Background
Kains, Maurice Grenville was born on October 10, 1868 in Saint Thomas, Ontario, Canada. Son of John Alexander and Emma Elizabeth (Hughes) K.: Bachelor of Science, Michigan State College, 1895.
Kains, Maurice Grenville was born on October 10, 1868 in Saint Thomas, Ontario, Canada. Son of John Alexander and Emma Elizabeth (Hughes) K.: Bachelor of Science, Michigan State College, 1895.
Bachelor of Agricultural Science, Cornell Univercity, 1896, M.S.A., 1897.
Special crop culturist, United States Department of Agriculture, 1897-1900. Professor horticulture School of Practical Agriculture and Horticulture, Briar Cliff Manor, New York (school now extinct), 1900-1902. An editor New International Cyclo., 1902-1903.
Contributor to Cyclo.
Americana, 1904; horticulture editor American Agriculturist, New York, 1904-1914. Professor horticulture and head of department, Pennsylvania State College, 1914-1916.
Consultant practice since 1916. Lecturer on horticulture Columbia University, 1917-1919.
Contributing editor of Farm Knowledge, 1818-1819, National Encyclopedia, 1932-1933.
Editor Your Home (magazine), 1926-1927. Horticulturist. Poultry, Tribune since 1934.
Member Sigma Xi, Alpha Zeta.
Married Jean Bell Hickey, June 1, 1913. Children: Maurice Eugene, Louis Stanley.