The 1936 Dodge County Extension report contains six documents: 33-page Annual Extension Review, Analyses, Interpretation and Presentation Summary; 55-page Extension Narrative Report; 4-H Narrative Report; Agricultural Conservation Blockman Report; 4-H Work Scrapbook and Miscellaneous lose papers. The Narrative reports contains: statistical summary (page 1); Projects Goals and Methods (pages 2-9); Cereals disease, varieties, trial results, Stussy Limestone Pit (pages 10-12); Poultry feeding, parasites, housing (pages 12-13); Horses (page 13); Dairy testing purebred sires, dried milk plant in West Concord (pages 13-14); Sheep and Swine Harold Saettre demonstration, hog cholera, anemia, Hog Improvement Association, Sow Improvement Association (pages 15-16); Farm Management accounting, record keeping, loans with Farm Credit Association (pages 16-17); Home Management and Nutrition (page 17); 4-H full time Club Agent, Leaders Meetings, One-act Play, County Picnic, enrollment numbers, County Fair, State-National-Jr Livestock Show results, livestock parade, food stand netted $52 (pages 18-20); Weed Control condemned crop field, thistles; Community Activities Adult One-Act Play, Rural Youth Group officers, Corn Husking Contest, Dodge County Service Company affiliates with State Farm Bureau Service, shares sold, Farm Bureau picnic 600 attended, Mrs. Forrest Chapin wins Womens Speaking Contest at State Fair; (pages 21-23); Emergency Projects shortage of seed, Soil Conservation map (pages 24-25); Farm Management Cooperators member names and location map (pages 26-27); 4-H Clubs names and location map (pages 28-29); Farm Bureau Board of Directors (page 30); 1937 Projects Goals and Methods (pages 31-36); History of Dodge County Extension Work (pages 37-39); Crops Wheat Adjustment Program, disease control, Herman Peterson produces Hybrid Corn seed, expense of lime (pages 39-41); Dairy low prices, State Livestock Sanitary Board testing (pages 41-42); Seine disease problems increase (pages 42-43); Sheep and Poultry disease, better feed (pages 44-46); Better Farming Club (pages 46-47); Coop Dairy Manufacturing Plants (pages 47-48); Weed Control Issues (pages 48-49); No Home Project in 1936 (page 49); 4-H Banner Year, special attention to Health Project (pages 51-51); Farm Bureau new unit organized, meetings, Mrs. Chapin receives perfect score in National Speaking Contest, Oil Coop Problems (pages 51-53); Outlook for 1937 (pages 54-55). The 1937 4-H Club Agent Report: letters, project requirements, clubs names of officers and meeting schedules, Leaders Meetings, cost vs. value, information on all activities including Fairs, newspaper articles. Black & white photos: Pauline Gossard, sewing; Phyllis Simonsen, bread baking; Florence McMartin, clothing; Donald Trapp, Grand Champion Pig; One-Act Play Group. SE District Ag Conservation Report covers Projects Goals and Methods, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Houston, Mower and Olmsted Counties. Scrapbook 4-H Report contains letters sent, contest and fairs including clubs, individual names and results. Loose Documents donated by Mrs. Perry Aspery contains Extension booklets, letters, kitchen plans, lesson plans for Womens Project Groups.
