Background
Farley, Arthur James was born on September 2, 1885 in Waltham, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Frederick W. and M. Wheatie (MacDonald) Farley.
Farley, Arthur James was born on September 2, 1885 in Waltham, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Frederick W. and M. Wheatie (MacDonald) Farley.
Graduate, Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1908.
With, New Jersey College of Agriculture and Experiment Station, 1908-1955;
later professor pomology emeritus, Rutgers University. Secretary-treasurer New Jersey Peach Council, from 1928. Secretary New Jersey Apple Institute, until1957.
Judge annual fruit exhibits.
Member New Jersey Horticultural Society (life, secretary-treasurer from 1927, awarded citation 1948), Union Club.
Married Edith McLaury, June 3, 1914. Children: Margaret (Mistress Stanley Page), Charles M. Married second Mildred B. Murphy, April 5, 1947.