Contains the transactions of the annual meeting.

Road From Hilldene chronicles the boyhood of the author on a farm in rural Virginia during the Great Depression. It tells of hard work and happy play of a time long ago. Times were lean. On the farm, there was no electricity, telephone or radio; farm work was performed with horse and mule. Harvesting hay, threshing wheat and working in the cornfields contrasted with Huck Finn-type adventures floating down the river in a leaky homemade boat with playmates. Accidents on the farm called for frantic horseback rides for the only doctor in the nearby town. The author relates the happy times along with his sadness when events force him to leave the farm. His adult career in engineering and management positions in NASA's manned space programs, Gemini, Apollo and the Space Shuttle, contrasted sharply with his simple boyhood life.

A Farm Girl’s Memories is Judith’s first book. If you like reading the Little House On The Prairie books, you will also enjoy reading how Judith’s family did things . . . like in the “olden days.” Also, she includes numerous interesting, incredible, and surprising stories that happened to her and her siblings as they grew up on a small farm in rural Michigan. You should find her book informative, stirring, inspirational and it will keep your attention and interest as you read through the chapters.

With reports of County farmers' institutes for the year ...

This project contributes to our understanding of rural Midwesterners and farm newspapers at the turn of the century. While cultural historians have mainly focused on readers in town and cities, it examines Midwestern farmers. It also contributes to the "new rural history" by exploring the ideas of Hal Barron and others that country people selectively adapted the advice given to them by reformers. Finally, it furthers our understanding of American farm newspapers themselves and offers suggestions on how to use them as sources.