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51. Annual Report of the County Extension Service in Dodge County Minnesota 1949

Creator:: Dodge County Extension Service
Date Created:: 1949-10
Description:: 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
Type:: Text
Format:: Reports

52. Annual Report of the County Extension Service in Dodge County Minnesota 1942

Creator:: Dodge County Extension Service
Date Created:: 1942-10
Description:: The 1942 Dodge County Extension annual report contains three documents: 13-page Annual Extension Review, Analyses, Interpretation and Presentation Summary; 62-page Extension Narrative Report; 81-page 4-H Narrative. The Narrative report contains: Office Summary (page 2); Extension Organization Overview (pages 3-4); Farm Bureau Board of Directors (page 5); 1942 Program of Work Food for Freedom - Organization of leaders with names (pages 6-12); Crop Production Corn cereals, legumes, pastures, potatoes, varieties, disease and meetings (page 13); Victory Gardens and Food For Freedom 18,000 pounds garden products raised, 37 gardens exhibited at the County Fair, Victory Garden recognition emblem (pages 14-17); Dairy meetings, group leaders, Cow Testing Association officers and members, testers called to military service, 5 herds Federally Accredited; DIHA report (pages 18-21); Artificial Insemination interest, copy of agreement, organization on hold because tire and gas rationing (page 24); County Holstein Association officers, Black and White Show, 4-H (pages 24-26); Beef increasing numbers, 4-H and Baby Beef vs. Market Class, (page 27); Sheep meeting, parasites, 4-H (pages 28-29); Swine management, community leaders named, cholera outbreak, 4-H (pages 30-31); Horse, Poultry leaders named (pages 32-33); Soil and Pasture Management (page 34); Forestry Wildlife, pheasants (page 34); Farm Management farm records, personal farm planning, Farm Credit, landlord tenant relationships (page 35); Outlook creamery transportation problem, school lunches (pages 36-38); Eggs; Home Furnishings related to war (page 40); Farm Mechanics farm machinery school, war rationing problems (page 40); Nutrition and Health schools and county agencies address nutrition, nutrition program (pages 41-42); Clothing, Family Economics, Recreation and Community Life (page 43); 4-H Club Work Leaders Federation officers and program, 4-H Clubs named with officers (pages 44-51); 4-H Activities (pages 52-53); County Fair exhibitors, results (page 54); Employment Service and Governor Stasson Man Power Plan Fire Prevention, Civil Defense (pages 58); Surplus Marketing penny milk program, school lunch program WPA (pages 59-60); National Defense Activity Civilian Defense, Scrap Drive, Bond Drive, Red Cross (page 60). The 81-page 4-H Narrative Report. statistics, leader names, clubs with officers, project numbers and small write up, Cumberland Wide Awake and Milton Clubs join, long-time membership, Leaders Federation program, minutes; no play or music festival (gas and tire shortage), letter from President Franklin Roosevelt.
Contributing Institution:: Dodge County Extension Office, University of Minnesota Extension
Type:: Text
Format:: Reports

53. Annual Report of the County Extension Service in Dodge County Minnesota 1950

Creator:: Dodge County Extension Service
Date Created:: 1950-10
Description:: 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
Type:: Text
Format:: Reports

