Agricultural chemist; agt. U.S. Dept. Agr. for Irrigation in New Jersey since 1896; prof. agriculture, Rutgers Coll., since 1890; supt. N. J. Agrl. Coll. farm since 1896; Republican. Born June 22, 1856, at Mine Brook, N. J., son of John and Sarah (Dilley) Voorhees. Pres. since 1901, N.J. state Bd. Agrl. Received Nichols Research Medal for best paper containing results of chemical research reported to Am. Chem. Soc. Journal, in 1902; for paper on Dentrification.

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Publishing
Works: 

First Principles of Agriculture

First Principles of Agriculture by Edward B. Voorhees

The purpose of this book is to state in logical order the elementary principles of scientific agriculture, and to show the relation of these scientific facts to farm practice. The need of such a book has been strongly felt by the author in his work as a teacher, not only of college students, but of those already engaged in farming.

A Review of Investigations in Soil Bacteriology

A Review of Investigations in Soil Bacteriology by Edward Voorhees

Soil fertility, broadly interpreted, denotes the crop-producing power of any soil under given climatic conditions, and is itself the resultant of many forces often opposed to one another. It is no easy task to establish the correlation of these several forces, and to assign to each its true position as a factor in the creation of plant substance. We do know that suitable moisture and temperature conditions are indispensable not only for the absorption and assimilation of the plant food in the soil, but also for the formation of this plant food.

Professional
Position(s): 
  • Director of the New Jersey Experiment Stations
  • Professor of Agriculture in Rutgers College
References
ISNI: 
0000 0003 8448 1739
Open Library ID: 
OL155252A
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Birth / Death: 
Sunday, June 22, 1856 to Tuesday, June 6, 1911