treas. Tenn. Hort. Soc.; sec.-treas. Tenn.
State Nurserymen's Assoc.; sec.-treas.
29
Tenn. State Florists' Assoc.; 3d vice-
pres. Am. Assoc. Econ. Ent. Farm
manag. Assoc. ed., Southern Fruit Grow-
er. 6. Great Barrington, Mass., Sept., 23,
1876; 5. Chas. H. and Elvira (Mansir) B.;
reared on farm and in town; m. Mary
Catherine Elmore, June 12, 1912; c.
Jaunita Louise, Edna Elvira. B.S.A.,
Cornell Univ., 1900; A.M., 1901. Sigma
Xi; Gamma Alpha.
Bentley, John Jr., asst. prof, for., Cornell
Univ., Ithaca, N. Y.
With U. S. For. Serv., 1908-12;
present position, 1912 . b. Brooklyn,
N. Y., June 8, 1880; s. John and Lizzie
(Annin) B.; reared in city; m. Sue Hay-
ward, Oct. 5, 1910; c. Sue Hay ward.
B.S., Wesleyan Univ., 1904; M.F.,
Yale Univ., 1907. Phi Beta Kappa;
Sigma Xi; Psi Upsilon.
Benton, Alva Hartley, prof, farm manag. and
rural econ., Man. Agr. Coll., Winnipeg,
Man.
Asst. prof, farm manag., Univ. Minn.,
1913-8; present position, 1918 . Auth.:
Family Account Book, 1915. b. Menden,
O., Jan. 26, 1886; s. Chester Elias and
Addie Caldwell (Snodgrass) B.; reared
on farm; m. Alice Mitchamore, 1913;
c. Robt. Hartley, Elizabeth Louise.
B.S.A., Ohio State Univ., 1912; M.S.,
Penn. State Coll., 1913. Pi Kappa Alpha.
Berckmans, Louis Alphonse, hort., Augusta,
Ga.
Nurseryman, lands, gard., peach-grow-
er and farmer, 1876 . Treas. Ga. State
Hort. Soc.; mem. Bd. Comnrs. and Bd.
Educ., Richmond Co. Traveled in Eu-
rope, b. Plainfield, N. J., Mar. 31, 1857;
s. Prosper Jules Alphonse and Mary
(Craig) B.; reared in country; m. Anne
Loretta McGloine, Nov. 15, 1916; c.
Mary Alice. Grad. Richmond Acad.,
Augusta, Ga., 1875.
Berckmans, Prosper Jules Alphonse Jr., hort.,
Augusta, Ga.
Nurseryman, farmer and peach-grow-
er, 1886. Mem. bd. dirs., Ga. Fruit
Exchange. b. Augusta Ga., June 27,
1866; s. Prosper Jules Alphonse and
Mary (Craig) B.; reared in country; m.
Sallie Bedle, Apr. 16, 1899. Grad. Univ.
Ga. Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
Berckmans, Robert Craig, hort., fruit-
grower and farmer, Macon, Ga.
Mem. Ga. State Bd. Ent.; pres. Ga.
State Hort. Soc.; ex.-pres. Am. Assoc.
Nurserymen; ex-pres. Ornamental Grow-
ers' Assoc. of Am.; ex-pres. Southern
Assoc. Nurserymen; pres. Richmond
Co. Agrl. Soc. Traveled in foreign coun-
tries. Retired officer Nat. Guard of Ga.
(cavalry). b. Augusta, Ga., Jul. 3,
1863; s. Prosper Jules Alphonse and Mary
(Craig) B.; reared on farm; m. Caroline
Walker Home, Apr. 29, 1905; c. Mary
Craig, Annie Home, Louis Alphonse.
Grad. Univ. Ga., 1881. Sigma Alpha
Epsilon.
Berger, Edward William, prof, ent., Univ.
Fla., Gainesville, Fla.
Prof, sci., Baldwin- Wallace, 1899-1901;
teach, sci., Lincoln high-sch., Cleveland,
O., 1901-2; private invest., 1902-5;
ent. studies, Lake Lab. and Ohio State
Univ., 1905-6; ent. Fla, Exp. Sta., 1906-
11; state insp. nursery stock, Fla.,
1911-5; prof, ent., Univ. Fla., 1911;
ent. State Plant Bd. of Fla., 1915.
Winner silver medal, Royal Inter. Hort.
