Univ. N. C., 1895; S.T.B., Boston Univ.
Sch. Theol., 1899; M.A., Harvard Univ.,
1910; Ph.D., 1913 (received Wells prize
in econ., 1915). Phi Beta Kappa; Alpha
Delta Phi.

Brittain, William Harold, provincial ent.
and prof, ent., N. S. Agr. Coll., Truro,
N. S.

Asst. biol., Macdonald Coll., 1911-2;
asst. bot., Seed Branch, Dept. Agr.,
Ottawa, 1912; provincial ent. and plant
path., B. C., 1912-3; present position,
1913. Sec.-treas. N. S. Ent. Soc.
6. Fredericton, N. B., Sept. 30, 1889;
s. John and Charlotte (Bonney) B.;
m. Mary M. Cruickshank, Mar. 27, 1918.
B.S.A., McGill Univ. Sigma Xi.

Britton, Wiiton Everett, state ent., and ent.
Conn. Exp. Sta., New Haven, Conn.

Hort., Conn. Exp. Sta., 1894-1901;
ent. and state ent., 1901 ; lect. in ent.,
Yale For. Sch., 1901-5. Fellow A. A. A. S.;
Ent. Soc. Am. Pres. Am. Assoc.
Econ. Ent., 1909. Assoc. ed., Journal of
Economic Entomology, 1910 . b. Marl-
boro, Mass., Sept. 18, 1868; s. Benjamin
Howard and Emma Eliza (Wright) B.;
reared on farm; m. Bertha Madeline
Perkins, Apr. 30, 1895. B.S., N. H. A.
& M. Coll., 1893; Ph.D., Yale Univ.,

1903. Sigma Xi. ri> ,. n, A

[Brodie, D. A., p. 309.

Brody, Clark Louis, co. agrl. agt., Port
Huron, Mich.

Farm operator, 1905 ; agt. St. Clair
Co., Mich., 1915 . Pres. St. Joseph Co.
Farm Bur., 1914-5. 6. Three Rivers,
Mich., Feb. 1, 1879; s. Jas. P. and Emma
L. Seeley; reared on farm; m. Margaret
E. York, Nov. 14, 1906; c. Viola, Marjorie,
Beatrice, Carol, Clark Jr. B.S., Mich.
Agrl. Coll., 1904. Alpha Zeta.

Bronson, Wesley Hotchkiss, farm manag.
dem., Mass. Agr. Coll., Amherst, Mass.
Teach, agr., Marlborough, Mass., high-
sch., 1913-5; present position, 1915 .
b. Ansonia, Conn., Jan. 31, 1888; s.
Edward S. and Martha J. (Trumpbour)
B.; reared in city and on farm; m.



Katherine Morse, Nov. 27, 1915. B.S.,
Cornell Univ., 1913. Alpha Zeta.

Brooks, Fred Ernest, ent. asst., Bur. Ent.,
U. S. Dept. Agr., French Creek, W. Va.
Agt. W. Va. Exp. Sta., 1903-6; assoc.
ent., 1907-11; present position, 1911 .
Fellow A. A. A. S. Sec. W. Va., State
Hort. Soc., 1905-6. b. French Creek,
W. Va., June 8, 1868; s. Adolphus and
Josephine (Phillips) B.; reared on farm;
m. Grace Coburn, Sept. 3, 1896; c.
Maurice Graham, Mary Elizabeth, Doro-
thy Josephine.

Brooks, Robert Preston, prof, hist., Univ.
Ga., Athens, Ga.

Asst., assoc., and prof, hist., Univ. Ga.,
1907 . Mem. Ga. Library Comn.;
Univ. Comn. on Southern Race Questions.
Made invest, of plantation conditions
for Bur. Census, 1911. Auth.: Biblio-
graphy of Georgia History, 1910; History
of Georgia, 1913; Agrarian Revolution
in Georgia, 1914; Bibliography and
Syllabus for the History of the South,
1918. b. Milledgeville, Ga., Jul. 23, 1881;
s. James H. and Anna (Moore) B.; reared
in town; m. Jospehine Edmondson Reid;
c. Josephine Reid, Eugenia Preston.
A.B., Univ. Ga., 1904; B.A., Oxford
Univ., England, 1907; Ph.D., Univ. Wis.,
1912. Phi Beta Kappa; Alpha Tau
Omega.

Brooks, Thomas Joseph, prof, markets and
rural econ., Miss. A. & M. Coll., Agricul-
tural College, Miss.

