Feb. 16, 1910; c. Claude Bertram. B.S.
Clemson Agr. Coll., 1905; B.S., Univ.
Neb., 1907; M.A., 1910. Alpha Zeta;
Sigma Chi.

Barrett, Charles S., farmer, pres. Nat.
Farmers' Union, Union City, Ga.

Mem. Country Life Comn. appointed
by Pres. Roosevelt; mem. Farm Adv.
Bd., appointed by Houston and Hoover;
mem. com. to fix wheat price, appointed
by Pres. Wilson. Del. to Inter. Agrl.
Inst., Rome, Italy. Ed., National Field.
b. Pike Co., Ga., Jan. 28, 1866; s. Thos.
J. and Minerva (Slade) B.; reared on
farm; m. Alma Rucker, 1892; c. Paul,
Charlie, Howell, Leland, Gaines, John.

Barrett, James Theophilus, prof, plant path.,
Univ. Calif. Grad. Sch. Trop. Agr. and
Citrus Exp. Sta.> Riverside, Calif.

Asst. bot., 111. Exp. Sta., 1903-8; fellow
and grad. asst. bot., Cornell Univ., 1908-
10; assoc. bot., Univ. 111. and chief asst.,
Exp. Sta., 1910-3; present position,
1913 . Assoc. ed., Phytopathology, b.
Butler, 111., Nov. 14, 1876; s. Jesse Clark
and Emma (Hutchinson) B.; reared on
farm; m. Anne Turner, June, 1904; c.
James Turner, Mary Helen, Martha Anne,
Paul Hutchison. B.A., Univ. 111., 1903;
A.M., 1907; Ph.D., Cornell Univ., 1910.
Sigma Xi.

Barrett, Otis Warren, agrst., U. S. Dept. Agr.,
Washington, D. C.

With W. India Improvement Co.,
Jamaica, 1894; hon. curator ent. collec-
tions of the Museo de la Comision Geo-
grafico-Exploradora, Tacubaya, Mex.,
1898-1900; ent. and bot., Porto Rico Exp.
Sta., 1901-5; plant introducer, U. S. Dept.
Agr., 1905-8; dir. agr. for Mozambique,
Port E. Africa, 1908-10; chief divs. exp.
stas. and hort., Bur. Agr., Manila, P. I.,
1910-4; hort., Canal Zone, 1914-7.
Fellow A. A. A. S. Expert on carbon
procurement, Med. Dept. S. G. O., War
Dept. b. N. Clarendon, Vt., Apr. 18,
1872; s. James and Alice Warren
(Kelley) B.; reared on farm; m. Bessie
Stearns, Apr. 27, 1898. B.Sc., Univ. Vt.,
1896. Kappa Sigma.

Barringer, Benton Elwood, instr. agr., Dans-
ville, N. Y.

Teach, distr. schs., 1910-2; instr. agr.,



high-sch., Dansville, N. Y., 1915. b.
Oramel, N. Y., Sept. 8, 1892; s. Frederick
G. and Inez (Crawford) B.; reared on
farm. B.S., Cornell Univ., 1915.

Barren, John H., asst. prof, farm crops,
Cornell Univ., Ithaca, N. Y.

Asst. expl. agron., Penn. State Coll.,
1907-9; farmer, N. Y. state, 1908-11;
agt., Broome Co., N. Y., 1911-3; present
position, 1914 . b. Tuscarora, N. Y.,
June 28, 1883; s. Milton M. and Alide A.
(Hall) B.; reared on farm; m. Marion
Irene Mitchell, Dec. 20, 1916; c. Vincent
John. B.S.A., Cornell Univ., 1906. Sigma
Xi.

Barren, Leonard, ed. Garden Magazine,
Doubleday Page & Co., Garden City,
N.Y.

Asst. ed. Gardeners' Chronicle, London,
England, 1885-93; ed. American Garden-
ing, 1893-5; manag. ed., Garden Maga-
zine, 1905-11; ed., 1911 . Auth.: Lawns
and How to Make Them, 1906; Roses and
How To Grow Them, 1905. b. Chiswick,
England, Sept. 29, 1868; s. Archibald
Farquharson and Elinor M. (Ayres) B.;
raised in gardens of Royal Hort. Soc.; m.
Effie Maude Robinson, 1896; c. Eric
Stuart, Dorothy Enid. Student Birkbeck
Inst., London.

Barrows, Harry Percy, prof. agrl. educ., Ore.
Agr. Coll., Corvallis, Ore.