Exhibition, London, 1912. Student in-
vest, with Johns Hopkins exped. to
Jamaica, 1897; Woods Hole, Mass.,
1898; Beaufort, N. C., 1899. Auth.:
Physiology and Histology of Cubome-
dusae, 1899. b. Berea, O., Nov. 29, 1869;
s. Carl Gottlob and Christiane Pauline
(Gellrich) B.; reared in country and
town; m. Emily Agnes Mueller, June 25,
1903; c. Helen Margaret (adopted).
A.B., Baldwin- Wallace, 1891; Ph.B.,
1894; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins Univ.,
1899. Phi Kappa Phi; Sigma Xi.
Bernard, Luther Lee, assoc. prof, sociol.,
Univ. Minn., Minneapolis, Minn.
Instr. sci., Peirce City Baptist Coll.,
1901-3; instr. ancient languages, Lamar
Coll., Mo., 1903-5; fellow in sociol.,
Univ. Chicago, 1907-10; instr. sociol.,
Western Reserve Univ., 1910-1; prof,
hist, and social sci., Univ. Fla., 1911-4;
acting prof, and asst. prof, sociol., Univ.
Mo., 1914-7; present position, 1917 .
Speciality, rural sociol. b. Russell Co.,
Ky., Oct. 29, 1881; s. Hiram Hamilton
and Julia Anne (Wilson) B.; reared on
farm; m. Frances Fenton, Sept. 16,
1911; c. Mary Marjorie. B.S., Peirce
City Baptist Coll., 1900; A.B., Univ.
Mo., 1907; Ph.D., Univ. Chicago, 1910.
Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi; Alpha
Zeta Pi.
30
Berry, James Berthold, prof, plant path,
and for., and dir. For. Sch., Univ. Ga.,
Athens, Ga.
For. asst., U. S. For. Serv., 1910-1;
instr. for., Penn. State Coll., 1911-3;
prof. for. and dir. Ga. State For. Sch.,
1914 ; prof, plant, path, and for.,
Univ. Ga., 1917. Mem. Atlanta For.
Comn. Special collaborator, U. S. For.
Serv.; collaborator Plant Disease Survey,
Bur. Plant Ind. Sec. Wood-Fuel Dept.,
Federal Fuel Administration for Ga.
Traveled and studied 15 months in
Europe. Auth.: Correspondence Course
Forestry, Ga. b. Edwardsville, 111., Aug.
2, 1880; s. James Frederick and Fanny
(Meyer) B.; reared on farm and in small
town; ra. Gladys E. Jones, Dec. 26, 1914;
c. James Berthold Jr. B.S. Univ. Minn.,
1910; M.S., Penn. State Coll., 1913;
student Univ. Munich, 1913-4.
Besse, Ralph Stephen, state leader co. agts.,
Univ. Wyo., Laramie, Wyo.
Asst. state leader farm advs., Univ.
Mo., 1913-5; present position, 1916 .
Mem. Wyo. State Bd. Nat. Defense.
b. Carthage, Mo., Nov. 27, 1887; s.
Furrow and Ida (May) B.; reared on
farm; m. Helen Margaret Haines, Oct.
31, 1916; c. Wm. Furrow. B.S.A., Univ.
Mo., 1913; M.A., 1917.
Bessey, Ernst Athearn, prof, bot., Mich.
Agr. Coll., E. Lansing, Mich.
Prof. bot. and bact., La. State Univ.,
1898-1910; present position, 1910- .
Asst. plant path., U. S. Dept. Agr., 1899-
1901, 1904-5; dig. Off. Seed and Plant
Introduction, 1901-2; chg. Subtropical
Lab., Miami, Fla., 1905-8. Treas. Mich.
State Potato Assoc., 1914-8; pres. Mich.
Acad. Sci., 1915-6. Traveled as agrl.
explorer, U. S. Dept. Agr., in Russia, Cauca-
sus and Turkestan, 1902, 1903, Algeria,
1904. Auth..- (with C. E. Bessey) Essen-
tials of College Botany, 1914. Assoc. ed.,
Phytopathology, 1915-7; Am. review ed.,
Rivista di Patologia Vegetale. b. Ames,
la., Feb. 20, 1877; s. Chas. E. and Lucy
(Athearn) B.; reared in city; m. Edith
Carleton Higgins, Jul. 25, 1906; c.
Bertha Agnes, Wm. Higgins, Robt.
