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| | K-State Department of Agronomy Past Department Heads (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04) |
 | | During his tenure as Head, the first improved wheat variety ‘Kanred' was released, research was expanded on alfalfa and corn and initiated on sorghum and soybeans, the first Experiment Fields were established in 1923, and county soil surveys were begun. |
 | | As Head, he oversaw development of several new Experiment Fields; completion of a number of county soil surveys; release of many new varieties of wheat, corn, oats, and sorghum; and guided the Department through the years of depression, drought, and World War II. |
 | | Harold E. Myers (1907-1992) was born in Netawaka, Kansas and received the B.S. degree from Kansas State College, the M.S. degree from the University of Illinois, and the Ph.D. degree from the University of Missouri. |
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