Instr. agr., high-sch., Nephi, Utah, 1 yr.;
instr. agr. and sci., high-sch., Box Elder,
2 yrs.; superv. agr. and nature-study, Box
Elder Co., 1 yr.; instr. agrl. educ., Univ.
Calif., 1 yr.; asst. prof. agrl. educ., Univ.
Utah, 6 mos.; asst. and specialist agrl.
educ., U. S. Dept. Agr., 3 yrs. Ed., Agri-
cultural Education Monthly, b. Ogden,
Utah, June 19, 1883; s. Harry Morton and
Elizabeth (Brewer) B.; reared on farm;
m. Effie Smith, June 19, 1907; c. Percy
Smith, Effie Eliza. B.S.A., Utah Agr.
Coll., 1910; M.S., George Washington
Univ., 1917. Delta Theta Sigma.

Barrus, Mortier Franklin, ext. prof, plant
path., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, N. Y.

Asst. plant path., Cornell Univ., 1908-
10; instr. 1910-1; ext. asst. prof., 1911-4;
ext. prof., 1914. Auth.: (with A. W.
Gilbert and Daniel Dean) The Potato,
1917. b. Forestville, N. Y., Mar. 17,
1879; s. Orrin Mortier and Nettie E.
(Fuller) B.; reared on farm; m. Delia
Wintrode, Sept. 17, 1910; c. Elizabeth



Ann, Benjamin W., Mortier F., Merton S.
B.A., Wabash Coll., 1908; Ph.D., Cornell
Univ., 1911. Phi Beta Kappa; Sigma Xi;
Gamma Alpha.

Barss, Howard Phillips, prof. hot. and plant
path., Ore. Agr. Coll., Corvallis, Ore.

Austin teaching fellow in hot., Harvard
Univ., 1909-10; instr. hot., Wash. State
Coll., 1910-2; asst. prof. hot. and plant
path., Ore. Agr. Coll., 1912-3; assoc.
prof., 1913-5; prof., 1915. Pres.
Pacific Div., Am. Phytopath. Soc., 1917;
fellow A. A. A. S.; commr. for West, War
Emergency Bd. Am. Plant Pathologists,
1918 ; chm. Conference Cereal Path.
Am., 1918. Assoc. ed., Phytopathology,
1917. b. Victoria, B. C., Apr. 20, 1885
(naturalized in 1906) ; s. Walter and Mary
Fidelia (Phillips) B.; reared in city; m.
Laura A. Hawks, June 29, 1911; c.
Richard Hawks, Roger Phillips. A.B.,
Univ. Rochester, 1907; M.S., Harvard
Univ., 1909. Phi Beta Kappa; Alpha
Delta Phi; Gamma Sigma Delta.

Bartlett, Isaac Norton, co. agrl. agt., Middle-
bury, Vt.

b. Middle Granville, N. Y., Oct. 8, 1895;
s. David and Ida (Norton) B.; reared on
farm. B.S.A., Univ. Vt., 1917. Alpha
Zeta; Sigma Nu.

Bartlett, James Monroe, chem., Exp. Sta.,
Orono, Me.

Analytical chem., Penn. State Coll.,
1883-5. b. Litchfield, Me., Sept. 25,
1 856 ; s. James and Sarah Jane (Towne) B . ;
reared on farm; m. Sarah Caroline
Pattangall, Dec. 2, 1889; c. Emily M.,
Louise, Edwin, Burton E., Frances D.,
Edmund H. B.S., Univ. Me., 1880;
M.S., 1883. Phi Gamma Delta.

Barton, Horace, prof. an. husb., Macdonald
Coll., Que.

Asst. an. husb., Macdonald Coll.,
1907-8; lect., 1908-10; prof., 1910. Dir.
E. Canada Live-Stock Assoc. Traveled
in Europe, 1912. b. Vauklech Hill, Ont.,
June 29, 1883; s. John M. and Margaret
Ann (Allen) B.; reared on farm; m.
Mabel Pauline Loveridge, Jul. 23, 1912.
B.S.A., Ont. Agr. Coll. and Toronto Univ.,
1907.

Bascom, D. C., co. agrl. agt., Fort Collins,
Colo.

