Grand Old Man of Purdue University and Indiana Agriculture: A Biography of William Carol Latte

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.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Purdue University Press
Published: 09/30/2005
ISBN: 9781557533951
Pages: 400
Weight: 2.16lbs
Size: 9.40h x 6.36w x 1.24d