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1 online resource (xv, 636 pages) : illustrations |
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Founders series |
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Founders series.
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Cover -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part One: Purdue University and John Harrison Skinner: The Institution and the Individual -- Chapter 1: The Evolution of Indiana�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 (1902�1907) -- Chapter 4: An Eye for Livestock -- Chapter 5: Astute Judge and Fiery Competitor |
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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 (1907�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 |
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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 Purdue�s Teaching and Research Farms -- Chapter 21: Extension Gives Voice to Research |
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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 (1928�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 |
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Chapter 29: The Trip to Europe and Accolades for AchievementsPart Five: A Career Ends Like It Started�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 |
| Summary |
"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 humble origins, occupying one building and 150 acres at the start of his career, the agriculture program grew to spread over ten buildings and 1,000 acres by the end of his tenure as its first dean. A focused, single-minded man, Skinner understood from his own background as a grain and stock farmer that growers could no longer rely on traditional methods in adapting to a rapidly changing technological and economic environment, in which tractors were replacing horses and new crops such as alfalfa and soy were transforming the arable landscape. Farmers needed education, and only by hiring the best and brightest faculty could Purdue give them the competitive edge that they needed. While he excelled as a manager and advocate for Indiana agriculture, Skinner never lost touch with his own farming roots, taking especial interest in animal husbandry. During the course of his career as dean (1907-1939), the number of livestock on Purdue farms increased fourfold, and Skinner showed his knowledge of breeding by winning many times at the International Livestock Exposition. Today, the scale of Purdue's College of Agriculture has increased to offer almost fifty programs to hundreds of students from all over the globe. However, at its base, the agricultural program in place today remains largely as John Harrison Skinner built it, responsive to Indiana but with its focus always on scientific innovation in the larger world"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 609-615) and index |
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Print version record |
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Skinner, J. H. (John Harrison), 1874-1942.
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| SUBJECT |
Skinner, J. H. (John Harrison), 1874-1942 fast |
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Purdue University. School of Agriculture.
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Purdue University. School of Agriculture fast |
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College administrators -- Indiana -- Biography
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Agricultural education -- Indiana
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
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HISTORY -- Modern -- 20th Century.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Science & Technology.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Agronomy -- Crop Science.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Agronomy -- General.
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Agricultural education
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College administrators
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Indiana
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collective biographies.
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Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781612492650 |
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1612492657 |
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