Sec. Coll. Y. M. C. A., Fort Collins, Colo.,
1910-2; agrl. agt., Logan Co., Colo.,
1912-6; fieldman, Great Western Sugar



Co., Sterling, Colo., 1916-8; present posi-
tion, 1918 . b. Howard, Kans., Nov. 11,
1885; s. Samuel J. and Olive J. (Longley)
B.; reared on farm; m. Alma M. Thomp-
son, Aug. 23, 1911; c. Elizabeth May.
B.S, Kans. State Agr. Coll., 1910.

Bassett, Charles E., specialist in coop,
organization, Bur. Markets, U. S. Dept.
Agr., Washington, D. C.

Supt. schs., 7 yrs. Fruit-grower, Fenn-
ville, Mich., 1892-1913. Sec. Mich. State
Hort. Soc., 1898-1913. Ed., Allegan
Record and Fennville Herald, 21 yrs.
b. Allegan, Mich., June 4, 1864; s. Elisha
B. and Anne (Lawrence) B.; reared in
town and country; m. Carrie E. Kingsley,
Sept. 1, 1892; c. Marcia. Mast. Hort.
(hon.), Mich. Agr. Coll., 1912.

Bassett, Samuel Clay, farmer, Gibbon, Neb.
Mem. Neb. Legislature, 1885, 1911.
Food comnr., 1901-2. Mem. Neb. State
Bd. Agr., 1894-1910, pres., 1899-1900;
1st pres. Neb. Dairymen's Assoc., 1885,
sec., 1888-1914; pres. Neb. State Hist.
Soc., 1917-8; sec. Buffalo Co. Agrl.
Soc., 1875, 1882-5; pres. Neb. Hall of
Agrl. Achievement, 1916-8. Served in
Civil War. Auth. : History Buffalo County
Neb., 1916. b. Walton, N. Y., Jul. 14,
1844; s. Clark and Mary M. (Hanford)
B.; reared on farm; TO. Lucia M. Baker,
Sept. 17, 1867; c. Mary E.,. Clark S.,
Sam B., Alfred Bronson, Martha L.,
June, Laura Lee. Grad. Corning Acad.,
1861.

Batchelor, Leon Dexter, prof, plant-breed-
ing, Univ. Calif., Riverside, Calif.

Asst. hort., Cornell Univ., 1907-10;
prof, hort., Utah Agr. Coll., 1910-5;
present position, 1915 . Mem. Utah
Hort. Comn., 1910-5. Contributing
ed., Better Fruit and Utah Farmer.
b. W. Upton. Mass., May 8, 1884; s.
Henry J. and Margaret Elizabeth (Me
Coomb) B.; reared on farm; TO. Florence
M. Brown, Sept. 4, 1912; c. Margaret
Elizabeth. B.S., N. H. A.&M. Coll.,
1907; Ph.D., Cornell Univ., 1911. Kappa
Sigma; Gamma Alpha; Alpha Zeta.

Batten, E. T., supt. co. exp. sta., Holland,
Va.

Asst. agron.,Va. Exp. Sta., 1914; present
position, 1914 . bfec.-treas. Nansemond
Co. Farmers' Union, b. Smithfield, Va.,
Apr. 6, 1893; s. E. K. B.; reared on
farm. B.S.A., Va. Poly. Inst.



Baumeister, George Frederick, co. agrl.
agt., Freeport, 111.

Princ. graded sch., Wis., 1910-2;
instr. agr. and biol., William and Vashti
Coll., 1914-8. b. Boscobel, Wis., June 2,
1889; s. David and Maggie (Campbell)
B.; reared on farm; m. Helen Gillette,
Aug. 1, 1915. B.S., Univ. Wis., 1914.
Alpha Zeta.

Bausman, Robert Otis, co. agrl. agt.,
Newark, Del.

Asst. ext., Purdue Univ., 1914-5;
manag. govt. farm, Marion, Ind., 1916-7.
b, Dayton, Ind., Jul. 3, 1891; s. Andrew
andMarthaB.; reared on farm. B.S.A.,
Purdue Univ., 1914. Alpha Gamma Rho.

Bayard, Edwin Stanton, ed. National
Stockman and Farmer, Pittsburg, Pa.

Present position, 1895 . Pres. Penn.
Breeders' and Dairymen's Assoc. Trus-
tee Penn. State Coll. b. near Kingston,
O., Dec. 13, 1867; s. Samuel Peter and
Martha E. (Lutz) B.; reared on farm;
m. Mary Virginia Kerr, 1903; c. Samuel
Preston.

