University of Minnesota veterinarian and students conduct a field visit at a Minnesota farm to examine a cow. One of the students holds a case for a TB innoculation and/or test.
Group Photograph with Leon Snyder in the center of the photo. Snyder was head of Horticulture at the University of Minnesota 1953-1970, and one of the founders of the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum. On Snyder's left is Madelyn Bezat, 3rd president of the Federated Garden Clubs of Minnesota, 1961-1963.
The 1954 Dodge County Extension Service annual report contains three documents: 32-page Annual Extension Review, Analyses, Interpretation and Presentation Summary; 4-page Farm Labor Report; and 56-page Extension Narrative Report and 4-H Narrative. The Extension Narrative Report contains: Introduction (pages 1-2); Extension Organization - Commissioners, budget (pages 3-4); Projects Goals and Methods (pages 5-9); Crops Corn yield, location map crop plots (pages 10-11); Weeds, Insects serious weeds in one Township, army worms, certified seed (pages 12-13); Dairy cow testing, production location map cow testing membership, artificial insemination (pages 15-18); Beef Cattle 50 people on a tour, progress of beef industry (pages 18-19); Swine meat type, cuts, feed comparisons (pages 19-20); Poultry problems, production and marketing of broilers and eggs (pages 20-21); Sheep minor impact in Dodge County (page 21); Soil and Water Conservation - 766 farmers contacted, Upper Zumbro Soil Conservation, tiling, windbreaks, shelter belts (pages 22-23); Buildings, Machinery, Safety drying equipment, need for safety acceptance (page 24); Cooperation with other agencies (page 25); Home Program organization, planning, leader names (pages 26-27); Programs Safety and First Aid, More for Your Money, For Better Grooming, Annual Tea (pages 27-37); location map Home Project groups (pages 31-33); 4-H Organization with officers, names of clubs, location map of clubs (pages 38-40); Graphs All regarding 4-H program (pages 41-45); Meetings, Project, Activities, County Fair with results (pages 46-52); Summary (pages 53-54); Extension Outlook and Recommendations (pages 55-56).
Contributing Institution:
Dodge County Extension Office, University of Minnesota Extension
The 1953 Dodge County Extension annual report contains two documents: the 32-page Annual Extension Review, Analyses, Interpretation and Presentation Summary; and the 50-page Extension Narrative Report. The Narrative Report contains: Extension Organization Commissioners, budget and expense (pages 1-3); Program Planning meetings includes Township leader names (pages 4-7); Projects Goals and Methods (pages 8-11); 4-H Club Program Planning (pages 12-13); Home Economic Program Planning (pages 14-15); Crops overview, location map Crop Plots (pages 16-17); Livestock Production Cow Testing Association, location map Cow Testing membership, artificial insemination, disease control, outlook (pages 18-21); Beef buying right and feeding for less (page 22); Poultry income from eggs ranks close to dairy (page 23); Swine (page 25); Sheep keeping weeds down not income (page 25); Horses Dodge County Saddle Club, sires for draft hors d'oeuvres mares (page 26); Marketing, Distribution, Farm Service (pages 27-28); Soil Conservation farmers need more selling on idea of buying fertilizer to fit their soil needs (page 29); Farm Business (page 30); Buildings and Mechanical Equipment sanitation codes, cost analysis (page 31); Home and Family Programs - food, clothing, home safety, community (pages 32-36); 4-H Club overview, club names, location map clubs (pages 36-45); Miscellaneous Agriculture information (pages 46-48); Summary (page 49); Use of Press and Radio (page 50).
