Sta., 1912-5; present posi-
tion, 1918 . Past pres. Am. Assoc.
Econ. Ent. Auth.: Insects Injurious
to Staple Crops, 1902; Insect Pests of
Farm, Garden and Orchard, 1911; Ele-
mentary Entomology (with C.F. Jackson),
1911; School Entomology (with L. M.
Peairs), 1917. b. Clio, Mich., Sept. 25,
1878; s. John Phillip and Alice Gertrude
(Wright) S.; reared in city; m. Anna
Cecilia Blandford, Sept. 19, 1899. B.S.,
Mich. Agr. Coll., 1897; B.S.A., Cornell
Univ., 1898; fellow sociol., Univ. Chicago,
1915-8. Sigma Xi.

Sandhammer, Frank, co. agrl. agt., Manis-
tee, Mich.

Teach, agr., high-sch., Hart, Mich.,
1913-4; state high-sch., Rushford, Minn.,
1914-6; agt. Manistee Co., Mich., 1916.
b. Chicago, III, Feb. 1, 1891; s. John A.
and Mary A. (Hennecke) S.; reared on
farm; m. Imo Zoe Morrow; c. Jean May.
B.S., Mich. Agr. Coll., 1913.

Sandige, John Richard, co. agrl. agt.,
Claypool, Ariz.

Asst. agrst., agrl. sch., Los Angeles,
Calif., 1911; Temple Normal Sch.,
Ariz., 1912-4; asst. bot., Univ. Ariz, and
teach, sch. gardens, State Deaf and Dumb
Sch., 1914-5; chg. war garden, Inspiration,
Ariz., 1917-9. b. Edwardville, 111., Aug.
19, 1892; s. Abner W. and Alice (Lam-
bert) S.; reared on farm; m. Florence
Dunbar, Jul. 15, 1918. B.S., Univ. Mo.,
1917. Sigma Kappa Zeta.

Sandsten, E. P., prof, hort., Colo. Agr. Coll.,
Fort Collins, Colo.

Assoc. prof, hort., Md. Agr. Coll.,
1902; prof, hort., Univ. Wis., 1903-11;
commercial hort., Mont., 1911-3; prof,
hort., Ala. Poly. Inst., 1913-4; present
position, 1914 . State hort. of Colo.
Sec.-treas. Colo. Potato Growers' Assoc.
Traveled in Mexico, 1 yr. investigating



rubber, tobacco, sugar industries. 6.
Kalmar, Sweden, Sept. 15, 1868 (natura-
lized 1894); s. J. and Charlotte (Sandsten)
S.; reared on farm; m. Pearl Dew, Sept.
12, 1903; c. Emilie Dew. B.S., Univ.
. Minn., 1895; M.S., 1898; Ph.D., Cornell
Univ., 1903. Sigma Xi; Alpha Zeta.

Sanford, F. Hobart, prof, silviculture and
dendrology, Mich. Agr. Coll., E. Lansing,
Mich.

Commercial nursery, 1904-6; asst. for.,
Mich. Agr. Coll., 1906-7; instr., 1907-9;
asst. prof., 1909-13; acting prof., 1913-4;
assoc. prof, for., 1914 . b. Tompkins,
Mich., May 18, 1880; s. Frank M. and
Minnie G. (Townley) S.; reared on farm;
m. Cara Farmer, Jan., 1906; c. Marjorie,
Genevieve, Frank, Cara Jean. B.S.,
Mich. Agr. Coll., 1904; M.F., 1913.

Sanford, Herbert Luther, ent. insp., Fed.
Hort. Bd., U. S. Dept. Agr., Washington,
D. C.

b. Ithaca, N. Y., Aug. 6, 1883; s. Chas.
Judson and Helen Butler (Brown) S.;
reared in city; m. Nellie LaBarre
Dougherty, June 26, 1912. B.S.A.,
Cornell Univ., 1910.

Sargent, Christopher Gilbert, prof, rural
educ. and state dir. voc. educ., Colo. Agr.
Coll., Fort Collins, Colo.

Co. supt. schs., Mess Co., Colo., 1908-
12; present position, 1912 . b. Vin-
cennes, la., Mar. 25, 1872; s. Stephen
and Mary (Noel) S.; reared on farm; m.
Mary L. Bandy, Sept. 27, 1899; c. Cecil,
Helen, Roger, Homer, Howard. A.B., Par-
sons Coll., Fairfield, la., 1899; Pd.M.,
State Teach. Coll., Greeley, Colo., 1912.

Sargent, Forrest H., co. agrl. agt., Phillips,
Wis.