54. Annual Report of the County Extension Service in Dodge County Minnesota 1941

Creator:: Dodge County Extension Service
Date Created:: 1941-11
Description:: The 1941 Dodge County Extension Service annual report contains four documents: 13-page Annual Extension Review, Analyses, Interpretation and Presentation Summary; 124-page Extension Narrative Report; 89-Page 4-H Narrative Report; 4-page Mattress Making Report. The Extension Narrative report contains: Summary (page 1); Statistical Summary (pages 2-4); Personnel Staffing overview, McNelly, Rose, Emerson, Werner, Just, Sander, Putman, Nelson and Triten (pages 6-7); Farm Bureau and Extension funding issues, projects (pages 8-9); Farm Bureau Board of Directors (page 10); Program of Work (page 11); Corn varieties, fertilizer, yields, fair book (pages 11-13); Corn and Potato Show at Dodge Center Fall Festival (pages 13-14); Wheat, Oats, Barley, Flax includes location map of Clean Flax Seed Demonstration (pages 15-20); Alfalfa, Red Clover, Soybeans, Pastures pasture rotation (pages 21-27); Potatoes Food for Defense, potatoes show in Dodge Center (pages 29-30); Home Gardens and Home Beautification, Fruit Trees emphasize nutrition (pages 30-33); Forestry windbreaks (page 33); 4-H Conservation Report Isaac Walton League, quail, pheasants, winter food (page 34); Agriculture Engineering defense drive, straw sheds, fruit cellar, Corn cribs (pages 35-36); Poultry chick management, records, exhibitors and results (page 36); Bees possible in 4-H (page 37); Dairy feeding and management, Cow Testing Association Officers, 5 herds federally Accredited for Bangs, DHI summary, Cow Testing membership (pages 38-43); Beef (page 45); Sheep 4-H Club information, exhibit results (pages 46-48); Swine feeding school, booth theme at the fair (pages 49-50); Horse Tri-county Colt Show, 3-H exhibits and results (page 50); Economic Planning and Farm Records Location map and list of Record Cooperation members (pages 51-53); Farm and Home Financing; Local banks, Production Credit, Farm Security, seed loans, 4-H projects financed by local banks (page 53); Marketing dairy going to whole mild, problems and results (pages 53-54); Food and Nutrition Food for Defense and Adequate Diet Programs, food safely, 4-H exhibits and results (pages 54-55); Child Development child hygiene classes, summary, 4-H Health project examined by doctor (pages 56-57); Clothing 4-H program members and results (pages 58-60); Home Management and Room Furnishings 4-H program (page 60); Long Time Extension Program committee (page 61); Projects Goals and Methods (pages 62-64); 4-H Program Planning (pages 65-68); Farmers Club and Rural Youth Program (pages 68-69); Community Activities Boy Scouts, Civil Defense, collect aluminum cans, Isaac Walton League, Commercial Clubs (pages 69-70); Rodents, Insects and Weeds meetings, Weed Inspector problems (page 71); Other Work Pie Baking Contest, Pork and Lard meeting, Recreation Short course, Mattress making through Surplus Commodities Program includes summary (pages 75-77); Agriculture Conservation, AAA program planning, County committee, names of farmers participating (pages 78-80); Rural Electrification secured lines for 42 families, cooking demonstrations (page 81); Farm Security plans and names of committee members (page 82); federal agencies list of agencies and contacts (page 83); 4-H Focus for 1941- Federation officers, adult leaders (pages 84-86); 4-H Club Club names, project enrollment members and officers (pages 87-93); Long-Time Members (pages 94-95); Leaders Forum Program (pages 95-97); One-Act Play, 4-H Sunday, County Picnic, 4-H Week, Frontenac, Agriculture Achievement, Home Economics Achievement Days (pages 98-103); County Fair premiums, placings (pages 103-112); State Fair and Achievement Day placings (pages 113-114); Location maps 4-H Club, Adult Leaders, Junior Leaders, intensity of work (pages 115-118); Rural Youth program, officers, members and summary (pages 119-122). 89-page 4-H Agents Narrative Report contains, enrollment numbers; Clubs and other organizations; meeting minutes of Leaders Federation and Rural Youth meetings; Reports on all Events and Fair Placings. Mattress making report shows supplies received from Surplus Commodities Program includes 13,000 yards of ticking ordered.
Contributing Institution:: Dodge County Extension Office, University of Minnesota Extension
Type:: Text
Format:: Reports

