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Jun 17

Farm Philosophy 1938

Posted to KGI Online Library Blog on June 17, 2019 at 12:29 PM by Bill Sowers

A speech given in 1938 to the 67th meeting of the Kansas State Board of Agriculture on the endurance of the farmer...  Available at the State Library of Kansas' KGI Online Library...

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Tag(s): Great Depression, Farms, Farming, Farmers, Dustbowl, Dust Bowl Era, Droughts, 1931-1939

Mar 22

Jimmie John Jarnigan, 1958 Star Farmer

Posted to KGI Online Library Blog on March 22, 2019 at 8:09 AM by Bill Sowers

The October 1958 issue of "The Kansas Future Farmer" featured the American Star Farmer of 1958, Jimmie John Jarnigan of Jetmore, Kansas. Read up on the life of young farmers in Kansas during the 1950s...

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Tag(s): Future Farmers of America, Farms, Farming, Farmers, Agriculture

Nov 26

Multiple Hitching of Horses/Mules on Farms, 1917/1918

Posted to KGI Online Library Blog on November 26, 2018 at 4:55 PM by Bill Sowers

An article from the 1917/1918 Kansas State Board of Agriculture Biennial Report on multiple harnessing of mules and horses on farms.  Includes great graphics...

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Tag(s): Slings and hitches, Planting, Mules, Horses, Harvesting, Harnesses, Farming, Driving of horse-drawn vehicles, Driving horses, Agriculture