Artist: Othmar J. Hoffler (1893–1954)
Walter Harvest Peters
PETERS, WALTER HARVEST (1885–1949), inducted 1948
After graduating from Iowa State College in 1908, Walter H. Peters taught briefly there, as well as at the Manitoba Agricultural College and the North Dakota Agricultural College. In 1918, he joined the faculty of the University of Minnesota and was appointed head of the Division of Animal Husbandry in 1921. Peters performed extensive cattle feeding trials during the 1920s and 1930s and launched many experimental breeding programs during his tenure. In 1941, Peters served as president of the American Society of Animal Science. His Livestock Production (1942) was a definitive textbook. Director of the Minnesota Livestock Breeders Association for twenty-two years, Peters was named to the state’s agricultural hall of fame in 1947.
Source: Saddle & Sirloin Guidebook 2026, p. 156