Hand-drawn land surveys made from 1869-1941 to determine and identify land ownership and/or section boundaries in various parts of Washington County. The volume includes an index on pages 638-641 that lists each township and section and the pages in the volume on which information is provided. A transcript of that list accompanies this document and can be found at the beginning of this document.
The smaller wagon next to the tractor collects the grain after it is run through the threshing machine. The threshing machine separates the grain from the straw, much like today's combine.
Members of Minnesota State Horticultural Society on summer tour to Duluth area. President Calvin Coolidge is in the lower center of the Photograph holding a basket of Latham raspberries which was presented to him as a token of appreciation. Photograph was taken in Superior, Wisconsin in front of the high school which served as the Executive Office in the summer of 1928, when the summer White House was located on the nearby Brule River.
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.
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
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
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
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 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 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 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 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 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 1937 Dodge County Extension report contains four documents: 33-page Annual Extension Review, Analyses, Interpretation and Presentation Summary; 74-page 25th Anniversary Narrative Report. Narrative report includes: Staff list W. G. Werner, AAA block man; Shirley Emerson, Club Agent; Aileen Just, Club Agent; Graham Fuller; Charlene Rose; Victor Sander, Assistant Agent Rain and drought, budget, work load changes (pages 4-9); Projects Goals and Methods (pages 9-15); Crops, varieties, Hybrid Corn test plots with results, lime, potatoes varieties, map of potato plot locations (pages 16-22); Poultry disease problems (page 23); Livestock Dairy, sheep, DIHA organized, location map and membership of cow testing, sleeping sickness in horses (pages 23-27). Farm Management Tour, 2 story hen house, location map and membership of Dodge County Farm Management Cooperators (pages 27-30). Problems of Creameries (pages 30-31); Cooperative Oil Company organized, shares sold (pages 31-33); Nursing Project 206 women enrolled, 4 meetings, trained leader (page 33); Grasshopper new to Dodge County, 13 ton bait, 12 barrels of poison (pages 34-35); Pocket Gophers and Rats (page 35); Weed Control weed inspector problems and results, County Extension purchased sprayer, Creeping Jennie (pages 37-38); Rural Youth Organized (pages 38-39); Rural Electrification Coop REA, little interest in electricity, lines built, shares sold (pages 39-40); AAA Program (Agriculture Adjustment) 1,120 applications (pages 40-41); 4-H County Leader Association organized, officers names, programs identified, local club structure set, clubs taking part in Music, Plays with results, County Fair, Achievement Day, State Fair and Jr Livestock Show exhibitors and results, location map of clubs (pages 42-48); 4-H Club list (page 49); Goals Overshadowed by Problems (pages 50-52); 1938 Projects Goals and Methods (page 53-59); Location Map of Extension Planning Meetings with names of those attending (pages 60-62); Board of Directors Farm Bureau (page 63); Home Project Members (pages 64-68); 4-H Clubs and members (pages 69-74). Annual Report 4-H Club Agent Statistical Summary, newspaper articles, letters sent, club schedules, Agents Schedule of Work, Clubs with officers named, Program of Achievement Day, One-Act Play, Fair, Style Revue, Results, Radio Programs, Newsletters.
Contributing Institution:
Dodge County Extension Office, University of Minnesota Extension
The Weinzierl Sisters of St. Boniface, Minnesota are covered in honey bees for publicity photograph at the Minnesota State Fair. Elvira (later Notermann) is on left, sister Bernice on right. They both wear white dresses, white stockings, dark shoes, and sun bonnets. Covered with bees, especially on their hats and around their laps. Elvira holds what appears to be a small box and a doll, of which only the head is visible. Between them is a box where the hive is. They are seated on the grass.
Bernice Weinzierl of St. Boniface (sister to Elvira Weinzierl Notermann), covered in bees for publicity at Minnesota State Fair. White dress, white kerchief in hair, smiling.
T. J. Johnson farm at haying season with crew posed for photograph. One hay wagon is being pulled by two white horses. The second hay wagon is hitched to what may be a Huber tractor. Hooked to the back of this wagon is a hay loader. A side delivery rake is being pulled by two black horses.