55. Annual Report of the County Extension Service in Dodge County Minnesota 1939

Creator:: Dodge County Extension Service
Date Created:: 1939-10
Description:: The 1939 Dodge County Extension annual report contains three documents: 13-page Annual Extension Review, Analyses, Interpretation and Presentation Summary; 43-page Extension Narrative Report; 53-page 4-H narrative. The Narrative reports contains: Office Summary and Statistics (pages 2-4); Personnel Armour, Rose, Emerson, Just, Werner, Putman, Nelson, Sanders appointed County Agent in October (pages 4-5); Extension Organization Farm Bureau Board of Directors, budget, 4-H, Rural Youth (pages 6-7); Projects Goals and Methods (pages 9-13); Cereals, varieties, trials, 4-H, lime deficiency (pages 15-16); Farm Yard Improvement, Forestry (page 17); Poultry, parasites, fowl pox, coccidiosis, leukemia, sanitation and management (pages 17-18); Livestock, Bangs Tests, sheep tour, sleeping sickness, necro (pages 18-19); Cow Testing Association members (page 20); Accounting, location map and members names (pages 21-23); Home Improvement lessons, attendance 262 (page 24); Grasshopper, Grub Worms (page 25); Weed Control Lunch - Myron Mason Inspector, meetings, acres in Wasioja quarantined (pages 25-26); Rural Youth (pages 26-27); REA new lines, survey (page 27); AAA 2,032 farms in Dodge Count (pages 27-28); 4-H Club Overview names and awards for fairs and shows (pages 28-34); New Problems farm economy, margin of profit, erosion (pages 32); location map 4-H Clubs (pages 34); Farm Bureau Officials (page 35); 4-H Clubs overview and membership of each (pages 36-41); Rural Youth members (pages 42-43). 4-H Narrative Report contains extensive overview, letters, maps, activities, Leaders Federation minutes, Clubs officers and members, One-act plays, picnic, game results, fair premiums; black and white photos Vic Sanders, horse judging; Maxine Throndson, clothing Project; Inez Ingvalson and Marine Throndson, Bread Baking Demonstration; Leona Jacobson Home Beautification Project; Marjorie Janes, Home Beautification Project; Groveside Live Wires club picnic; Wayne Trapp, Pig Project, Harmony Happy Hustlers, Club tour; Pleasant Grove Merry Makers, Club Tour. Newspaper clipping; Fair Passes issued, includes names.
Contributing Institution:: Dodge County Extension Office, University of Minnesota Extension
Type:: Text
Format:: Reports

56. Annual Report of the County Extension Service in Dodge County, Minnesota 1955

Creator:: Dodge County Extension Service
Date Created:: 1955-09
Description:: The 1955 Dodge County Extension Service annual report contains two documents: 32-page Annual Extension Review, Analyses, Interpretation and Presentation Summary; 68-page Extension Narrative Report. The narrative report includes: Introduction All phases of Extension, farm families, crops, progress of phones and electricity, drainage needs (pages 1-3); extension organization Committee membership, budget and expenses (pages 4-5); Projects Goals and Methods (pages 6-11); Crops Production and Marketing Corn, oats, soybeans and hay, weather, disease, test plots, Crop Show (pages 12-17); location map Crop Plots (page 16); Weeds and Insects Giant Foxtail, Canadian Thistle, grasshoppers, location map Weed Control Plot and Fertilizer plots (pages 17-22); Dairy DIHA, location map Cow Testing, Association membership, 6.286 cows artificially inseminated, disease, outlook meetings (pages 23-27); Beef small numbers (page 27); Swine meat type hog (page 28); Poultry Egg Institute held (page 29); Sheep minor importance (page 29); Soil and Water Conservation tiling, watershed, land management, tree planting (pages 30-31); Farm Business, Buildings, Safety (pages 31-33); Home Program Homemaker Council, names officers, meetings, lessons, 5 location maps; Project groups and enrollment, project groups, buffet meals, clothing and fabrics, clothing construction (pages 34-46); 4-H Club Federation organization, officers, leaders and club names, location map (pages 47-53); 4-H Building constructed, all activities some fair exhibitors and results, Rural Youth (pages 56-65); 4-H Club Summary (pages 65-66); Outlook and Recommendations (page 67).
Contributing Institution:: Dodge County Extension Office, University of Minnesota Extension
Type:: Text
Format:: Reports

