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Indiana Draft Horse Breeders' Association, both of which he 

 aided in organizing. He was a judge of sheep at the Louisiana 

 Purchase Exposition in 1904 and of Rambouillets at the 1906 

 and 1907 Internationals. At the latter show he also officiated in 

 the Aberdeen-Angus rings. 



Under his deanship, the School of Agriculture has more than 

 quadrupled in size, now having an attendance of well over 800. 

 He has organized a poultry department, and has added numerous 

 buildings to the school. As head of his department he has 

 directed a great burden of research into the question of silage 

 for fattening cattle and sheep, and has done much to introduce 

 silos to Indiana farms. 



Dean Skinner's efforts at agricultural improvement have been 

 confined largely to his native state. His methods are unas- 

 suming and his successes quiet, but he has builded a foundation 

 in his herds and set a record in the showyard most difficult for 

 other colleges to equal. His portrait is hung on the walls of the 

 Saddle and Sirloin Club at the instance of hundreds of Purdue 

 students, and was paid for by subscriptions among them. 