Contributing Institution:
Dodge County Extension Office, University of Minnesota Extension
The 1952 Dodge County Extension Service annual report contains two documents: 16-page Annual Extension Review, Analyses, Interpretation and Presentation Summary; and 94-page Extension Narrative Report. The Narrative Report includes: Statistical Summary (page 1); General Weather (pages 2-3); Organization Committee, budget and resources, program planning (pages 4-6); Projects Goals and Methods (pages 7-10); Planning for National Plowing Contest leaders, committees with designations, names include committee donors organizations assisting (pages 11-14); Red Cross, Dairy Council (page 15); Dairy increase production, DIHA annual summaries, officers with picture, Brucellosis Council officers, meeting with picture, ring test (pages 16-24); Sheep Beef farmers making change from dairy to beef (pages 24-25); Swine only upper one third doing a good job (pages 25-26); Poultry larger flocks, improved housing, community nests, earlier hatching (pages 26-27); Crop Production highly diversified, 2 registered and 37 certified seed providers, seed treatment, silage management, six year rotation test (pages 28-32); Gardens seeds and varieties (pages 33-34); Soil Conservation meetings, picture of officers, tree planting County Ministerial Group Tour (pages 35-39); National Plowing Contest 2000 trees planted, air tour committee members, 405 visiting planes (pages 39-40); Marketing mild quality, swine production, two pictures (pages 41-46) Home Management lessons, names of local leaders, Freezer Varieties, Pots and Pans, Inheritance and Wills, picture of lesson meeting (pages 47-52); Farm Management loans, Income Tax Meeting, management meeting program (page 53); Farmstead Improvement picture of windbreak, Water systems (pages 56-58); Safety Scotchlite program, picture at safety meeting (pages 59-60); Insects, Rodent, Weed Control (pages 61-62); Other agencies War Mobilization (page 63); 4-H adult council, project leader names, 4-H Policy, club names, location map Clubs (pages 64-67); 4-H Organization of clubs new club Mantorville Meadow Larks, project meetings, Federation meetings, demonstrations with names (pages 68-74); 4-H Statistics, County Fair, contests, band member names, talent show program with names, all other 4-H activities (pages 75-84); 4-H Agriculture projects picture of Ervin Erler (pages 85-92); Summary, Outlook and Recommendations (pages 93-94).
Contributing Institution:
Dodge County Extension Office, University of Minnesota Extension
Unloading flax bales at the Schweitzer's Flax plant in Windom with the use of an elevator. Two men stand on top of the bales stacking with hooks as they come up the elevator from the truck below.
Tractors (4), wagons (3), and elevators sit in a harvested field with the corn piles to the right. Paul Benson farm is located one mile south and one mile east of Storden. Hans William Hanson farmed the land and Ole Thompson shelled the corn.
Flax bales in the field with some loaded on trucks. A group of 2 to 3 men sit and have their lunch in the shade of a truck loaded with flax. A car with doors open sits in the field to the left of the lunch group.
The 1950 Dodge County Extension Service annual report contains two documents: 63-page Annual Report 63 pages and 16-page Combined Annual Report. The Annual Report includes: Weather and Moisture Conditions, Statistical Summary, Office Staff, Organization and Planning, Agricultural Program Planning, Plan of Work, Crop Production, Livestock Production, Conservation of Natural Resources, Farm Management, General Economic Problems Related to Agriculture, Marketing and Distribution, Housing, Farmstead Improvement and Equipment, Arc Welding Clinic, Home Management and Economics, 4-H Club Work, Home Economic Projects, Health, Safety, Livestock Showmanship, Rural Youth, Production and Marketing Administration, Soil Conservation Service, REA, County Weed Council, County Safety Council, Red Cross, DROP, County Fair, and seven Illustrated Maps. Items of interest include: Aueromycin Curement for hogs; county wide plowing contest; displaced families work with Bureau of Immigration and World Relief League; Safety of fly control around farm homes (DDT); REA possible option to Northern States; 4-H Executive committee established; fair advance registration system.
Contributing Institution:
Dodge County Extension Office, University of Minnesota Extension
Minnesota Horticultural leaders Dr. Leon Snyder, director of the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum (left) and Eldred Hunt, executive secretary of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society, exchanging views during a Minnesota Nurserymen's Association convention.
The 1949 Dodge County Extension Services annual report contains two documents; the 78-page Annual Report and the 16-page Combined Annual Report. The annual Annual Report includes Weather and Moisture Conditions, Statistical Summary, Office Staff, Organization and Planning, Agricultural Program Planning, Plan of Work, Crop Production, Livestock Production, Conservation of Natural Resources, Farm Management, General Economic Problems Related to Agriculture, Marketing and Distribution, Housing, Farmstead Improvement and Equipment, Nutrition and Health, 4-H Club Work, All Other Work, and CROP. The report includes eight illustrated maps. Items of interest include: County Ministerial Association organized; Nursery attempted growing fir tree seeds Came up, but suffered Dampening Off; Grasshopper control demonstration; Use of airplanes and ground spraying applying Chlordane and toxaphene; 1,121 4-H exhibits at County Fair.