John. B.A., Univ. Neb., 1896; B.Sc.,
1897; M.A., 1898; Ph.D., Univ. Halle,
1904. Phi Beta Kappa; Sigma Xi;
Alpha Zeta.
Bever, James, head dept. hist, and social
sci., State Normal Sch., Bellingham,
Wash.
Teach, rural schs., la., 1891-8; village
sch., Grant, la., 1900-1; Atalissa, 1902;
Capital Park high-sch., Des Moines,
1902-3; princ. Park Ave. Sch., Des
Moines, 1903-4; teach, sci. and math.,
high-sch., N. Yakima, Wash., 1904-5;
princ., high-sch., N. Yakima, 1905-9;
present position, 1909 . Del. Nat. Con-
ference of Charities and Correction,
Seattle, 1913. Speciality, rural sociol.
Farm operator, 1 yr. b. Hartford, la.,
Jul. 4, 1870; s. Geo. Turner and Mary
Esther (Freel) B; reared in small town;
m. Virginia Miriam Hickey, 1906; c.
Elizabeth Esther, Allena Miriam, Virginia
Margaret. A.B., Drake Univ., 1902;
M. A., 1906.
Bevier, Isabel, prof, household sci. and dir.
courses, Univ. 111., Urbana, 111.
Princ. high-sch., Shelby, O., 1885-7;
Mt. Vernon, 1887-8; prof. nat. sci.,
Pa. Coll. for Women, 1889-97; prof,
chem., Lake Erie Coll., Painesville, O.,
1899-1900; present position, 1900 .
Asst. in nutr. invest., U. S. Dept. Agr.,
1894-9. Mem. exec, council and ex-
pres. Am. Home Econ. Assoc. Chm.
Dept. Conservation, Council Nat. Defense,
Woman's Com., 111. Div.; home econ.
dir. for 111. Food Administration, one of
six chm. home econ. div. of Food Adminis-
tration under Mr. Hoover, 1917-8.
Auth.: The Home Economics Movement,
1906; The House, 1907; Food and
Nutrition (with Susanna P. Usher), 1908;
selection and Preparation of Food (with
Anna R. Van Meter), 1907, 1910, 1915.
b. Plymouth, O., Nov. 14, 1860; d.
Caleb and Cornelia (Brinkerhoff) B.;
reared on farm. Ph.B., Univ. Wooster,
1885; Ph.M., 1888; studied Case Sch.
Applied Sci., summers 1888, 89; Harvard,
summer 1891; Prof. Atwater's lab.,
summer, 1894; Mass. Inst. Tech., 1897-8.
Sigma Xi.
Biery, Calvin John, head dept. rural educ.,
Bowling Green State Normal Coll.,
Bowling Green, O.
Rural sch. teach.; supt. city schs., Oak
Harbor and Wauseon, O.; supt. Fulton
Co., O.; present position, 1915 -. Mem.
O. State Bd. Sch. Examiners. 6.
Columbiana Co., O. Mar. 10, 1866; s.
John and Mary Magadalena (Schwartz)
31
B.; reared in town and country; TO.
Jennis Lyon, Dec. 24, 1890; c. Margue-
rite, Rosa, Leland C. B.S., Ohio North-
ern Univ., 1889; M.S., 1893; grad.
student, Univ. Chicago.
Biester, Alice, asst. prof, nutr., Univ. Minn.,
University Farm, St. Paul, Minn.
Instr. home econ., Purdue Univ., 1913-5;
asst., Univ. 111., summer 1913; present
position, 1915 . b. Belvidere, 111., Jan.
10, 1890; d. Henry and Elizabeth
(Schandelmeier) B.; reared on farm.
A.B., Univ. HI., 1912; A.M., 1913.
Sigma Xi; Kappa Delta Pi; Omicron
Nu.
Bill, Arthur J., agrl. reporter and ed.,
Bloomington, 111.
Country sch. teach., 6 yrs.; newspaper
work, 5 yrs.; agrl. ed., Daily Pantagraph,
21 yrs.; ed. Farmers' Voice, 3^ yrs.;
ed. Community Building, 16 months;
asst. ed. agrl. circulars, Univ. 111., 2 yrs.
b. Great Valley, N. Y., Apr. 4, 1862;
s. Marcius Edward and Harriet Adaline
(Card) B.; reared on farm; m. Atha
Stearns, 1889; c. Curtis Stearns, Edgar
L., Frank Willmar, Arthur Clarence.
