42 THE PORTRAIT GALLERY 
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 CLup at the instance of hundreds of Purdue 
students, and was paid for by subscriptions among them. 