Bayliss, Edwin John Charles, asst. market-
ing dairy products, Bur. Markets, U. S.
Dept. Agr., Washington, D. C.

b. St. Paul, Minn., Jan. 7, 1895; s.
Daniel and Emma (Koch) B.; reared on
farm. B.S., Ore. Agr. Coll., 1917. Theta
Chi.

Beach, Bernie F., co. agrl. agt., Hart, Mich.
b. Millington, Mich., Nov. 28, 1891;
s. Frank E. and Carrie E. (Bostick) B.;
reared on farm; m. Lorena M. Fuller,
Aug. 21, 1916. B.S., Mich. Agr. Coll.,
1915.

Beach, Charles Lewis, pres. Conn. Agr.
Coll., Storrs, Conn.

Instr. dairying, Conn. Agr. Coll.,
1896-1906; prof, dairying, Univ. Vt.,
1906-8; present position, 1908. b.
Whitewater, Wis., Apr. 6, 1866; s. Chas.
R. and Mary Jennette (Lewis) B.; reared
on farm; m. E. Louise Crombie, 1896.
B.S., Univ. Wis., 1886.

Beach, Spencer Ambrose, prof, hort.,
vice-dean agr., la. State Coll., Ames, la.
Head dept. hort., Tex. A. & M. Coll.,
1890-1; hort., N. Y. Agr. Exp. Sta.,
Geneva, 1891-1905; present position,
1905. Pres. la. State Hort. Soc.



Fellow Royal Hort. Soc. Auth.: The
Apples of New York (2 vols.), 1905.
b. Summer Hill, N. Y., Sept. 15, 1860;
s. I. A. and Maria (Wood) B.; reared in
village, town and farm; m. NormaHainer,
Jul. 2, 1890; c. Spencer Isaac, Frank
Hainer, Julius Eugene, Spencer Ambrose
Jr., Victor Hainer. B.S.A., la. State
Coll., 1887; M.S., 1892. Alpha Zeta;
Gamma Sigma Delta; Phi Kappa Phi.

Beach, Walter Greenwood, prof, social sci.
and dean coll. sci. and arts., Wash. State
Coll., Pullman, Wash.

Prof, philosophy and hist., Marietta
Coll. for Women, 1892-8; prof. econ.
and hist., Wash. State Coll., 1899-1910;
prof, sociol., Univ. Wash., 1910-7; present
position, 1917 . Special attention to
rural sociol. b. Granville, O., May 20,
1868; s. David Edwards and Alice (Allen)
B.; reared in town and country; m.
Flora V. Warner, Dec. 28, 1892; c.
Susan Elizabeth, Walter Edwards, Rachel
Julia, Allen Warner. A.B., Marietta Coll.,
1888; A.B., Harvard Univ., 1891; A.M.,
1892; student Stanford Univ., 1898-9.
Delta Upsilon.

Beal, Alvin Casey, prof, flor., Cornell Univ.,
Ithaca, N. Y.

Foreman hort. dept., 111. Exp. Sta.,
1898-9; foreman agrl. greenhouses, 1900-
1; asst. hort., 1901-2; asst. flor., 1902-3;
instr. flor., 1903-8; first asst. flor., 1908-9;
grad. asst. flor., Cornell Univ.., 1909-10;
asst. prof. 1911-3; prof. 1913. Sec.
111. State Florists Assoc., 1908; sec.
Am. Gladiolus Soc., 1917. chm.
com. on flor. courses, Soc. Hort. Sci.,
1913-4. Brev. Capt. 111. Nat. Guard.
b. Mt. Vernon, 111., Nov. 30, 1872; s.
Lewis N. and Sarah M. (Casey) B.;
reared on farm; m. Er villa B. LeFevre,
Dec. 31, 1899; c. Elizabeth. B.S.,
Univ. 111., 1897; M.S.A., Cornell Univ.,.
1903; Ph.D., 1911. Sigma Xi.

Beal, John Mann, prof. bot. and for., Miss.
A. & M. Coll., Agricultural College, Miss.
Instr. bot., Miss. A. & M. Coll., 1911-3;
asst. prof., 1913-5; prof. bot. and for.,
1915. &. Rocky Mt., N. C., Apr. 18,
1888; s. John C. and Mary Caroline
(Edwards) B.; reared on farm; m. Anna
McBee, June 3, 1914; c. John M. Jr.
B.S., N. C. A. & E. Coll., 1911; M.S.,
Miss. A. & M. Coll., 1913. Alpha Zeta;
Kappa Alpha.



