Farm Bureau Circular, Issue 11New York State College of Agriculture, 1923 - Agriculture |
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Page 2 - ... to many important matters on which success in farming depends locally. The second part of each of these circulars will be an account of the local farm bureau, its organization, and its ability to help in developing local agriculture. Some of the most important functions of a farm bureau association are: the study of local problems with the purpose of finding solutions for them; presenting to the general public in an attractive manner the opportunities for farming in the county; and stimulating...
Page 13 - County, New York, and to foster all interests — commercial, social, and material — having a bearing on the development of agriculture.
Page 4 - ... and is proving to be very satisfactory. Stock raising is one of the chief industries of the county and many fine horses and cattle are raised and put on the market. The county has three Railroads running through it thus giving the farmers fine shipping facilities for their products. Nicholasville, the county seat is located near the central part of the county at the junction of the CN 0.
Page 11 - A second manuscript on a survey of two counties in Texas was also submitted to the bureau for publication. A manuscript has been prepared in cooperation with the State department of education and the State college of agriculture of Ohio for a Manual of Agriculture for the Elementary Schools of Ohio, to be published and distributed by the State department of education. A similar bulletin begun in the preceding year was published by the State department of education of Virginia. The report of the committee...
Page 12 - ... the Smith-Lever Act of 1914 for extension work in agriculture and home economics, and the Smith-Hughes Act of 1916 for federal aid for vocational education in secondary schools.
Page 5 - The three townships, Unadilla, Otego, and Butternuts, in the southwestern part of the county, have a red-shale soil.
Page 2 - Cooperative Extension Work in Agriculture and Home Economics for the State of New York: Farm Bureau Associations, New York State College of Agriculture, New York State Department of Agriculture, United States Department of Agriculture, cooperating.
Page 5 - The valuation which the 1920 census gives the average farm, with buildings, is $4840, or $40 an acre. The average farm value, including buildings, implements, machinery, and domestic animals, is $7620.
Page 5 - County is similar to that of other southerntier counties, and consists of broad ridges and long, wide valleys. The valleys are from 1000 to 1200 feet above sea level, and the hills rise to 2300 feet.
Page 5 - The northern townships of the county, Richfield, Springfield, and Cherry Valley, are included in the limestone belt of New York State.