Focusing on the History of Agricultural Education and Rural America
During the Great Depression/Dust Bowl era the creation of the Soil Conservation Service, running electricity and building sanitary privies in rural America, and establishing a system of farm credit all made sense. However, the Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) of 1933 Continue reading Plowing Under Cotton and Killing Pigs (8/14/2020)
When I was 16 years old, I visited the Production Credit Association (PCA) office in Lampasas, Texas to ask for a loan to buy 5 cows. This was to expand my SAE program. As a freshman, I had two Angora Continue reading Show Me the Money (8/7/2020)
Historians often celebrate milestone events such as the 50th or 100th anniversary of an important happening. In 2014 we celebrated the 100th anniversary of the Smith-Lever Act that provided for a national system of Extension. In 2017 we celebrated the 100th anniversary of the Continue reading One Hundred and Counting (7/31/2020)
What is a Black Blizzard? Is it: A snowfall that is black because of air pollution (primarily coal dust). A snowfall so massive the sun is blacked out. A swarm of locust or grasshoppers so thick they block out the sun. Continue reading Black Blizzards (7/24/2020)
The Friday Footnote for last week focused on the factual events surrounding rural electrification. We didn’t have space to examine the human reactions and experiences in bringing electricity to rural America. This week the Footnote will share the human experiences, Continue reading The Night the Lights Came On – True Stories (7/17/2020)