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    1. An historical examination of the development and adoption of hybrid corn: a case study in Ohio

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Pratt, R.C. (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2004
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C22063
    Journal Title:
    Maydica
    Journal Title Details:
    49(3) : 155-172
    Notes:
    Tracks hybrid corn breeding efforts at the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station from about 1919. Emphasizes rapid adoption of hybrids by Ohio farmers during the 1930s.

    2. Expertise, book farming and government agriculture: the origins of agricultural seed certification in the United States

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Cooke, Kathy J. (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2002
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C23367
    Journal Title:
    Agricultural History
    Journal Title Details:
    76(3) : 524-545
    Notes:
    Article includes observations about the deskilling and disempowerment of farmers.

    3. Why the government entered the field of crop reporting and forecasting

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Ebling, Walter H. (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    1939-11
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 161 Document Number: D07858
    Journal Title:
    Journal of Farm Economics
    Journal Title Details:
    21 : 718-734
    Notes:
    Journal articles vailable online - core literature of agriculture.