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Nebraska State Fair. In 1901 he was promoted to an associate director. In 1899 he married Miss Bertha Clark, the daughter of banker John R. Clark of
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Cornell with a thesis titled, "A Method for Improving the Quality of Wheat for Bread Making". He joined the faculty of Cornell in 1906, becoming professor of Experimental Agronomy. From 1907–1909, he served as secretary for the
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experiments. In 1913, he and fellow
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Properties of Soils : A College Text of Edaphology
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Thomas L. Lyon authored or co-authored the following works:
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Lyttleton Lyon, February 17, 1869 — October 7, 1938
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Water-soluble Matter in Soils
Sterilized and Reinoculated
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Culture of the Sugar Beet in Nebraska
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Liberation of Organic Matter by Roots of Growing Plants
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