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ELISHA BENJAMIN ANDREWS, Ph. D., D. D., 



LL. D. Frontispiece 



HON. WILLIAM GUNN WHITMORE 



[Fronting Chapter I] I 



Regent of the University of Nebraska, Chairman 

 of Regents' Committee on Agricultural Education. 



Progressive and successful farmer. Public man. 

 Zealous friend of agricultural as well as of gen- 

 eral higher education. 



REGENT COUPLAND OF THE UNIVERSITY OF 

 NEBRASKA 13 



REGENT COUPLAND'S RESIDENCE, Elgin, Nebraska 13 

 SEAMAN ASAHEL KNAPP, D. Sc., LL. D 26 



Original thinker in the field of agricultural prog- 

 ress. The Sir Horace Plunkett of America. Au- 

 thor of the Farmers' Co-operative Demonstration 

 Movement work under the auspices of the General 

 Education Board. 



SIR HORACE CURZON PLUNKETT, P. C., F. R. S. 31 



Philanthropist, economist, publicist, who has 

 wrought so wisely and efficiently to improve the 

 condition of the agricultural classes in Ireland, his 

 slogan being "Better Farming, Better Business, 

 Better Living." 



CHARLES EDWIN BESSEY, Ph. D., LL. D 36 



Head Dean and Head Professor of Botany, Uni- 

 versity of Nebraska. 



To whom more than to any other man is due the 

 honor of bringing about the initiation of the policy 

 of afforesting arid areas in the United States. 



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