Sec. Tenn. Farmers' Union, 3 yrs.;
nat. lect. on agrl. legislation of Farmer's
Union, 8 yrs. Bienial del. of U. S. to
Inter. Inst. Agr. 1913. Tenn. State
Senator, 1911-2. Traveled various foreign
countries. Farmer. Auth.: March of
Intellect, 1909; Markets and Rural
Economics, 1914. b. Atwood, Tenn.,
Oct. 17, 1870; s. T. B. and Matilda
Jane (Anderson) B.; reared on farm; m.
Lelia Perkins, 1915; c. T. J. Jr., Willard
Banks. Attended Southern Normal Univ.

Brooks, William Penn, dir. Mass. Exp. Sta.,
Amherst, Mass.

Prof, agr., Imperial Coll. Agr., Japan,
1877-88; prof, bot., 1880-8; acting
pres., 1880-3, 1886-7; prof, agr., Mass
Agr. Coll. and agrst. Exp. Sta., 1889;
acting pres., Jan.-Apr., 1903, Jan. 1905-
July, 1906; present position, 1906 .



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Fellow A. A. A. S. Decorated 4th Order
of Rising Sun, Japan, 1888. Second
vice-pres. Am. Assoc. Agrl. Colls, and
Exp. Stas.; pres. Hampden-Hampshire
Agrl. Soc. Farm operator, 1908-12.
Traveled in Japan and Europe. Auth.:
Agriculture, 3 vols., 1901; rev., 1903,
1905, 1911. b. Scituate, Mass., Nov. 19,
1851; s. Nathaniel and Rebecca P.
(Gushing) B.; reared on farm; m. Eva
Bancroft Hall, Mar. 28, 1882; c. Rachel
Bancroft, Sumner Gushing. B.S., Mass.
Agr. Coll., 1875; Ph.D., Friedrichs-
universitat, Halle, Germany, 1897. Phi
Sigma Kappa.

Brossard, Howard S., co. agrl. agt., Billings,
Mont.

b. Oxford, Ida., Mar. 13, 1894; s.
Alphonse and Mary (Hobson) B.; reared
on farm; m. Shirley Rogers; c. Stratford,
Bernice. B.S., Utah Agr. Coll., 1916.
Phi Kappa Iota.

Brossard, Holland Elmer, co. agrl. agt.,
Idaho Falls, Ida.

Del. to Inter. Dry Farming Congress,
1913. b. Oxford, Ida., Aug. 22, 1891;
s. Alphonse and Mary (Hobson) B.;
reared on ranch; m. Lelia Taylor, Nov.
26, 1914; c. Robt. Elmer. B.S., Utah
Agr. Coll., 1913. Delta Theta Sigma.

Brougham, Earl G., co. agrl. agt., Walton,
N. Y.

b. Van Etten, N. Y., Aug. 31, 1890;
s. Robt. J. and Hattie E. (Knowles) B.;
reared on farm; m. Helen M. Roberts,
Dec. 25, 1917. B.S., Cornell Univ.,
1914.

Brown, A. Abbott, prof, poultry husb.,
Syracuse Univ., Syracuse, N. Y.

Instr. poultry husb., Mass. Agr. Coll.,
1912-4; present position, 1914 . Far-
mer. 6. Waterloo, Wis., Feb. 21, 1890;
s. Sidney A. and Lydia B. (Thompson)
B.; reared on farm; 771. Ethel L. Price,
Aug. 5, 1914; c. Clifford Roscoe. B.S.,
Univ. Wis., 1912.

Brown, Addison Makepeace, sec. Mich. Agr.
Coll. and State Bd. Agr., E. Lansing,
Mich.

Member State Senate, 1898-1900. Del.
to First Nat. Conference on Marketing
and Farm Credits, b. Schoolcraft, Mich.,
Feb. 15, 1859; s. E. Lakin and Mary Ann
(Miles) B.; reared on farm; m. Mollie



Eliza Earl, Sept. 29, 1885; c. Hearty Earl,
Edward Lakin, Dorothy Miles, Malcolm
Makepeace, Pamela. B.A., Univ. Mich.,
1883. Psi Upsilon.

Brown, Bliss S., prof. hort. and head dept.,
Univ. Me., Orono, Me.

