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    1. Acceptance and diffusion of hybrid corn seed in two Iowa communities

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Ryan, Bryce (author), Gross, Neal (author), and Department of Sociology, University of Ceylon; Department of Sociology, University of Minnesota.
    Format:
    Report
    Publication Date:
    1950
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 38 Document Number: B04267
    Notes:
    Includes Table of Contents and Summary. Review of Extension Research 1946/47-1956, Extension Service Circular 506, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C., Ames, IA : Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanics Arts, Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station, 1950. 663-678 p. (Research Bulletin 372)

    2. Extension teaching methods, and factors that influence adoption of agricultural and home economics practices

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Wilson, M.C. (author) and Gallup, G. (author)
    Format:
    Report
    Publication Date:
    1955
    Published:
    USA: Federal Extension Service, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. Washington, D.C.
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 2 Document Number: B00250
    Notes:
    AgComm Teaching. Hal R. Taylor Collection (abstract), Extension Service Circular 495. 80 pp.

    3. How farmers adopt a new practice: sources of information analyzed by time

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Beal, George M. (author)
    Format:
    Paper
    Publication Date:
    1956-04
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 173 Document Number: C29304
    Notes:
    Presented to the Midwest Sociological Society. 12 pages., "It is believed that this is the first time these five stages of diffusion (awareness, information, evaluation, trial and adoption) have been tested empirically." Involves use of 2,4-D herbicide for field weed control.