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Planting the Seeds of Hope
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Part 1: Pioneering a New Field of Work (1887-1928)
1 Neither the Agent nor His Farmer-Constituents Knew Very Much About What to Expect of One Another
Part 2: Outlasting the Great Depression (1929-1939)
2 The Shattering, Sledge Hammer Economic Blows of the Depression
3 Building Support Through Advisory Boards
4 Does the County Agent Do Anybody or Group of Farmers Any Good or Justify His Expense?
5 Live Out of the Garden, the Smoke House, and Cellar
6 Cash Is the One Article That Is Scarcest and Hardest to Get
7 The Man With the High-Producing Soil, Hen, Cow, and Sow That Kept Operating Expense Down Was Able to Return a Profit
8 Farmers Hanging On by a Mere Thread Reached Out for Benefit Payments to Save Their Farms
Photographs
9 Conservation of Soil Is the Solution on Which Will Hang Future Extension Activities
10 Erosion Is One of the Major Problems Which Must Be Faced
11 Land Use Planning Not Altogether a New Idea
12 Extension Work Interrupted by Extreme Droughts and Flood
13 There Is Convenience and Satisfaction of Flipping a Switch and Getting Light
14 Shall I Sell One Team on a Four-Horse Farm and Buy a Tractor?
15 The Average Farmer Has Not Learned the Principles of Economic Uses of Wood Lots
16 Hybrid Corn Is With Us to Stay Until Something Is Found to Take Its Place
17 The Necessity of Knowing the Soil Before a Good Crop Can Be Produced
18 Growing Wheat Is One Thing and Growing Quality Wheat Is Another
Photographs
19 Farmers on the Lookout for Some New or Different Crop That Offers More Promise for Fair Returns
20 Not More Cows but Fewer and Better Dairy Cows Is the Imperative Need
21 Sheep Have a Place on Most Every Farm
22 Runts and Diseased Pigs Seldom Lift the Mortgage
23 A Bushel Basket of Eggs Brings In as Much Money as 100 Bushels of Corn
24 The Life of an Extension Worker Is an Honorable Occupation and an Interesting One
Photographs
Part 3: Soldiers of the Soil During World War II (1940-1945)
25 Fitting the Extension Program to Wartime Conditions Has Required Some "Give and Take"
26 The County Agent Is Expected to Be a Walking Encyclopedia on Government Programs
27 Production Goals That Looked Impossible Were Reached
28 Higher Hog, Dairy, and Poultry Prices Created an Interest Like Never Before
29 For Patriotic Reasons as well as for Profit, Acreage Has Been Expanded
30 Tomatoes Have Become a Major Crop
31 The Total Increase in Home Production and Consumption Would Be a Staggering Amount of Food
32 The Armed Forces Have Taken 1,500 Men, Including Farmers. Why Wouldn't It Create Many Problems?
33 All Agricultural Workers Seeking Employment in Industrial Factories Must Have a Statement of Transfer From the County Agent
Planting the Seeds of Hope
Title
Copyright
DEDICATION
CONTENTS
Part 1: Pioneering a New Field of Work (1887-1928)
1 Neither the Agent nor His Farmer-Constituents Knew Very Much About What to Expect of One Another
Part 2: Outlasting the Great Depression (1929-1939)
2 The Shattering, Sledge Hammer Economic Blows of the Depression
3 Building Support Through Advisory Boards
4 Does the County Agent Do Anybody or Group of Farmers Any Good or Justify His Expense?
5 Live Out of the Garden, the Smoke House, and Cellar
6 Cash Is the One Article That Is Scarcest and Hardest to Get
7 The Man With the High-Producing Soil, Hen, Cow, and Sow That Kept Operating Expense Down Was Able to Return a Profit
8 Farmers Hanging On by a Mere Thread Reached Out for Benefit Payments to Save Their Farms
Photographs
9 Conservation of Soil Is the Solution on Which Will Hang Future Extension Activities
10 Erosion Is One of the Major Problems Which Must Be Faced
11 Land Use Planning Not Altogether a New Idea
12 Extension Work Interrupted by Extreme Droughts and Flood
13 There Is Convenience and Satisfaction of Flipping a Switch and Getting Light
14 Shall I Sell One Team on a Four-Horse Farm and Buy a Tractor?
15 The Average Farmer Has Not Learned the Principles of Economic Uses of Wood Lots
16 Hybrid Corn Is With Us to Stay Until Something Is Found to Take Its Place
17 The Necessity of Knowing the Soil Before a Good Crop Can Be Produced
18 Growing Wheat Is One Thing and Growing Quality Wheat Is Another
Photographs
19 Farmers on the Lookout for Some New or Different Crop That Offers More Promise for Fair Returns
20 Not More Cows but Fewer and Better Dairy Cows Is the Imperative Need
21 Sheep Have a Place on Most Every Farm
22 Runts and Diseased Pigs Seldom Lift the Mortgage
23 A Bushel Basket of Eggs Brings In as Much Money as 100 Bushels of Corn
24 The Life of an Extension Worker Is an Honorable Occupation and an Interesting One
Photographs
Part 3: Soldiers of the Soil During World War II (1940-1945)
25 Fitting the Extension Program to Wartime Conditions Has Required Some "Give and Take"
26 The County Agent Is Expected to Be a Walking Encyclopedia on Government Programs
27 Production Goals That Looked Impossible Were Reached
28 Higher Hog, Dairy, and Poultry Prices Created an Interest Like Never Before
29 For Patriotic Reasons as well as for Profit, Acreage Has Been Expanded
30 Tomatoes Have Become a Major Crop
31 The Total Increase in Home Production and Consumption Would Be a Staggering Amount of Food
32 The Armed Forces Have Taken 1,500 Men, Including Farmers. Why Wouldn't It Create Many Problems?
33 All Agricultural Workers Seeking Employment in Industrial Factories Must Have a Statement of Transfer From the County Agent