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The Rural Midwest Since World War II, edited by J. L. Anderson, (Cornell UP, 2014), pp. 12–43. online. Rasmussen, Wayne David. Taking the university to the people (Iowa State UP, history of agricultural extension work online; Ricketts, Thomas C. "The changing nature of rural health care." Annual review of public health 21.1 (2000): 639-657 ...
Paul Werntz Shafer (April 27, 1893 – August 17, 1954) was a politician and judge from Michigan. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1937 until his death. Biography
The McCormick company introduced the first of many twine binder machines in 1881, leading to the so-called "Harvester Wars" that gained the attention of the farm industry during the 1880s. Case tractor. In 1884, Case made a visit to a farm named after him in Minnesota upon receiving news that one of his thresher machines was not working ...
The Inner World of Farm Animals: Their Amazing Social, Emotional, and Intellectual Capacities. New York City: Stewart, Tabori & Chang. ISBN 978-1-58479-748-7. Jessica A. Knoblauch (October 14, 2009). "The Inner World of Farm Animals". Archived from the original on March 20, 2012. Introduction by Jane Goodall; Afterword by Wayne Pacelle.
Lacking steamboats, which had not yet been invented, Jackson and companions made the return trip on foot (slaves) or horseback (traders) by the Natchez Trace, an ancient track through the hundreds of miles of Chickasaw and Choctaw territory between the northern fork of Bayou Pierre and the Tennessee River, ending at Jackson's farm, originally ...
The Farm is an intentional community founded in 1971 in Lewis County, Tennessee. Their diet is vegan, which at the time was uncommon in the United States. UNICEF, seeing an opportunity to examine a large group all eating the same diet, sent nutritionists to the community. When the UNICEF experts checked the members' nutritional intake, they ...
"The American Civil War Considered as a Crisis in Law and Order," American Historical Review, Vol. 77, No. 4 (Oct., 1972), pp. 1013–1034 in JSTOR; Paludan, Phillip S. Covenant with Death: The Constitution, Law, and Equality in the Civil War Era. University of Illinois Press, 1975. Randall, James G. Constitutional Problems under Lincoln ...
Aspirants for office volunteered their services as speakers; wealthy leaders contributed cash, and patronage appointees not only worked for the party but also donated 2 to 5 percent of the salaries. The problem with the system was the winner's curse: in a close election, campaign managers promise the same lucrative jobs over and over again.