Beal, Walter Henry, chief editorial div..
States Relations Serv., U. S. Dept.
Agr., Washington, D. C.

Asst. chem., Mass. Exp. Sta., 1887-
91; specialist in agrl. research and
editorial work, U. S. Dept. Agr., 1891.
Fellow A. A. A. S. Del. from U. S.
Dept. Agr. to Intern. Congress of Agr.,
Liege, Belgium, 1905. b. Hanover Co.,
Va., Dec. 9, 1867; s. John and Charlotte
(Ellett) B.; reared on farm; m. Eleanor
Gilliss Ashby, Apr. 27, 1910; c. Walter
H. Jr., Elizabeth Ashby, Anne Ashby.
A.B. and M.E., Va. Poly. Inst., 1886.
Phi Delta Theta.

Bear, Firman E., prof, soils, Ohio State
Univ., Columbus, O.

Instr. agrl. chem., Ohio State Univ.,
1908-10; asst. prof., 1910-3; prof.soilsand
chg. soil invest., Univ. W. Va., 1914-6;
present position, 1916 . Studied agrl.
conditions in Europe, summer 1911.

b. Germantown, O., May 21, 1884; s.
Ira F. and Emma (Harris) B.; reared on
farm; m. Helen Judy, July 6, 1911; c.
Firman E. Jr. B.S.A., Ohio State Univ.,
1908; M.S., 1910; Ph.D., Univ. Wis.,
1917. Sigma Xi; Alpha Zeta; Phi
Lambda Upsilon.

Beattie, James Herbert, asst. hort., Bur.
Plant Ind., U. S. Dept. Agr., Washington,
D. C.

With Bur. Ent., U. S. Dept. Agr.,
1904-6; Bur. Soils, 1906-12; Bur.
Plant Ind., 1912. b. Zanesville, O.,
June 4, 1882; s. Johnston and Mary
(McCammon) B.; reared on farm; m.
Susan Annetta Mohler, Dec. 26, 1906;

c. May, Isabelle. B.Sc., Ohio State
Univ., 1904.

Beattie, Rolla Kent, chief path, insp.,
Fed. Hort. Bd,, U. S. Dept. Agr., Wash-
ington, D. C.

Teach, sci., high-sch., Leadville, Colo.,
1896-7, Cheyenne, Wyo., 1898-9; instr.
hot., Wash. State Coll., 1899-1903;
acting prof, and head dept. bot. and
zool., 1903-5; prof, and head dept. bot.,
1905-12; for. path., Bur. Plant Ind.,
1912-4; present position, 1914; insp.
in chg., Mex. Border Port Insp., 1917 .
b. Ashland, O., Jan. 14, 1875; s. James
Alexander and Margaret Davidson (Ben-
ton) B.; reared in town; m. Rose Mozee,
Aug. 15 1900; c. Lois Beryl. A.B.,
Cotner Univ., 1895; B.Sc., Univ. Neb.,
1896; M.A.,1898. [BeaV ers, J.C.,p.309.



Bechtel, John Reiff, asst. prof. veg. gard.,
Penn. State Coll., State College, Pa.

Asst. hort., Penn. State Coll., 1913-4;
instr., 1914-7; asst. prof. veg. gard.,
1917 . Sec. Penn. Veg. Growers' Assoc.,
1914-8. b. Royersford, Pa., Dec. 28,
1886; s. John I. and Martha (Reiff) B.;
reared on farm; m. Zelma Jane Bartow,
June 13, 1913; c. Jane Bartow, John
Edward. B.S., Penn. State Coll., 1913;
M.S., 1917. Phi Kappa Phi.

Beck, Robert William, co. agrl. agt., Mc-
Crory, Ark.

Teach, sci., Paragould high-sch., Ark.,
1915-6; agt. Woodruff Co., 1917.
b. Pocatello, Ida., Aug. 24, 1890; s. Robt.
and Coral Amy (Chamberlain) B.; reared
on farm; m. Stella Aldel May, Jul. 26,
1911; c. Stella May, Robt. Wm. Student
Univ. Ark., 2^ yrs.

Beckenstrater, Herman, prof, pom., Md.
State Coll. Agr., College Park, Md.

