Burt C. Buffum, MS

Born in Indiana in 1868, Buffum was raised west of Fort Collins, Colorado, on his father’s sheep ranch. Upon graduating in 1889 from the Colorado Agriculture College (now CSU), he stayed to teach in its agriculture program. In 1891, just four years after the first UW students were admitted, the University of Wyoming hired him to teach meteorology, horticulture and irrigation in its agriculture department.

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Arid Agriculture: A Hand-book for the Western Farmer and Stockman

The purpose of this volume is to furnish plain facts in a plain way about the practice of agriculture in the ARID REGION. Whatever its shortcomings, the reading matter here presented is new and original. It has been carved out of a quarter century of experience, observation and study in the dry parts of the West. No attempt has been made to compile scientific data or write a cyclopedia. We have tried to present enough of the practice and underlying principles of arid farming to enable any intelligent man to “make good” on a Western farm.

Sixty Lessons in Agriculture:

This book is intended for the sixth, seventh, or eighth grade; and the subject matter and language are well within the range of pupils of these grades. The treatment is not technical, and therefore the book can be used in schools whose teachers have had no special training in the subject of school agriculture.