Frederick Watts
(1801-1889)
lawyer, businessman, agricultural reformer, 1st president of the Pennsylvania Agricultural Society (from 1851), and United States Commissioner of Agriculture (1871-1876)
Commemorated on 1 plaque
Frederick Watts (1801-1889). On a 116-acre tract here stood the model farm created 1857-67 by this agricultural reformer. Watts was the first president of the Pennsylvania Agricultural Society, 1851; a founder of the Farmers' High School (now Penn State); and U.S. Commissioner of Agriculture, 1871-76. The farm remained until 1988. Its site selection, layout, and building designs reflected Watts's pioneering ideas on farm efficiency.
Ritner Hwy. (US 11) & Shearer Dr. at entrance to Watts Bus. Park, Carlisle, PA, United States where they created (1857-1867)