Allen Recordings of Agricultural History (Part 1) · Voices of Illinois · University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library

Title: Allen Recordings of Agricultural History (Part 1)
Date(s): 2/12/1952
Interviewee(s): Hugh Brock See all items with this value; Lester Davidson See all items with this value; Frank Felder See all items with this value; Charlie Smith See all items with this value; Lucy Schertz See all items with this value; Simon Lance See all items with this value; W.H. Smith See all items with this value
Interviewer(s): Ralph Allen See all items with this value
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), and W. H. Smith. Ralph Allen acts as moderator. Speakers relate their experiences establishing the Woodford County Farm Bureau and the Illinois Agricultural Association, introducing soil treatment and farming during the early 1900's.
Subject(s): agriculture See all items with this value; farm advisors See all items with this value; farm bureau See all items with this value; illinois agricultural association See all items with this value; ui centennial project See all items with this value; woodford county See all items with this value
Related Resources: Agricultural Extension Service Historical Material (RS: 8/3/14); Allen Family Papers (RS: 41/20/21); Illinois Agricultural Association Materials (RS: 8/3/808)

Item sets: UI Centennial Project