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tended grammar school, Ripon Academy one year, and Win- 
nebago County Agricultural College two years; entered Gar- 
den, 1909; left, 1911. Instructor, Bee County Agricultural 
School, Tex.; employed in drug mills, Fond du Lac, Wis.; 
later in charge of drug plant farm, Kansas; now on own 
farm, following dairying and fruit growing. Married, 
sue 4, 1915, to Lola M. Waite. Address, Rush Lake, 
is. 
‘Deusner, Charles W.—Born, Terre Haute, Ind., December 
1, 1876; son of William and Philapena (Newhart) Deusner. 
Graduated from grammar school, Terre Haute, Ind. En- 
gaged in vegetable and fruit gardening; then in publishing 
house until awarded Garden scholarship in 1896; graduated, 
1900. Entered office of O. C. Simonds, landscape gardener, 
Chicago, later becoming member of O. C. Simonds & Co.; in 
1912 withdrew, and for two years engaged in practice of land- 
scape architecture at Pasadena, Cal.; now engaged in horti- 
culture near Batavia, Il. Married, November 6, 1912, to 
Helen A. Dupuy. 
Erwin, Arthur T.—Born, Fulton, Mo., November 8, 1874; 
son of J. L. and Elizabeth (Birney) Erwin. Attended gram- 
mar and high school; awarded Garden scholarship, 1892; 
graduated, 1896. Superintendent of planting in St. Louis 
for Olmsted Bros. for two years; special student in horticul- 
ture, University of Missouri, 1898; assistant in horticulture, 
University of Arkansas, 1899, taking undergraduate work 
and receiving B. 8. degree; graduate work, 1900-02, Iowa 
State College, and granted M. S. degree. From then until 
present time located at Ames, Ia.; major portion of work in 
class room until 1914, since which time attention devoted 
wholly to experimental work, mainly truck crops; at present 
chief in truck crops, lowa Agricultural Experiment Station. 
Married, 1906, to Mary E. Turner; three children. 
Federer, William A.—Born, St. Louis, Mo., February 4, 
1887; son of William and Agnes (Faust) Federer. Attended 
SS. Peter and Paul Parochial School and St. Louis public 
high school; entered Garden, 1904; left to enter advertising 
business in St. Louis and various other cities. Later con- 
nected with Tower Grove and Southwestern Building Asso- 
ciation, St. Louis, and became interested in land development 
work in Alabama; in May, 1914, entered general real estate 
and insurance business, in which is still engaged. Address, 
2615 S. Jefferson Avenue, St. Louis, Mo. 
Fuhr, Clara—Born, Augusta, St. Charles Co., Mo., April 
9, 1883; daughter of Otto J. and Theresa (Hundhausen) 
Fuhr. Attended Augusta public school; graduated, Missouri 
