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Grand Old Man of Purdue University and Indiana Agriculture: A Biography of William Carol Latta

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Grand Old Man of Purdue University and Indiana Agriculture: A Biography of William Carol Latta - Whitford, Frederick, and Martin, Andrew G
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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.

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Grand Old Man of Purdue University and Indiana Agriculture: A Biography of William Carol Latta 2005, Purdue University Press, West Lafayette, IN

ISBN-13: 9781557533951

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