Description: Enriching the Hoosier Farm Family by Frederick Whitford, Neal Harmeyer, David M. Hovde Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description Compiled from original county agent records discovered in Purdue Universitys Virginia Kelly Karnes Archives and Special Collections Research Center, Enriching Hoosier Farms and Families includes hundreds of rare, never-before-published photographs and anecdotal information about how county agents overcame their constituents reluctance to change. Publisher Description Imagine Indiana farms at the turn of the last century. What comes from the land sustains us. Our farms and families depend on it. Having a good or bad year can mean the difference between prosperity and your family going hungry. Farmers knew how to provide. Throughout the 1800s, parents had passed their best knowledge on to their sons and daughters, who in turn taught their children tried-and-true methods for managing a farm—methods that provided consistency in a world of droughts, disease, and fluctuating markets. Before they abandoned a hundred years of proven practices or adopted new technology, they would have to be convinced that it was in their best interest.Enter county extension agents. Indiana county extension agents took up their posts in 1912, at a crucial juncture in the advancement of agriculture. The systematic introduction of hybrid seed corn, tractors, lime, certified seed, cow-testing associations, farm bureaus, commercial fertilizers, balanced livestock diets, soybeans, and 4-H clubs were all yet to come. Many of the most significant agricultural innovations of the 1900s, which are commonplace today, were still being developed in the laboratories and experimental fields of land-grant colleges like Purdue University.Compiled from original county agent records discovered in Purdue Universitys Virginia Kelly Karnes Archives and Special Collections Research Center, Enriching Hoosier Farms and Families includes hundreds of rare, never-before-published photographs and anecdotal information about how county agents overcame their constituents reluctance to change. They visited farmers on their farms, day after day, year after year. They got to know them personally. They built trust in communities and little by little were able to share new information. Gradually, their practical applications of new methodologies for solving old problems and for managing and increasing productivity introduced farmers and their families to exciting new frontiers of agriculture. Author Biography Frederick Whitford has worked in the Purdue School of Agriculture and the Purdue Cooperative Extension Service for nearly twenty-five years. His interest in the history of the interaction between the campus extension specialist and the county extension educator with agriculturists turned into an adventure in writing numerous books on the subject.Neal Harmeyer is an archivist at Purdue University Archives and Special Collections. Harmeyer grew up on a multigenerational family farm in northeastern Fayette County, Indiana, where he helped raise animals. He earned a BA degree in history from Purdue and an MLS degree from Indiana University.David M. Hovde, the research and instruction librarian in the Virginia Kelly Karnes Archives and Special Collections Research Center, is an associate professor of library science and has been at Purdue University since 1989. He has authored or coauthored numerous monographs, books, book chapters, and articles in archaeology, history, semiotics, and pedagogy. Details ISBN 1557537437 ISBN-13 9781557537430 Title Enriching the Hoosier Farm Family Author Frederick Whitford, Neal Harmeyer, David M. Hovde Format Hardcover Year 2016 Pages 320 Publisher Purdue University Press GE_Item_ID:158306140; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. 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ISBN-13: 9781557537430
Book Title: Enriching the Hoosier Farm Family
Number of Pages: 320 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Enriching the Hoosier Farm Family : a Photo History of Indiana's Early County Extension Agents
Publisher: Purdue University Press
Publication Year: 2016
Subject: United States / MidWest / East North Central (Il, in, Mi, Oh, Wi), United States / 20th Century, Subjects & Themes / Historical, United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, Il, in, Ks, Mi, MN, Mo, Nd, Ne, Oh, Sd, Wi)
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 12.3 Oz
Author: Neal Harmeyer
Item Length: 9 in
Subject Area: Travel, Photography, History
Item Width: 12 in
Series: The Founders Ser.
Format: Hardcover