Contributing Institution:
Dodge County Extension Office, University of Minnesota Extension
Park Aerial Survey, Incorporated (Louisville, Kentucky)
Date Created:
1949-07-29
Description:
Mower County Aerial Survey 1949 Southwest quarter of Mower County aerial photo shows a extensive view of agricultural patterns, roadways and waterways. This image was produced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Production and Marketing Administration for Mower County, Minnesota: Symbol VY USDA 442-49 Item 3 Scale 1:20,000 Flying Completed July 16, 1949, and index copied July 29, 1949. Photography conducted by Park Aerial Surveys, Inc., Louisville, Kentucky.
Park Aerial Survey, Incorporated (Louisville, Kentucky)
Date Created:
1949-07-29
Description:
Mower County Aerial Survey 1949 Southeast quarter of Mower County aerial photo shows a extensive view of agricultural patterns, roadways and waterways. This image was produced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Production and Marketing Administration for Mower County, Minnesota: Symbol VY USDA 442-49 Item 3 Scale 1:20,000 Flying Completed July 16, 1949, and index copied July 29, 1949. Photography conducted by Park Aerial Surveys, Inc., Louisville, Kentucky.
Park Aerial Survey, Incorporated (Louisville, Kentucky)
Date Created:
1949-07-29
Description:
Mower County Aerial Survey 1949 Northwest quarter of Mower County aerial photo shows a extensive view of agricultural patterns, roadways and waterways. This image was produced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Production and Marketing Administration for Mower County, Minnesota: Symbol VY USDA 442-49 Item 3 Scale 1:20,000 Flying Completed July 16, 1949, and index copied July 29, 1949. Photography conducted by Park Aerial Surveys, Inc., Louisville, Kentucky.
Park Aerial Survey, Incorporated (Louisville, Kentucky)
Date Created:
1949-07-29
Description:
Mower County Aerial Survey 1949 Northeast quarter of Mower County aerial photo shows a extensive view of agricultural patterns, roadways and waterways. This image was produced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Production and Marketing Administration for Mower County, Minnesota: Symbol VY USDA 442-49 Item 3 Scale 1:20,000 Flying Completed July 16, 1949, and index copied July 29, 1949. Photography conducted by Park Aerial Surveys, Inc., Louisville, Kentucky.
Park Aerial Survey, Incorporated (Louisville, Kentucky)
Date Created:
1949-07-16
Description:
Aerial View of Windom Township Sections 1, 2, 11 and 12 shows farmland, trees, roads and homes. County Roads 3 and 19 provide routes of transportation in these sections, with State Highway 16 (in later years, Interstate 90) crossing the upper northern edge of Sections 1 and 2. Rural School District 82, also known at one time as Riverside School, is located on the southeast corner of Section 1. This image was produced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Production and Marketing Administration for Mower County, Minnesota: Symbol VY USDA 442-49 Item 3 Scale 1:20,000 Flying Completed July 16, 1949, and index copied July 29, 1949. Photography conducted by Park Aerial Surveys, Inc., Louisville, Kentucky.
Park Aerial Survey, Incorporated (Louisville, Kentucky)
Date Created:
1949-07-16
Description:
Aerial View of Windom Township Sections 3, 4, 9 and 10 shows farmland, trees, roads and homes. County Roads 3 and 58 provide routes of transportation in this area, along with State Highway 56 and State Highway 16 (the future route of Interstate 90). The Slocum or Enright Rural School District 22 is located on east side of Section 10. This image was produced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Production and Marketing Administration for Mower County, Minnesota: Symbol VY USDA 442-49 Item 3 Scale 1:20,000 Flying Completed July 16, 1949, and index copied July 29, 1949. Photography conducted by Park Aerial Surveys, Inc., Louisville, Kentucky.
