Frank Archibald Wyatt was born February 22, 1887. His ele- 

 mentary education was secured in the public schools of Utah. Sep- 

 tember, 1904, he entered the preparatory department of the Utah 

 Agricultural College and graduated from that institution in June, 

 1910, with the degree of Bachelor of Science. He immediately received 

 an appointment as assistant in extension at the Utah Experiment 

 Station. 



In September, 1911, he entered the University of Illinois as a 

 special student. During the school year 1912-13 he pursued graduate 

 work in Agronomy at this institution, and received the degree of Master 

 of Science in June, 1913. He was a fellow in Agronomy in the Uni- 

 versity of Illinois from 1913 to 1915. 



