B.; reared in city; TO. Ruth Templeton
Dorris, May 27, 1913; c. Sarah, Sydney.
B.S., Ore. Agr. Coll., 1912. Gamma
Sigma Delta; Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
Bodwell, Joseph Henry, co. agrl. agt.,
Foxcraft, Me.
Farmer, Juneau Co., Wis., 1 yr. b.
Hallowell, Me., Jul. 8, 1891; s. Willard
A. and Carrie A. (Gage) B.; reared on
farm; m. Irene Pearl Emery, June 24,
1916. B.S., Univ. Me., 1915. Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Alpha Zeta.
Boeger, Ernest Augustus, agrst., Off. Farm
Manag., U. S. Dept. Agr., Washington,
D. C.
Princ. public schs., St. Jo, Tex., 1886;
civil engin., Ft. Worth and Denver R. R.,
1887; computer, U. S. Naval Observa-
tory, 1893-1904; asst., 1905-11. b. De-
catur Co., la., Apr. 14, 1863; s. Chas.
and Anna (Klumke) B.; reared on farm;
TO. Mary A. Smith, June 20, 1892. A.B.,
Univ. Mo., 1882; S.B.C.E., 1884; M.A.,
1885.
Bolley, Henry L., dean biol., N. D. Agr. Coll.,
and bot. and plant path. Exp. Sta., Agri-
cultural College, N. D.
Asst. bot., Ind. Exp. Sta., 1889-90;
bot. and zool., N. D. Agr. Coll. and Exp.
Sta., 1890-1910; bot. and plant path.,
1910; dean biol., N. D. Agr. Coll.,
1910; state seed comnr., 1909^.
Fellow A. A. A. S.; Am. Soc. Promotion
Agrl. Sci. Sec. N. D. Improved Seed
Growers' Assoc. Traveled Europe to
invest, flax diseases for U. S. Dept. Agr.,
1903. b. Manchester, Ind., Feb. 1, 1865;
s. John and Mary (Broad) B.; reared on
farm; m. Frances Barnett Sheldon, Sept.,
1896; c. Don Sheldon. B.S., Pur due Univ..
1888; M.S., 1890. Phi Kappa Phi.
Bellinger, Walter LeRoy, co. agrl. agt.,
Pottsville, Pa.
b. Spring Grove, Pa., Dec. 7, 1891;
s. Geo. S. and Annie (Menges) B.; reared
on farm; m. Sarah Julius, Dec. 22, 1917.
B.S., Penn. State Coll., 1917. Alpha
Zeta.
Bolte, John Willard, writer, farmer and
manufacturer, Indianapolis, Ind.
Instr. an. husb., Utah Agr. Coll.,
1905-6; asst. prof. an. husb., R. I. State
Coll., 1906-8. Founder, Chicago Agrl.
Writers' Club. Auth.: The Backyard
Farmer, 1914. Ed., American Agricul-
tural Magazine, 1914. b. Chicago, 111.,
Sept. 21, 1884; s. Chas. Guy and Jessie
(Willard) B.; reared in small town;
?re. Jessie Brown, June 21, 1906; c. John
Henry, Brown, Chas. Guy II. B.S.A.,
Mich. Agr. Coll., 1905. Alpha Zeta.
Bomberger, Frank Byers, asst. dir. agrl.
ext. serv. and specialist in rural organiza-
tion and marketing, Md. State Coll. Agr.,
College Park, Md.
Prof. English and civics, Md. Agr.
Coll., 1900-12; prof. econ. and political
sci., 1912-4; dean rural econ., 1914-7;
present position, 1917 . Traveled Mexi-
co, summer 1900. b. Williamsport, Md.,
June 9, 1875; s. Emmanuel and Martha
(Byers) B.; reared in rural town and
country; TO. Mary Elizabeth Blundon,
Oct. 21, 1904; c. Lawrence Joseph.
B.S., Md. Agr. Coll., 1894; M.S. (hon.),
1902; special work, Cornell Univ., 1900.
Gamma Alpha; Gamma Pi.
Bonner, Edwin, co. agrl. agt., Hernando,
Miss.
Superv. city backyard gardens, Mem-
phis, Term., May-Aug., 1917; present
position, 1917 . b. Enid, Miss., Sept. 17,
1884; s. James W. and Ida (Thomas) B.;
reared on farm; TO. Adra Hicks, Aug. 26,
1917. B.S.A., Miss. A. & M. Coll., 1917.
Bonnett, Robert Kline, asst. prof, farm crops,
Kans. State Agr. Coll., Manhattan, Kans.
