Education
In 1896 he graduated with a Bachelor"s degree from Iowa State College and Master"s degree from the same place by 1899.
In 1896 he graduated with a Bachelor"s degree from Iowa State College and Master"s degree from the same place by 1899.
Carleton Roy Ball (1873—1958) was an American botanist. Foreign two years he was a teacher at his university where he performed experiments with seeds. A year before his Master"s he became a part of the United States Division of Agrostology where he studied various grasses and perform argonomic experiments.
In 1906 he performed experiments with grain sorghums and broomcorn to be used in lieu of corn.
When World War I began he was testing various wheats and its production. From 1918 to 1929 he was working at the United States Department of Agriculture. After his death he was commemorated with the plaque at the United States National Arboretum in Washington District of Columbia where he died on February 2, 1958.