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Criteria For Evaluating Procedures And Techniques Used In Handling Supplies In The Farm Mechanics Departments In Utah High Schools, Clinton D. Zollinger
Criteria For Evaluating Procedures And Techniques Used In Handling Supplies In The Farm Mechanics Departments In Utah High Schools, Clinton D. Zollinger
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
A shortage of manpower during World War II and in the immediate years following the war forced the American farmer into an era of mechanized agriculture. His investment in machinery tripled. With this evolution in farming, additional training became necessary for the successful operation, care, and maintenance of his machinery. The farmer became, through no choice of his own, a mechanic. Many times the success or failure of his farming enterprizes was a direct result of how well he operated his costly farm machinery.
The evolution in farming methods presented a new challenge to the instructor in agriculture. Problems of …