57. Annual Report of the County Extension Service in Dodge County Minnesota 1957

Creator:: Dodge County Extension Service
Date Created:: 1957-10
Description:: The 1957 Dodge County Extension Service annual report contains two documents: 31-page Annual Statistical Report; 114-page Extension Narrative Report. The Narrative Report includes: Introductory Statement (pages 1-5); Extension Organization Extension Committee, budget, meetings, organizational chart (pages 6-17); Projects Goals and Methods (pages 18-23); Crops weather, harvest, varieties, new varieties Forrest Barley and Minhafer Oats, Third Crop Show with results and program, Officers of Dodge County Extension Service Crop Improvement Association, soil fertility compared to bank account, fertilizer recommendations location maps Crop Variety Demonstrations, Corn Plots and Soil Testing (pages 24-36); Weeds and Insects displays, road spraying, grasshoppers (page 37); Hay and Forage Crops (pages 42-43); Dairy loose housing, County ADA officers, dairy testing, artificial breeding, disease control, outlook location map DHIA members (pages 44-49); Beef programs failed to reach the right people, feeding issues (pages 49-50); Swine, Poultry and Sheep Meat Animal Association officers, Sheep and Swine Day, Egg Show and Institute with results (pages 50-52); Soil and Water Conservation plowing and land judging contest (pages 53-54); Farm Buildings and Safety (pages 54-56); Community Development Farm Forum in Waseca, USFA, FHA, ASC, Veterans and Vocational Agriculture (pages 56-57); Home Program Council members Programs Include Reupholster, Family Life (85 cent luncheon), Salads, Breads, Clothing Accessories, Enrollment numbers, location maps of Project Groups, Training Center and Clothing Accessory meetings, Crop Show and Tea (pages 58-70); 4-H Clubs - location maps clubs and adult leaders, graphs of 10 year enrollment, enrollment by club, enrollment by age, by years in Club work, project completion, percent exhibiting at Fair and Demonstration Day, (pages 71-78). 4-H Club Organization Federation Officers, meeting programs, enrollment campaign, Junior Livestock Show with results, Achievement Banquet with awards (pages 84-88); Other 4-H activities some results (pages 89-97); County Fair new dairy barn, projects with results, livestock parade (pages 98-102); State Fair with results (pages 103-104); Other 4-H Activities (pages 104-109); Summary (pages 110-111); Outlook and Recommendations (pages 110-114).
Contributing Institution:: Dodge County Extension Office, University of Minnesota Extension
Type:: Text
Format:: Reports

58. Annual Report of the County Extension Service in Dodge County Minnesota 1959

Creator:: Dodge County Extension Service
Date Created:: 1959-10
Description:: The 1959 Dodge County Extension Service annual report contains two documents: 93-page Annual Report; 29-page Report of County Extension Workers. The Annual Report includes: Introductory Statement, Extension Organization, In-service Training, Program Planning, Crops, Livestock Production, Soil and Water Conservation, Forestry, Planning and Management of Farm Business, Far-City Forum, Safety, Community Development, 4-H Organization; Six location maps. Items of interest include: first time a budget was submitted to County Commissioners; fertilizer correlation plots; Dairy Princess is Evelyn Edmond; 10,000 laying poultry flocks; Civil Defense mass feeding lesson; 4-H club and member names; county and state fair results.
Contributing Institution:: Dodge County Extension Office, University of Minnesota Extension
Type:: Text
Format:: Reports

59. Baudette Fair 1912, Baudette, Minnesota

Creator:: Gjelhaug, J. A.
Date Created:: 1912
Description:: Lantern slide of Baudette Fair products from the burnt over district; post 1910 fire.
Contributing Institution:: Lake of the Woods County Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Lantern slides

60. Burying cattle and horses after the Spooner Baudette fire, Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota

Creator:: Gjelhaug, J. A.
Date Created:: 1910-10
Description:: A group of men with shovels bury dead cattle and horses after Spooner/Baudette fire.
Contributing Institution:: Lake of the Woods County Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Negatives (photographic)

61. Cultivating corn at William Wolf farm, near Rockville, Minnesota

Creator:: Hall, Myron, 1911-1996
Date Created:: 1950
Description:: Corn cultivation on the William Wolf farm, near Rockville, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:: Stearns History Museum
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

62. Farming with horses, Rose Hill, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1880 - 1908
Description:: Six horses and three men working the ground in a field.
Contributing Institution:: Cottonwood County Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

63. Field work on the D. M. Holland Farm, Elk Township, Minnesota

Creator:: Buchan, Edward F., 1858-1941
Date Created:: 1900-05-11
Description:: Two hitches of horses doing field work on the D. M. Holland farm four miles north east of Worthington in the south east quarter section 26 of Elk Township. On the far right of the photograph is the bridge over Elk Creek. The farm site is in the background with three men, two dogs and eight horses and mules by the farm implements.
Contributing Institution:: Nobles County Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

64. Harvesting oats on J. O. Cowan farm near Baudette, Minnesota

Creator:: Gjelhaug, J. A.
Date Created:: 1911-08-07
Description:: Lantern slide of harvesting oats with horsedrawn binder on J. O. Cowan farm 1 1/2 miles from Baudette.
Contributing Institution:: Lake of the Woods County Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Lantern slides