Billings, George Austin, agrst., Off. Farm
Manag., U. S. Dept. Agr., Washington,
D. C.
Chem., Mass. Exp. Sta., 1895-6;
teach, sci., Baron de Hirsch Agr. Sch.,
Woodbine, N. J., 1899-1900; dairy husb.,
supt., farm, instr. short-courses, N. J.
Exp. Sta., 1903-8; present position,
1908 . Sec.-treas. Am. Farm Manag.
Assoc., 1913-5, pres., 1918. b. S. Deer-
field, Mass., Jul. 28 1870; s. Austin Ira
and Harriet (Dickinson) B.; reared on
farm; m. Minerva Powell Ferrabee, Apr.
11, 1900. B.S., Mass. Agr. Coll. and
Boston Univ., 1895.
Bilsing, Sherman Weaver, prof, ent., Tex.
A. & M. Coll., College Station, Tex.
Asst. ent. and zool., Ohio State Univ.,
1912-3; instr. ent., Tex. A.&M. Coll.,
1913-4; asst. prof., 1914-5; assoc. prof.,
1915-6; prof., 1916. b. Crestline, O.,
Dec. 8, 1885; s. Wm. A. and Catharine
(Weaver) B.; reared on farm. B.S.,
Otterbein Univ., 1912; A.B., Ohio State
Univ., 1912; M.A., 1913. Sigma Xi.
Binding, Leo Ross, co. agrl. agt., Rochester,
Ind.
Asst. agron., 111. Exp. Sta., 1912-5;
agron. and agrl. chem., Inter. Corres-
pondence Schs., Scranton, Pa., 1915-8;
agt. Fulton Co., Ind., 1918. Auth.:
Text-Book on Soil Improvement, 1917.
b. Stockbridge, Mich., Feb. 21, 1884;
s. Willis and Louise (Johnson) B.; reared
on farm; m. Louise A. Merboth, Jul. 14,
1915; c. Kathryn Louise. B.Sc., Mich.
Agr. Coll., 1912.
Bing, Phil C., asst. prof, journalism, Univ.
Minn., Minneapolis, Minn.
Editorial writer, Daily Republican
News, Hamilton, O., 1911; instr. English,
Univ. Utah, 1912-5; instr. journalism,
Univ. Wis., 1916-7; present position,
1917. Auth.: The Country Weekly,
1917. Manag. ed., Minn. Farm Review,
1917 . Traveled and studied in Europe.
b. Maynard, la., Jul. 23, 1883; s. John D.
and Henrietta (Cline) B.; reared in
village; m. Ada May Burke, Aug. 11,
1915; c. Georgia Hedger. B.A., Miami
Univ., 1906; M.A., Univ. Wis., 1917.
Phi Beta Kappa; Delta Kappa Epsilon;
Sigma Delta Chi.
Bingham, Herman West, co. agrl. agt.,
Covington, Ga.
Supt. and agrst., Loranger Agr. Sch.,
Loranger, La., 1916-7; agt. Newton Co.,
Ga., 1917. b. Trenton, Ala., Dec. 8,
1893; s. Wm. Henry and Mary Eliza
(Jones) B.; reared on farm; TO. Fannie
Lou Jackson, Aug. 31, 1916; c. Margaret.
B.S., Ala. Poly. Inst., 1916.
Bioletti, Frederic Theodore, prof, viticul-
ture, Univ. Calif., Berkeley, Calif.
Instr. viticulture, Univ. Calif., 1894-
1901; lect. on hort. and wine-making,
Elsenburg Coll., Cape Colony, 1901-4;
present position, 1904 . Chm. Citrus
Comn., Cape Colony, 1901-4. Viti-
cultural invest, in Germany, France and
Algeria, 1904-5. Farming, 12 yrs. b.
Liverpool, England, Jul. 21, 1865; s.
Frank T. and Frances (Richards) B ,
reared on farm and in town; m. Eugenie
Henriette Carlton, 1897; c. Dorotea
Carlton. B.S., Univ. Calif., 1894; M.S.,
1898. Sigma Xi.
Birch, Wallace Newton, co. agrl. agt.,
Madera, Calif.
Dairyman and company officer, Boys'
Ind. Sch., Topeka, Kans., 1907-9; agrl.
