Grand Old Man of Purdue University and Indiana Agriculture - A Biography of William Carol Latte

Informationen zum Autor Frederick Whitford received a BS in wildlife management from Louisiana Tech University, and an MS and PhD in entomology from Iowa State University. He has authored more than 250 research, extension, and regulatory publications, and has delivered at least 4,000 presentations to a wide array of audiences. He has written several other books about the history of Indiana agriculture, all published by Purdue University Press. Klappentext William Carol Latta was the 13th member of the Purdue faculty. He became the driving force behind Purdue's world-famous School of Agriculture and initiated extension services that have lasted for more than a century. In 1890, he laid out the first permanent soil fertility field experiments, inaugurating a system of research considered one of the best in the country at that time. He administered Purdue's School of Agriculture until 1907. Zusammenfassung William Carol Latta became the driving force behind Purdue's world-famous School of Agriculture and initiated extension services that have lasted for more than a century. In 1890! he laid out the first permanent soil fertility field experiments! inaugurating a system of research considered one of the best in the country at that time.

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• Authors: A. G. Martin, Andrew G Martin, Andrew G. Martin, Fred Whitford, Frederick Whitford, Frederick Martin Whitford, Frederick/ Martin Whitford, Fredrick Whitford
• Publisher: Purdue University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2005
• EAN: 9781557533951
• ISBN: 978-1-55753-395-1
• No. of pages: 400
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Series: The Founders Series; The Founders
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