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A. Ij. martin was bctfn near Mount Jackson , Lawrence county , Pa. , iu 1844 ; 

 received his education in the public schools and at Poland (Ohio) College ; served 

 as school director in his native township and that of Little Beaver for eight years ; 

 filled the position of census enumerator in 1890 ; was elected to the House of 

 Representatives in 1892, and served continuously until 1899; was during this 

 continued service a member of the Agricultural Committee, and acted as its chair- 

 main in the session of 1897; by appointment of Governor Pattison, in 1893, 

 became member of Farmers' National Congress and has been reappointed to same 

 position by all subsequent Governors. Was appointed by Governor Stone, April 

 24, 1899, Deputy Secretary of Agriculture and Director of Farmers' Institutes for 

 Pennsylvania, and reappointed by Governor Pennypacker, April 24, 1903, and 

 also by Governor Stuart, April 24, 1907. 



PROF. FRANKLIN MENGES, Ph. D., was born forty-six years ago at Menges' 

 Mill, York county, Pa.; the first nineteen years of his life were spent on his 

 father's farm, with all the ardour that farming meant in those days; he then 

 began a course of preparation for college at the Baugher Academy, Hanover, Pa., 

 and entered and graduated from Pennsylvania College, Gettysburg, with the class 

 of 1886; was immediately tendered and accepted the position of assistant pro- 

 fessor of chemistry in his Alma Mater, which position he held until 1896, when he 

 came to York and took the professorship of the sciences in the York High School, 

 which position he now holds ; received the degree of Ph. D. from his alma mater 

 for special work in chemistry, mineralogy and physics. He has for years been a 

 student of the "Experiment Station Record," and has continued an interest in 

 practical agriculture, and has lectured before Farmers' Institutes. 



HENRY W. NORTHUP was born on a farm in Abington, once considered the ban- 

 ner agricultural township in Luzerne county ; he was educated in the public 

 schools and at Madison Academy. His chief business is that of farmer and dairy- 

 man ; has been greatly benefitted iu this line of business for the last ten years by 

 having associated with some of the best and most practical agriculturists in this 

 and adjoining states in the institute work ; has had some experience in fruit 

 and market gardening and in disposition of these products in the city of Scranton, 

 where an excellent market has been secured. 



PROF. WM. G. OWENS, of Bucknell University, was born in Union county; re- 

 ceived his early education in the public schools of Lewisburg, Pittsburg and Al- 

 legheny City. Entered Bucknell University 1876 ; was graduated 1880 ; took his 

 A. M. in 1883 ; taught in Bucknell University five years after graduation. In 1885 

 he became instructor in Natural Sciences. Took special work at Harvard and 

 Berlin, Germany. In 1887 became professor of Chemistry and Physics, the 

 position which he now holds. Has spent almost all his vacations on a farm and 

 thus kept close to nature. 



J H. PEACHEY was born in MiflSin county. Pa., in 1851. His boyhood was spent 

 upon a farm ; was educated in the public schools and graduated from the Ohio 

 Normal University in 18S1. After completing his course at school he followed 

 teaching. In 18S7 lie began farming for himself and gave attention chiefly to 

 raising hogs, sheep and cattle. 



THOMAS J. PHILIPS was born upon a farm in Chester county, Pa., December, 

 1846; attended public and private schools and graduated from Bucknell University 

 in 1867; spent three years in manufacturing iron, and traveling, and then settled 

 upon the farm where he still lives, giving special attention to dairying and raising 



