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Butterfield (KENYON LEECH an American)

KENYON LEECH, an American educator, born in Lapeer, Mich., in 1868. He graduated from the University of Michigan and took a special course at the Michigan Agricultural College. He became editor of the "Michigan Grange Visitor" in 1892. He was superintendent of the Michigan Farmers' Institute and field agent of the Michigan Agricultural College from 1895 to 1899. In 1903 he was chosen president of the Rhode Island College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts. Three years later he became president of the Agricultural College of Massachusetts.

In 1916-1917 he was president of the Association of American Agricultural Col- BUTTERFLY leges and Experiment Stations, and in 1917-1918 chairman of the Massachusetts Committee of Food Production and Conservation. He also served on many other committees of a similar nature.

Apart from articles in periodicals, his chief work is "The Country Church and the Rural Problem" (1911).