Planting the Seeds of Hope : (Record no. 32018)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781612498584 |
| Qualifying information | (electronic bk.) |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| Canceled/invalid ISBN | 9781612498447 |
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| System control number | (MiAaPQ)EBC7100077 |
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| System control number | (Au-PeEL)EBL7100077 |
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| System control number | (OCoLC)1370496071 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | MiAaPQ |
| Language of cataloging | eng |
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| Transcribing agency | MiAaPQ |
| Modifying agency | MiAaPQ |
| 082 0# - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 977.2/042 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Whitford, Frederick. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Planting the Seeds of Hope : |
| Remainder of title | Indiana County Extension Agents During the Great Depression and World War II. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 1st ed. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | West Lafayette, IN : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | Purdue University Press, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2023. |
| 264 #4 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | ©2023. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 online resource (758 pages) |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE | |
| Content type term | text |
| Content type code | txt |
| Source | rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE | |
| Media type term | computer |
| Media type code | c |
| Source | rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE | |
| Carrier type term | online resource |
| Carrier type code | cr |
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| 490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT | |
| Series statement | The Founders Series |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Cover -- 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. |
| 505 8# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | 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 -- 34 Farm Women and Children Will Ride the Machinery to the Desired 10 Percent Increase in Production of Meat, Milk, and Eggs -- Photographs -- 35 Explaining the Red Tape That Farmers Must Go Through to Get Electricity -- 36 Machinery Will Need to Be Replaced Before the Supply of Baling Wire Is Exhausted -- 37 Patriotic Duty to Get the Most Possible Mileage From Tires -- 38 Farmers Were Second Only to the Army in Needing Fuel -- 39 Extension Meetings Will Be Curtailed Due to Gas Rationing, Thin Tires, and Busier People -- 40 School Children of America! Help Save Your Fathers', Brothers', and Neighbors' Lives by Collecting Milkweed Pods -- 41 American Hemp Will Go On Duty Again -- 42 Draining the Woodlots of the Larger Oaks, Walnuts, Maples, and Sycamores -- 43 Think More of the Soil as a Heritage to Be Conserved and Passed On to Those Who Follow -- Photographs. |
| 505 8# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Part 4: Beyond World War II (1945-1946) -- 44 Boys Are Having a Hard Time Making "Fox Hole" Dreams Come True -- 45 Effort Must Be Directed Toward Building for the Future -- Photographs -- Epilogue Now as Never Before Farmers Have Put Into Use Many Practices Advocated by the Extension Service -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index. |
| 588 ## - SOURCE OF DESCRIPTION NOTE | |
| Source of description note | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources. |
| 590 ## - LOCAL NOTE (RLIN) | |
| Local note | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries. |
| 655 #4 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM | |
| Genre/form data or focus term | Electronic books. |
| 776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY | |
| Relationship information | Print version: |
| Main entry heading | Whitford, Frederick |
| Title | Planting the Seeds of Hope |
| Place, publisher, and date of publication | West Lafayette, IN : Purdue University Press,c2023 |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781612498447 |
| 797 2# - LOCAL ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME (RLIN) | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | ProQuest (Firm) |
| 830 #4 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE | |
| Uniform title | The Founders Series |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=7100077">https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=7100077</a> |
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