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(Lucius Junius Moderatus Columella) (k l´´y m l´ ) (KEY) , fl. 1st cent. A.D., Latin writer on agriculture, b. Gades (now Cádiz), Spain. Of his wo...
(k k) (KEY) , 1752–1842, English agricultural reformer. Created earl of Leicester of Holkham in 1837, he was known as Coke of Holkham. He improved b...
1725–95, English livestock breeder and agriculturist. He successfully bred livestock for meat rather than appearance, developing new breeds, which i...
1827–1911, American agriculturist and lawyer, b. near Richfield Springs, N.Y., grad. Univ. of Louisville law school, 1851. He promoted the passage o...
1880–1971, British nutritionist and agricultural scientist, b. Scotland, grad. Univ. of Glasgow. He was professor of agriculture at the Univ. of Abe...