32
insp., Bur. Agr., Manila, P. I., 1909-11;
station supt., 1912-3; on citrus farm,
Calif., 1913-5; co. agt., Twin Falls, Ida.,
1915-7; present position, 1917 . b.
Manhattan, Kans., Jul. 7, 1879; s. Frank
A. and Alice V. (Anderson) B.; reared on
farm; m. Ethel J. Land, Jul. 2, 1913;
c. Catherine Alice, Helen Louise. B.S.,
Kans. State Agr. Coll., 1904.
Birdseye, Miriam, asst. ext. work with
women, Oft". Ext. Work North and West,
States Relations Serv., U. S. Dept. Agr.,
Washington, D. C.
Instr. household arts, Hebrew Tech.
Sch. for Girls, Brooklyn N. Y.; 1907-9;
instr. cooking, Simmons Coll., 1909-10;
instr. bact. and sanitation, Bates Coll.,
Me., 1911-2; lect. home econ. ext.,
Cornell Univ., 1913-4; asst. prof., 1914-7;
present position, 1917 . b. Brooklyn,
N. Y., Dec. 18, 1878; d. Clarence F. and
Ada J. (Underwood), B.; reared in city,
summers in country. A.B., Smith Coll.,
1901.
Bishop, Charles McTyeire, pres. South-
western Univ., Georgetown, Tex.
Adj. prof. Latin and Greek, Emory and
Henry Coll., 1885-7; ordained Methodist
minister, 1889; pastor, Asheville, N. C.,
1887-9; Kans. City, Mo., 1889-93, 95-98;
Lexington, 1893-5; Nevada, 1898-1901;
St. Joseph, 1901-5; Columbia, 1905-9;
Mexico, 1909-10; Wichita Falls, Tex.,
1910-1; pres. Southwestern Univ.,
1911. Mem. Bd. of Missions, M. E.
Church, South, 1906-10; mem. Comn.
on Unification M. E., M. E. South and
Meth. Prot. Churches, 1910. Lect.
on rural sociol., literary and biblical
subjects. Traveled in Europe, 1900.
Auth.: Jesus the Worker, 1909. b. Jef-
ferson, N. C., Feb. 2, 1862; s. Benjamin
W. S. and Julia Anne (Goodykoontz) B.;
reared in small town; TO. Phoebe Eleanor
Jones, June 3, 1889; c. Phoebe Eleanor,
Mary Martha, Eugene Hendrix, Dorothea
F., Rose Boddie. A.B., Emory and Henry
Coll., Va., 1884; A.M., 1886; D.D.,
Central Coll., Mo., 1899. Sigma Alpha
Epsilon.
Bishop, Leon Thomas, co. agrl. agt., Lapeer,
Mich.
Farmer, Almont, Mich., 1915-8. b.
Macomb Co., Mich., May 22, 1894;
s. Frank L. and Genevieve (Thomas) B.;
reared on farm; m. Emma L. Borland,
Feb. 14, 1917; c. Mary Jean. B.S.,
Mich. Agr. Coll., 1915. Alpha Zeta.
Bishop, Roy Cleveland, co. agrl. agt.,
Pontiac, 111.
Asst. instr. organic chem., Univ. Mo.,
1911-2; agt. Livingston Co., 111., 1913-
8. Sec. 111. Agrl. Assoc., 1917-8.
State farm labor administrator, State
Council of Defense, b. Galloway Co.,
Mo., Nov. 15, 1885; s. Samuel C. and
Alice (Hay den) B.; reared on farm;
m. Lela Eames, June 6, 1911; c. Dorothy
Inez, Harold Eames. B.S.A., Univ. Mo.,
1911.
Bisset, Peter, plant introducer in chg.
foreign plant distribution, Bur. Plant
Ind., U. S. Dept. Agr., Washington, D. C.
Mem. Inter. Jury Awards, Panama
Pacific Expos., 1915. Former sec. Wash-
ington Florists' Club; vice-pres. Am.
Carnation Soc.; dir. Am. Rose Soc.;
chm. rose sect., Am. Breeders' Assoc.
Traveled in Porto Rico, Bermuda. Auth.:
The Book of Water Gardening, 1907.
b. Scotland, Apr. 24, 1869 (naturalized
1899); s. David and Margaret (Cunning-
ham) B.; reared in country; TO. Maria
Anderson, Mar. 25, 1891; c. David A.,
Andrew G., Peter Jr., Maria, Geo.,
Alfred, Harry, Helen, Paul J.