Asst. hort., Baron De Hirsch Agr.
Sch., Woodbine, N. J., 1907-8; hort.,
1908-9; instr. hort., Univ. Calif., 1909-
12; present position, 1913 . Auth.:
Modern Fruit Marketing, 1916; Modern
Propagation Tree Fruits, 1916. b. Wil-
liams Center, O., Sept. 15, 1880; s. A. C.
and Celestia (Shirkey) B.; reared on
farm; m. Jella J. Williamson, Aug. 12,
1912; c. Marvin R., Victor H. B.S.,
Mich. Agr. Coll., 1903; M.S., Univ.
Calif., 1911.

Brown, Dillon Sidney, pres. Exchange
Bank, Genoa, 111.

Pres. DeKalb Co. Soil Improvement
Assoc. 6. Genoa, 111., May 12, 1852;
s. Jeremiah Libby and Eliza Ann (Jack-
man) B.; reared on farm; m. Emily E.
Pond, May 16, 1878; s. Earle Wesley,
Bayard. M.S., Univ. Ill, 1875.

Brown, Earl Ayres, co. agrl. agt., 145 Oak-
land Terrace, Hartford, Conn.

Asst. princ., agrl. high-sch., Sparks,
Md., 1913-5; asst. agrst. in farm manag.
dem., U. S. Dept. Agr., 1915-7; agt.
Hartford Co., Conn., 1917. b. Mon-
tour Falls, N. Y., May 8, 1891; s. Oscar
M. and Almeda M. (Ayres) B.; reared on
farm; m. Clarice Ballou, May 20, 1916;
c. Janet Helen. B.S., Cornell Univ.,
1913. Alpha Zeta.

Brown, Frederick Walworth, asst. in chg.
fert. resources, Bur. Soils, U. S. Dept.
Agr., Washington, D. C.

Auth.: Dan McLean's Adventures, 1910.
b. Ann Arbor, Mich., Dec. 31, 1875;
s. Frederick T. and Annie E. (Bates) B.;
reared in town; m. Virginia Hynson,
Oct. 12, 1905; c. Frederick W., Virginia
Hynson. A.B., Princeton Univ., 1897;
M.A., 1898.

Brown, Gordon Gordon, hort., Hood River
Exp. Sta., Hood River, Ore.

Provincial fruit insp., B. C., 1913-6;
present position, 1916 . 6. Fairview,
Ore., May 28, 1887; s. Oscar and Harriett
(Dixon) B.; reared on farm; m. Margaret
E. Littlehales, Jan. 1, 1914; c. Virginia



Helen. A.B., Pacific Univ., 1910; B.S.,
Ore. Agr. Coll., 1912.

Brown, Harry Bates, plant-breeder, Miss.
Exp. Sta., Agricultural College, Miss.

Instr. bot., Ind. Univ., 1907; instr.
bot., Cornell Univ., 1908-11; prof, bot.,
Miss. A. & M. Coll., 1911-5; present
position, 1915 . b. Carroll Co., Ind.,
June 9, 1876; s. John H. and Sue (Bates)
B.; reared on farm; m. Ina Barker,
Sept., 1911; c. Harry B. Jr., Sue Eleanor.
A.B., Ind. Univ., 1906; A.M., 1907;
Ph.D., Cornell Univ., 1910. Sigma Xi.

Brown, Harry Rufus, superv. of cow testing,
Truro, N. S.

b. Wallace Bay, N. S., Jan. 12, 1889;
s. Peter G. and Annie Stewart (Mac-
Kenzie) B.; reared on farm.

Brown, Percy Edgar, prof, soil bact. and
chief soil chem. and bact. Exp. Sta., la.
State Coll., Ames, la.

Asst. soil chem., Rutgers Coll., 1906-10;
present position, 1910 . Auth.: (with
J. G. Lipman) Laboratory Manual in
Soil Bacteriology, 1911. b. Woodbridge,
N. J., Oct. 9, 1885; s. Jonathan Edgar
and Jeannette E. (Walker) B.; reared on
farm. B.S., Rutgers Coll., 1906; A.M.,
1909; Ph.D., 1912. Phi Beta Kappa;
Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Lambda Upsilon;
Alpha Zeta; Delta Upsilon; Gamma
Sigma Delta.

Brown, Robert William, sec. Am. Galloway
Breeders' Assoc., Carrollton, Mo.

