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
The 1948 Dodge County Historical Society annual report contains two documents: the 98-page Annual Report and the 16-page Combined Annual Report. The Annual Report includes Problems and Objectives, Statistical summary, Office Staff, Organization and Planning, Agricultural Program Planning, Plan of Work, Crop Production, Livestock Production Conservation of Natural Resources, Farm Management, Marketing and Distribution, Housing, Farmstead Improvement and Equipment, Home and Community Chairman Organization, all other work, Assistance Rendered Other Federal Agencies, 4-H Club Work, Annual Report of County Club Agent, Extension Conference. The reports includes nine illustrated maps. Items of interest include: Mobile chest X-ray screening for tuberculosis; County opened bids for cutting standing timber in the Severance Forest, purchased by Stewart Eayrs, used as demonstration on how to scale the logs and pile sawed lumber.
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
Architectural drawing (ink on linen) showing the first (main) floor plan of the Union Depot, Duluth, Minnesota. Built in 1892, it is also known as the St. Louis County Heritage and Arts Center, home of the LakeSuperiorRailroadMuseum. Revised 11-7-1934 and 4-15-1966. Scale: 1/8 inch equals 1 foot.
Plat book of Grant County containing plats of all townships with owner's names, farmers' directory, also maps of the state, the United States and the world also an Outline Map of the county showing locations of townships, villages, roads, schools, churches, cemeteries, and railroads.
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].
Township maps showing land ownership (farms), acreage, name of landowner, spouse and children, post office and route number. Also includes geographic information, civic information, commerce information, and local advertising.
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. 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.
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. 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. 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.
Minnesota Dairyman, Vol. V, No. 1, March 1910. Cover features a photograph of the Lynn Bros. Farm in Rice County, Minnesota. Cover story: The Iowa Dairy Special, A 2,000-Mile Trip For Advancement of Dairy Industry.
Minnesota Dairyman, Vol. IV, No. 12, February 1910. Cover features a photograph of a scene on the farm of H. S. Cheney, Southbridge, Mass. Cover story: Thirty-Second Annual Convention of Minnesota State Dairyman's Ass'n, A Record Breaking Meeting - 400 Attend Citizen's Banquet, Editor of Dairyman Reflected as President of Association.
Minnesota Dairyman, Vol. IV, No. 11, January 1910. Cover features a photograph of the dairy farm of E. C. Schroeder of Clay County, Minnesota. Cover story: Back to the Land: The One Source of the Nation's Prosperity, The Farmer, Who Feeds Them All, A Mighty Influence in the U.S.
Minnesota Dairyman, Vol. IV, No. 10, December 1909. Cover features a photograph of one of F. H. Scribner's great Jersey cows. Cover story: Dairy Suggestions from European Conditions, Extracts from University of Illinois Ag. Ex. Sta. Oct. Bulletin, No. 140. By Wilbur J. Frazer, Chief, and R. E. Brand, Ass't in Dairy Husbandry.