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For the good of the farmer : a biography of John Harrison Skinner, Dean of Purdue agriculture /

"The key role that farming plays in the economy of Indiana today owes much to the work of John Harrison Skinner (1874-1942). Skinner was a pioneering educator and administrator who transformed the study of agriculture at Purdue University during the first decades of the twentieth century. From...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Whitford, Fred, 1955-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lafayette, Indiana : Purdue University Press, [2013]
Colección:Founders series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Cover -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part One: Purdue University and John Harrison Skinner: The Institution and the Individual -- Chapter 1: The Evolution of Indianaâ€?s Cow College -- Chapter 2: The Farmer Earns an Agricultural Degree -- Chapter 3: The Transition from Farmer to Livestock Professor -- Photographs and Illustrations -- Part Two: Building a Livestock Program from the Ground Up: Only the Best Will Do (1902â€?1907) -- Chapter 4: An Eye for Livestock -- Chapter 5: Astute Judge and Fiery Competitor 
505 8 |a Chapter 6: The Teacher, Advisor, and RecruiterChapter 7: Using Scientific Studies for Profit -- Chapter 8: The Newspaper Writer, Public Speaker, and Farm Advisor -- Photographs and Illustrations -- Part Three: The Age of Agricultural Expansion at Purdue University: Building the Agricultural Programs (1907â€?1928) -- Chapter 9: The Challenge to Grow -- Chapter 10: Bringing Expertise to Classrooms and Departments -- Chapter 11: The Builder of Barns, Buildings, and Pavilions -- Photographs and Illustrations -- Chapter 12: The Undergraduate Experience 
505 8 |a Chapter 13: Farm Boys and Their Necessity for Workchapter 14: Staff and Students Drafted for World War I -- Chapter 15: Enrollment Bubble Bursts during the Agricultural Depression -- Photographs and Illustrations -- Chapter 16: Footsteps around the Farm -- Chapter 17: All Roads Lead to the International Live Stock Exposition -- Chapter 18: A Research Reputation Built on Livestock Feeding Experiments -- Chapter 19: A Fledgling Graduate Program -- Chapter 20: Expanding Purdueâ€?s Teaching and Research Farms -- Chapter 21: Extension Gives Voice to Research 
505 8 |a Photographs and IllustrationsChapter 22: The Dean of Politics -- Chapter 23: Two Old Rams Butting Heads -- Chapter 24: Offers to Leave for Greener Pastures -- Photographs and Illustrations -- Part Four: The Agricultural Executive for Purdue University: Leading the Teaching, Research, and Extension Programs (1928â€?1939) -- Chapter 25: The Wizard of Depression-Era Budgets -- Chapter 26: Maintaining the Status Quo of the Teaching Programs -- Chapter 27: A Commitment to Land for Research and Demonstrations -- Chapter 28: Riding the Extension Wagon across Indiana 
505 8 |a Chapter 29: The Trip to Europe and Accolades for AchievementsPart Five: A Career Ends Like It Startedâ€?On the Farm -- Chapter 30: Put Out to Pasture -- Chapter 31: The Last Farm Visit -- Epilogue: Hoosier by Birth, Farmer by Choice, Researcher by Passion -- Photographs and Illustrations -- Notes -- Sources -- Index 
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