Supt. cattle dept., Mo. State Fair;
pres. Carroll Co. Farm Bur.; sec. Mo.
Assoc. Farm Bur. Clubs. 1st Lieut.,
Spanish-American War. b. Myrtleford,
Australia, Oct. 17, 1875 (naturalized
as minor); s. Wm. Mathieson and Flora
(Alton) B.; reared on farm; m. Mary
Hudson Goodson, Oct. 19, 1910. Student
Univ. Mo., 1894-6. Phi Delta Theta.

Browne, Thomas Everett, prof. voc. educ.,
acting state dir. voc. educ., state agt.
boys' club work, N. C. A. & M. Coll., W.
Raleigh, N. C.

Prof. Latin and English, Atlantic
Collegiate Inst., Elizabeth City, 1902-4;
co. supt. public instruction, Hertford
co., 1905-11; co. farm dem. agt., 1908-11;
distr. agt. farmers' coop. dem. work, 1911
3; prof. ext. and state agt. boys' club
work, N. C. A.&M. Coll., 1913-7;



present position, 1917 . General farm-
ing, 1904-11. b. Murfreesboro, N. C.,
Mar. 17, 1881; s. W. T. and Ida May
(Maget) B.; reared on farm; m. Martha
Broadus Farrar, Jan. 10, 1906; c. Thomas
Everett Jr., Micou Farrar, Edward
Broadus, Joseph Majette. B.A., Wake
Forest Coll.

Brownell, Roscoe David, co. agrl. agt.,
Mangum, Okla.

b. W. Cambridge, N. Y., June 25, 1877;
s. W. S. and Jane M. (Kenyon) B.;
reared on farm; m. Mabel Gurley, June
12, 1916. A.B., Colgate Univ., 1902.
Phi Beta Kappa; Delta Upsilon.

Brownfield, William Watson, distr. agrl.
agt., Ohio State Univ., Columbus, O.
Agt. Washington Co., O.; present
position, 1918 . b. Uniontown, Pa.,
June 11, 1888; s. Isaac H. and Mary A.
(McLean) B.; reared on farm; m. Faye
W. Shipman, Aug. 26, 1912; c. Lyman
H., Chas. Wm., Barbara, Winnifred.
B.S.A., Ohio State Univ., 1912. Delta
Theta Sigma.

Broyles, William Anderson, assoc. prof,
agrl. educ., Tex. A. & M. Coll., College
Station, Tex.

Princ. high-scli., Gaston, Ind., 1903-7;
head dept. biol., high-sch., Elwood,
1908-10; head dept. agr. and biol.,
State Normal Ind. Sch., Ellendale, N. D.,
1910-3; princ. Walsh Co. Agr. and
Training Sch., Park River, N. D., 1913-6;
present position, 1916 . b. Delaware
Co., Ind., Oct. 2, 1879; s. Joseph A. and
Eliza C. (Reeder) B.; reared on farm; m.
Bertha Burns Lee, Sept., 1908. B.S.,
Tri State Coll., 1905; A.B., Ind. Univ.,
1908; M.A., Univ. Wis., 1914. Phi
Delta Kappa.

Brues, Charles T., asst. prof. econ. ent.,
Bussey Inst., Harvard Univ., Forest
Hills, Mass.

Curator Milwaukee Public Museum,
1904-9; instr. econ. ent., Harvard Univ.,
1909-12; asst. prof., 1912. Fellow
Am. Acad. Arts & Sci.; Ent. Soc. Am.;
A. A. A. S. Ent. with expedition from
Harvard Sch. Trop. Med. to Ecuador
and Peru, 1913. Auth.: (with Melander)
Key to Families of North American
Insects, 1915; (with Morrison) How to
Make the Garden Pay, 1916. Ed.,
Psyche, A Journal of Entomology, 1909



b. Wheeling, W. Va., June 20, 1879;
s. Chas. T. and Ada (Mossie) B.; reared
in city; m. Beirne Barrett, 1904; c.
Austin M., Alice M. B.S., Univ. Tex.,
1901; M.S., 1902.

Brundage, Augustus Jackson, state club
leader, Conn. Agr. Coll., Storrs, Conn.

Asst. coll. dept., Conn. Agr. Coll.,
1910-1; farm manag., 1911-2; agrl.
superv. public schs., 1913-4; present
position, 1914 . 6. Danbury, Conn.,
Aug. 19, 1890; s. A. Benj. and Fanny
Louise (Pierce) B.; reared on farm;
m. Ruth Miller, June 24, 1915; c. Roger
Pierce. Grad. Conn. Agr. Coll., 1910.

Bruner, Lawrence, prof, ent., Univ. Neb.,
Lincoln, Neb.

