Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-08-25
VIZ STUDY q FRUITS
Professor Housen Has Made It .
Speciality and Achieved En-.
viable Reputation.
Is q Former Iowa Boy and Comes to
Study at the State
Fair.
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Once an Elevator Boy, Now known
in Two Continents
His Work.
to mes-Republican.

His Work.
4 Special to Times-Republican
| Ames, Aug. 25.-Professor N. z. Han-
! sen "a graduate from the Iowa State
Agricultural College at Ames in the
class of 1887, and later an assistant ir-s
structor in the department. of horticul-
ture here under Professor j. l.. Budd,
Who ROW occupies the chair of horticui-
ture in the South Dakota Agricultural
i College at Bookings, wasi in Ames yes
4 terday, en- route to Des, Moines, where
ne Will spend the Week in pomologicals
study at the Iowa state fair. Professor
IFt1anssn has many friends in the Ames3
tScol!ege Who Were formerly associated
With him in the work here and who are
4 plsassd to note the eminent success he
i has scored in his profession. When he
4 entered the Ames college he was, 1T is
FRANKLY admitted an unpromisinE stu
/ dent. he was a poor boy and had been
\ enptoNed for several years aa elevator
/ boy in the state capitol. There, howev-s
4 er, he evidenced an interest in educa-
ltional work, and thru his intimacy with
state officials, With whom he was a ia
vorite, he was offered assistance by
them and was later able to enter the!
state college in this city
The professor mad taken a great in.
!. terest in newspaper work and wac very
familiar with the newspaper reporters
and correspondents about the state
lihoGse. He had always thought that he
9lswould like to be a reporter ard when he
icame 10 Ames it was, With the irten-
sEtion of fitting himself for the work
4 Hera, however, he became in erested in
/ bugs and plants and before he had be-
Iconle junior was devoting the greater
4 portion of his time in the botanical
4 work. His ability in this line Was no..
& ticsd by the membersso of the faculty, and
4 he. Was encouraged 10 continue the
4 work. Among those who offered assist
lance Was Professor Budd, horticulture
i ist and when young Hansen had COM
4 .pleted the course he Was, given work as
1 assistant structor in the department
4 re haa served in that capacity only
4 about a year when he was elected to the
sIspositionsin the South Dakota institution
i TWO year., go. Professor Hansen wa .
Isselected by the United States depart
sIment of agriculture for very inport-
\ decided to distribute among the farm
Iaess In the agricultural states large
! quantities of seed from foreign coun-
tries, which they would be able to dis
Tribute among the native varieties of
4 grains. grasses and fruits, and Hansen
was selected TO make the trip. This COW
4 cred several sthousand miles thru Eng
q land, Germany, France, Russia, AUS
tTia, Norway aud Sweden and the Holy
s. lands. Professor Hansen bought for the
81 Limited States government; some aav en-
or eigft#car loaas8of seed. and had a
II Very exciting and interesting trip, the
3 story of which was FIRST told in the
81 mes Rep publican Immediately upon his,
Ireturn to this country.
Il i'!oi ts's'or Hansen s trip to Iowa6is for
\ the purpose of studying the interna,
characteristics of the apple a {, grown
q in Iowa. as he Will find it reprsse,ltsd
4 by speci!nens at the state fair This
phase of pomoiegical study is something
4 entirely new III .his country and has
been developed only in minor degree
tby horticulturistsso Of the old world. Be
4 cause the Information cleaned from this
q study deals with Iowa fruit and because
Hit Will be used in a publication on the
II apple now; being prepared by Profes sor
Budds formerly OF the Ames college. ii
u Will be of great interest 10 Iowa MS, This
81 work, which was started by DR.. Down
ing, the eminent New York horticu!tur-
a ist, and which Was#turned over to Pro-
h fessar Budd upon Downing's death, to-
gether With the latier's library on nor
#Iticulture. said to be the most conliete
and valuable in the world. s, now near-
ing completion, and the author is enlist
A ing the cooperation of several @horticul-
turists in America and abroad in order
THAT the book will be accurate and up
y to-date and it is, expected that it will
slpplantall authorities now in use. The
4 book will undoubtedly have an enormous
sale as the past ten Years. during which
Istime there have been introduced into
the United States several thousand va
lirietiea of the apple by importation ana
+ almost az large number by scientific
: processes used in this country. no ac-
4 5curatc books have been published o.,
lsithis subject.
When Professor Henssns completes the
5 work at Des5 Moines; he will go to Min
Il naapolis where he will spend week al
1.-THE Minnesota fair. making a sinaila,
I study OF the fruits of that state. He VII
" also act as judge of the apple exhibi,
i there Later he will attend the state fail
II of South Dakota and act as judge there
His research in this line will include the
Estates of Iowa, Minnesota. North and
South Dakota. and the result Will prob
5 ABLY be tirst reported in d special huile-
/ Tin of tbs. South Dakota experiment sta
-tion. With which the professor IS con-
!. nectet'. and Will later appear@in "a. n2ors
amplitied form in Professor Budd'.
$ book.
Cedar Falls Wedding.
!, Special to Tines-Republican
: Cedar Falls. Aug. 25.-Invitations arr
! sout for the wedding of one of Cedar
Falls fairest daughters Miss Mira
Anna Boehmler daughter of Mr. ans
Mrs. Charles Boehnnler The happy
event Will occur next Tuesday evening
lat $50 O'clock. The lucky groom /.
. Mr.. Samuel Meserley Weleh, OF Mime
i apois, MINI. About fifty guests VII
: be present. Miss Boehmler viii bs
missed from the social circle here
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