Alfred Kauter

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Alfred Kauter (born January 22, 1905 in Azmoos (municipality of Wartau in the St. Gallen Rhine Valley); † August 5, 1985 in Muri near Bern ) was a Swiss agricultural scientist.

Live and act

Alfred Kauter studied agriculture at the ETH Zurich and received his doctorate there in 1933 with a dissertation on the root growth of grasses. In 1934 he took over the management of the working group for the promotion of fodder production in Switzerland. From 1953 to 1970 he was Vice Director of the Agriculture Department of the Federal Department of Economic Affairs (today: Federal Office for Agriculture). In this function he was in charge of the arable and crop production sections, as well as vegetable, fruit and viticulture and the entire field testing system of the associated research institutes.

Kauter's main area of ​​interest was grazing and fodder farming. He mainly published the results of the experiments he carried out in practice-oriented specialist bodies. Together with Arnold Schnyder , he wrote a textbook published several times on arable and fodder farming.

Fonts

  • Contributions to the knowledge of the root growth of grasses . Diss. ETH Zurich 1933. In: Reports of the Swiss Botanical Society, vol. 42, 1933, pp. 37-108.
  • The most important meadow weeds. Their life peculiarities, harmfulness and control . Zurich 1937.
  • Forage production. A concise, practical guide for Swiss conditions . Bern 1943, 2nd edition 1948.
  • Arnold Schnyder and Alfred Kauter: Agriculture and forage production. Textbook for teaching at agricultural schools and a guide for the practical farmer . Bern 1943, 2nd edition 1945, 3rd edition 1948, 4th edition 1952, 5th edition 1956.

literature

  • Dr. Alfred Kauter on his 60th birthday . In: Swiss Agricultural Monthly Issues Vol. 43, 1965, pp. 41–42 (with picture).
  • Special issue for the sixtieth birthday of Dr. Alfred Kauter . Swiss Agricultural Research Vol. 4, 1965, pp. 1-6 u. 105–110 (with picture and list of scriptures).
  • Former Vice Director Dr. Alfred Kauter died . In: Swiss Agricultural Monthly Issues Vol. 63, 1985, p. 322.
personal data
SURNAME Kauter, Alfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss agricultural scientist
DATE OF BIRTH January 22, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH Azmoos (municipality of Wartau in the St. Gallen Rhine Valley)
DATE OF DEATH 5th August 1985
Place of death Muri near Bern