Contributing Institution:
Dodge County Extension Office, University of Minnesota Extension
The 1935 Extension annual report contains three documents: 33-page Annual Extension Review, Analyses, Interpretation and Presentation Summary;. 3-page 4-H Club Report 4-H Club Report with numbers and a short overview; 61-page Narrative Report. Narrative report contains: Farm Bureau Board of Directors (page 1); Statistical Summary (page 2); 1935 Projects Goals and Methods (pages 3-9); Cereals increase in barley, wheat (pages 10-11); Legumes and Forage Crops Alfalfa, 2552 tons lime, Sudan Grass, Reeds Canary Grass (pages 11-13); Poultry (page 13); Horses Colt Club (pages 13-14); Dairy Bangs test, breeding, County Fair (pages 14-15); Sheep feeding under contract, worms (page 15); Swine Cholera, Rickets, Anemia (page 16); Management Service Cooperator enrollment and map (pages 17-18); Farm Management; Debt Adjustment Committee (page 19); 4-H Club part time agent Shirley Emerson shared with Rice County, leader by-laws two adults and two Junior Leaders from each club, Achievement Day, plays, map of club location, enrollment and project numbers, (pages 20-23); Emergency Projects feed needs, Corn hog contracts with map, (pages 24-26); Community Activities young people club, Dodge County Corn husking Contest, Adult One Act Play, Mrs. Forest Chapin Womens Speaking Contest (pages 27-28); 1936 Projects Goals and Methods (pages 29-33). The 10-page 4-H report contains: Statistical Summary; 2 black and white photos of 4-H Week at the University; 1 black and white photo of kitten ball game at the County picnic; Erland McMartin, black and white photo Champion Bread Team; Bernice Theel, black and white photo individual canning demonstrators; Irma Suhr black and white photo County musical group and winning play cast; black and white photo Harold Gossard representative to State Federation.
Contributing Institution:
Dodge County Extension Office, University of Minnesota Extension
The 1931 Extension annual report contains two documents. 33-page Annual Extension Review, Analyses, Interpretation and Presentation Summary. 60-page Narrative Report. Narrative report contains: Farm Bureau Report meeting reports, membership (dues debited from bank accounts), Annual Meeting, picnic, 4-H, economy (pages 1-6); Farm Bureau Board of Directors (page 7); Projects Goals and Methods (pages 8-15); Statistical Summary (page 16); Soils and Crops soil samples and testing, varieties, income on farm follows crop yields (pages 17-18); Crops Varieties are velvet, Minrus, Bison, Alfalfa, Clover germination testing (pages 18-19); Livestock Cholera, abortion (pages 19-20); Dairy dairy locations, herd improvement, creameries (pages 21-22); Poultry disease and parasites, feeding, marketing, Poultry Show at the Fair (pages 22-23); Clearing land and Building Construction (page 23); Farm Management extension charges for farm studies (page 24); Weeds no inspectors, cooperative plan, sodium chlorate used (pages 24-25); Home Projects no Extension leader, Hollyhock identified as County flower, schools encouraged to plant Hollyhock and an evergreen tree (pages 25-26); 4-H Club 420 members, lack of local leaders, State and Junior Livestock Show exhibitors and placing (pages 27-29); Farm Accounting membership and location map (pages 30-31); Cow Testing Association members and location map (pages 30-31); Extension meeting held, location and map (pages 34-38); 4-H Projects and members (pages 39-51); Dodge County Agriculture needs (pages 52-53); 1932 Outlook (page 54); 1932 Projects Goals and Methods (pages 55-60).
Contributing Institution:
Dodge County Extension Office, University of Minnesota Extension
The 1930 annual report contains 2 Documents. 33-page Annual Extension Review, Analyses, Interpretation and Presentation Summary. 66-page Narrative Report. Narrative report contains: Farm Bureau Report meeting reports, membership problems, annual program, Board of Directors, picnic No firecrackers, County Fair, 4-H Livestock trucked to State Fair, Fair booth, Creamery problems (pages 1-6); Project Goals and Methods (pages 7-13); Crops Better Farming Club, use of commercial fertilizer, crop varieties, peas for hogs (pages 15-18); Livestock low prices, testing, health certificate, abortion, map of testing membership (pages 19-22); Dairy dairy school Herd Improvement Association officers, 2 dairy sires purchased (page 22-23); Poultry difficulties, coccidiosis, feeding, turkeys (page 23-24); Agriculture Engineering fire, cyclone, tiling, buildings constructed, explosives distributed, farm labor (page 24); Map of Better Farming Members (page 25); Farm Management Better Farming Club, plan to eliminate hired help (pages 26-27); Home Project Child Development Training and Care, 19 groups Achievement Day at Pleasant Corners church, map of CD project members (page 27-29); Marketing Creamery Co-ops (page 29); 4-H Clubs 338 enrolled, project contests and results, State Fair, Jr Livestock Show, Tour to University Farm (pages 30-32); Agriculture Adjustment (pages 33-34); 1931 Project Goals and Methods (pages 35-42); map of meetings held (page 42); Extension Meetings held (pages 43-45); Farm Bureau Board of Directors (page 46); Better Farming Club members (page 47); Cow Testing Association members (page 48); Child Development Clubs and members (pages 49-56); 4-H Club Projects and members (pages 57-66).