65. Haying on the John P. Turner farm, Oshawa Township, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1902-09
Description:: Helpers and horses pose on a September day.
Contributing Institution:: Gustavus Adolphus College
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

66. Haying on the John P. Turner farm, Oshawa Township, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1900
Description:: Arndt Ullberg sits on a horse-drawn rake, while Esther Turner Edoff holds the horse and children Winfield and Amelia Turner watch.
Contributing Institution:: Gustavus Adolphus College
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

67. Hubble Farm Westbrook, Minnesota

Creator:: Thompson, Jesse O.
Date Created:: 1909
Description:: A tall-tale postcard showing horses pulling wagons loaded with oversized potatoes and corn. A man sits atop the lead wagon and holds the reins. Tall-tale postcards use photographic montage to create images of oversized produce and animals. Fruits, vegetables and fish are the most common subjects.
Contributing Institution:: Cottonwood County Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Postcards

68. John P. Turner and his pigs, Oshawa Township, Minnesota

Creator:: Ribble, G. H.
Date Created:: 1895
Description:: Farmer John P. Turner is feeding his pigs in a large pen adjacent to the barn. Turner came to Nicollet County in 1870 from Vasa. After farming in various locations, he moved to Lower Oshawa Township in 1892.
Contributing Institution:: Gustavus Adolphus College
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Cabinet photographs

69. Kanabec County Ram Association in 1940, Kanabec County, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1940-08
Description:: Four members of the 1940 Kanabec County Ram Association during the Annual Ram Exchange. Members pictured include: Fred Connell, Elmer Gotfredson, Albert Mattson, and Leo Rosnow pictured with their rams.
Contributing Institution:: Kanabec County Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

70. Macaroni wheat, Clementson, Minnesota

Creator:: Gjelhaug, J. A.
Date Created:: 1900 - 1920
Description:: Two men standing waist-high in a field of macaroni wheat in Clementston, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:: Lake of the Woods County Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Negatives (photographic)

71. Nels Quevli Farm, Lakefield, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1909-03-25
Description:: Postcard illustrating Nels Quevli and the Quevli Farm of "2243 acres, 10 sets of buildings located 10 miles north of the Iowa state line. Where corn is king." Signed by Nels Quevli and dated 1909.
Contributing Institution:: Jackson County Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Postcards

72. "The New Aristocracy," an editorial cartoon by "Bart"

Creator:: Bartholomew, Charles Lewis (Bart), 1869-1949
Date Created:: 1908
Description:: Published on December 10, 1908, this cartoon shows the Egg and the Potato addressing each other, "The Egg--'Hello, Small Potatoes and Few in a Hill, you needn't be so fresh. I knew your folks when you weren't worth 30 cents a bushel.' The Potato--'No one would accuse you of being fresh, and that's no joke. No doubt you can remember a good way back, all right, all right!'" The Egg's waistcoat is marked "Eggs 50 cents Doz." and the Potato's is marked "Potatoes 85 cents Bu." This dialog might be related to an article, published in the same edition of the newspaper, telling about the Minnesota Potato Growers and Shippers Association winning the support of the Interstate Commerce Commission for their demand that railroads provide heated cars for shipping perishable freight in freezing weather.
Contributing Institution:: Gustavus Adolphus College
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Drawings (visual works)

73. They grew onions how big? Cottonwood County, Minnesota

Creator:: Martin, W. H.
Date Created:: 1909
Description:: Two men unload an over-sized onion from a wagon while a third man watches. In the field are two large piles of onions. Tall-tale postcards use photographic montage to create images of over-sized produce and animals. Fruits, vegetables and fish are the most common subjects.
Contributing Institution:: Cottonwood County Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Postcards

74. Threshing in winter, Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota

Creator:: Gjelhaug, J. A.
Date Created:: 1900 - 1920
Description:: Family with threshing crew and threshing equipment in front of farm buildings. Snow covers the ground around them.
Contributing Institution:: Lake of the Woods County Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Negatives (photographic)

75. Threshing rig near Baudette, Minnesota

Creator:: Gjelhaug, J. A.
Date Created:: 1912 - 1918
Description:: Threshing machine, tractor and wagon on a farm near Baudette, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:: Lake of the Woods County Historical Society
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Negatives (photographic)

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