Farm manag., Washburn Memorial
Orphan Asylum, S. Minneapolis, 2 yrs.;
chg. dairy dept., North West Exp. Sta.,
Crookston, 1911-4; farm manag., Roches-
ter, Minn., 1914-7; agt. Price Co., Wis.,
1917. 6. Granite Falls, Minn., Dec. 6,
1883; s. Chas. A. and Rose (Hart) S.;
reared on farm; m. Mary O. Briggs, Aug.
16, 1911; c. Herbert Briggs, Maxwell
Ronald. B.S.A., Univ. Minn., 1911.

Sauer, Herman 0., co. agrl. agt., Linton,
N. D.

Princ. schs., Ceylon,. Minn., 1911-3;
Pettibone, N. D., 1914-6; Reform Sch.,



N. D., 1916-8. b. Thor, la., Sept. 19,
1879; s. A. A. and Marie (Krohn) S.;
reared on farm. B.A., Luther Coll.,
Decorah, la., 1903; grad. theol., Luther
Sem., Hamline, Minn., 1906.

Saunders, Charles E., Dominion cerealist,
Cent. Expl. Farm, Ottawa, Ont.

b. London, Ont., Feb. 2, 1867; s.
Wm. and Sarah Agnes (Robinson) S.;
reared in city; m. Mary Blackwell,
Dec. 28, 1892. B.A., Univ. Toronto,
1888; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins Univ., 1891.

Saunders, William D., head dairy and an.
liusb. dept., Va. Poly. Inst., Blacksburg,
Va.

In chg. creamery, Va. Poly. Inst.;
adj. prof, and prof, dairy husb. and
head dept. Sec. Va. State Dairymen's
Assoc., 1906-14; dairy and food comnr.,
Va., 1908-14. b. Hunter Hall, Va.,
Sept. 3, 1865; s. Peter and Elizabeth
Lewis (Dabney) S.; reared on farm;
m. Bettie Montgomery, Jul. 12, 1899;
c. Robt, N., Wm. D., Elizabeth L.,
Isabella F. Student Univ. Va., Cornell
Univ.

Savage, Charles Frederic, co. sec. Y. M. C. A.,
Deep River, Conn.

b. Baraboo, Wis., Jul. 1, 1877; s.
Joseph N. and Arabella B. (Hurlbut) S.;
reared on farm; m. Ethel E. Rich, Sept.
15, 1906; c. Donald H., F. Waldo. A.B.,
Brown Univ., 1904. Phi Beta Kappa;
Phi Delta Theta.

Savage, Cole, co. agrl. agt., Scottsboro, Ala.
Teach, rural schs., Ala., 2 yrs. Farm-
ing, Wayne, 111., 1 yr. b. Fayette, Ala.,
Jan. 17, 1895; s. Victor and Julia Nicholas
(Shirley) S.; reared on farm. Student
Ala. Poly. Inst., 1915-6.

Savage, Elmer Seth, prof. an. husb., State
Coll. Agr., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, N. Y.

Asst. an. husb., Cornell Univ., 1907-8;
instr., 1908-10; asst. prof., 1910-3; prof.,
1913 . Auth.: Feeds and Feeding
Manual, 1915; Feeding Dairy Cattle.
Ed., Tompkins Co. Breeders' Journal.

b. Lancaster, N. H., June 15, 1884; s. John
and Katherine M. (Daley) S.; reared on
farm; m. Clara Blanford, Sept. 8, 1908;
2d, Genevieve Boyle, June 29, 1916;

c. Ruth Cecilia, Clara Katherine, Mary
Gene. B.S.A.,N.H. A.&M. Coll., 1905;
M.S.A., Cornell Univ., 1909; Ph.D.,



1911. Sigma Xi; Kappa Sigma; Alpha
Zeta; Gamma Alpha.

Sawhill, William H., co. agrl. agt., Spirit
Lake, la.

Stock examiner, Bur. An. Ind., U. S.
Dept. Agr., 1907-9; agrl. ext. dept.,
Univ. Ida., 1912-3. b. Claysville, Pa.,
Oct. 6, 1884; s. John Edgar and Minnie
Agnes (Garrett) S.; reared on farm; m.
Lillian Lewis, Jan. 1, 1908; c. Edgar
Lewis, W. H. Jr. B.S., la. State Coll.
Phi Kappa Psi.

Sawyer, Louis, beef cattle specialist, U. S.
Dept. Agr., Univ. Ark., Fayetteville, Ark.
Foreman cattle ranch, Burns, Ore., 1 yr.;
manag. ranch, Boise, Ida., 1 yr.; present
position, 1917. With U. S. Naval
Aviation Reserve Force, 1918 . b. Eaton,
O., Feb. 21, 1893; s. W. S. and Hattie
(Haven) S.; reared on farm. B.S.A.,
Ore. Agr. Coll., 1913; M.S.A., la. State
Coll., 1916. Gamma Sigma Delta.

