Allen Recordings of Agricultural History (Part 1)
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- Title
- Allen Recordings of Agricultural History (Part 1)
- Date(s)
- 9/10/1955
- Summary
- Recording was made on February 12, 1952 in the Farm Bureau Building at Eureka, Woodford County, Illinois. The speakers are Hugh Brock (Farm Advisor of Woodford County), Lester Davidson (former Director of the ILlinois Agricultural Association), Frank Felder (first man to use the Farm Bureau's Farm Management Service), Charlie Smith, Louis C. Schurtz, Simon Lantz (former State Senator), W. H. Smith. Ralph Allen acts as moderator. Speakers relate their experiences in establishing the Woodford County Farm Bureau & the Illinois Agricultural Association, in introducing soil treatment and in farming during the early 1900's.
- Subject(s)
- agriculture
- farm bureau
- illinois agricultural association
- ui centennial project