Norman Jay Colman

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Norman Jay Colman

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Born:: May 16, 1827, near Richfield Springs, N.Y., U.S.

Died:: Nov. 3, 1911, St. Louis, Mo. (aged 84)

Title / Office:: lieutenant governor (1874), Missouri

Notable Works:: Hatch Act

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Norman Jay Colman (born May 16, 1827, near Richfield Springs, N.Y., U.S.—died Nov. 3, 1911, St. Louis, Mo.) was a farm journalist who, as U.S. commissioner of agriculture, so enlarged the scope and activities of his bureau that it was elevated to the level of a cabinet post. After a short law career, Colman in 1852 moved to St. Louis, where he became editor-publisher of The Valley Farmer (called Colman’s Rural World after 1864). Through its pages he advocated better farming methods and disseminated knowledge of new techniques, some of which he practiced on his own farm. He entered the ...(100 of 207 words)

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