Bivens, Samuel Robert, co. agrl. agt.,
Greensboro, N. C.
Teach, and farmer, 1903-7; organizer
and special lect. for N. C. Farmers'
Union, 1907-9; agt. Vance Co., N. C.,
1913-7; agt. Nottoway and Amelia
Cos., Va., 1917; agt. Guilford Co., N. C.,
1918. b. Union Co., N. C., June 23,
1883; s. James Thos. and Mary Elizabeth
(Moore) B.; reared on farm; m. Eliza-
beth Huff, Dec. 30, 1914; c. Samuel R. Jr.,
Dorothy Elizabeth. A.B., Univ. N. C.,
1913.
Bixby, John Duncan St., ed. The Western
Honey Bee, Covina, Calif.
Beekeeper, la., 1885-98; N. Y., 1898-
1906; Calif., 1909. Ed. and business
manag., The Western Honey Bee, 1913 .
b. Green Bay, Wis., Feb. 25, 1858; s.
Theron K. and Sabina C. (Duncan) B.;
reared on farm; TO. Alice E. Johnson,
Nov. 10, 1881; 2d, Mrs. Elgenia B.
Behrends, Jul. 3, 1913; c. Arthur E.,
John D. Jr., Margaret Dorothy.
Bizzell, James Adrian, prof, soil tech.,
Cornell Univ., Ithaca, N. Y.
Instr. chem., N. C. A.&M. Coll. and
asst. chem., N. C. Exp. Sta., 1895-1901;
fellow chem., Cornell Univ., 1901-2;
asst. chem., Cornell Exp. Sta., 1903-7;
asst. prof, soil tech., Cornell Univ., 1907-
12; prof., 1912. b. Glenwood, N. C.,
Apr. 13, 1876; s. Hannibal N and Mary
C. (Underwood) B.; reared on farm.
B.S., N. C. A.&M. Coll., 1895; M.S.,
1900; Ph.D., Cornell Univ., 1903.
Bizzell, William Bennett, pres. A. & M.
Coll. of Tex., College Station, Tex.
Supt. public schs., Navasota, Tex.,
1900-10; pres. Coll. of Ind. Arts, Denton,
1910-4; present position, 1914 . Fel-
low A. A. A. S. Speciality, sociol. and
rural econ. Auth.: Judicial Interpretation
of Political Theory, 1913; The Social
Teaching of the Jewish Prophets, 1914.
b. Independence, Tex., Oct. 14, 1876;
s. G. M. and Sarah Elizabeth (Wade) B.;
reared on farm; m. Carrie Wray Sangster,
Aug. 16, 1900; c. Sangster, Elaine.
B.S., Baylor Univ., Waco, Tex., 1898;
Ph.B., 1900; M.A., Univ. Chicago, 1910;
D.C.L., 111. Coll. of Law, 1912.
Bjorka, Knute, co. agrl. agt., Cambridge,
Minn.
Agrl. dir., public schs., Belgrade,
Minn., 1916-8; co. agt. Isanti Co.,
1918. b. Fergus Falls, Minn., Jan. 28,
1888; s. Ole T. and Kari (Olson) B.;
reared on farm. B.S., Univ. Minn., 1916.
Black, John Donald, asst. prof. agrl. econ.,
Univ. Minn., University Farm, St. Paul,
Minn.
Instr. Western Reserve Univ., 1910-1;
instr. Michigan Coll. of Minn., 1911-3;
present position, 1918 . b. Ft. Atkinson,
Wis., June 6, 1883; s. Robt. and Marga-
ret (Scott) B.; m. Nina E. VanSteenberg,
June 23, 1917; c. John D. Jr. A. B.,
Univ. Wis., 1909; A. M., 1910; Ph. D.,
1918.
Blackmore, Beulah, asst. prof, home econ.,
Cornell Univ., Ithaca, N. Y.
Teach, public sch., Howard City,
Mich., 1909-10; Tacoma, Wash., 1910-3;
present position, 1915 . b. Vassar,
Mich., Apr. 6, 1886; d. Simon and Anne
(Dick) B.; reared in village. Life teach,
cert., Mich. State Normal Coll., 1909;
B.S., Teachers' Coll., Columbia Univ.,
1917. Gamma Phi Beta.
Black well, Jefferson Davis, state dir. voc.
agr., Austin, Tex.