Contributing Institution:
Dodge County Extension Office, University of Minnesota Extension
The 1929 annual report contains two documents. 49-page Annual Report of County Extension Workers 29 pages. Annual Report includes interest of organization in extension work, 1929 program and results, meetings held in Dodge County, finding and happenings denoting agricultural programs, 1930 program of extension work, statistical summary, outlook and problems, members of cow testing association, Better Farming Club members, Club embers for 1929. Three location maps. Items of interest include Farm Bureau picnic on July 4th, 4-H'ers sleep at the fair, 4-H enrollment.
Contributing Institution:
Dodge County Extension Office, University of Minnesota Extension
The 1928 annual report contains two documents; 31-page Annual Extension Review, Analyses, Interpretation and Presentation Summary; 44-page Narrative Report. The Narrative Report contains Farm Bureau Overview including picnic, work in Home Economics Department and free bedding at the fair (pages 1-5); Projects Goals and Methods (pages 6-9); meetings held with location map (pages 10-13); Soils and Crops, seed sold at Extension Office, Gopher Oats, landlord problems, noxious weed control not popular (pages 14-17); Livestock, cattle testing, hog tattooing (page 17); Dairy Cattle Testing Association with officers, herd management, purebred sires (pages 18-19); Poultry clinics held, culling lessons, turkeys (pages 19-20); Engineering blue prints furnished (page 20); Rodent Control cyanide (pages 20-21); Agriculture Economics Better Farming Club (page 21); Home Management labor saving hints (pages 21-22); Boys and Girls Club work first Bread Baking and Sewing Contest, other contest with results, U of M Short Course, State Fair (pages 22-24); Recommendations for 1929 (page 29); Statistical Summary (page 29); Outlook for 1929 (page 30); Cow Testing Association including membership a map (pages 32-33); Home Management Clubs and members (pages 34-37); Boys and Girls Clubs Projects and Membership (pages 38-43); Farm Bureau Board of Directors (page 44).
Contributing Institution:
Dodge County Extension Office, University of Minnesota Extension
The 1927 annual report contains two Documents; the 31-page Annual Extension Review, Analyses, Interpretation and Presentation Summary; and the 40-page Narrative Report. The Narrative Report contains Farm Bureau Overview including picnic (pages 1-3); Projects, Goals and Methods (pages 4-7); Meetings held and map of those Extension Agents attended (pages 8-11); Rag Doll method of seed testing (page 15); County proclaimed tuberculin free (page 19); dairy (pages 18-19); poultry (pages 20-21); rodent control (pages 21-22); Boys and Girls Clubs (4H) (pages 22-28); year's statistical summary (page 29); Detention Outlook (page 30); Cow Testing Membership and map (pages 31-32); leaders and membership of Poultry Project with map (pages 31-39); Boys and Girls Clubs projects, members and map (pages 40-45); Farm Bureau Board of Directors (page 45).
