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M. C. (Maurice Chase) Burritt
1883–1959
An early 20th-century American agricultural writer, he focused on practical farming, orchards, and rural organization at a time when extension work and farm bureaus were reshaping country life. His books are direct, useful snapshots of how farming knowledge was shared in that era.
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Apple Growing
by M. C. (Maurice Chase) Burritt
About the author
Born in 1883, Maurice Chase Burritt wrote about agriculture in a clear, practical way for farmers and rural communities. Surviving records connect him with books including The County Agent and the Farm Bureau, Apple Growing, and other works on farm management and agricultural conditions.
Archival material at Cornell University shows that his life and work extended well beyond book publishing. His papers include correspondence, reports, diaries, journals, scrapbooks, and travel materials, suggesting a busy career engaged with public service, agricultural institutions, and rural affairs over many decades.
Burritt died in 1959. Today, he is mainly remembered through his agricultural writing and the archival record he left behind, which together offer a useful window into American farming and rural policy in the first half of the twentieth century.