Asst. prof, agr., State Normal Sch.,
Warrensburg, Mo., 1914; assoc. prof,
agrl. educ., Tex. A. & M. Coll., 1914-7;
specialist agrl. educ., States Relations
Serv., U. S. Dept. Agr., 1911-7; present
position, 1918 . b. Blackwell, Mo.,
Sept. 5, 1885; s. A. and Dorothy (Cole-
man) B.; reared on farm; m. Salome
Love, Aug. 1, 1915; c. Edith Lucile.
B.S.A., Univ. Mo., 1914. Alpha Zeta.
Blair, Augustine Wilberforce, prof. agrl.
chem., Rutgers Coll., assoc. soil chem.,
N. J. Exp. Sta., New Brunswick, N. J.
Teach, sci., Abington Friends Sch.,
Jenkintown, Pa., 1892-5; prof, physics
and chem., Guilford Coll., 1896-7; chem.,
Fertilizer Control Div., N. C. Exp. Sta.,
1897-9; asst. chem., Fla. Exp. Sta.,
1899-1906; chem., 1906-11; present
position, 1911 . b. Archdale, N. C..
Sept. 12, 1866; s. Benjamin F. and Rachel
E. (Anderson) B.; reared on farm;
m. Judith Genevieve Mendenhall, Jul.,
1897; c. Mary Mendenhall. B.S., Haver-
ford Coll., 1892; A.M., 1896.
[Blair, J. C., p. 309.
Blake, Maurice Adin, prof, hort., Rutgers
Coll., and hort., N. J. Exp. Sta., New
Brunswick, N. J.
Asst. hort., R. I. Exp. Sta., 1904-5;
instr. hort., Mass. Agr. Coll., 1905-6;
present position, 1906 . Mem. exec,
com., N. J. State Hort. Soc., vice-pres.,
1918. Pres. Soc. for Hort. Sci., 1916.
b. Millis, Mass., Dec. 1, 1882; s. Adin
Philip and Phebe Ann (Frye) B.; reared
on farm; m. Beulah Angle Hoitt, Oct. 23,
1907. B.S., Mass. Agr. Coll., 1904.
Blanchard, Clarence John, statistician, U. S.
Reclamation Serv., 8th and E Sts.,
N. W., Washington, D. C.
Deputy state oil insp. of la., 1886-91;
special press correspondent, Cent. Ameri-
ca, 1892-3, 1898; Hawaiian Isls., 1899;
chief irrig. sec., 12th Census, 1900; chg.
special invest, of irrig., 1902-3; present
position, 1904 , in chg. settlement of re-
claimed arid public lands, lect. and auth.
on western subjects, b. Norham, Canada,
Dec. 4, 1863; s. John and Sarah Lucy
(Young) B.; m. Fannie Genevieve Alex-
ander, June 18, 1895. Student la. State
Coll., 1883.
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Blasingame, Ralph , Upshaw, r assoc. prof,
farm mech., Penn. State Coll., State
College, Pa.
Instr. agrl. engin., Penn. State Coll.,
1913-5; prof. agrl. engin., Ala. Poly.
Inst., 191(5-8; present position, 1918 .
b. Ala., 1886; s. B. T. and Willie May
(Upshaw) B.; reared on farm; m. Sue
Combs, Aug. 20, 1913; c. Robt. B.S. in
C.E., B.S.A., Ala. Poly. Inst., 1910;
B.S. in Agrl. Engin., la. State Coll., 1913.
Phi Kappa Phi; Gamma Sigma Delta;
Alpha Gamma Phi.
Blatchley, Vernon Boyd, co. agrl. agt.,
Ithaca, N. Y.
Teach, voc. agr., Newark Valley, N. Y.,
1911-4; agrl. agt., Tompkins Co., 1914.
Managing ed., Tompkins Co. Farm Bur.
and Breeders' Journal, b. Blatchley,
N. Y., Jul. 17, 1883; s. V. C. and Mary
E. (Kent) B.; reared on farm; m. Helen
Francis Purdy, Aug. 7, 1913; c. Robt.
Purdy. B.S., Keuka Coll., 1911; grad.
work at Cornell Univ.
Bliss, George R., co. agrl. agt., Davenport, la.
