Rhode Island red chicken; Chicken industry; Grassland Farms (Strongs, Miss.); Animal pedigrees
1931 catalog of mating lists and prices for 'super strain' Rhode Island Reds chickens at Henry Duke Watson's Grassland Farms, 'priced to meet the times.' They note that this is not their usual catalog, because they cut expenses to allow lower...
Jefferson Davis Co. (Miss.) ; Hatton, Clyde--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
Clyde Hatton family farm; multiple views. Farm of 76 acres owned and 100 acres rented in the Ebenezer Community four miles south of Bassfield on Highway 35. Jefferson Davis Co. Extension staff assisted with selection of farm family.
Covington Co. (Miss.) ; Herrin, Ralph H.--Family. ; Legislators--Mississippi.;farm life--Mississippi.
Ralph H. Herrin family farm; multiple views. Farm of 82 acres located in the Salem Community of Covington Co. Covington Co. Soil Conservation Commissioners assisted with selection of farm family.
Madison Co. (Miss.) ; Hillebert, Harold G.--Family.;farm life--Mississippi.
Harold G. Hillebert family farm; multiple views. Farm of 160 acres located about five miles southeast of Canton, MS on the Meeks Ferry Road. Harold Hillebert is MSU alumnus. Madison Co. agent Buddy Smith and Associate county agent Charles Boone...
Madison Co. (Miss.) | Hillebert, Harold G.--Family.|Farm life--Mississippi.
Harold G. Hillebert family farm; multiple views. Farm of 160 acres located about five miles southeast of Canton, MS on the Meeks Ferry Road. Harold Hillebert is MSU alumnus. Madison Co. agent Buddy Smith and Associate county agent Charles Boone...
George M. Tuxbury writes to Stone on behalf of Mrs. J. Elizabeth Ball, whose son, Harrison E. Ball, is sick and must return home to Ocean Springs, Mississippi. Tuxbury implores Stone to find a job for Harrison at the College which will help him...
H. L. Currie writes that his dairy would like to hire a man to work with them, room and board, plus expenses. He asks the College to recommend someone. November 8, 1899.
W. J. East writes to Stone, reccommending C. J. Mitchell to the College. He states that Mitchell is too poor to cover the expenses and in turn will work to defray the costs. September 18, 1899.
Mrs. M. E. Joyce writes to Stone requesting a catalogue be sent so her son, who wishes to help pay his way through college, can see what the expenses will look like. October 16, 1899.
P. C. Kalloch, officer in the Marines, writes to Stone asking what the qualifications are for admission. He is writing for his son who has some sort of education but would like for him to be sent to school after the holidays and wants to know what...
In a series of correspondence, all with last names beginning with the letter P. December 20, 1899, M. Perkins writes to Stone giving his son permission to come home for Christmas. August 18, 1889 a father writes to Stone inquiring about the...
C. A. Ruff writes to Stone asking if he can come to school to work in the shops and study just that. He wishes to not have to take any literary classes and would like to work in the shop and outside of the school to be able to pay off his expenses...
Oscar Stephens writes to Stone regarding Clay Mills. He would like to come to college right away if he is able to have a job milking so he can pay some of his expenses. September 20, 1899.
J. M. Taylor in a series of letters to Stone first asks him to recommend a reliable young man who is familiar with dairying. In the second letter he asks Stone to make room for a young man he knows that would like to come to college. He agrees to...
Knox, James, 1786-1864; Pickens County (Ala.); Presbyterians; Agriculture; Slavery; African-Americans; Somerville, James, 1827-1868; Oak Grove Presbyterian Church (Franconia, Ala.); Sons of Temperance of North America; Cotton; Presbyterian Church...
Diary kept from March 1848 to February 1851 by James Knox (1786-1864), a planter and Presbyterian church elder in Pickens County, Alabama. The diary records planting, harvesting, and other agricultural work, as well as Presbytery meetings and...
Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908.; Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1835-1914.; Harrison, Benjamin, 1833-1901.; Weaver, James B. (James Baird), 1833-1912.; Populist Party (U. S.); Elections--United States--1892.; Willard, Frances E. (Frances...
Letter to Cammie Williams from his cousin, Willie R. Hollingsworth, in Chicago, Illinois, regarding politics and his support of Grover Cleveland over the Republican (Benjamin Harrison) and Populist (James Weaver) party candidates.
