This history presents a record of the founding of the State Farm Bureau, its aims and policies, the evolution of its different departments and its contributions to the organization and programs of the American Farm Bureau.

Introduction -- Organizational structure: the rise of the local farm bureau -- Organizational strategy: economic, political, and social functions -- Science, cultural authority, and the farm bureau: bovine tuberculosis -- Home bureaus and the sciences of separate spheres -- Women and the agricultural occupation -- Reproducing the farm family: youth clubs, gender, and science -- Conclusion