(026965) Lee, Harold. Roswell Garst: A Biography. Ames, IA: Iowa State Univ. Press, 1984. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 310 pages. Good+ in Very Good DJ. Inscribed by the author on front endpaper. Front cover has a small gouge on the bottom edge. Front endpaper slightly soiled. DJ is rubbed and lightly soiled. Garst was a major promoter of hybrid seed corn and advocate of East-West cooperation in agriculture. In the early 1940s Garst pioneered the intensive use of nitrogen fertilizer on corn, and by 1950 had demonstrated the efficiency of protein-enriched cellulose as cattle feed. This is the first comprehensive biography of Garst. Henry A. Wallace Series on Agricultural History ISBN: 0813807964 (Garst, Roswell)
