Tensas Parish (La.)--History.; Natchez (Miss.)--History.; Waterproof (La.)--History.; Saint Joseph (La.)--History.; Plantation life--Louisiana--History--19th century.; Slavery--United States--History--19th century.; Levees--Louisiana.;...
Diary kept by plantation owner Zenas Preston from 1850-1853. Preston's plantation, Leftwich, was situated on Lake St. Peter in Tensas Parish, Louisiana, and Preston describes frequent trips to Waterproof, Saint Joseph, and Natchez via the...
Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation; Mississippi Cooperative Extension Service; Farmers; African-Americans; Shaw, Mose Sydney
Letter to Mose S. Shaw from Major M. Hubert, director of Negro Men's Work for the Mississippi State University Extension Service, concerning the appropriation of $100 among five contest winners.
Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation; Mississippi Cooperative Extension Service; Farmers; African-Americans; Corn; Alcorn Agricultural and Mechanical College
Correspondence between Mose S. Shaw and Boswell Stevens about the 1951 ''Negro Farm and Home Week'' at Alcorn A&M College, as well as an itinerary and list of Negro farmers who produced 100 bushels or more of corn per acre..
Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation; Armed Forces; Agriculture; Mississippi State Agricultural Mobilization Committee; Economic policy
Report of Mobilization Sub-Committee on Production Goals; document describing national and state of Mississippi problems, goals, and programs associated with defense mobilization for agriculture.
Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation; Cotton; Insecticides
Summary of County Reports of Expected Use of Insecticide on 1951 Cotton Crop in Mississippi. Provide by the USDA and used by the State Defense Production Advisory Committee for crop production planning.
Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation; Committees; United States. Dept. of Agriculture; Cotton; Agriculture; Economics; Fertilizers; Labor
Minutes of a January 26, 1951 meeting of the State Defense Production Advisory Committee, Mississippi State Office of the Production and Marketing Administration, United States Department of Agriculture. Facts presented and discussion of how to...
Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation; Committees; United States. Dept. of Agriculture; Crops; Agriculture; Economics; Fertilizers; Labor
Minutes of a February 28, 1951 meeting of the State Agricultural Mobilization Committee, Mississippi State Office of the Agricultural Mobilization Committee, United States Department of Agriculture. Facts presented and discussion of how to achieve...
Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation; United States. Dept. of Agriculture; Committees; Food crops; Agriculture
Memorandum No. 7 from Charles F. Brannan, Secretary of Agriculture and Chairman of the National Agriculture Mobilization Committee, to chairmen of County Agricultural Mobilization Committees in Mississippi. Concerns the need for increased food...
Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation; United States. Dept. of Agriculture; Committees; Food crops; Feed grain program; Livestock; Meat
Memorandum No. 9 from Charles F. Brannan, Secretary of Agriculture and Chairman of the National Agriculture Mobilization Committee, to members of the State Agricultural Mobilization Committee. Concerns the need for higher production of feed grains,...
Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation; United States. Dept. of Agriculture; Committees; Food prices; Inflation; Farm income; Agricultural prices
Food prices and Farm Returns,' Memorandum No. 10 from Charles F. Brannan, Secretary of Agriculture and Chairman of the National Agriculture Mobilization Committee, to members of the State Agricultural Mobilization Committee.
Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation; Committees; United States. Dept. of Agriculture; Farm production quota; Agriculture; Economic policy; Mississippi State Agricultural Mobilization Committee
Minutes of a June 7, 1951 meeting of the State Agricultural Mobilization Committee, Mississippi State Office of the Agricultural Mobilization Committee, United States Department of Agriculture. Facts and discussion about farm production guides for...
Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation; Committees; United States. Dept. of Agriculture; Agriculture; Fertilizer; Crops; Economic policy; Mississippi State Agricultural Mobilization Committee; Mississippi Agricultural Resources Conservation Program
Minutes of an August 2, 1951 meeting of the State Agricultural Mobilization Committee, under the Mississippi State Office of the Agricultural Mobilization Committee, under the United States Department of Agriculture. Concerns the Farm Policy Review...
Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation; Committees; United States. Dept. of Agriculture; Agricultural surveys; Agriculture; Mississippi; United States; Economic Policy; Agriculture and state
Farm Policy Review for the state of Mississippi, a state report compiled from input from farmers, and giving input on the various federal and state agencies that work with agriculture. Sent from C. L. Neill, chairman of the State Agricultural...
Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation; Agriculture; Crops; Cotton; Corn; Soybeans
1952 Production Goals for Cotton, Corn, and Soybeans for Mississippi By Type of Farming Areas and By Counties With Comparisons to 1951 Production Guides.
Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation; Committees; United States. Dept. of Agriculture; Cotton; Soil Conservation Service; Economic policy; Military; Mississippi State Agricultural Mobilization Committee
Minutes of a December 18, 1951 meeting of the State Agricultural Mobilization Committee, Mississippi State Office of the Agricultural Mobilization Committee, United States Department of Agriculture. Concerns defense and other issues that affect...
