Martin, Robert A. (author / Iowa State University) and Jayaratne, K.S.U. (author / Iowa State University)
Format:
Proceedings
Publication Date:
2000-03-29
Published:
USA: Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 133 Document Number: C20229
Notes:
Burton Swanson Collection, In section C of the "2000 conference proceedings: Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education", 16th Annual Conference, March 29th-April 1st, 2000, Arlington, Virginia, USA
Suazo-Gallardo, Laura (author / Cornell University)
Format:
Proceedings
Publication Date:
2000-03-29
Published:
Honduras: Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 133 Document Number: C20245
Notes:
Burton Swanson Collection, In section H of the "2000 conference proceedings: Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education", 16th Annual Conference, March 29th-April 1st, 2000, Arlington, Virginia, USA
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 159 Document Number: C26068
Notes:
Bulletin 3, Centre for Alternative Agricultural Media, Karnataka, India. 3 pages., Compares writing by farmers with that by subject experts/extension workers. "It could be clearly seen that 'farmer writing' is qualitatively better than 'writing for farmers' on various grounds."
Assesses the attitudes of rural people towards farm electrification in the United States between 1920-1940. Hesitation of farmers to adopt electricity; impact of electricity on landscape transformation; implication of electrification for farm modernization.
Focuses on the adoption of mechanical corn pickers by farmers in Iowa between 1900-1952. Implications of the develoopment on technological advances and economic motivations. Effects of mechanical corn pickers on corn harvest. Impact of the machinery on modern agricultural development.