Asst., U. S. Ent. Comn., 1880; field
agt, U. S. Dept. Agr., Univ. Neb., 1888;
ent., Neb. Exp. Sta., 1888-90; instr.
ent., Univ. Neb., 1^90-5; prof., 1895;
state ent. Speciality, orthopteroid in-
sects, locusts in particular. Traveled
in S. America, Mexico, Costa Rica,
Japan, China, Philippines. Represented
Neb. at Panama-Pacific Expos., 1915.
b. Catasaqua, Pa., Mar, 2, 1856; s.
Uriah and Amelia (Probst) B.; reared
on farm; m. Marcia Dewell, Dec. 25,
1881; c. Psyche E., Helen M. B.S.,
Univ. Neb., 1897.

Br tinner, Edmund deSchweinitz, clergyman,
225 N. 10th St., Easton, Pa.

Mem. Com. on Direction of Church
and Country Life Comn. and rural
sec., Fed. Council of Churches; mem.
Home Missions Council, Am. Sociol.
Soc.; sec. County Church Comn.,
Moravian Church. Auth.: History of
Moravian Missions among California
Indians, 1914; Cooperation in Coopers-
burg, 1916; The New Country Church
Building, 1917. Ed., church and country
life dept., The Moravian. Speciality,
the country church, rural sociol. b.
Bethlehem, Pa., Nov. 4, 1889;; s. Frank-
lin H. and Nina (de Schweinitz) B.;
reared in town; m. Mary W. Vogler,
Dec. 16, 1912; c. Edmund de S. Jr.,
Wilfred Robt. B.A., Moravian Coll.,
1909; B.D., 1911; M.A., 1912; Ph.D.,
1914.

Brusse, William, co. agrl. agt., Franklin, Ky.

b. Sheboygan Co., Wis., May 5, 1891;

s. Garrett Wm. and Dela (Snoyenbos) B.;



reared on farm. B.S.A., Univ. Wis., 1917.
Alpha Zeta.

Bryan, Ollie Clifton, co. agrl. agt., Vernon ;
Ala.

b. Elba, Ala., Jul.30,1894; s.M.B.and
Ollie (Clifton) B.; reared on farm. B.S.,
Ala. Poly. Inst., 1918.

Bryant, Virgil Clay, asst. prof. agrl. ext.,
Univ. Calif., Berkeley, Calif.

Student asst., Kans. State Agr. Coll.,
1909-10; student asst., Univ. Calif.,
1910-1; instr. agr., Les Banos high-sch.,
Calif., 1911-3; instr. ext., Univ. Calif.,
1913-5; asst. prof., 1915. Dairy far-
mer, 1916. b. Edwards Co., Kans..
Dec. 23, 1888; s. G. L. and Sarah (Shank)
B.; reared on farm; m. Isabelle Arnott,
June 24, 1914; c. Fern Frances, Sarah
Elizabeth. B.S., Kans. State Agr. Coll.,
1910; M.S., Univ. Calif., 1911.

Buchanan, Robert Earle, dean ind. sci.,
prof, bact., bact. Exp. Sta., la. State
Coll., Ames, la.

Instr. bot., la. State Coll., 1905-6;
asst. prof, bact., 1906-7; assoc. prof.,
1908-9; prof., 1909; dean ind. sci.,
1913. Fellow A. A. A. S. Vice-pres.
Soc. Am. Bact., 1916; pres.,
Auth.: Veterinary Bacteriology, 1911,
2d ed., 1916; (with Mrs. Buchanan)
Household Bacteriology. Adv. ed., Journal
of Bacteriology, b. Cedar Rapids, la.,
Mar. 27, 1883; s. John and Josephine
(Hall) B.; reared in small town and
on farm; m. Estelle D. Fogel, Jan. 6,
1909; c. Joseph Hall. B.S., la. State
Coll., 1904; M.S., 1906; Ph.D., Univ.
Chicago, 1908. Sigma Xi; Phi Kappa
Phi; Phi Lambda Upsilon; Delta Theta
Sigma; Delta Upsilon.

Bucher, Floyd Steinmetz, co. agrl. agt.,
Lancaster, Pa.

Asst. soils, Penn. State Coll., 1910;
sci. asst., Bur. Soils, 1910-2; instr.
soils, Penn. State Coll., 1912-3; agt.
Lancaster Co., Pa., 1913. Pres. Penn.
Agrl. Ext. Reps. b. Reamstown, Pa.,
Feb. 16, 1887; s. Win. H. and Alice
(Steinmetz) B.; reared on farm. B.S.,
Penn. State Coll., 1910. Alpha Zeta;
Phi Kappa Phi.