Park Aerial Survey, Incorporated (Louisville, Kentucky)
Date Created:
1949-07-16
Description:
Aerial View of Windom Township Sections 5, 6, 7 and 8 shows farmland, trees, roads and homes. County Roads 3 and 58 provide transportation routes for these sections. State Highway 16 (in later years, transforms into Interstate 90) travels through the northern parts of Sections 5 and 6. Oak Grove Rural School District 40 stands on the northeast corner of Section 6. Burr Oaks Rural School District 23 is located on the west side of Section 7. Columbia Rural School District 123 stands in the center of Section 8. The Austin Airport is located in the upper northwest corner above Section 6. This image was produced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Production and Marketing Administration for Mower County, Minnesota: Symbol VY USDA 442-49 Item 3 Scale 1:20,000 Flying Completed July 16, 1949, and index copied July 29, 1949. Photography conducted by Park Aerial Surveys, Inc., Louisville, Kentucky.
Park Aerial Survey, Incorporated (Louisville, Kentucky)
Date Created:
1949-07-16
Description:
Aerial View of Le Roy Township Sections 1, 2, 11 and 12 shows farmland, trees, homes, gravel roads. County Road 11 provides a route of transportation. Bethany Cemetery is located on the south side of Section 11, while at one time the church appeared on the west side of Section 11. Rural School District 1 rests in the southwest quarter of Section 1. The Chicago Great Western Railroad cuts diagonally through these township sections traveling towards Le Roy. This image was produced by the United States Department of Agriculture Production and Marketing Administration, Mower County, Minnesota: Symbol VY USDA 442-49 Item 3 Scale 1:20,000 Flying Completed July 16, 1949, and index copied July 29, 1949. Photography conducted by Park Aerial Surveys, Incorporated, Louisville, Kentucky.
Park Aerial Survey, Incorporated (Louisville, Kentucky)
Date Created:
1949-07-16
Description:
Aerial View of Nevada Township Sections 1, 2, 11 and 12 shows farmland, trees, roads and homes. County Road 19 and 22 are the roads of transportation in these sections. Rural School District 56 is located on the southwest corner of Section 1. This image was produced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Production and Marketing Administration for Mower County, Minnesota: Symbol VY USDA 442-49 Item 3 Scale 1:20,000 Flying Completed July 16, 1949, and index copied July 29, 1949. Photography conducted by Park Aerial Surveys, Inc., Louisville, Kentucky.
Park Aerial Survey, Incorporated (Louisville, Kentucky)
Date Created:
1949-07-16
Description:
Aerial View of Nevada Township Sections 3, 4, 9 and 10 shows farmland, trees, homes and County Road 22. Liberty Rural School District 104 is located on the southwest corner of Section 3. This image was produced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Production and Marketing Administration for Mower County, Minnesota: Symbol VY USDA 442-49 Item 3 Scale 1:20,000 Flying Completed July 16, 1949, and index copied July 29, 1949. Photography conducted by Park Aerial Surveys, Inc., Louisville, Kentucky.
Park Aerial Survey, Incorporated (Louisville, Kentucky)
Date Created:
1949-07-16
Description:
Aerial View of Nevada Township Sections 5, 6, 7 and 8 shows farmland, trees, homes, and County Road 22. The Gregg Rural School District 10 is located on the southeast corner of Section 7. This image was produced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Production and Marketing Administration for Mower County, Minnesota: Symbol VY USDA 442-49 Item 3 Scale 1:20,000 Flying Completed July 16, 1949, and index copied July 29, 1949. Photography conducted by Park Aerial Surveys, Inc., Louisville, Kentucky.
Park Aerial Survey, Incorporated (Louisville, Kentucky)
Date Created:
1949-07-16
Description:
Aerial View of Marshall Township Sections 5, 6, 7 and 8 shows farmland, trees, roads and homes. County Roads 3 and 20 provide routes of transportation along with State Highway 16, (which later becomes Interstate 90). Hoflanda Church and Cemetery stand on the southwest corner of Section 8. This image was produced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Production and Marketing Administration for Mower County, Minnesota: Symbol VY USDA 442-49 Item 3 Scale 1:20,000 Flying Completed July 16, 1949, and index copied July 29, 1949. Photography conducted by Park Aerial Surveys, Inc., Louisville, Kentucky.