A bird's-eye view of the Fillmore County Fairgrounds in Preston as viewed from the lookout along U.S. Highway 52 facing south, showing the parking area and racetrack to east and the Midway at the west. The Preston Lookout is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
A bird's-eye view of the Fillmore County Fairgrounds in Preston as viewed from the north at lookout along U.S. Highway 52. The Preston lookout is listed on National Register of Historic Places.
The World's Largest Egg Show. Nobles County Poultry Association, Worthington, Minnesota. January 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 1930. 1040 dozens of eggs on display.
Nobles County egg show, 1926. Photograph taken inside of the Armory building in Worthington, Minnesota, St. John Seed Company had a display, Worthington Creamer and Produce Company had a display. Large display of chickens and eggs. E.O. Olson got the Silver Cup.
A view of the Sylvan Border Farm in Underwood. A barn, windmill and house are in the background surrounded by trees; and a harvested field covered in snow is in the foreground.
Panoramic view of spectators sitting on both sides of a large empty field in former "Swandale" area, with Swandale School at left, Hibbing, Minnesota. Possible airshow or aviation related as land became site of current Hibbing-Chisholm Airport.
Panoramic view of an unknown farmstead in winter. From left to right the image depicts: a large two-story house, several small buildings, a power pole, a bus vehicle with a logo "Carson Lake," three horses, and a large barn with silo.
Panoramic view of farmstead in summer or fall season. Panning photograph left to right depicts an outbuilding, two one-story houses, a 1920s style vehicle is parked by a one-story house, a large barn and a large coral. The background depicts two one-level buildings on the far right of the photograph.
Panoramic view of unknown farmstead in summer or fall season. Photograph depicts several farm animals and several farm buildings including a farm house.
Panoramic view of farming homestead scene. The left area of the photograph depicts several farm buildings, the middle area depicts four haystacks and the right area depicts several more farm buildings.
Panoramic view of country scene consisting of one large two story house and a smaller two story house, one small shed and a root cellar. Possible farmland or garden in the center background and small pond or lake on right area of the photograph.
Panoramic view of country scene consisting of one large two story house and a smaller two story house, one small shed and a root cellar. Possible farmland or garden in the center background and small pond or lake on right area of the photograph.
The aerial view includes all or parts of sections 26, 27, 28, 33, 34 and 35; the Mustinka River, the village of Wendell and the railroad running southwest/northeast.
The aerial view includes all or parts of Stony Brook Township sections 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, and 33; Elbow Lake Townships 4, 5, and 6; the village of Wendell and the railroad running east/west.
The aerial view includes all or parts of sections 15, 16, 21, 22, 27 and 28; railroads running east/west and southeast/northwest, and Elbow Lake village.
The aerial view includes all or parts of sections 4, 5, 8, 9, 16 and 17; Elbow Lake village, the railroad running East/West and Worm Lake (now called Flekkefjord Lake).
The aerial view includes all or parts of sections 8, 9, 16, 17, 20, 21, 28 and 29; railroads running east/west, Elbow Lake village Canestorp and Worm Lake.
The aerial view includes all or parts of Sanford Township sections 5, 6, 7, 8, 17, 18; Elbow Lake Township sections 1, 12 and 13; railroads running southeast/northwest and Worm Lake (now called Flekkefjord Lake).
The aerial view includes all or parts of Sanford Township sections30 and 31; Elbow Lake Township sections 25 and 36; Delaware Township section 1 and Lien Township section 6; and Round Lake.
The aerial view includes all or parts of Sanford Township sections 27, 28, 29,32, 33, and 34; Lien Township sections 4 and 5; and the railroad running southeast/northwest.
The aerial view includes all or parts of Sanford Township sections 6, 7, and 8; Elbow Lake Township sections 1, 2, 11, 12, 13 and 14; railroads running southeast/northwest, and Elbow Lake.
The aerial view includes all or parts of Roseville Township sections 1, 2, 11, 12 and 13; Land Township sections 6, 7 and 18; and the Pomme de Terre River.
The aerial view includes all or parts of sections 2, 3, 10 and 11; the Pomme de Terre River, Mill Pond Lake, Horseshoe Lake; Grinder Lake and Briggs Lake.