Buchholz, Arthur Bernard, co. agrl. agt.,
Hudson, N. Y.

b. Geneva, N. Y., Dec. 6, 1886; s.
A. E. and O. (Hein) B.; reared on farm



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and in village; m. Daisy M. Weeks,
Apr. 30, 1914; c. Lewis, Jane, Priscilla.
B.S., Hobart Coll., 1909; M.S.A., Cornell
Univ., 1911. Phi Phi Delta.

Buckley, Samuel Sutherland, ext. an. husb.,
U. S. Bur. An. Ind., and Md. State
Coll. Agr. cooperating, College Park, Md.
Prof. vet. sci., Md. Agr. Coll., 1897-
1916; vet., Md. Exp. Sta., 1899-1916;
specialist an. ind. ext., 1916 . b. Mt.
Washington, Md., May 31, 1873; s.
Earlum and Helen Mar (Sutherland) B.;
reared in town; m. Clara R. Thomas;
c. Helen M., Dorothy M. B.Sc., Md.
Agr. Coll., 1893; D.V.S., Am. Vet. Coll.
of Univ. of N. Y., 1896; M.Sc., Md. Agr.
Coll., 1899.

Buckman, Harry Oliver, prof, soils, Cornell
Univ., Ithaca, N. Y.

Asst. chem. sect., la. Exp. Sta., 1906-7;
asst. agron., Mont. Exp. Sta., 1907-9;
asst. prof, soils, Cornell Univ., 1912-7;
prof., 1917 . Auth.: (with Lyon and
Fippin) Soils Their Properties and
Management, 1915. b. W. Liberty, la.,
July 4, 1883; s. Chas. E. and Louisa
(Walter) B.; reared on farm; m. Rita
Shannon, Dec., 1912. B.S.A., la. State
Coll., 1906; M.S.A., 1908; Ph.D., Cor-
nell Univ., 1912. Sigma Xi; Alpha Zeta;
Gamma Alpha; Delta Upsilon.

Buechner, Charles Arthur, co. agrl. agt.,
Knox, Ind.

Gardener and farm manag., 4 yrs.
b. S. Bend, Ind., Aug. 2, 1893; s. Micheal
A. and Ida (Marie) B.; reared in town.
B.S.A., Purdue Univ., 1917. Alpha Gam-
ma Rho.

Buffum, Burt C., pres. and general manag.,
The Emmer Products Co., Denver, Colo.
Asst. meteorology and irrig. engin.,
Colo. Agr. Coll., 1890; prof. agr. and hort.,
Univ. Wyo., 1891-1900; vice-dir. Wyo.
Exp. Sta., 1896-1900; prof, agr., Colo.
Agr. Coll., 1900-2; prof, agr., Univ.
Wyo. and dir. Exp. Sta., 1902-7; general
manag., Wyo. Plant and Seed Breeding
Co., 1907-13; plant-breeder, Buffum Pure
Seed Co., 1913-4; pres. Emmers Pro-
ducts Co., 1914 ; chg. plant-breeding,
Wyo. State Ind. Inst., Worland, Wyo.,
1915. Fellow A. A. A. S. Comnr. Lewis &
Clark Expos., Portland, Ore., 1905. Auth.:
Arid Agriculture, 1909; Plant Breeding,
1912; Sixty Lessons in Agriculture (with



Deaver), 1913. b. South Bend, Ind.,
Apr. 7, 1868; s. Geo. W. and Harriet
(Butts) B.; m. Luda Maude Southworth,
June 24, 1890. B.S., Colo. Agr. Coll.,
1890; M.S., 1893.

Bull, Alvah Milton, asst. prof. agrl. engin.,
supt. bldgs. and grounds, Univ. Minn.,
University Farm, St. Paul, Minn.

Speciality, farm bldgs. and construc-
tion, b. Hennepin Co., Minn., Apr. 23,
1871; s. James A. and Amie L. (Cooper)
B.; reared on farm; m. Lydia Mann
Blake, 1901; c. Alvah Stanley, John
Milton. B.S., Univ. Minn.

