VITA 
Valente E. Villegas was born in Los Banos, Laguna, P. I., May 
21, 1893. He attended the Manila High School preparatory to his 
entrance to the College of Agriculture, University of the Philip¬ 
pines, in June, 1908. He was granted the degree of B. Agr. in 
April, 1913. Soon after graduation he entered service in the Bu¬ 
reau of Agriculture; was assistant agricultural inspector, July 1 
to July 9, 1913; agricultural assistant, July 9, 1913, to August 16, 
1917; and agricultural inspector, August 16 to December 4, 1917. 
During his connection with the Bureau of Agriculture he was 
delegated to San Francisco, California, U. S. A., as one of the 
Philippine agricultural representatives in the Panama-Pacific In¬ 
ternational Exposition in 1915. On December 6, 1917, he was ap¬ 
pointed instructor in animal husbandry, and later, on May 4, 1918, 
instructor in agronomy in the University of the Philippines. On 
July 8, 1919, he was granted scholarship to study abroad by the 
University of the Philippines, and began his advanced studies in 
animal husbandry at the Iowa State College in September, 1919. 
