The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-01-28
NEW HEAD
sCOltEGE9l
STATION

Mr., john a. Craig who assisted al
he reccn, short course by elyng al
sumbcl OF very strong lectures oal
hoep raislhg, Aorse judging. and siml
ar topics, has accepted the position Of
director Of the Oklahoma experiment.
station. aud win otherwise holp 70 hulla
up the strong agricultural department
which has rs foundation already laid
BY President connell
Professor Craig IS the originator OF .
lystem OF live stock instruction by
score cards and actual ludglng Of live
stock IN iagricniufal colleges. lac Isl
She author OF the only iext book known
IN Judging Tive Stock" and as writ
ton a'vaflcty Of bulletins while At VIA
eauein, Iowa and TeSas Institutions.
He was Instrumental m assisting
Professor Henry OF wisconsin IN ea.
tabllshing the first short COURSE IN agrl
culture At Ames Iowa. he carried cu
With Professor CpTtlss che IlrHt schnt
IN 1--we stock Judging which NaS The
fgrprunnor Of the corn Judging schools
Professor Craig participated ~ lhel
farmers Institute movement M Wiscon
sin when under tie snpeFintendency
OF Mr. Morrison aud was the first tul
lnaugurao organized lnsillpiea iiel
was the chief moyof "a ESTABLISHING
stock Judging competitions among coll
eges at the international live stock
show at t'hicago lie hns judged live
stock al most Of the leading state fairs
and Important exp0sllions including
hose OF the several Canadian prov
nccs from Manitoba 10 Prince Edward
Island, and Iowa. Illinois Mlnnesotl,
Wisconsin, California, Toxas state
fairs. and such leading cxposlt1ns a
.he international at Chicago, Trans
Mississippi az Omaha and Lewis ana
Clark 1T Portland
Oklahoma has chosen d trained
mature scientist and agriculturallAi for
tho impQr ant position OF dlfecto Of
the experiment station, a man OF TN
anclal and executive ability 90 whom
the work Of supervising thc Fcderal
experiment station Investigations and
expenditures may be safely intrlsthd,
John a. Craig was born IN OntWlu,
Canada, and Is Of Sc0ich.lrlah descent
After graduating from high school be-
attended the Ontario agricultural colt
leee at Guelph. Completing Two
years course he became an assoelatc
and then obtained degree Of y. y. A.
from Toronto university, being a Nom.
her Of the first class 10 graiuaic IN as
/ iurnliurc. Immediately on graduation
hhn 1ccamu managing editor oi the
"Uaradlen live Stock and Farm
iouroar nlllng plIa position ior ihsee
years. He was then engaged 70 till the
chair OF animal husbandfy w the Uni
velsay of Wisconsin college Of aeft
culture tho first position OF That Kind
lt0 be established anywhere flc hell
| this position seven years, when ho fa-
signed 10 become senior member uf liiH
lfm oT Craig and Stevenson, owners "
IA 1850 acre farm IN Wisconsin ana
lhfeodees of shafthorn cattle and breed
| efs ana Importers Of shropshire sheen
For thfpc years he was professor %
Ianmal hushandry and vice director q
the pNnnrlnem station of lhe Iowa
horticultural college After some tei3
Unusual financial Inducements haH
been offered alm he resigned ihla p1a
ltlon 10 become editor OF che feafaf
notifications a, nes M0lnes Iowa ~
| Guiding tho 'l9aa Homestead kanaa.
.lChy 1.-Two Stock Indicator and WIS
corsln Farmer tie then became
dean Of agriculture and director OF *
lpoHmont station in the Texas A. ans
/, M. college and remained three years
when he purchased a small stock farm
adjoining san Antonio Texas. ana hal
lengagel in stock farming during th'
lpas two years