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ance, that has been produced in America. Dean Davenport 

 has particularly emphasized the need for research, at the same 

 time seeking a balanced development on the practical side of 

 agriculture. He has gathered around him a most notable faculty, 

 and has secured the greatest appropriations any agricultural 

 school in America has enjoyed. 



Dean Davenport has written abundantly for the agricultural 

 press, and has himself prepared numerous reports and bulletins. 

 In 1907 he published through Ginn & Co., his volume on the 

 "Principles of Breeding," a book on which he had labored for 

 well over ten years. In 1909 his treatise on "Education for 

 Efficiency" left the press and in 1910 his high school text on 

 "Domesticated Animals and Plants" appeared. He has been a 

 popular speaker on agricultural topics, a most thoughtful writer, 

 and an original thinker. Dean Davenport's greatest genius has 

 laid in his ability to organize and direct others, and in this 

 capacity he has achieved the largest results from an educational 

 standpoint. Honors for him have been frequent and distin- 

 guished. He is widely recognized on public programs, has been 

 chairman of the agricultural section of the American Associa- 

 tion for the Advancement of Science, and has held numerous 

 other offices of distinction. In 1907 his Alma Mater conferred 

 upon him the honorary degree of LL. D., and in 1913 the honor 

 was repeated by the University of Kentucky. While in England, 

 Dean Davenport was elected a member of the Author's Club 

 in London, and his writings have been watched quite carefully 

 by British readers. 