Scammell, Harold Besnard, cranberry grow-
er, Toms River, N. J.

Asst. to state ent., Minn. Exp. Sta.,
1910-1; ent. asst., U. S. Dept. Agr., 1913-
8. Sec.-treas. Am. Cranberry Growers'
Assoc. b. Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. 7, 1885;
s. Frederick Ernest and Margaret Amelia
(McAdam) S.; reared in town; m.
Elizabeth Cutler, June 11, 1912; c.
Margaret Cutler, Frederick Ernest. B.S.,
Colo. Agr. Coll., 1910. Alpha Zeta.

Scandrett, Milton Elwood, co. agrl. agt.,
Portland, Ind.

Instr. agr., high-sch., Winnebago, Minn.,
1914-8. b. Avoca, la., Sept. 13, 1889;
s. Wm. R. and Lucinda (Smith) S.;
reared on farm; m. Clara W. Dillman,
Nov. 24, 1916; c. Elwood D. B.S.,
la. State Coll., 1914.

Schalk, Arthur Frederick, prof. vet. sci.,
N. D. Agr. Coll., Agricultural College,
N. D.

Asst. prof. vet. sci., N. D. Agr. Coll.,
1910-6; prof., 1916 , and dean sch. Vet.
Med. and Surgery, and vet. Exp. Sta.
Dir. N. D. State Serum Inst.; bact. N. D.
Live-Stock Sanitary Bd., 1918. b. Hamil-
ton, O., June 19, 1880; s. John Lawrence
and Anna (Eichler) S.; reared on farm;
m. Ethel Brown, Dec. 22, 1908; c. Arthur
Frederick Jr. D.V.M., Ohio State Univ.,
1908. Alpha Psi.



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Scherer, Norman W., asst. prof, for., Ohio
State Univ., Columbus, O.

Mem. editorial bd., Ohio Journal of
Science, b. Sandusky, 0., June 25, 1888;
s. Jacob and Louisa (Siegrist) S.; reared
in city; m. Hilda Gundlach, Sept. 2, 1915.
B.Sc., Univ. Mich., 1910; M.S.F., 1912.
Alpha Pi Upsilon.

Scheuerle, John Adolf, manag. Eastern
States Agrl. and Ind. League, 292 Worth-
ington St., Springfield, Mass.

Sec. Eastern States Farmers' Exchange;
clerk New England Fruit-Growers' Ex-
change, b. Fontinell, la., May 30, 1875;
s. Gottliebe and Mary (Sutter) S.; reared
on farm and in town; m. Austice Newton,
1906; c. Ella Augusta, John Newton,
Warren Eugene. B.A., Oberlin Coll.,
1901; B.D., Yale Divinity Sch., 1906.

Schnacke, Ralph Powell, co. agrl. agt.,
Lamed, Kans.

Farmer, Stafford and Barton Cos.,
Kans., 1905-13; agt. Pawnee Co., 1916.
6. Hiawatha, Kans., Feb. 1, 1884; s.
Leon C. and Winnifred (Davis) S.;
reared in town; m. Lilah A. Smith, Nov.
18, 1909; c. Mary Alice. B.S.A., Kans.
State Agr. Coll., 1916. Gamma Sigma
Delta; Phi Kappa Phi.

Schneck, Henry William, asst. prof. veg.
crops, State Coll. Agr., Cornell Univ.,
Ithaca, N. Y.

Instr. veg. gard., Cornell Univ., 1913-7;
asst. prof., 1917. b. Wis., June 18,
1889; s. Geo. W. and Frances (Kaul) S.;
reared in city; m. Mae Clark, June 28,
1915; c. Eleanor Frances. B.S.A., Univ.
Wis., 1913; M.S.A., Cornell Univ., 1914.

Schock, Oliver D., librarian Public Serv.
Comn. of Pa., Harrisburg, Pa.

Asst. sec. and special agt., Pa. State
Bd. Agr., 18 yrs.; chief clerk, Dept.
Agr., 5 yrs. ; deputy dairy and food comnr.,
5 yrs. Ex-pres. Pa. State Editorial Assoc.
b. Hamburg, Pa., Apr. 28, 1858; s. Nathan
S. and Amelia K. (Nies) S.; reared on
farm; m. Sarah R. Kepner, 1879; c.
Harvey Earl, Bertha Estelle.

Schoene, William Jay, state ent. and ent.
Exp. Sta., Va. Poly. Inst., Blacksburg, Va.
Asst. and assoc. ent., N. Y. Agr. Exp.
Sta., Geneva, 190513; orchard insp., 111.,
winter, 1905-6; state ent., Va., 1913;
acting dir. Exp. Sta., 1914-6. b. Hender-
son, Ky., Jul. 27, 1879; s. W.M. andEllen