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 GlFFORD PlNCHOT, Sc. D., LL. D 48 



Late Head Forester, United States Department 

 of Agriculture. 



Uncompromising and intelligent advocate of the 

 conservation of the nation's natural resources. 



THOMAS LYTTLETON LYON, Ph. D. 61 



Professor of Soil Technology, Federal Experi- 

 ment Station, Cornell University. 



Who introduced the Kherson Oat from Russia 

 into the United States. 



DRY FARMING, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA 71 



Spring wheat on disked corn land, 1909. Kahla 

 (durum) wheat. Yield, 33.6 bushels. 



NORMAN SMITH, Covington, Tenn. (Courtesy of 



Gen. Education Board) 71 



Boys' Corn Club winner in 1910 and 1911. 

 Young Smith is shown on his riding cultivator. 



HARVEY WASHINGTON WILEY, Ph. D 81 



Late Chief Chemist, United States Department 

 of Agriculture. 



Author of the United States Pure Food Law. 



HEREFORD BULL, GRAND BOY 91 



Owned by the University of Nebraska. 

 The Hereford is, after all, the standard beef 

 type. 



KATY GERBEN, HOLSTEIN Cow, owned by the 



University of Nebraska 91 



Has an annual record of 19,161.2 pounds milk 

 and 776.00 pounds butter. 



WILLIAM OSLER, M. D., LL. D., F. R. S 100 



Eminent physician (British, formerly Ameri- 

 can). Author of a well-known treatise on the 

 Principles and Practice of Medicine. 



Who teaches that as a rule men's power to do 

 their choicest brain work ends by the age of forty. 



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