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Agriculture

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 68 Collections and/or Records:

Farmers' Club Farms, 1950 - 1958

 Item — Reel UA-F002554
Scope and Contents

A travelogue film showing members of the Lansing (MI) Farmers Club visiting W.K. Kellogg Farm at Kellogg Biological Station; M.C. Loree's farm near Stanton; Michigan State University campus; V.F.W. National Home, Eaton Rapids; Clyde Mays Farm, Albion; Inland Orchard and Nurseries; Art Smith and Sons Farms, Sunfield; and Hickory Ridge Dairy Farm.

Dates: 1950 - 1958

Farmer's Week/ Agriculture and Natural Resources Week UA 16.34 & UA 8.1

 Collection — Box 1-3
Identifier: Serial-00292
Dates: 1902 - 2009

George M. Bitzer records

 Collection
Identifier: 00160
Scope and Contents The collection is divided into eleven series:FARM INCOME TAX RECORDS. 1942-1966. This series contains accounting information for federal income taxes and farm business analyses.JOURNALS. 1948-1965. This series contains journals consisting of income and expense accounts with some subsidiary ledgers.DIARIES. 1931-1979. This series contains mainly diaries of George Bitzer and one diary of Tula Bitzer. MISCELLANEOUS. 1921-1968. This series...
Dates: 1905 - 1967

Gerald D. Yeomans papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.522
Content Description

The Gerald D. Yeomans papers includes a Department of Drawing and Design, Division of Engineering Course 116 A, Sketch and Plan Booklet, from the Winter Term 1930; English Course 102-e, English Themes Composition List, from the Fall Term 1933; Michigan Farm Account Books for 1947-1948, and Vanguard Oats; Farm Account books for 1949, 1951-1952, and 1958; and Michigan State College Farm Income Tax Records for 1953-1957 and 1959-1970.

Dates: 1930 - 1970

Hiram Allen and John Patterson farm photographs

 Collection
Identifier: c-00681
Scope and Content

The collection contains photographs of the John Patterson farm which was bought from Hiram Allen in 1908. Photographs include the house circa 1908 and 1961, the barn, and an image of horses harnessed to a buggy. The photographs include notes on the back explaining the photos.

Dates: circa 1908, 1961, undated

Hiram Moore collection

 Collection
Identifier: c-00285
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of letters, articles, newspaper clippings, and biographical notes of Hiram Moore (1801-1875), one of the first to invent a wheat thresher.

The letters, articles, and newspaper clippings discuss the origin of the combine, which is mired in controversy, as well as its history and mechanical makeup. Also included is a letter extending Moore's patent.

Dates: 1836 - 1931

International Focus Newsletter UA 2.9.3.2

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Serial-00976

Julius W. Chapin papers

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-10.3.141
Scope and Contents The collection consists primarily of correspondence generated in 1923 when Chapin was responding to inquiries about his reasons for refusing the County Agent job, and letters of application he sent to various publications in 1937 seeking work as an agricultural editor and writer. The papers also include a card advertising "Chapin-Cherries" which shows a map and photograph of the Chapin cherry orchard in Suttons Bay and a newspaper article about the Chapin family farm in Eden. Also...
Dates: 1906 - 1938

Korean Agricultural Sector Study (KASS) records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-2.9.5.10
Scope and Contents The Korean Agricultural Sector Study records consist of drafts of chapters of the final report. The report includes Nigeria as a case example and describes the method of simulation modeling as a whole. Folder 15 in Box 1 contains information and the timeline for the project’s implementation in Korea. The special reports in the collection include technical documentation. Other reports in the collection relate to agriculture and land in Korea, United State Agency for International...
Dates: 1957 - 1977; Majority of material found within 1960 - 1977

Louis A. Wolfanger collection

 Record Group
Identifier: UA-17.87
Scope and Contents The Louis Wolfanger collection includes soil science and geography course material. Included are course outlines and exams from soil science classes and a geography class for the Army Air Corps at Michigan State University, blank doctorate exams for Wolfanger’s former students at MSU, and correspondence and information regarding meetings on zoning. There are also lectures on soil science from C. F. Marbut and H. H. Bennett, professors associated with the United States Department of...
Dates: circa 1900-1964, undated