resources - Books

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Planting the Seeds of Hope book cover a farmer in a field working with a young boy Planting the Seeds of Hope
Memories of Life on the Farm book cover a young boy with a dog Memories of Life on the Farm
Scattering the Seeds of Knowledge book cover with farmers inspecting a lamb Scattering the Seeds of Knowledge
Enriching the Hoosier Farm Family book cover farm family in a field working crops Enriching the Hoosier Farm Family
For the Good of the Farmer book cover farmer on 1800's era farm equipment For the Good of the Farmer
The Queen of American Agriculture book cover with a portrait of Virginia Meredith The Queen of American Agriculture
The Grand Old Man of Purdue University and Indiana Agriculture book cover with original Purdue building and portrait of William Carroll Latta The Grand Old Man of Purdue University and Indiana Agriculture
The Complete Book of Pesticide Management book cover with an image of a butterfly The Complete Book of Pesticide Management

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County Extension Agents during World War II

Purdue University Extension specialist Frederick Whitford writes of the beginning of the Purdue Extension Agent program and the agents’ work through the Great Depression and World War II.

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kids around a car
County Extension Agents during World War II

Purdue University Extension specialist Frederick Whitford writes of the beginning of the Purdue Extension Agent program and the agents’ work through the Great Depression and World War II.

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A Purdue film, “One Brick Higher,” from 1947

Fred Whitford’s Seminar for the Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, September 8th, 2021 on the History of Purdue Agriculture.