Asst. farm crops, Kans. State Agr. Coll.,
1913-5; instr. 1916-7; asst. prof., 1917.
b. LeRoy, III, Jan. 21, 1892; s. Oscar
and Grace (Kline) B.; reared on farm and
in town; TO. Martha Tunstall Aug. 24,
1915. B. S., Kans. State Agr. Coll., 1913;
M. S. A., Univ. Wis., 1913. Alpha Zeta.
Bonsteel, Jay Allan, scientist, Bur. Soils,
U. S. Dept. Agr., Washington, D. C.
Asst. Md. Geol. Survey, 1898-9; sci.
in soil survey, 1899 ; prof, soil invest.,
Cornell Univ., 1903-5. b. Huntington,
W. Va., Apr. 13, 1873; s. Herbert Eugene
and Jane Josephine (Jewell) B.; m.
Edith M. Vaughan, Dec. 28, 1896. B.S.,
Cornell Univ., 1896; Ph.D., Johns Hop-
kins Univ., 1901.
Boone, Holt Horeb, co. agrl. agt., Walla
Walla, Wash.
Supt. Boston Okanogan Apple Co.,
36
1913-4; princ. Okanogan high-sch., Wash.,
1915-6. b. Colfax, Wash., Nov. 25,
1888; s. II. M. and Sarah (Holt) B.;
reared in country town; m. Ella Thomp-
son, May 31, 19*16; c. Win. Holt. B.S.,
Wash. State Coll., 1915. Sigma Nu;
Alpha Zeta.
Bordner, John Serenus, co. agrl. agt.,
South Bend, Ind.
Teach, biol., high-sch., Elwood, Ind.,
1904-6; farm manag., 1908-13; co. agt.,
St. Jospeh Co., 1913 . Organized com-
munity centers in St. Joseph Co. b.
Bristol, Ind., Feb. 23, 1877; s. John and
Catherine (Dohmer) B.; reared on farm;
m. Stanta D. Lung, June 10, 1908; c.
Jean. A.B., Ind. Univ., 1904; Ph.D.,
Univ. Mich., 1908. Sigma Xi.
Boss, Andrew, vice-dir. Exp. Sta. and
prof, agron. and farm manag., Univ.
Minn., University Farm, St. Paul, Minn.
Pres. Am. Farm Manag. Assoc., 1915;
sec. Minn. Live-Stock Breeders' Assoc.,
1902-12; pres. Minn. Farm Manag.
Assoc., 1918. Auth.: Farm Management
for Secondary Schools, 1913. b. Wabaska
Co., Minn., June 3, 1867; s. Andrew and
Janet (Nesbit) B.; reared on farm; m.
Evalena La Mont, Dec. 15, 1891; c.
Hazel Vivian, Elna Violet, Mabel Evelyn,
Kenneth Andrew, Wallace La Mont.
Sigma Xi; Alpha Zeta; Gamma Sigma
Delta.
Boston, Lawrence Baker, co. agrl. agt., Hyan-
nis, Mass.
Instr. agr., Madawaska Training Sch.,
Fort Kent, Me., 3% yrs.; instr. agr.,
Petersham, Mass., agrl. high-sch., }/ yr.;
instr. agr., Sandwich, Mass., high-sch.,
2 yrs. Supt. Faunce Dem. Farm, Sand-
wich, 1913-6. Compiler, Laboratory
Exercises in Secondary School Agricul-
ture, 1912. b. Biddiford, Me., Nov. 1,
1887; s. Geo. Francis and Addie (Baker)
B.; reared in city; m. Sadie M. Buzzell,
Jul. 25, 1908; c. Margaret Mary, Hildred
Elizabeth. Studied Univ. Me., 2 yrs.,
Bates Coll., 1 term.
Boswell, Stephen Roy, co. agrl. agt., Coal-
ville, Utah.
b. Nephi, Utah, Oct. 6, 1890; s. Stephen
and Ann P. (Garrett) B.; reared on farm;
m. Armina Huff, June 21, 1916; c. Gladys
Irene. B.S., Utah Agr. Coll., 1916.
Traveled in S. Africa, Madeira, England.
Bosworth, Alfred Willson, biol. chem.,
Boston Floating Hospital, 54 Devonshire
St., Boston, Mass.
