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M. R. (Milton R.) Trumbower
A veterinary writer connected with the U.S. Bureau of Animal Industry, he helped bring practical animal-health knowledge to farmers and livestock owners in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His work focused especially on diseases of cattle and horses, with clear, useful guidance for everyday care.
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Special report on diseases of cattle
by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry, V. T. (Vickers T.) Atkinson, Dr. (William) Dickson, A. (Adolph) Eichhorn, Richard W. (Richard West) Hickman, James Law, (Dr.) (William Herbert) Lowe, C. Dwight (Charles Dwight) Marsh, John R. (John Robbins) Mohler, A. J. (Alexander James) Murray, Leonard Pearson, Brayton Howard Ransom, M. R. (Milton R.) Trumbower, Dr. (Benjamin Tilghman) Woodward
About the author
Milton R. Trumbower was an American veterinary author and contributor to federal agricultural publications. Records available through Project Gutenberg, the Library of Congress, and the Internet Archive show him as M. R. (Milton R.) Trumbower, a contributor to government works such as Special Report on Diseases of Cattle, Special Report on Diseases of the Horse, and the 1905 bulletin Ophthalmia in Cattle.
His writing belongs to a period when the U.S. Bureau of Animal Industry was working to spread reliable veterinary information across the country. Rather than writing for a narrow academic audience, Trumbower's publications were aimed at practical problems farmers and stock owners faced, helping explain symptoms, treatment, and prevention in a direct way.
A memorial record identifies him as Milton R. Trumbower (1850–1926) and places his burial in Monett, Missouri. Even though biographical details are scarce, the surviving publications show a writer whose work was part of a much larger effort to make veterinary science more accessible and useful in everyday rural life.