Teach, hort., Chicago Parental Sch.,
1904-6; asst. prof, hort., Univ. Me.,
1907-8; assoc. prof, hort., Md. State
Coll. Agr., 1909-13; prof, pom., 1913.
Del. Pan American Sci. Congress, Wash-
ington, 1916. b. Osborn, Wis., Feb. 8,
1881; s. Joseph and Frederickie (Zinn)
B.; reared on farm; m. Mary Lillian
Wheatley, June 6, 1917. B.S.A., Univ.
Wis., 1904; M.S., 1907; grad. student,
Cornell Univ., 1908-9.

Becker, George Grover, prof, ent., Univ.
Ark., Fayetteville, Ark.

Instr. and asst. ent., Univ. Ark.,
1910-3; asst. prof, and ent. Exp. Sta.,
1913-8; prof., 1918; state ent., 1913.
b. Baltimore, Md., Feb. 2, 1889; s. Chas.
R. and Mary A. D. (Middendorf) B.;
reared in city, farm in summers. B S.,
Md. Agr. Coll., 1908; B.S.A., Cornell
Univ., 1910.

Beckman, Frederick William, prof. agrl.
journalism and ed. bulletins, la. State
Coll., Ames, la.

City ed., Sioux City Journal, la., 1902;
ed. Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil,
1902-3; manag. ed., Des Moines Regis-
ter & Leader, 1903-9; ed. Sunday Maga-
zine Syndicate, 1909-10; assoc. ed.,
Des Moines Register & Leader, 1910-1;
instr. agrl. journalism, la. State Coll.,
1911-2; prof., 1912 ; ed. publications,
la. Exp. Sta., 1911. Pres. Am. Assoc.



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Agr. Coll. Editors, 1916; adv. Am.
Assoc. Agr. Coll. Mag., 1915 ; mem.
State Exec. Com., la. Y. M. C. A., 1914.
b. Clayton, la., Sept. 5, 1873; s. Herman F.
and Louise (Kurdlemeyer) B.; reared in
village and on farm; m. Anna McCul-
lough, June 18, 1901; c. Richard W.,
Elizabeth Louise. Ph.B., Univ. la., 1897.
Phi Kappa Phi; Alpha Zeta; Delta
Sigma Rho; Sigma Delta Chi.

Beckwith, Theodore Day, bact., Ore. Exp.
Sta., Corvallis, Ore.

Sci. asst., U. S. Dept. Agr., 1904-7;
bact., N. D. Agr. Coll. and Exp. Sta.,
1907-11; present position, 1911 . Fel-
low A. A. A. S. Mem. Ore. Rabbit
Comn. Operator dairy and fruit farm.
b. Utica, N. Y., Dec. 8, 1879; s. Theodore
Geo. and Jane Sophia (Day) B.; reared
in town; m. Cornelia Maria Lyon, June
26, 1910; c. Josephine Day, Jane Crosby,
Stephen Lyon, Theodore Day Jr. B.S.,
Hamilton Coll., 1904; M.S., 1907. Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta Upsilon; Alpha Zeta.

Bedford, Scott E. William, assoc. prof,
sociol., Univ. Chicago, Chicago, 111.

Princ. acad., Baker Univ., 1902-3 and
prof, hist.; prof, sociol., Miami Univ.,
1907-10; asst. prof., Univ. Chicago,
1910-6; assoc. prof., 1916 . Sec.-treas.
Am. Sociol. Soc. 1918 . Specially inter-
ested in municipal and rural sociol.
Auth.: Labor Legislation in Kansas, 1905;
Modern Cities, 1912. Editorial bd., Am-
erican Journal of Sociology. Traveled
in Europe, b. Winterset, la., Mar. 8,
1876; s. Winfield S. and Jennie (Wilmore)
B.; reared in town; m. Gussie Taggart.
A.B., Baker Univ., 1902; A.M., 1903;
L.H.D., Univ. Vt., 1911; grad. work,
Univ. Chicago, 1903-7. Delta Tau Delta.

Beeson, Malcolm Alfred, prof, agron. and
agron. Exp. Sta., Okla. A. & M. Coll.,
Stillwater, Okla.

Prof, sci., E. Miss. Female Coll.,
Meridian, 1900-1; pres. and owner of
Meridian Male Coll., 1903-13; co-pres.,
Meridian Coll., 1913-4; present position,
1914 . Mem. com. soils for Nat.
Conservation Congress, 1916. Sec.-treas.
Okla. Seed Growers' Assoc. b. Gadsden,
Ala., June 20, 1879; s. Wm. Baker and
Mary Ann (Sebirt) B.; reared on farm;
m. Erne Harrison, July 14, 1904; c.
Evelyn,Wilhelmina, Wm. Malcolm. B.S.,
Ala. Poly. Inst., 1900; D.Sc., Meridian



Coll.; grad. student, Johns Hopkins
Univ., 1901-3.

