Grand Old Man of Purdue University and Indiana Agriculture

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Grand Old Man of Purdue University and Indiana Agriculture is written by Frederick Whitford and published by Purdue University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1557539243 (ISBN 10) and 9781557539243 (ISBN 13).

William Carol Latta was the 13th member of the Purdue faculty. He became the driving force behind Purdue's world-famous School of Agriculture and initiated extension services that have lasted for more than a century. In 1890, he laid out the first permanent soil fertility field experiments, inaugurating a system of research considered one of the best in the country at that time. He administered Purdue's School of Agriculture until 1907.