Assoc. chem., N. Y. Exp. Sta., Geneva,
1905-16; instr. biol. chem., Harvard
Med. Sch., 1912-3. Specialty, chem.
of milk. b. Warren, R. I., Feb. 1, 1879:
s. Daniel and Rebecca Mayhew (Will-
son) B.; reared in city; m. Edith May
Flemming, Oct. 10, 1905; c. Alfred Will-
son Jr.; Everett Whipple. B.S., R. I.
State Coll., 1899; A.M., Harvard Univ.,
1913.
Bouquet, Arthur George Bristow, prof. veg.
gard., Ore. Agr. Coll., Corvallis, Ore.
Instr. hort., Ore. Agr. Coll., 1909-11;
asst. veg. gard., 1911-2; asst. prof.,
1912-5; assoc. prof., 1915-6; prof.,
1916; olericulturist Exp. Sta., 1912.
Vice-pres. for Ore., Veg. Growers' Assoc.
of Am. Traveled in England and France.
Ed. gard. dept., Pacific Homestead.
b. Sutton. England, Mar. 9, 1885 (natura-
lized 1912); s. Alexander and Laura
(Starkey) B.; reared in country; m.
Grace Mary Wilson, June 26, 1912.
B.S., Ore. Agr. Coll., 1906; grad. student,
Mass. Agr. Coll., 1908-9.
Bourne, Richard Franklin, prof. vet. physio-
logy, Colo. Agr. Coll., Fort Collins, Colo.
Prof, histology and physiology, Kans.
City Vet. Coll., 1906-18; present position,
1918. Vet. insp., U. S. Dept. Agr.,
June-Sept., 1908. Sec.-treas., Mo. Valley
Vet. Assoc., 1915 . b. Delphos, Kans.,
Feb. 7, 1881; s. Daniel M. and Amelia
(Spencer) B.; reared on farm; m. Edna
Mason, Sept. 6, 1905; c. Richard Mason,
Marjorie Helen. B.S., Kans. State Agr.
Coll., 1903; D.V.S., Kans. City Vet.
Coll., 1906. Alpha Psi; Phi Kappa Phi.
Boutelle, C. A., asst. prof. an. husb. ext.,
Cornell Univ., Ithaca, N. Y.
Manag. farms, N. Y., Mass., Ala., 14
yrs.; instr. military, Elm Hill Sch.,
Barre, Mass. b. Leorninster, Mass., Aug.
1, 1881; s. Henry A. and Martha (Powers)
B.; reared on farm; m. Ethel I. Barr,
Nov. 12, 1902; c. Ernestine I. B.S.,
Mass. Agr. Coll. Phi Sigma Kappa.
Boving, Paul Axel, assoc. prof, agron., Univ.
B. C.. Vancouver, B. C.
Teach. Ronneby Peoples' High-Sch.,
Sweden, 1900; in chg. root crop invest.,
Macdonald Coll., Que., 1910-6; present
37
position, 1916 . Practical farmer, Swe-
den, Denmark, Germany, 1889-96. Ed.,
Journal of Agriculture for Western Sweden,
1904-9. b. Sweden, Sept. 16, 1871
(naturalized 1913); s. Paul and Lida
(Wengel) B.; reared on farm; m. Lynette
Hope Wren; c. Ellen Marie. B. A.,
Malmo, Sweden; B.S. A., Alnarp, Sweden.
Bowen, John Thomas, tech., Bur. An. Ind.,
U. S. Dept. Agr., Washington, D. C.
Draftsman, Win. Cramp & Sons Ship
Yards, 5 yrs.; expert electrical aid to
Chief Naval Constructor, Navy Yard,
N. Y., 3 yrs.; Newport News, 3 yrs.;
Bur. Construction and Repair, Navy
Dept., Washington, 1 yr.; present posi-
tion, 1911 . Specially interested in
electrical, mechanical and refrigerating
engin. as applied to agr., particularly
dairying, b. Easley, S. C., Aug. 29, 1873;
s. Thos. Jefferson and Emma Caroline
(Briggs) B.; reared on farm; m. Geor-
getta Steedly, Sept. 6, 1911; c. Martha
Caroline ,John T. Jr. B.S., Clemson Agr.
Coll., 1896.
Bower, Russell Forrest, farmer, Campbell,
Va.
Dir. Va. Div., Farmers' Educ. and Coop.