Park Aerial Survey, Incorporated (Louisville, Kentucky)
Date Created:
1949-07-16
Description:
Aerial View of Lyle Township Sections 1, 2, 11 and 12 shows farmland, trees, homes, and County Roads 5 and 22. Federal Highway 218 travels along side the rails used by both the Chicago Great Western Railroad and the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad between Austin and Lyle. This image was produce by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Production and Marketing Administration for Mower County, Minnesota: Symbol VY USDA 442-49 Item 3 Scale 1:20,000 Flying Completed July 16, 1949, and index copied July 29, 1949. Photography conducted by Park Aerial Surveys, Incorporated, Louisville, Kentucky.
Park Aerial Survey, Incorporated (Louisville, Kentucky)
Date Created:
1949-07-16
Description:
Aerial View of Lodi Township Sections 3, 4, 9 and 10 shows farmland, trees, homes, and roads. County Road 9 and 17 provide transportation routes for the area, along with State Highway 56 that travels parallel with the route of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad, both cross the south bound Great Western Railroad in Taopi. Taopi Village School stands within the city limits in the south side of Section 9. Platted in 1875, Taopi was named after Chief Taopi who helped local settlers during the Sioux Uprising of 1862. Woodlawn (Taopi) Cemetery rests on the southeast corner of Section 9. This image was produced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Production and Marketing Administration for Mower County, Minnesota: Symbol VY USDA 442-49 Item 3 Scale 1:20,000 Flying Completed July 16, 1949, and index copied July 29, 1949. Photography conducted by Park Aerial Surveys, Inc., Louisville, Kentucky.
Park Aerial Survey, Incorporated (Louisville, Kentucky)
Date Created:
1949-07-16
Description:
Aerial View of Lodi Township Sections 1, 2, 11 and 12 shows farmland, trees, roads and homes. County Road 8 and 11 borders the east and south sides of these sections. State Highway 56 and the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad barely edge along the southwest corner of Section 11. This image was produced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Production and Marketing Administration for Mower County, Minnesota: Symbol VY USDA 442-49 Item 3 Scale 1:20,000 Flying Completed July 16, 1949, and index copied July 29, 1949. Photography conducted by Park Aerial Surveys, Incorporated, Louisville, Kentucky.
Park Aerial Survey, Incorporated (Louisville, Kentucky)
Date Created:
1949-07-16
Description:
Aerial View of Lodi Township Sections 5, 6, 7 and 8 shows farmland, trees, roads and homes. County Road 17 travels north and south along side of Sections 5 and 8. State Highway 56 travels east into Taopi along side the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad. The Chicago Great Western Railroad travels south through the northeast corner of Section 5 towards Taopi. Rural School District 100 is located on the north side of Section 7. This image was produced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Production and Marketing Administration for Mower County, Minnesota: Symbol VY USDA 442-49 Item 3 Scale 1:20,000 Flying Completed July 16, 1949, and index copied July 29, 1949. Photography conducted by Park Aerial Surveys, Inc., Louisville, Kentucky.
Park Aerial Survey, Incorporated (Louisville, Kentucky)
Date Created:
1949-07-16
Description:
Aerial View of Le Roy Township Sections 3, 4, 9 and 10 shows farmland, trees, roads and homes. County Roads 11 and 14 are the roads in these sections. Rural School District 2 is located on the northeast corner of Section 9. This image was produced by United States Department of Agriculture Production and Marketing Administration for Mower County, Minnesota: Symbol VY USDA 442-49 Item 3 Scale 1:20,000 Flying Completed July 16, 1949, and index copied July 29, 1949. Photography conducted by Park Aerial Surveys, Incorporated, Louisville, Kentucky.
