Background
Mason, Silas Cheever was born on April 19, 1857 in East Greensboro, Vermont, United States. Son of Elkanah Phillips and Adaline (Cheever) Mason.
Mason, Silas Cheever was born on April 19, 1857 in East Greensboro, Vermont, United States. Son of Elkanah Phillips and Adaline (Cheever) Mason.
Bachelor of Science, Kansas State Agricultural College, 1890, Master of Science, 1893. Honorary Doctor of Science from same college, 1928.
Teacher public schools 3 years. Assistant professor horticulture and forestry Kansas State Agricultural College, 1890, professor, 1894-1897. Professor horticulture and forestry, Berea (Kentucky) College, 1897-1906.
Arboriculturist (under new classification horticulturist) United States Department of Agriculture, 1907-1931.
Detailed by secretary of agriculture to study date palm culture in Egypt and Sudan, and secure offshoots of valuable varieties, 1913-1914. Again in Egypt, 1920, in Algeria, 1921-1922.
Leave of absence, 1924-1925, as consulting expert on date culture, to Sudan Government Discovered the identity, history and geografic range of the Saidy date of the oases of the Libyan Desert, securing 7,000 offshoots for United States Department of Agriculture, for planting in Southern California.
Married May V. Quinby, January 1, 1884.