Union of Am. Sec. Fed. Bd. of Farm
Organizations, b. Berwick, Pa., Nov. 15,
1885; s. Lahmann Forrest and Gertrude
E. (Hennigar) B.; reared in town;
m. Margaret L. Kirkpatrick, Apr. 15,
1909; c. Russell Kirkpatrick, Margaret
Hennigar. B.A., Wesleyan Univ., 1907.
Alpha Delta Phi.
Bowers, John Hugh, dean Sch. Educ.,
Okla. A. & M. Coll., Stillwater, Okla.
Formerly teach, rural schs., W. Va.
State Normal; city supt. schs., Coving-
ton, Tenn., 1906-8; present position,
1909. b. W. Va., 1875; s. Josephus
and Emily (Bond) B.; reared on farm;
TO. Pearl E. Copeland, 1902; c. Copeland,
John Alden, Garvey Bruce. A.B., LL.B.,
W. Va. Univ., 1903; A.M., Ph.D., 111.
Wesleyan, 1907.
Bowman, Albert Elijah, dir. ext. work,
Univ. Wyo., Laramie, Wyo.
Asst. agron., Utah Agr. Coll., 1911-3;
asst. state leader co. agts., Univ. Wyo.,
1913-4; dir. ext., 1914 . Dir. insti-
tutes in Wyo. Ed., Wyo. Farm Bulletin.
b. W. Weber, Utah, Jan. 23, 1881; s.
Andrew G. and Hannah (Clayton) B.;
reared on farm; TO. Mary E. Brown,
Dec. 15, 1910; c. Ramona. B.S.A.,
Utah Agr. Coll., 1911. Pi Zeta Pi;
Gamma Sigma Delta.
Bowman, Garlen L., princ. Dunn Co.
Training Sch. for Teachers, Menomonie,
Wis.
Teach, country schs., 6 yrs.; princ.
Wis. high-sch., 16 yrs.; prof, reading
and math., State Normal Sch., Superior,
Wis., 1896-1902; princ. Waupacca Co.
Training Sch., New London, 1902-4;
present position, 1904 . Sec. Wis. Teach.
Assoc., 1896. Auth.: Ethical Classifica-
tion of Students, 1917. b. Eaton, O.,
Mar, 24, 1855; s. Eli and Julia Ann
(Stanton) B.; reared on farm; m. Alice
Mero, Aug. 15, 1884; c. Clyde A.
Bowman, Jacob Kreider, superv. agrl.
educ., 22 Union Trust Bldg., Harrisburg,
Pa.
Princ. high-sch., Schaefferstown, Pa.,
1906; prof, modern languages, Indiana
Normal Sch., Indiana, Pa., 1911-4;
dir. voc. sch., Avondale, 1916-8; present
position, 1918 . b. Campbelltown, Pa.,
Apr. 12, 1887; s. Joseph and Susan
(Kreider) B.; reared on farm; TO. Eliza-
beth Stephenson, Sept. 7, 1915; c. Joseph
Edward. A.B., Bucknell Univ., 1911;
B.Sc., Univ. Wis., 1916; M.Sc., Bucknell
Univ., 1916. Delta Theta Upsilon.
Boyce, Charles Ward, co. agrl. agt., Victoria,
Tex.
Stockman and farmer, 1908-18; present
position, 1918 . b. Moulton, Tex., Sept.
11, 1882; s. C. H. and Kate (McKinney)
B.; reared on farm; TO. Stella Pearl
Pickerill, June 25, 1911; c. Katie Belle,
Charlotte, Chas. W. Jr. B.S., Tex. A.
& M. Coll., 1905.
Boyd, Harwell L., co. agrl. agt., Clinton,
N. C.
General manag. plantation, Estill, Miss.,
1915-6; present position, 1916 . b.
Holmesville, Miss., Sept. 25, 1887; s.
Jno. W. and A. L. (Beard) B.; reared on
farm; TO. Hattie Elizabeth May, Dec. 21,
1916. B.S., Miss. A. & M. Coll., 1915.
Boyle, James Ernest, ext. prof, rural econ.,
Cornell Univ., Ithaca, N. Y.
Prof. econ. and political sci., Univ.
N. D., 1904-16; field agt. marketing,
N. D. Exp. Sta., 1916-7; asst. food supply
38
invest., Bur. Markets, U. S. Dept. Agr.,
1917-8; present position, 1918 . Sec.