Contributing Institution:
Dodge County Extension Office, University of Minnesota Extension
The 1926 annual report contains two Documents: The 33-page Annual Extension Review, Analyses, Interpretation and Presentation Summary, and the 50-page Narrative Report. Narrative report contains: Farm Bureau Report meeting reports, picnic activities (pages 1-3); Projects Goals and Methods (pages 4-7); Soils and Crops rental problems, barley, truck crops (pages 8-9); Livestock and Dairy Milking Shorthorns, feed school, Vernon Coop (pages 9-10); Rural Engineering and Marketing construction advice, blueprints, Water in buildings, Pyrotel for blasting, coop marketing (pages 10-13; Home poultry considered womens work, proper housing for poultry (page 13); Boys and Girls Clubs (4H) - retention in program, State Fair precedes County Fair (pages 13-14); Projects Goals and Methods (pages 15-16); Soil fertilizer, names of men using fertilizer (pages 17-19); Crops Gopher Oats, barley crop show, cabbage (pages 19-20); Dairy - cow testing, (pages 21-22); Poultry study of first poultry project, tour (pages 23-24); Marketing truck growers marketing problems, Growers Association director names, onions, cabbage (pages 24-26); Boys and Girls 4-H Clubs State Fair and Junior Livestock Show names and placing, camp (pages 27-28); Summary of Activities (pages 29-32); Statistical Summary (page 33); 1927 Projects, Goals and Methods (pages 34-36); Outlook (page 37); Boys and Girls Club Projects and members (pages 38-42); Adult Poultry Project Clubs and members (pages 43-49); Farm Bureau Board of Directors (page 50).
Contributing Institution:
Dodge County Extension Office, University of Minnesota Extension
The 1925 narrative report covers Farm Bureau business and mentions two bank closings. County Commissioners were asked for help in hiring the Extension staff. The document outlines the scope, nature, and results of Extension work. It includes Animal Husbandry, Agriculture Economics, Rural Engineering, Poultry, Womens Clothing, Nutrition, and Boys and Girls Clubs (4-H). Interesting facts; pole beans planted for silage, an outbreak of cholera, lime sulfur and arsenate sprayed on orchards, Womens Clubs held project meetings. The supplement contains crop yields, acres, farm calls, livestock and poultry numbers, demonstrations, exhibits, meetings, and members and attendance.
Contributing Institution:
Dodge County Extension Office, University of Minnesota Extension
Morrison County, Minnesota: The Domain of Better Farms, c. 1925-1926. Thirty-six page booklet with blue cover; black and white photos and line drawings included throughout; discusses the advantages of living in Morrison County. Title page says, ""Come to Morrison County. Prosperity Awaits You. In the Heart of Minnesota."" Topics include a brief history of the county, Agricultural Advantages of Morrison County, Climate and Health, Soil And ""The Lay of the Land,"" Queen Cow and the dairy industry in the county, Grain Production, Crop Statistics, The Grasses, Corn in Morrison County, Potatoes, Fruits and Vegetables, Livestock and Poultry, Educational Advantages, Transportation, The Lakes of Morrison County, The City of Little Falls, The Towns and Villages of Morrison County. Also includes small maps of Morrison County and the State of Minnesota. The Minnesota map is an Auto Road Map and shows paved road running through Morrison County. The last interior page is an Information Blank to be filled out by the reader and sent to the Board of Commerce in Little Falls to receive more information on purchasing farm land.
Souvenir pamphlet showing the agriculture, natural beauty, schools, and economic development opportunities in the cities of Redwood Falls, Morgan, and Walnut Grove, all located in Redwood County, Minnesota
The 1924 Dodge County Extension Services Annual Report narrative report includes many names. Projects described include: Soil (lime was ordered by boxcar), information regarding crop improvement and shows; associations including, Duroc Breeders, Shorthorn Breeders, Cow Testing, and Egg and Poultry Marketing. Talks about Sodatol (TNT). Boys and Girls 4-H Club working through rural schools; Farm Bureau picnic; Bread Baking Contest winner received a 48 lb. sack of flour and two cakes of yeast daily for two weeks. County Fair and Livestock Shows, and Women's Achievement Day. Two supplements contain crop yields, acres, farm calls, livestock and poultry numbers, demonstrations, exhibits, meetings, and members and attendance.
