Robert Lincoln Beacher ^{1 2}

  General Notes:

  Birth Notes:

He was born at home at 35 N Main Street in Shenandoah.

  Death Notes:

He contracted a disease in Sierra Leone, Africa, where he was conducting a research project.

  Burial Notes:

Cremated.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Newspaper: The Frederick Post, 8 Jun 1956, Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland, USA. ⁴ Irrigation farming offers one of the best hopes for decreasing unit costs and increasing profits for farmers in the Eastern half of the United States, it was indicated recently by speakers at a farm conference in the Mississippi-Arkansas Delta region.

Dr. R. L. Beacher, associate agronomist at the University of Arkansas, said that adquate feritility is a must for the irrigation farmer.

"Any humid-region farmer who is interested in irrigation is looking forward to higher acre yield and lower production costs," he said. "but water, in adequate quantity and at the right time, is just one of the plant growth factors limiting crop yields in this region.

Dr. Beacher said that specific fertilizer recommendations for any field to be irrigated should be obtained from one's own state soil testing service.

"A reliable soil test is the first step toward adquate fertility, followed by a trial of the test recommendations," he said.

• Residence, 1984, Bossier City, Bossier County, Louisiana, USA. ²

Robert married Dorothy Darlene Smith on 7 May 1945 in , Kearney County, Nebraska, USA.¹ (Dorothy Darlene Smith was born Cal 1924 in , Lincoln County, Nebraska, USA ³.)