N. D. Potato Growers' Assoc. Auth.:
Financial History of Kansas, 1904;
Government of North Dakota, 1910;
Beginners' Civics for North Dakota,
1912. Contributing ed. to Cooperation,
1910-3; ed., A Westland Educator, 3 yrs.
b. Boyle, Kans., Nov. 22, 1873; s. John
and Mary Ann (Searl) B.; reared on
farm; m. Effie Lytle, Sept. 13, 1902;
c. Elizabeth Louise. A.B., Univ. Neb.,
1900; A.M., Univ. Kans., 1901; Ph.B.,
Univ. Wis., 1904.
Boyle, Jesse George, assoc. prof, hort.,
Purdue Univ., LaFayette, Ind.
Instr. hort., Purdue Univ., 1908-11;
asst. prof., 1912-3; assoc. prof., 1914 .
Farm operator, 1912 . b. Glendora,
Mich., Nov. 27, 1883; s. Thomas Eugene
and Nettie Elizabeth (Crandall) B.;
reared on farm; m. Gracie Mae Shirk,
June 30, 1908; c. two. B.S., Mich. Agr.
Coll., 1908; M.S.A., Purdue Univ., 1911;
Mast, of Hort., Mich. Agr. Coll., 1914.
Alpha Zeta.
Bracken, John, prof, field husb., Univ.
Sask., Saskatoon, Sask.
Western rep., Dominion Seed Branch,
1906-7; supt. fairs and farmers' insts.,
Sask., 1907-9; present position, 1909.
b. Seeley's Bay, Ont., June 22, 1883;
s. E. M. and Alberta (Gilbert) B.; reared
on farm; m. Alice Wylie Bruce, June 22,
1909; c. Bruce, Douglas, Gordon, Murray.
B.S.A., Ont. Agr. Coll., 1906.
Brackett, Elmer Eugene, assoc. prof. agrl.
engin., Univ. Neb., Lincoln, Neb.
Instr. elec. engin., Univ. Penn., 1907-
10; present position, 1910 . 1st Lieut.
A. S., Sig. R. C., 1918. b. Jamesburg,
N. J., Nov. 22, 1876; s. Benjamin F. and
Anne E. (Lary) B.; reared on farm;
m. Minnie B. Guile, Sept. 17, 1903;
c. Mary, Annie, E. E. Jr. B.Sc. in E.E.,
Univ. Neb., 1901.
Bradford, Harry E., prof. agrl. educ. and
princ. Univ. Sch. Agr., Univ. Neb., Lin-
coln, Neb.
Princ. Geneva, Neb., high-sch., 1899-
1902; supt. Chadron city schs., 1904-5;
supt. Aurora city schs., 1905-9; supt.
Kearney city schs., 1909-12; present posi-
tion, 1912. b. Sheboygan, Wis., Feb. 12,
1878; s. DeWitt A. and Almeda V.
(Crocker) B.; reared on farm and in town;
m. Ethel King, Dec. 27, 1904; c. Eloise
Marguerite. A.B., Univ. Neb., 1904;
A.M., 1917. Phi Delta Kappa.
Bradlee, Thomas, dir. agrl. ext. serv., Univ.
Vt., Burlington, Vt.
Instr. agr. and farm supt., Smith's Agr.
Sch., Northampton, Mass., 1911-3; pre-
sent position, 1913 . b. Lewiston, N. Y.,
Oct. 9, 1885; s. Chas. Nathaniel and
Ella Jane (Nichols) B.; reared on farm;
m. Jennie Lena Rowell, Oct. 9, 1918.
B.S.A., Cornell Univ., 1911. Alpha Zeta.
Bradley, James Chester, asst. prof, syste-
matic ent., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, N. Y.
Asst. ent., Cornell Univ., 1905-6;
asst. ent., Univ. Calif., 1906-7; asst. ent.,
Cornell Univ., 1907-9; fellow ent.,
1909-10; asst. prof., 1911 ; exchange
prof., Univ. Calif., 1917-8. Collecting
exped. in Canadian Rocky and Selkirk
Mts., Pacific Coast, Okefenoke Swamp.
Specialitv, taxonomy of Hymenoptera.
b. W. Chester, Pa., Feb. 11, 1884; s.
Daniel Hiester and Lucy Virginia (Blanch-
ard) B.; reared on farm. A.B., Cornell
Univ., 1906; M.S., Univ. Calif., 1907;
Ph.D., Cornell Univ., 1910. Sigma Xi;
Gamma Alpha ; Pi Kappa Alpha.
Bradt, Emerson Peart, agrl. rep., Morris-
burg, Ont.
