Charles John Brand (October 24, 1879 in

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'' (1926 edition); p. 327– 1949) was Chief of the Bureau of Markets at the

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Biography

In 1913 he was a physiologist in charge of the Farmers' Cooperative Cotton. He resigned from the

in 1925. In 1933 he left his job at the National Fertilizer Association to act as co-administrator for the

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for a four-month period.

Publications

Yearbook of agriculture
(1913)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Brand, Charles John United States Department of Agriculture officials 1879 births 1949 deaths People from Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota