M. G. (Maurice Grenville) Kains (1868-1946) was born in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada, and died in Suffern, New York. He worked as a railroad clerk before immigrating to the United States in 1891, settling in Detroit, Michigan. He married Inez M. Kains (b. Hutton) in Lansing, Michigan, in 1895. That same year, Kains received a B.A. in Agriculture from Michigan Agricultural College (now Michigan State University) and later received an M.A. in Agriculture from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, in 1897. He became a naturalized citizen in 1899. Kains worked for the United States Department of Agriculture in Washington D.C. as a special crop culturist from 1897 to 1900, and from 1904 to 1914 he was horticulture editor of the American Agriculturist in New York, New York.
From 1914 to 1916 he was a professor and head of the horticultural department at Pennsylvania State College (now The Pennsylvania State University) and from 1917 to 1919 he lectured at Columbia University in New York. Kains authored 27 books on horticulture, botany, and agriculture, including 1916's Propagation of Plants, which became a standard textbook in agriculture schools, and the bestseller Five Acres and Independence in 1935. He was a member of First Church of Christ, Scientist, New York, New York, and joined The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, on June 23, 1903. Kains wrote numerous articles for The Christian Science Journal and the Christian Science Sentinel and in 1908 was considered as a candidate to work for Mary Baker Eddy, who ultimately felt as though he was not ready to do so. He withdrew from The Mother Church in 1919.
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M. G. (Maurice Grenville) Kains (1868-1946) was born in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada, and died in Suffern, New York. He worked as a railroad clerk before immigrating to the United States in 1891, settling in Detroit, Michigan. He married Inez M. Kains (b. Hutton) in Lansing, Michigan, in 1895. That same year, Kains received a B.A. in Agriculture from Michigan Agricultural College (now Michigan State University) and later received an M.A. in Agriculture from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, in 1897. He became a naturalized citizen in 1899. Kains worked for the United States Department of Agriculture in Washington D.C. as a special crop culturist from 1897 to 1900, and from 1904 to 1914 he was horticulture editor of the American Agriculturist in New York, New York.
From 1914 to 1916 he was a professor and head of the horticultural department at Pennsylvania State College (now The Pennsylvania State University) and from 1917 to 1919 he lectured at Columbia University in New York. Kains authored 27 books on horticulture, botany, and agriculture, including 1916's Propagation of Plants, which became a standard textbook in agriculture schools, and the bestseller Five Acres and Independence in 1935. He was a member of First Church of Christ, Scientist, New York, New York, and joined The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, on June 23, 1903. Kains wrote numerous articles for The Christian Science Journal and the Christian Science Sentinel and in 1908 was considered as a candidate to work for Mary Baker Eddy, who ultimately felt as though he was not ready to do so. He withdrew from The Mother Church in 1919.
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