Contributing Institution:
Dodge County Extension Office, University of Minnesota Extension
This is the first annual report from the Dodge County Extension Service. The report covers the purpose of the extension office and its relationship to the Dodge County Farm Bureau, the University of Minnesota and the United States Department of Agriculture. It contains information regarding farm management, farmers clubs, boys and girls clubs (4-H), and women's clubs. The document contains names of people in Dodge County in 1923. A supplement contains crop yields, acres, farm calls, livestock and poultry numbers, demonstrations, exhibits, meetings, and members and attendance.
Contributing Institution:
Dodge County Extension Office, University of Minnesota Extension
Letter from R. W. Thatcher, Dean of the University of Minnesota Department of Agriculture, authorizing the use of space for the Minnesota State Horticultural Society office on the University campus.
Business envelope from Minnesota State Horticultural Society and business card of R. S. Mackintosh, Secretary of the Minnesota Satate Horticultural Society
Morrison County, Minnesota: Its Advantages and Prospects, c. 1912. Booklet extolling the virtues of agriculture in Morrison County, Minnesota; meant to urge people to move to the county. Discusses agricultural crops produced in Morrison County. Includes a summary of agriculture awards won by Morrison County in the Minnesota State Fairs of 1908, 1909, and 1910. Author Frank B. Logan was in charge of the Morrison County exhibit starting in 1907. In 1911, he was appointed Assistant Superintendent of the Agricultural Department of the Minnesota State Fair. In 1913, he was appointed Superintendent of the Agricultural Department.
Minnesota Dairyman, Vol. VI, No. 12, February 1912. Cover features a photograph of Lillian De Kol Albino, a typical Holstein-Friesian cow. Cover story: Thirty-Fourth Annual Convention of the Minnesota State Dairyman's Ass'n held at Wadena, Minnesota, January 16th to 19th, 1912.
Minnesota Dairyman, Vol. VI, No. 11, January 1912. Cover features a photograph of the gilt-edge cooperative creamery at Owatonna, Minnesota. Cover story: The Albert Lea Convention [Minnesota State Butter and Cheesemakers' Association].
Minnesota Dairyman, Vol. VI, Nos. 9-10, November-December 1911. Cover features a photograph of a Guernsey bull, Robiana's Standard, a leading sire of advanced registry daughters, owned at the Jean du Luth Farm, Duluth, Minn. Cover story: The Crookston Meeting, Eighth Annual Convention of the Red River Valley Dairyman's Association.
Minnesota Dairyman, Vol. VI, No. 8, October 1911. Cover features a photograph of Lady Oak Fobes DeKol, owned by W. F. Schilling, Northfield. Cover story: Minnesota - The Bread and Butter State, by William E. Curtis.
Minnesota Dairyman, Vol. VI, No. 7, September 1911. Cover features a generic photograph of cows grazing. Cover story: Cow Testing Again, Prof. Haecker Talks Very Plain on the Matter of 'Fatty Tests,' Warning Breeders to Go Slow.
Minnesota Dairyman, Vol. VI, No. 6, August 1911. Cover features a photograph of T. L. Haecker, father of dairying in Minnesota and principal speaker on Dairyman's Day at the Rice County Fair at Northfield, Thursday, Sept. 21st, 1911. Cover story: Filling the Silo, by W. J. Kennedy of the Iowa Experiment Station.
Minnesota Dairyman, Vol. VI, No. 5, July 1911. Cover features a photograph of a Minnesota State Dairyman's Association's loving cup award. Cover story: Tuberculosis in Cattle, Paper Delivered Before The Holstein-Friesian Association at a Meeting Held in Syracuse, N. Y., June 7th, 1911, by Henry Baird Favill, M. D. of Chicago.
