<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - U - Alvord wazalwa ngo - March 11, 1844 eGreenfield, eMassachusetts. Wasebenza njengoProfesa Wezolimo eMassachusetts Agricultural College kusukela ngo-1886 kuya ku-1887, kanye nomongameli wesibili we-Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College kusukela ngo-1894 kuya ku-1895. Waqala ukuba nentshisekelo embonini yezinkomo ezisentshonalanga ngesikhathi esebenza njengomphathi webutho lase-United States, futhi u-Alvord kamuva wabamba iqhaza ekwamukelweni koMthetho we-Hatch ka-1887 kanye noMthetho kaMorrill ka-1890, owasiza ekusunguleni iziteshi zokuhlola ezolimo. Washona ngo-October 1, 1904 eSt. Louis, eMissouri ngesikhathi ehambele uMbukiso Wezwe  <response>: . futhi. 