Department of Field Husbandry / by C.A. Zavitz, Oac Review, V.19, No.9, June 1907, p.433-440, ill. 1907.

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Department of Field Husbandry / by C.A. Zavitz, Oac Review, V.19, No.9, June 1907, p.433-440, ill. 1907.

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Ontario Agricultural College. Dept. of Field Husbandry.

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The Dept. of Agriculture divided in 1904 to form the Dept. of Field Husbandry and Dept. of Physics. In 1963 the name changed to Crop Science. From the description of General file on the Department of Field Husbandry, 1915-1969. 1915- 1969. (University of Guelph). WorldCat record id: 626614502 ...

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Zavitz, Charles A. (Charles Ambrose), 1863-1942

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Charles Ambrose Zavitz (1863–1942, born Coldstream, Ontario) was born in 1863 into a family that was a combination of both Quakers and United Empire Loyalists. Upon graduation in 1886 from the Ontario Agricultural College in Guelph, Ontario, the college hired him as a junior chemist, promoted him in 1888 to Assistant Superintendent of Experiments, and again in 1904 to head the new department of Field Husbandry. Zavitz revitalized the Ontario Agricultural and Experimental Union. "By 1924 mo...