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THE BATTALION.
PROFESSOR JOHN A. CRAIG.
Professor John A. Craig*, Dean of the Department of
Agriculture at the A. & M College, and Director of the Ex
periment Station at College Station, the subject of this
sketch, was born in Ontario, Canada, in 1868.
He attended Ontario Agricultural College from 1885 till
1888, graduating with the degree of B. S. A.
One 3*ear after his graduation he became managing editor
of the Canadian Live Stock and Farm Journal. After serv
ing three j*ears in this position. Professor Craig was elected
Professor of Animal Husbandry in the University of Wiscon
sin, serving in this position till 1897. lie resigned to en
gage in farming and stock raiding at Rice Lake, Wisconsin.
In 1898 Professor Craig was again chosen Professor of Ani
mal Husbandry and Vice Director of Experiment Station ar
the Universitj* of Wisconsin, where he remained three 3*ears.
He then became editor of the piene Publications, The Iowa
Homestead, Wisconsin Farmer and Kansas City Live Stock
Indicator. Remaining in this position only a short time, he
resigned on account of failing health, and came to Texas.
Since coming to this state, h as interested himself in farming,
and especially live stock. He received the appointment to
his present position last September.
Mr. F. R. Marshall has been engaged by the Texas Ag
ricultural and Mechanical College as Associate Professor of