Bell, N. Eric, co. agrl. agt., Greenville, Ala.

Asst. agrl. chem., Univ. 111., 1906-7;
Ala. Poly. Inst., 1907-10; chief surveyor
and insp., Ala. Soil Survey, 1910-7;
co. agt., 1917 . b. Lenoir Co., N. C.,
Mar. 17, 1886; s. Jas. H. and Mary
John (Rouse) B.; reared on farm and in
small town; m. Lucile Wright, Apr. 18,
1911. B.S., N. C. A. & M. Coll., 1906.

Bell, Robert Harry, co. agrl. agt., Williams-
port, Pa.

Asst. hort., Penn. State Coll., 1910-1?
practical work, 1911-2; asst. expl. pom.,
Penn. State Coll., 1912-4; agt., Lycoming
Co., Pa., 1914. b. Neff's Mills, Pa.,
Jan. 20, 1881; s. G. W. and Anna (Gettis)
B.; reared on farm; m. Ethel I. Early,
Apr. 15, 1913; c. Geo. Early, Margaret
Ann, Wm. Gettis. B.S.A., Penn. State
Coll., 1910. Alpha Zeta; Phi Kappa Phi.

Bemies, Charles O., minister, Y. M. C. A.,
124 E. 28th St., New York City.

Physical dir., public schs., McKees-
port, Pa., 1894-7; pastor rural church,
McClennandtown, Pa., 1901-17; in re-
construction work in Russia, 1918 .
Auth.: The Country Town Church, b.
Vt., Mar. 19, 1867; reared in city;
m. Lina Stracke, May 1891; c. Carl L.,
Clifton S. D.D., Geneva Coll., 1917.

Bender, Wilbur H., state dir. voc. educ. and
superv. voc. agrl. educ., Des Moines, la.
Teach, rural schs., O., 1881-3; princ.
and supt. schs., la., 1886-9, 1890-3,
1895-7; dir. dept. of training in teaching,
la. State Teach. Coll., 1897-1913; asst.
prof. agrl. educ., la. State Coll., 1913-4;
assoc. prof. agrl. educ., Univ. Minn.,
1914-8; present position, 1918 . Auth.:
The Teacher at Work, 1902; Geography
of Iowa, 1908. b. Williams Center, O.,
Apr. 15, 1860; s. Daniel and Nancy
(Fisher) B.; m. Eva Tomlinson, Aug. 8,
1889. B.Di., la. State Normal Sch.,
1886; M.Di., 1890; Ph.B., Univ. la.,
1895; B.S. in Agrl. Educ., la. State Coll.,
1914. Phi Beta Kappa; Gamma Sigma
Delta.

Benedict, Murray Reed, co. agrl. agt.,
Mankato, Minn.

Agrl. instr., Boscobel, Wis., 1913-4;
Aurora, Minn., 1914-7; asst. dairy



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husb., Univ. 111., winter, 1917-8. b.
Neillsville, Wis., Jan. 23, 1892; s. Julius
S. and Celia Ruth (Reed) B.; reared on
farm; m. Elizabeth Tucker, Aug. 16,
1916. B.Sc., Univ. Wis., 1916. Alpha
Zeta.

Bengston, Nels August, prof, geography and
conservation, Univ. Neb., Lincoln, Neb.

Princ. high-sch., St. Paul, Neb., 1902;
instr. geography, Peru Normal Sch.,
1904-6; assoc. prof, geography, Univ.
Neb., 1908-16; present position, 1917 ;
assoc. dir. Neb. Soil Survey, 1913 .
Treas. Nat. Council of Geography Teach-
ers. Auth.: Physical Geography Manual,
1912; The Wheat Industry, 1915. Far-
mer, 3 yrs. b. Morkhult, Sweden, May
22, 1879 (naturalized 1895); s. Aug. and
(Hannah Johnson) B.; reared on farm;
m. Iva Maxcy, June 14, 1902; c. Juanita
L., Paulus A., Rowena V. A.B., Univ.
Neb., 1907; A.M., 1908. Sigma Xi;
Sigma Phi Epsilon.

Benjamin, Earl W., asst. prof, poultry
husb., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, N. Y.