Asst. agrl. rep., Lamark Co., 1910-1;
agrl. rep., Dundas Co., 1912 . Sec.
Dundas Co. Bd. Agr.; sec. and manag.
St. Lawrence Valley Fruit-Growers' Assoc.
b. Cayuga, Ont., Jan. 17, 1885; s. Levi
and Mary Ann (Peart) B.; reared on
farm; TO. Margaret Bell Cox, Dec. 25,
1912; c. Oliver Augustine, Marjorie
Lorraine. B.S.A., Ont. Agr. Coll., 1912.
[Branch, G. V., p. 309
Brand, Charles John, chief Bur. Markets,
U. S. Dept. Agr., Washington, D. C.
b. Lac-qui-Parle Co., Minn., Oct. 24,
1879; s. Chas. and Mary (Buri) B.;
reared on farm and country village;
m. Mary E. Vining, Dec., 1903. B.A.,
Univ. Minn., 1903. Sigma Xi.
Brandt, Philip Martin, prof, dairy husb.,
Ore. Agr. Coll., Corvallis, Ore.
Asst. dairy husb., Univ. Mo., 1911-2;
instr., 1912-4; asst. prof., 1914; supt.
short courses and asst. to dean, 1914-7;
present position, 1917 . Sec. Mo. State
Dairy Assoc., 1911-5; sec. Ore. Dairy-
men's Assoc., 1918 . b. Nevada, Mo.,
39
Aug. 6, 1888; s. Geo. Adam and Anna
(Upp) B.; reared on farm; m. Mattie
May Torr, Mar. 1, 1911; c. Harriett
Anne, Philip M. Jr. B.S. in Agr., Univ.
Mo., 1910; A.M., 1913. Gamma Sigma
Delta.
Branson, Eugene C., prof, rural econ. and
sociol., Univ. N. C., Chapel Hill, N. C.
Teach, country sch., N. C., 1881-2;
princ. high-sch., Raleigh, N. C., 1883-4;
supt. sch., Wilson, N. C. and Athens, Ga.,
1886-97; prof, pedagogy, Ga. State
Normal and Ind. Coll., 1897-1900; pres.
Ga. State Normal Sch., Athens, 1900-12;
present position, 1913 . Mem. Moseley
Comn. Am. Teachers studying English
schs. Three trips to Europe. Dir. Food
Administration, Orange Co., N. C. Mem.
N. C. State Council of Defense. Dir.
Nat. Country-Life Assoc., and Am.
Assoc. Agrl. Legislation. Auth.: Methods
of Teaching Arithmetic, 1896; Methods
of Teaching Reading and Spelling, 1896;
Revised Page's Theory and Practice
of Teaching, 1899. Ed., Farm and Home-
stead, Athens, Ga.; Ga. Edition Arnold's
Waymarks for Teachers, 1900; Ga.
Edition Shaw's School Hygiene, 1901;
Branson's Common-School Spellers, 1900;
Johnson's Readers; Farm-Life Studies
in the South; N. C. Club Year-
Books; Univ. N. C. News Letter, 1914.
b. Morehead City, N. C., Aug. 6, 1861;
s. Levi and Edith (Cunningham) B.;
reared in town and country; m. Lottie
Lanier, Sept. 27, 1889; c. Frank Lamer,
Edith, Philip, Elizabeth. A.M., Trinity
Coll., N. C.; A.M., Peabody Coll.,
Nashville, Tenn., 1906. Alpha Tau
Omega.
Brant, William O., co. agrl. agt., Vinton, la.
b. Meriden, la., Mar. 18, 1886; s. John
and Hedvig (Johnson) B.; reared on farm;
TO. Mamie Heline, Mar. 31, 1918. B.S.A.,
la. State Coll., 1912.
Braun, G. Edward, sci. asst. in dairying,
U. S. Dept. Agr., Mt. Vernon, Wash.
b. Beaver Falls, Pa., Oct. 25, 1892;
s. Gottfried and Anna (Meckelburg) B.;
reared on farm. B.S. A., Penn State Coll.,
1916.
1916. Auth.: The Garden Beautiful in
California, 1915. Ed. gard. dept., Los
Angeles Times, 1903 . b. London, Eng-
land, Aug, 21, 1867 (naturalized as minor);
s. Wm. and Emma (Haslett) B.; reared
in town and on farm; m. Addie M. Kirk-
patrick, May 17, 1899; c. Bertram, Helen,
Marian, Stanley, Ernestine.
