John Henry Baumgardner, 61, international farm and ranch expert who died Thursday, March 10, in Rotterdam, Holland, will be buried in Wellington's Fairview Cemetery, March 19.

He was a brother of David Baumgardner, and the oldest of 8 brothers and sisters who grew up on Baumgardner farm south of Wellington. They were the children of the late Mr. and Mrs. Joe Baumgardner.

Mr. Baumgardner, a former Texas Tech animal husbandry professor, served with the Foreign Agricultural Service and the U.S. Feed Grain Council in Japan and last year, was transferred to Holland.

A spokesman at Texas Tech, where he was professor emeritus, said Mr. Baumgardner was instrumental in developing a method in processing nutritional feeds for livestock feedyards and had worked in Poland, Russia and other foreign countries for the U.S. Feed Grain Council. He served as an international county agent, the spokesman said.

Mr. Baumgardner was a native of Wellington. He graduated from Wellington High School with the class of 1934 and earned degrees from Texas Tech University. He was professor of animal husbandry at Texas Tech from 1945 to 1975. Since 1975, he has worked for the Foreign Agricultural Service and U.S. Feed Grain Council. He was a member of the Plainview Masonic Lodge, the Scottish Rite, Texas Cattle Feeder's Association and the Sirloin Club.

He married Maretta Holloway in 1941 at Lubbock. He was a veteran of World War II and retired U.S. Air Force colonel.

Survivors include his widow, three daughters, Sharon Curry of Plainview, Alice Morris of Houston and Rebecca Petitti of Paris, France; one son, Rudolph of Lexington, Ky.; five brothers, Col. Haynes Baumgardner of Lubbock, Robert Baumgardner of Brownfield, Dr. Marion Baumgardner of Lafayette, Indiana. David Baumgardner of Wellington and Forrest Baumgardner of Anson, Mo.; two sisters, Mrs. C.M. (Barbara) Gordon of Grapevine and Mrs. Robert (Priscilla) Jacobson of Adrian; and four grandchildren.