Bull, Coates Preston, prof, agron., Univ.
Minn., University Farm, St. Paul, Minn.
Asst. prof, farm crops, Univ. 111.,
1901-2; asst. and instr. farm crops,
Univ. Minn., 1902-6; asst. prof., 1906-11;
assoc. prof., 1911-6; prof, agron., 1916 .
Sec. Minn. Crop Improvement Assoc.;
vice-pres. Am. Soc. Agron.; dir. Nat.
Corn Assoc. b. Edina Mills, Minn., Oct.
11, 1872; s. James A. and Annie Lea
(Cooper) B.; reared on farm; m. Letta
Mae Tryon, Oct. 12, 1904; c. Coates P. Jr.,
Henry Enoch, James Tryon. B.S.A.,
Univ. Minn., 1901. Sigma Xi; Alpha
Zeta.

Bullard, Cora Wellhouse, rural leader,
Tongahoxie, Kans.

Mem. Kans. School Book Comn.;
vice-pres. Kans. State Council of Defense;
mem. exec, com., Kans. Live-Stock
Assoc.; life hon. mem., Kans. Bd. Agr.
b. Leavenworth, Kans., Jan. 25, 1861;
d. Frederick and Susan (Housley) Well-
house; reared on farm; m. Henry Shelby
Bullard, June 26, 1889.

Bullock, Dillman Samuel, asst. prof. ext.
an. husb., Univ. Wis., Madison, Wis.

Teach, agr., Mision Agricola e Industrial
of Temuco, Chile, 1902-12; princ. Mari-
nette Co. Agr. Sch., Marinette, Wis.,
1912-6; ext. rep. in an. husb., Univ.
Wis., fieldman for Wis. Live-stock Breed-
ers' Assoc., 1916 . Organized coopera-
tive cattle buying and buying of seed
grains and potatoes for Marinette Co.
farmers. Traveled in Europe and S.
America. Collected birds and mammals
for British Museum and Am. Museum
Nat. History, b. Elba, Mich., Nov. 25,
1878; s. Carlos A. and Nellie E. (Litle)
B.; reared on farm; m. Katrina J. Kelly,



Mar. 1, 1906. B.S., Mich. Agr. Coll.,
1902; M.Agr., 1911.

Bunch, Mamie, in chg. home econ. ext.,
Univ. 111., Urbana.. 111.

Co. supt. schs., Douglas Co., 111., 1894-
8; ext. lect., Univ. 111., 1912-3; in chg.
home econ. ext., 1914; state leader in
home econ. dem. for 111. Sec. ext. div.,
Am. Home Econ. Assoc. Studied home
life in S. Africa and Australia, 1909-12.
b. Ford Co., 111., Jan. 10, 1871; d. Thad-
deus Morehouse and Elizabeth (Edmiston)
B.; reared on farm and in town. A.B.,
Univ. 111.

Burbank, Luther, naturalist, originator
new grains, fruits, flowers, etc., Santa
Rosa, Calif.

Special lect. on evolution, Leland
Stanford Univ., 1900-5. Originator of
numerous new forms of plant life; has
under way 5000 experiments on some
6000 species. Fellow A. A. A. S.; hon.
mem. Swedish Agrl. Soc.; Italian Agrl.
Soc.. Auth.: Training of the Human
Plant, 1904; The Methods and Discoveries
of Luther Burbank, 1914. b. Lancaster,
Mass., Mar. 7, 1849; s. Samuel Walton
and Olive (Ross) B.; reared on farm;
m. Elizabeth Waters, Dec. 21, 1917.
Sc.D., Tufts Coll., 1905.

Burckhalter, George Clayborn, co. agrl. agt.,
Sterling, Colo.

b. Lewis, la., May 28, 1888; s. John
and Sabinah (Roberts) B.; reared on
farm. B.S.A., Colo. Agr. Coll., 1916.
Sigma Delta.

Burdette, John Purdum, co. agrl. agt., La
Platta, Md.

Princ. public schs., Georgetown, Del.,
1897-8; vice-princ. Wilmington Con-
ference Acad., Dover, 1898-9; princ.
public schs., Smyrna, 1900-9; princ.
Anne Arundel Acad., Millers ville, Md.,
1909-17; agt. Charles Co., Md., 1917.
Pres. Md. Crops Improvement Assoc.
b. Browningsville, Md., Oct. 20, 1868;
s. Robt. E. and Eveline W. (Purdom) B.;
reared on farm; m. Emma Jones, Dec.
29, 1898; c. Dorothy May, John Warren,
Eunice Eveline, Wm. Morgan, Anne
Arundel. A.B., Dickinson Coll., 1897.
Phi Kappa Sigma.

