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

Annual Report for 1959-60 Instruction, School of Agriculture

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The excerpted transcription highlights sections VII of page 6 and entry number 8 of page 8-9. See the PDF for the full document. p. 6: "VII. Programs developed for the Agricultural Institute. In 1959 the legislature made funds available and…

Report Hits NCSU for Ag Research

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This is an article from the June 8, 1972 Technician. It discusses a report that accuses land grand colleges of neglecting small farmers in favor of corporate interests. The issue also contains two articles that refute the claims in this report.

First Annual Catalogue of the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, Raleigh, N.C.

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This document is the catalogue for the first school year at NC State in 1890. It contains a statement of purpose for the university, a list of enrolled students, as well as information about courses, departments, tuition, and room and board.

Finger-wheel Rake Development

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This file contains an article about the development and uses of a draft-powered sweet potato de-viner.

Spraying on Apple Research Laboratory- Wilkes County, May 1940

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This photograph shows two men spraying pesticides on the apple orchards at the Agricultural Experiment Station in Wilkes County.

Peanut Production in North Carolina

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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.

Rural Home Electrification Project- Guilford County

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

Spraying Peaches with Spray Guns at Mt. Airy Orchard

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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.

Tobacco transplanter

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A black and white photograph of African-American farmers using a tractor and modern machinery to mechanize the tobacco transplanting process.

Walking primers and trucking with mule-drawn sled

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This is a black and white photograph of a farmers controlling a mule drawn sled. They are using draft power to harvest tobacco leaves.