Displaying 146 - 150 of 151. Show 5 | 10 | 20 | 40 | 60 results per page.There is no readier way for a man to bring his own worth into question than by endeavoring to detract from the worth of other men.--John Tillotson.
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Viktor Schauberger Schauberger was born in Holzschlag, Upper Austria on 30 June 1885. His parents were Leopold Schauberger and Josefa, née Klimitsch. From 1891 to 1897 he attended the elementary school in Aigen, then until 1900 the state grammar school in Linz. Until 1904 he went to the forestry school in Aggsbach in the Kartause Aggsbach, where he passed the exam as a forester. From 1904 to 1906 he was forest clerk in Groß-Schweinbarth in Lower Austria. |
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Edward B. Voorhees, D.Sc. 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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David Clement Deaver David Clement Deaver was born in Ohio and came to Nebraska when a young man, and to Omaha in 1887. He was one of the founders of the populist party and was prominent in it up to the time they affiliated with the democratic party in 1900 ; he was chairman of its national committee and two terms chairman of the state central committee ; was its candidate for congress from this district in 1892... |
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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. |
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John C. Graffio John Graffio, creator of this website, is currently building an experimental research farm in Arizona featuring nopal cactus (opuntia ficus indica) and other arid crops in order to demonstrate that low water use crops can feed both people and livestock. |