author
H. S. Coe
1888–1918
Known for practical early 20th-century books on sweet clover and weeds, this American agricultural writer focused on crops that mattered to working farmers. His publications are concise, useful, and rooted in the concerns of everyday farming life.
4 Audiobooks
Sweet-Clover Seed
by H. S. Coe, John N. (John Nathan) Martin
Sweet Clover: Growing the Crop
by H. S. Coe
Sweet Clover: Harvesting and Thrashing the Seed Crop
by H. S. Coe
Sweet Clover: Utilization
by H. S. Coe
About the author
Working in agricultural research in the early 1900s, Howard Sheldon Coe wrote clear, practical guides on sweet clover and weeds. Records for his books identify him as H. S. Coe, full name Howard Sheldon Coe, with the dates 1888–1918.
His known works include Weeds (1914) and several U.S. Department of Agriculture publications on sweet clover, including Sweet Clover: Growing the Crop and Sweet Clover: Utilization. The subjects of those books suggest a writer deeply interested in forage crops, seed production, and the everyday problems farmers faced in the field.
Because he died young, little widely available biographical detail seems to survive online beyond his publications and catalog records. Even so, those works show a specialist trying to make agricultural knowledge practical and usable for a broad readership.