Burdick, Raymond Terry, asst. prof, agron.,
Univ. Vt., Burlington, Vt.

Instr. agron., Univ. Vt., 1912-4; asst.



prof., 1914. b. Lima, N. Y., May 5,
1889; s. John Alfred and Emma (Terry)
B.; reared on farm; m. Lina Odell, Aug.
14, 1913. B.S., Cornell Univ., 1912.

Burgess, Albert Franklin, asst. ent. in chg.

moth work, U. S. Bur. Ent., Melrose
Highlands, Mass.

Asst. ent., Mass. Bd. Agr., 1895-9;
asst. ent., Univ. 111., 1899-1900; asst.
insp. nurseries and orchards, Ohio Exp.
Sta., 1900-2; chief insp., Ohio State Bd.
Agr., 1902-7; present position, 1907 .
Sec. Am. Assoc. Econ. Ent. Fellow
A. A. A. S.; Ent. Soc. Am. Business
manag., Journal of Economic Entomology.
b. Rockland, Mass., Oct. 2, 1873; s.
Emory and Mary A. (Lewis) B.; reared
in small town; m. Mary E. Dwight,
June 20, 1904; c. Emory D., Albert F. Jr.
B.S., Mass. Agr. Coll., 1895; M.S., 1897.
Phi Sigma Kappa.

Burgess, Charles H., prof, poultry husb.,
Mich. Agr. Coll., E. Lansing, Mich.

Public sch. teach. Sec. Mich. Poultry
Assoc. Farmer. 6. Flint, Mich., Jan.
12, 1865; s. Simeon and Chloe B.; reared
on farm; m. Miriam Butler, June 29,
1897. Grad. Mich. State Normal Coll.

Burgess, Junius M., dir. Canebrake Exp.
Sta., Uniontown, Ala.

Farmer till 1905; assoc. prof, dairying,
Clemson Agr. Coll., 1905-18; present
position, 1918 . b, Summerton, S. C.,
Apr. 24, 1881; s. Thos. L. and Francis
A. (Mayes) B.; reared in a small town;
m. Julia H. Mitchell, Jul. 6, 1911; c.
Anne Louise. B.S., Clemson Agr. Coll.,
1902.

Burk, Lloyd Byron, invest, in marketing
live-stock and meats, Bur. Markets,
U. S. Dept. Agr., Washington, D. C.

Instr. an. husb., Univ. Mo., 1912-3;
asst. prof., 1913-4; assoc. prof., 1914-5;
in chg. swine invest., Tex. A. & M.
Coll., 1915-8; present position, 1918.

b. Butler, Mo., June 30, 1883; s. Monroe
and Nannie (Belle) B.; reared on farm;
m. Ximenia Y. Z. Harper, June 12, 1911;

c. Phila Belle, Lloyd Byron Jr. B.S.A.,
Univ. Mo., 1911.

Burkett, Charles William, ed. American
Agriculturist, 315 Fourth Ave., New
York City.

Asst. agr., Ohio State Univ., 1895-8;



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prof. agr. and agrst. Exp. Sta., N. H. A.
&M. Coll., 1898-1901; N. C. A.&M.
Coll., 1901-6; dir. Kans. Exp. Sta.,
1905-8; ed. American Agriculturist and
book ed. Orange Judd Co., 1908. Del.
by Kans. to conduct cereal invest, in
Turkey and Russia, 1907. Ed. and
founder, The Agricultural Student. Mem.
Council on Agrl. Educ., N. Y. Dept.
Educ. Auth.: A History of Ohio Agricul-
ture, 1899; Agriculture for Beginners,
1903; Cotton, 1908; Soils, 1907; Farm
Stock, 1909; Farm Crops, 1910; Far-
mers' Veterinarian, 1911; First Principles
of Feeding Farm Animals, 1914; Soils
and Crops (joint author), 1915; Farm
Animals (joint author), 1916; Between
Two Lives, 1917. b. Thornville, O.,
Jan. 3, 1873; s. Joseph Walker and Anna
(Klingler) B.; reared on farm; m. Laura
Weisman, Dec. 27, 1900; c. Dorothy
Louise, Chas. Wm. Jr. B.Sc., Ohio
State Univ., 1895; M.Sc., 1898; Ph.D.,
Lima Coll., 1900. Kappa Sigma; Alpha