Background
Moser, Christopher Otto, , Texas 1885 1935 Male Farm Leader organizer of farm groups, was born in Dallas, Tex. , the second son of Christian and Anna (Buhrer) Moser.
Moser, Christopher Otto, , Texas 1885 1935 Male Farm Leader organizer of farm groups, was born in Dallas, Tex. , the second son of Christian and Anna (Buhrer) Moser.
Moser attended the public schools of Dallas and subsequently became an eager student of dairying at Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College, whence he graduated in 1904 with the degree of B. S. On Jan. 4, 1911, he married Norma K. Nagle of Denison, Tex.
His first position was as state feed inspector at Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College, and in 1907 he was employed by the government to manage an experimental dairy farm at Denison which was sponsored by the college and the local board of trade.
They had three sons, Christopher, Norman, and Charles.
Meanwhile, he was influential in reorganizing the Texas Dairymen's Association, which he served as secretary-treasurer for two years.
Moser utilized his business contacts and his work with the Dairymen's Association to spread the gospel of scientific dairying not only in the Dallas area but throughout Texas.
He pioneered in the introduction of Holstein cattle and conducted the dairy exhibits at the San Antonio International Exhibition and at other fairs.
In 1920 he resigned as county agent to become state organizer for the Farm Bureau movement.
With John Orr and Aaron Sapiro, he was a leading spirit in the formation of the Texas Farm Bureau Cotton Association and the Texas Farm Bureau Federation.
Traveling throughout the cotton belt, he helped launch state cooperatives from South Carolina to California.
During all these years Moser forwarded with pen and by word of mouth the doctrines of cooperation, continually stressing membership morale in the many groups he served.
He also served as vice-president and secretary of the Cotton Stabilization Corporation.
He visualized laundries, electricity, and other services brought within its scope.
Because of his interest in the farmer's return from cottonseed, Moser became president in 1934 of the Institute of American Fats and Oils in Washington, D. C.
There he fought for tariff protection for American fats and oils and for the removal of discriminatory legislation against margarine containing no imported ingredients.
His influence can easily be underestimated, because, despite his many offices, he tended to remain in the background.
His mind was extraordinarily fertile in matters of organization.
[Who's Who in America, 1934-35; Farm and Ranch, Aug. 1, 1935; Cooperative Jour. , July-Aug. , 1935; F. W. Johnson, A Hist.
of Tex. and Texans (1914), vol.
III; N. Y. Times, July 13, 1935; Dallas Morning News, July 12, 1935; information as to certain facts supplied by Miss Rae Epstein, Washington, D. C. , and C. H. Alvord and Bonney Youngblood of the U. S. Dept. of Agric. ]
His parents, who were of German-Swiss origin, operated a dairy farm on the outskirts of the city.