Instr. poultry husb., Cornell Univ.,
1912-4; asst. prof., 1915 . Asst. poultry
dept., N. Y. State Fair. b. Almond,
N. Y., Oct. 16, 1889; s. Olney T. and Ada
B. (Whitney) B.; reared on farm; m.
Eva I. Hollister, Jul. 21, 1915; c. Roger
Olney. B.S.A., Cornell Univ., 1911;
M.S.A., 1912; Ph.D., 1914. Sigma Xi;
Alpha Gamma Rho.

Benner, James William, asst. prof. vet.
med., Mich. Agr. Coll., E. Lansing, Mich.
Vet. practice, 1911-4; instr. vet. med.,
Kans. State Agr. Coll., 1914-7; present
position, 1917 . b. Hamlin, Kans.,
June 24, 1887; s. Harry M. and Mary S.
(Swartley) B.; reared in town and on
farm; m. De Nell G. Lyon, Sept. 11,
1912; c. David Lyon. D.V.M., Kans.
State Agr. Coll., 1911. Alpha Psi.

Bennetch, Paul Bomberger, co. agrl. agt.,
Newton, N. J.

Asst. dairy husb., Penn. State Coll.,
1909-10; farm supt., Ellsworth, Pa.,
1910-2; instr. an. husb., N. Y. State
Sch. Agr., Canton, 1912-3; prof, dairy
husb., W. Va. Univ., 1913-5. b. New-
manstown, Pa., Oct. 27, 1885; s. John H.
and Eliza (Bomberger) B.; reared on
farm; m. Elva Elizabeth Straley, Oct.
20, 1915. B.S.A., Penn. State Coll.,



1909. Delta Upsilon; Alpha Zeta; Phi
Kappa Phi.

Bennett, Hugh Hammond, soil sci. and insp.
Southern Div., U. S. Soil Survey, Dept.
Agr., Washington, D. C.

Farmer near Wadesboro, N. C., 5 yrs.
Mem. govt. exploring party to Alaska;
mem. com. sent to Panama by Pres.
Taft. In Engin. Corp, U. S. Army,
1918. b. Wadesboro, N. C., Apr. 15,
1881; s. W. 0. and Rosa (Hammond)
B.; reared on farm; m. Edna McCue,
1907 (d. 1909); c. Sarah Edna. B.S.,
Univ. N. C., 1903. Phi Delta Theta.

Benson, Edwin Freeland, coinnr. of agr.,
and pres. Wash. State Land Settlement
Assoc., Olympia, Wash.

Farmer and stock-raiser, Wash., 1883 .
Probate judge, Lincoln Co., 1884-7.
Pres. Wash. Irrig. Inst., 1913 .; former
pres. Wash. Live-stock Assoc., Wash.
Hort. Assoc. b. Swan's Isls., Me., Feb.
2, 1861; s. Freeland Howe and Elizabeth
Hannah (Sadler) B.; reared in city;
m. Effie F. Kimball, Dec. 16, 1884; c.
Myra B. LL.B., Boston Univ., 1881.

Benson, Oscar Herman, agrst. in chg. boys'
and girls' ext. work, U. S. Dept. Agr.,
Silver Springs, Md.

Teach, rural schs. in la., 2 yrs.; teach,
and princ. town schs., 5 yrs.; city supt.
and princ. high-sch., 4 yrs.; co. supt.
schs., 5 yrs. First pres. Nat. Conference
for Ext. Educ. Auth.: Agriculture for
Corn Belt States, 1916; Agriculture, 1915
(withBetts) ; Agriculture and the Farmer's
Business, 1917. b. Delhi, la., Jul. 8, 1875;
s. P. C. and Celia (Orthberg) B.; reared
on farm; m. Sadie Jackson, Jul. 30, 1902;
c. Donald Dean, Margaret Irene, Elizabeth.
Grad. Jr. Coll., Epworth Sem., la.; special
courses at Univ. la., Chicago Univ., la.
State Coll.

Bentley, Gordon Mansir, state ent. and
assoc. prof. ent. and econ. zool., Univ.
Tenn., Knoxville, Tenn.

Prof, sci., Union Acad., Belleville,
N. Y., 1901-4; instr. ent., N. C. A. & M.
Coll., 1904-5; asst. ent., N. C. Exp.
Sta. and state ent., 1904-5; instr. zool.
and ent., Univ. Tenn., 1905-7; asst.
prof., 1907-9; state ent., 1909; assoc.
prof., 1914. Fellow A. A. A. S. Sec.-