Bray, Charles Iseard, assoc. prof. an. husb.,
Colo. Agr. Coll., Fort Collins, Colo.
Manag. dairy herd, Miss. A. & M. Coll.,
1904-10; asst. prof. an. husb., Okla.
A. & M. Coll., 1910-3; assoc. prof.,
1913-4; present position, 1915 . Live-
stock ed., Okla. Farmer and Stockman,
1912-4. b. Huntsville, Ont., Jul. 29,
1882 (naturalized 1917); s. Edward and
Charlotte Elder (Brackenridge) B.; reared
on farm; m. Edith Agnes Russell, Aug. 8,
1912. B.S.A., Ont. Agr. Coll., 1904;
M.S., Miss. A. & M. Coll., 1907.
Breed, Robert S., bact., N. Y. Agr. Exp. Sta.,
Geneva, N. Y.
Instr. biol., Univ. Colo., 1898-9; asst.
zool., Harvard Univ., 1900-2; prof, biol.,
Allegheny Coll., 1902-13; present posi-
tion, 1913. Fellow A. A. A. S. Del.
VIII. Inter. Zool. Congress, Austria,
1910; del. VI. Inter. Dairy Congress,
Switzerland, 1914. Operated dairy farm,
1899-1910. b. Brooklyn, Pa., Oct. 17,
1877; s. Robt. Fitch and Emma (Beers)
B.; reared on farm; m. Louise Miller
Heim, Aug. 23, 1899 (d. 1905); 2d, Emma
Margaret Edson, Jul. 2, 1913; c. Alice F.
B.S., Amherst Coll., 1898; M.S., Univ.
Colo., 1899; Ph.D., Harvard Univ.,
1902; studied at Landwirtschaftliches
Inst., Univ. Goettingen, winter, 1910;
Univ. Kiel and Kiel Versuchsstation fur
Molkeriwesen, summer, 1911. Phi Beta
Kappa; Sigma Xi; Phi Gamma Delta.
Brengle, Henry Irwin, co. agrl. agt., Gid-
dings, Tex.
Farmer, Tex., 5 yrs. Traveled in
Cuba, 1903-4; northern Mexico, 1912.
b. Tampa, Fla., June 25, 1891; s. Samuel
F. and Mary A. (Keigwin) B.; reared in
city and on farm; m. Mary Pauline
Ott, Dec. 24, 1914; c. Mary Pauline.
B.S.A., Ala. Poly. Inst., 1912.
Braunton, Ernest, lands, designer, 6410 Brenneman, John Arden, co. agrl. agt.,
Elgin St., Los Angeles, Calif.
Prof, lands, gard., Univ. S. Calif.,
1914 . Mem. Park Comn., Los Angeles,
Clarion, Pa.
Sch. teach., Lehighton, Pa., 1910-2;
agt. Clarion Co., 1916 . b. Mechanics-
40
burg, Pa., Aug. 14, 1890; s. W. P. and
Mary A. (Kimmel) B.; reared on farm.
B.S., Penn. State Coll., 1916. Phi
Kappa Phi.
Bressler, Raymond George, asst. dir. voc.
agr. for State Bd. Voc. Educ., Austin,
Tex.
Asst. prof. English and public speaking,
Tex. A. & M. Coll., 1910-5; asst. div.
public discussion, Univ. Tex., 1915-6;
assoc. prof, rural sociol. and head rural
educ., Dept. of Ext., 1916-7; present
position, 1917 . Auth.: Questions on
Readings in English Literature, 1914;
Manual of Pronunciations, 1915; Co-
ordinated Steps in Public Speaking, 1917.
b. Halifax, Pa., Mar. 9, 1887; s. Ryan
Andrew and Mary Ellen (Etzweiler) B.;
reared on farm; m. Sadie Lebo, Feb. 4,
1910; c. Raymond G. Jr., Angelin.
A.B., Valparaiso Univ., 1908; M.A.,
Wofford Coll., 1910; M.S., Univ. Wis.,
1917. Alpha Epsilon.
Brew, James Duncan, assoc. dairy bact.,
Univ. 111., Urbana, 111.
Asst. bact., N. Y. Exp. Sta., Geneva;
present position, 1917. b. Bergen,
N. Y., Oct. 22, 1881; s. Duncan and Kat-
erine (Sutherland) B.; reared on farm;
m. Lucy W. Bergan, Sept. 29, 1914;
c. two. B.S., Cornell Univ., 1912. Sigma
Xi.
