The high food value of field beans and the shortage of supply due to the light yields of 1915 and 1916 render them of great importance in the regions to which they are adapted.

In 1905 he returned to UT to become that institution's president serving until 1908. He puDavid F. Houstond for easier credit for farmers and urged them to produce less. Under President William McKinley he was on the board of visitors of the United States Military Academy at West Point.

David Franklin Houston (February 17 1866 – September 2 1940) was an American academic businessman and politician.