Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 71 Document Number: D10781
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Claude W. Gifford Collection. Beyond his materials in the ACDC collection, the Claude W. Gifford Papers, 1919-2004, are deposited in the University of Illinois Archives. Serial Number 8/3/81. Locate finding aid at https://archives.library.illinois.edu/archon/, Pages 3-4 in Research Library Newsletter, Farm Journal, September 15, 1965., Findings from a national research project of the National Farm and Power Equipment Dealers and reported in Farm and Power Equipment magazine. Questions involved where farmers first see and hear such information and what sources they consider most useful.
AGE 84924952, Starting farm operators are using family help to aid them getting started. Family assistance in the form of labor, machinery, and housing was frequently received by operators. Most farmers interviewed had entered farming through arrangements with parents by utilizing a father/son operation, then renting from a nonrelative, and purchasing land as the third step. Off-farm employment also was frequently used by starting farmers and wives to aid in generating income.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 194 Document Number: C11524
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computer file (PowerPoint)
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Presentation at "AgCom.com" Conference sponsored by the Ag and Environmental Communication Alumni Group, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, October 27, 2000
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 130 Document Number: C19360
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In "Agricultural technology for developing nations : farm mechanization alternatives for 1-10 hectare farms. Proceedings. Special International Conference. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign May 23-24, 1978", Burton Swanson Collection, pp 45-52
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 130 Document Number: C19361
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In "Agricultural technology for developing nations : farm mechanization alternatives for 1-10 hectare farms. Proceedings. Special International Conference. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign May 23-24, 1978", Burton Swanson Collection, pp 53-59