Chg. hort. ext., la. State Coll., 4 yrs.
b. Geneseo, 111., Feb. 3, 1882; s. Geo. E.
and Florence (Mathews) B.; reared on
farm; m. Carrie Helen Sperling, June 29,
1910; c. Geo. F., Laura. B.S.A., la.
State Coll., 1908; M.S., 1912. Alpha
Zeta; Delta Sigma Rho; Phi Kappa Phi.
Bliss, Ralph Kenneth, dir. agrl. ext., la.
State Coll., Ames, la.
Chg. an. husb. ext., la. State Coll., 1906-
11; acting-supt. agrl. ext., 1912; prof.
an. husb., Univ. Neb., 1912-4; present
position, 1914 . Farm manag., 1906.
Organized first dairy assoc. in la.; chm.
State Seed Stocks Comn.; state dir.
U. S. Boys' Working Reserve, b. Diagonal,
la., Oct. 30, 1880; s. Horace and Mary
Ellen (Day) B.; reared on farm; m
Ethel Eveleth McKinley, Sept. 14, 1912.
B.S.A., la. State Coll., 1905. Phi Kappa
Phi; Delta Sigma Rho.
Blodgett, Forest Milo, asst. ext. prof, plant
path., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, N. Y.
Assoc. bot., N. Y. Exp. Sta., Geneva,
1914-5; present position, 1915 . b
Brocton, N. Y., Jul. 15, 1885; s. Silas B.
and Clara Jane (Pierce) B.; reared on
farm; m. Elsa Irene James, Jul. 1, 1914;
c. Edward James. B.S. A., Cornell Univ.,
1910; Ph.D., 1914.
Bluford, John Henry, prof. chem. and dir
dept. agr., The Negro Agr. and Tech
Coll., Greensboro, N. C.
Teach., summer high-sch., St. Louis,
Mo., 1901-2; present position, 1902 .
Sec. N. C. State Teach. Assoc. Auth.:
Outlines of Qualitative Analysis, 1908.
b. Sassafras, Va., May 16, 1876; s. John
Wesley and Mary Ellen (Bluford) B.
(col.); reared on farm; m. Viola C. Harris,
June 29, 1910; c. John H. Jr., Guion
Stewart, Lucile Harris. B.S., Howard
Univ., Washington, D. C., 1900; A.M.,
1905.
Boardman, John R., lect. and writer, Boy
Scouts, 200 Fifth Ave., New York City. _
Lect. Cornell Univ. summer sch. in
rural leadership, 4 yrs. Auth.: Community
Leadership, 1914. Assoc. ed., Country-
side Magazine, 1915. Speciality, rural
social organization and leadership, b.
Augusta, Me., Sept. 18, 1866; s. Samuel
Lane and Temperance Ann (Bates) B.;
reared at edge of country; m. Nettie
Clark, Oct. 6, 1891; c. Alice Isabelle,
Marian Bates. B.S., Univ. Me., 1888;
Hartford Theol. Sem., 1895. Beta Theta
Pi.
Bobb, B. Byron, farmer, Haynes, N. D.
Instr. Mekesukey Acad., 1898-9; lect.
farmers' insts., N. D., 1914-8. Pres.
N. D. Better Farming Assoc.; pres. N. D.
Grimm Growers' Assoc. b. Orangeville,
111., Oct. 17, 1873; s. Reuben P. and
Amanda (Reager) B.; reared on farm;
m. Susan M. Hotze, Nov. 3, 1902; c.
May Elthea. A.B., Northwestern Univ.,
1898. Phi Beta Kappa.
Bocker, Henry Edward, asst. dir. Black
Sand Sta., Wenona, N. C.
Farmer and stockman, 30 yrs. b.
N. Y., Jan. 1, 1870; s. Edward and
Dora (Bracker) B.; reared in city and
on farm.
Boddinghouse, Sidney Harold, invest,
marketing fruits and vegetables, San
Francisco Off. Market Surveys and Insp.,
510 Battery St., San Francisco, Calif.
Chg. agrl. dept., Union high-sch.,
Phoenix, Ariz., 1912-3; co. hort., Klicki-
tat Co., Wash., 1914-8; in chg. San
Francisco OS. Market News Serv. and
Food Products Insp. Serv., U. S. Bur.
Markets, 1918. Pres. W. Klickitat
Co. Fair Assoc., 1915-6. b. Chicago,
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111., Oct. 22, 1890; s. R. W. and Anna C.