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Liberty Hyde Bailey: The Father of Agriculture at Cornell University

By WSKG Staff | July 15, 2014

By Miranda Materazzo

Liberty Hyde Bailey (1858-1954) was a professor of horticulture and botany at Michigan Agricultural College, now Michigan State University, and later at Cornell University. Explore this map, and follow Bailey’s travels while he makes some of the most important contributions to New York State agriculture.

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