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A. C. Ragsdale and O. E. Reed

Arthur Chester Ragsdale, Professor Emeritus and former chairman of dairy husbandry, University of Missouri, died July 22,1969, at Boone County Hospital, Columbia, Missouri, at the age of 78. Funeral services were held July 24 at the Christian Church, Columbia.

As a native Missourian, he was reared on a farm near Aurora. After graduating from Aurora High School, he entered the College of Agriculture, University of Missouri. He received the B.S. degree in agriculture in 1912.

After graduation from the University of Missouri his first job was that of assistant herdsman, Brook Hill Farms, Genesee Depot, Wisconsin. Later that same year he became dairy foreman of the Bennett Ranch, Kimball, Nebraska. He then served as instructor in animal husbandry at the New Jersey State College of Agriculture, 1913-15, and as instructor in dairy husbandry, University of West Virginia, 1915-16. In September 1916 he returned to the University of Missouri as extension assistant professor of dairy husbandry and on April 1, 1919, he became professor and chairman, department of dairy husbandry, University of Missouri, which position he held since that date.