Review of "Our Purpose is to Serve"; The First Century of the North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station

Authors

Peter D. Shemitz, University of Kansas

Date of this Version

1991

Document Type

Article

Comments

Published in GREAT PLAINS QUARTERLY 11:4 (Fall 1991). Copyright © 1991 Center for Great Plains Studies, University of Nebraska–Lincoln.

Abstract

Danbom's exhaustive account of the North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station at Fargo usefully fills a gap in the history of agriculture on the Great Plains. The author explains how the experiment station was founded and the development of the main interests of its scientists: breeding varieties of crops and livestock, diversifying production, and adopting modem agricultural and business practices.