Brewster, Charles Stockton, asst. prof,
poultry husb., Ore. Agr. Coll., Corvallis,
Ore.
Research asst. poultry husb., Ore. Agr.
Coll., 1914-5; instr., Cornell Univ.,
1915-6; instr., Purdue Univ., 1916-7;
present position, 1917 . b. Minneapolis,
Minn., Jul. 22, 1886; s. Chas. E. and
Fannie May (Edwards) B.; reared in
city; m. Rachel Webb Haight, Aug. 7,
1917. B.S.A., Ore. Agr. Coll., 1913.
Gamma Alpha; Gamma Sigma Delta.
Bricker, Garland Armor, prof. agrl. teaching
and dir. rural ext. serv., Coll. Agr.,
Syracuse Univ., Syracuse, N. Y.
Asst. agrl. educ., Ohio State Univ.,
1909-10; prof., 1910-6; present position,
1916 . Chm. exec, com., Am. Assoc. for
Adv. Agrl. Teaching. Auth.: The Teach-
ing of Agriculture in the High-School,
1911; Solving the Country Church
Problem, 1913; Agricultural Education
for Teachers, 1914; The Church in
Rural America, 1918; Illustrated Lessons
in Agriculture, 1918. Ed., The Rural
Educator, b. Etna, Licking Co., O.,
Mar. 20, 1881; s. David A. and Christi-
anna A. (Rudolph) B.; reared in country
village; m. Mabel McClelland. B.Ped.,
Lima Coll.., 1907; B.S.A., Ohio State
Univ.; M.A., Univ. 111., 1910.
Brierley, Wilfrid Gordon, assoc. prof, pom.,
LTniv. Minn., University Farm, St. Paul,
Minn.
Hort., Nat. Farm Sch., Doylestown,
Pa., 1907-9; instr. hort., Wash. State
Coll., 1909-13; asst. prof, hort., Univ.
Minn., 1913-7; assoc. prof., 1917 ;
chm. Div. Hort., 1915 . Vice-pres.
for Minn., Am. Pom. Soc., 1913-5.
b. Dover, N. H., Sept. 9, 1885; s. Benja-
min and Harriet (Tarbuck) B.; reared in
city suburbs; m. Beulah Wellman,
June 30, 1914; c. Wilfrid G. Jr. B.S.A.,
Cornell Univ., 1906; M.S., Wash. State
Coll., 1913. Zeta Epsilon Zeta; Gamma
Sigma Delta; Alpha Zeta.
Briggs, George McSpadden, co. agrl. agt.,
Grantsburg, Wis.
Farmer and stockman, Dak., 1907-10;
farmer, Minn., 1910-1; corn invest,
work, Univ. Minn., 1911-3. b. Houston,
Minn., May 19, 1884; s. Henry R. and
Octavia (McSpadden) B.; reared on
the farm; m. Mary McNelly, 1909; c.
Helen, Wm. Randolph. B.S., Univ. Minn.,
1916.
Brigham, Elbert Sidney, state coninr. agr.,
St. Albans, Vt.
Present position, 1913 . Pres. Vt.
Hort. Soc., 1904-5; pres. Vt. Farmers'
War Council; inem. New England
Fed. Milk Comn.; mem. Adv. Com. on
Nat. Agrl. Problems. Farmer, 1903 .
Head butter and cheese sect., U. S.
Food Administration, 1918 . b. St.
Albans, Vt., Oct. 19, 1877; s. Sanford
J. and Sarah J. (Bronson) B.; reared
on farm; m. Anna S. Hazen, Oct. 2,
1906. B.S., Middlebury Coll., 1903;
M.S., Univ. Vt., 1913 (hon.). Phi Beta
Kappa; Delta Kappa Epsilon.
Bristol, Lucius Moody, assoc. prof, sociol.,
W. Va. Univ., Morgantown, W. Va.
Instr., Tufts Coll., 1911; asst. prof.,
1912-3; asst. prof., Brown Univ., 1913-5;
asst. prof., W. Va. Univ., 1915-7; assoc.
prof., 1917 . Pres. State Conference
of Charities and Correction. Specially
interested in rural problems. Auth.: Social
Adaptation, 1915. b. Castle Creek, N. Y.,
May 21, 1872; s. Wm. Harrison and
Harriet (Blair) B.; reared in city; m.
Minnie E. Babcock, June 27, 1901;
c. Loris Rood, Wilma Harriet. A.B.,