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Abstract

Earle S. Snyder, an Emeritus Member of the Poultry Science Association, and former Professor, Department of Poultry Science, Ontario Agricultural College, now a Faculty of the University of Guelph, died December 14.He was born on a farm near Berlin, now Kitchener, Ontario, in 1893, and received a B.S.A. degree from the University of Toronto (Ontario Agricultural College) in 1918, and an M.Sc. degree, majoring in genetics, at the University of Wisconsin in 1923. Following graduation he joined the staff of the Department of Poultry Husbandry, Ontario Agricultural College, as Demonstrator. He served as Plant Foreman and Extension Specialist, becoming Lecturer in 1927, Associate Professor in 1940, and Professor in 1946. He retired from the permanent staff on August 14, 1963, after some 45 years of service, but served a six-month appointment to write a bulletin on poultry meat.He lectured to hundreds of students, over the years, in degree .