Minnesota Dairyman, Vol. VI, No. 4, June 1911. Cover features a photograph of cows standing in shallow water. Cover story: State Breeders Meet, Governor Unable to Come, Large Number of Interesting Addresses.
Minnesota Dairyman, Vol. VI, No. 3, May 1911. Cover features a photograph of Pieterje Maid Ormsby, the Holstein cow which has produced 146.66 pounds of butter in thirty days. Cover story: New Minnesota Oleo Law, Oleomargarine colored to imitate butter cannot be sold without violation of law.
Minnesota Dairyman, Vol. VI, No. 2, April 1911. Cover features Spring Brook Heilo Johanna King, Sire of Elwood Farm Herd, U. L. Lashbrook, Proprietor, Northfield, Minnesota. Cover story: Does Dairying Pay? S. B. Eason Writes Intelligently on This Subject of Vital Importance in The American Farmer.
Minnesota Dairyman, Vol. VI, No. 1, March 1911. Cover features a generic photograph of cattle grazing. Cover story: Relation of Dairying to Soil Fertility, Address of Supt. A. D. Wilson At the State Dairymen's Convention Held at Litchfield.
Minnesota Dairyman, Vol. V, No. 12, February 1911. Cover features a generic photograph of cattle grazing. Cover story: State Dairyman's Ass'n Convention, Litchifield Entertained Representatives of Leading Industry of this Great State.
Minnesota Dairyman, Vol. V, No. 11, January 1911. Cover features a photograph of Grace Greenwood 3rd Katy Spofford and twin bull calves, born Nov. 1, 1910, E. P. Miller & Sons, Northfield. Cover story: What the Dairy Cow Does, She is the Country's Best Friend When it Comes to Feeding the Multitude, address by Prof. R. M. Washburn of the Vermont Agricultural Society.
Promotional pamphlet, with text, statistics, and illustrations, aimed at attracting potential settlers on farmsteads in the state. It extols Minnesota's agricultural resources, including its climate, soil conditions, suitability for various crops and livestock, farmer's organizations, and the general education and economic setting.
Minnesota Dairyman, Vol. V, No. 10, December 1910. Cover features a photograph of one cow with horns. Cover story: Yellow Oleomargarine and Its Fraudulent Sale, Dairymen Must Make a Decisive Stand for Their Rights and Should Write the Facts to Their Congressmen and Senators and DO IT NOW.
Minnesota Dairyman, Vol. V, No. 9, November 1910. Cover features a photograph of one white cow. Cover story: Successful Dairying, The Care and Management of The Herd on the Dairy Farm, by Geo. P. Grout, M. S. Assi't in Dairy Husbandry Agricultural Experiement Station, at University Farm.
Minnesota Dairyman, Vol. V, No. 8, October 1910. Cover features a photograph of cows grazing beside a riverbank. Cover story: Dairying for Profit, by F. D. Currier of Nicollet, Minn.
Minnesota Dairyman, Vol. V, No. 7, September 1910. Cover features a generic photograph of cows and trees. Cover story: The Farmer, by Andrew French, Minnesota State Dairy & Food Commissioner.
Minnesota Dairyman, Vol. V, No. 6, August 1910. Cover features a photograph of one bull or steer. Cover story: The National Dairy Union, Some Timely Notes From the Pen of Secretary E. K. Slater.
Minnesota Dairyman, Vol. V, No. 5, July 1910. Cover features a photograph of three prize Dutch Belted dairy cattle. Cover story: The Advanced Registry Report, By Malcolm H. Gardner, Superintendent of the Holstein-Friesian Association of America.
Minnesota Dairyman, Vol. V, No. 4, June 1910. Cover features a photograph of cows standing in shallow water. Cover story: Cooperation in Denmark, An Address by Prof. Boeggild, of the Royal Danish School of Agriculture.