Park Aerial Survey, Incorporated (Louisville, Kentucky)
Date Created:
1949-07-16
Description:
Aerial View of Le Roy Township Sections 5, 6, 7 and 8 shows farmland, trees, roads and homes. County Roads 8 and 11 provide routes of transportation through these sections. Rural School District 59 stands in the southwest corner of Section 6. This image was produced by the United States Department of Agriculture Production and Marketing Administration for Mower County, Minnesota: Symbol VY USDA 442-49 Item 3 Scale 1:20,000 Flying Completed July 16, 1949, and index copied July 29, 1949. Photography conducted by Park Aerial Surveys, Incorporated, Louisville, Kentucky.
Park Aerial Survey, Incorporated (Louisville, Kentucky)
Date Created:
1949-07-16
Description:
Mower County Aerial Survey 1949 Extra aerial view of Le Roy Township Sections 1 and 12 shows farmland, trees, roads and homes and Fillmore County on the east side. This image was produced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Production and Marketing Administration for Mower County, Minnesota: Symbol VY USDA 442-49 Item 3 Scale 1:20,000 Flying Completed July 16, 1949, and index copied July 29, 1949. Photography conducted by Park Aerial Surveys, Inc., Louisville, Kentucky.
Park Aerial Survey, Incorporated (Louisville, Kentucky)
Date Created:
1949-07-16
Description:
Aerial View of Austin Township Sections 1, 2, 11 and 12 shows farmland, trees, roads and homes. County Roads 3; County Road 29; County Road 45; County Road 58; Federal Highway 218; Neveln School is located on Section 1 within city limits. Woodson Rural School District 26 is located on the southwest corner of Section 1. The Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad cuts diagonally southeast through the county to Le Roy. It also shares a line with the Chicago Great Western Railroad traveling south into Iowa and to the north on separate lines. Austin Airport on east side of Section 1. East Side Lake (man-made lake) located on Section 2. Mill Pond (man-made); agriculture; business district. This image was produced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Production and Marketing Administration for Mower County, Minnesota: Symbol VY USDA 442-49 Item 3 Scale 1:20,000 Flying Completed July 16, 1949, and index copied July 29, 1949. Photography conducted by Park Aerial Surveys, Inc., Louisville, Kentucky.
Park Aerial Survey, Incorporated (Louisville, Kentucky)
Date Created:
1949-07-16
Description:
Aerial View of Austin Township Sections 3, 4, 9 and 10 shows farmland, trees, roads and homes. The Mower County Courthouse and County Seat are located in the City of Austin. County Roads 23, 29 and 51 provide routes of transportation in this area. Shaw School rests on the south side of Section 3, and Banfield School District 27 stands on Section 4. Austin High School and Central Grade School are in the heart of the city in Section 3. Austin's Junior College is located on the north side of Section 3. Calvary Catholic Cemetery lies on Section 10 beside State Highway 105. East Side Lake (a man-made lake) is located on Section 2. The Mower County Pioneer Historical and Agricultural Society, established in 1947, and the Mower County Fairgrounds stand on the southeast quarter of Section 4. Calvary Cemetery lies along the west side of Turtle Creek in the center of Section 10, east of State Highway 105. Horace Austin State Park, established in 1914, and Mill Pond (a man-made lake) are located on the north corner of Section 3. The Chicago Great Western Railroad travels north and south of Austin. Austin Acres, a subsistence homestead project, was built west of Turtle Creek on Section 9. Marcussen Park is on the southeast side of Austin. This image was produced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Production and Marketing Administration for Mower County, Minnesota: Symbol VY USDA 442-49 Item 3 Scale 1:20,000 Flying Completed July 16, 1949, and index copied July 29, 1949. Photography conducted by Park Aerial Surveys, Inc., Louisville, Kentucky.
Park Aerial Survey, Incorporated (Louisville, Kentucky)
Date Created:
1949-07-16
Description:
Aerial View of Austin Township Sections 5, 6, 7 and 8 shows farmland, trees, roads and homes. County Road 21, 46 and 51 provide routes of transportation through this area, including State Highway 16, which later became Interstate 90. This image was produced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Production and Marketing Administration for Mower County, Minnesota: Symbol VY USDA 442-49 Item 3 Scale 1:20,000 Flying Completed July 16, 1949, and index copied July 29, 1949. Photography conducted by Park Aerial Surveys, Inc., Louisville, Kentucky.