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  • Collection: Agricultural Empowerment in Academics, Research, and Extension

Peach School

ua100_025-004-bx0018-014-000.pdf
This folder contains the program for the 1949 Sandhills Peach School hosted by North Carolina State University. The folder also contains parts of presentations given at the event.

Spraying Peaches with Spray Guns at Mt. Airy Orchard

peach spray with mules.jpg
In this photograph, men are spraying peach trees with some type of pesticide from a tank located in the back of a wagon being pulled by a mule.

Electric Sweet Potato Bed

Electric Sweet Potato Bed.jpg
Photograph of an experimental electric sweet potato bed used for curing sweet potatoes.

Rural Home Electrification Project- Guilford County

rural electrification.jpg
This is an image of a home in rural Guilford County that has just been set up for electricity.

Rural Housing Survey Results, 1938-1940

mc00026-006-bx0005-017-000.pdf
This folder contains the responses of several rural North Carolina residents concerning the rural housing problem.

Peanut Production in North Carolina

Wartime Peanut Production.jpg
This bulletin appears in the 1942 Extension Circular. It discusses the demand to increase peanut production to provide oil for the war effort. It gives cultural advice to peanut farmers to help increase their yield.

"Apple Pest Control School"

ua100_025-004-bx0018-004-000- Apple Pest Control School Program.pdf
This folder contains information about the 1949 Apple Pest Control Schools hosted by NC State University in the North Carolina Mountains. The folder contains announcements for the schools, rosters for the schools, a program of events, as well as some…

Graham Praises Farm Institute

UA100.40.4 1970-1971.pdf

"Graham Praises Farm Institute: The Agricultural Institute of N.C. State University, which offeres a two-year terminal course in several major fields of agriculture and farm-related business, is 'filling a real need' in the state, Agriculture…

1983 USDA Minority Research Apprentices.

Students1983.pdf
This photograph shows the African American apprentices of the 1983 USDA Minority Research Apprenticeship program. They are standing next to faculty members of the School of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

Federal, Professors, and Students documents related to USDA Research Apprenticeship Program, 1983.

USDA1983collection.pdf

Excerpt from page 4 of collection. Please see PDF for full text: "1983 USDA Research Apprenticeship Program Fact Sheet 1. What is the USDA Research Apprenticeship Program?A program through which high school students gain first hand experience in…