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Finding Aid For The Katye L. Patridge Collection (Mum00137) Jan 2022

Finding Aid For The Katye L. Patridge Collection (Mum00137)

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Papers of Katye L. Patridge document her career as a home demonstration agent in the agricultural extension service of Mississippi and Virginia (1924 to 1930) as well as her higher education at Tulane University School of Social Work and a career in social work in the 1930s and 1940s that included employment in Mississippi by the Works Progress Administration, the National Youth Administration, and the State Board of Public Welfare.


Has Maize Overtaken Our Reality? A Personal Briefing, Biochemical Comparison, Agrigenomics, And History Of Maize, Nader Pahlevan May 2021

Has Maize Overtaken Our Reality? A Personal Briefing, Biochemical Comparison, Agrigenomics, And History Of Maize, Nader Pahlevan

Honors Theses

Maize (Zea mays ssp. Mays) is a revolutionary cereal grain that has raced to the world’s most popular staple crop, transforming societies and impacting history. This paper aims to build and portray the story maize has created through its journey to world domination. The important details that encompass this literature are maize’s cultural significance in my life’s story, the comparison of various starches broken down into amylose and amylopectin ratios, a summative historical account on maize’s spread throughout numerous parts of the old world, and the genetical analysis of maize that explains the key features that have led …


Cost-Benefit And Acceptance Analysis Of Alternative Nematode Control Practices On Organic Dairy Goat Farms: A Case Study In France, Sylvain Quiédeville, Hervé Hoste, Yves Le Frileux, Spiridoula Athanasiadou, Steffen Werne, Simon Moakes Dec 2020

Cost-Benefit And Acceptance Analysis Of Alternative Nematode Control Practices On Organic Dairy Goat Farms: A Case Study In France, Sylvain Quiédeville, Hervé Hoste, Yves Le Frileux, Spiridoula Athanasiadou, Steffen Werne, Simon Moakes

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

This article assesses the costs, benefits, and acceptance of alternative control practices of Gastro-Intestinal Nematodes (GIN) for a typical organic dairy goat farm in France. A participatory Structured-Decision-Making (SDM) framework was used to guide focus group discussions, with an economic farm model and the Rogers and planned behavior theories used within the SDM framework. The study showed that the implementation of alternative GIN control practices can be economically profitable. An increased gross margin of €41 per dairy goat was calculated, which was mainly due to a decrease in the milk withdrawal cost. The simplicity to use or implement the alternative …


George Finley Ledger 20, George Finley Apr 2019

George Finley Ledger 20, George Finley

Deeply Rooted

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George Finley Ledger 16, George Finley Apr 2019

George Finley Ledger 16, George Finley

Deeply Rooted

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George Finley Ledger 15, George Finley Apr 2019

George Finley Ledger 15, George Finley

Deeply Rooted

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George Finley Ledger 10, George Finley Apr 2019

George Finley Ledger 10, George Finley

Deeply Rooted

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George Finley Ledger 8, George Finley Apr 2019

George Finley Ledger 8, George Finley

Deeply Rooted

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George Finley Ledger 7, George Finley Apr 2019

George Finley Ledger 7, George Finley

Deeply Rooted

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George Finley Ledger 6, George Finley Apr 2019

George Finley Ledger 6, George Finley

Deeply Rooted

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George Finley Ledger 5, George Finley Apr 2019

George Finley Ledger 5, George Finley

Deeply Rooted

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R. L. Mitchell's Farm Ledger. Box 4: Folder 7, Bobby Mitchell Jan 1971

R. L. Mitchell's Farm Ledger. Box 4: Folder 7, Bobby Mitchell

Deeply Rooted

Farm ledger containing crop production by an individual worker. This item has been aggregated as part of the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL)'s "Deeply Rooted: The Agricultural & Rural History of the American South" project.


R. L. Mitchell's Farm Ledger. Box 4: Folder 6, Bobby Mitchell Jan 1970

R. L. Mitchell's Farm Ledger. Box 4: Folder 6, Bobby Mitchell

Deeply Rooted

Farm ledger containing crop production by an individual worker. This item has been aggregated as part of the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL)'s "Deeply Rooted: The Agricultural & Rural History of the American South" project.


R. L. Mitchell's Farm Ledger. Box 4: Folder 5, Bobby Mitchell Jan 1965

R. L. Mitchell's Farm Ledger. Box 4: Folder 5, Bobby Mitchell

Deeply Rooted

Farm ledger containing crop production by an individual worker. This item has been aggregated as part of the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL)'s "Deeply Rooted: The Agricultural & Rural History of the American South" project.


R. L. Mitchell's Farm Ledger. Box 4: Folder 4, Bobby Mitchell Jan 1960

R. L. Mitchell's Farm Ledger. Box 4: Folder 4, Bobby Mitchell

Deeply Rooted

Farm ledger containing crop production by an individual worker. This item has been aggregated as part of the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL)'s "Deeply Rooted: The Agricultural & Rural History of the American South" project.


R. L. Mitchell's Farm Ledger. Box 4: Folder 3, Bobby Mitchell Jan 1952

R. L. Mitchell's Farm Ledger. Box 4: Folder 3, Bobby Mitchell

Deeply Rooted

Farm ledger containing crop production by an individual worker. This item has been aggregated as part of the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL)'s "Deeply Rooted: The Agricultural & Rural History of the American South" project.


R. L. Mitchell's Farm Ledger. Box 4: Folder 2, Bobby Mitchell Jan 1946

R. L. Mitchell's Farm Ledger. Box 4: Folder 2, Bobby Mitchell

Deeply Rooted

Farm ledger containing crop production by an individual worker. This item has been aggregated as part of the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL)'s "Deeply Rooted: The Agricultural & Rural History of the American South" project.


R. L. Mitchell's Farm Ledger. Box 4: Folder 1, Bobby Mitchell Jan 1942

R. L. Mitchell's Farm Ledger. Box 4: Folder 1, Bobby Mitchell

Deeply Rooted

Farm ledger containing crop production by an individual worker. This item has been aggregated as part of the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL)'s "Deeply Rooted: The Agricultural & Rural History of the American South" project.


King And Anderson Plantation Ledger 16, King And Anderson Plantation Jan 1928

King And Anderson Plantation Ledger 16, King And Anderson Plantation

Deeply Rooted

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King And Anderson Plantation Ledger 14, King And Anderson Plantation Jan 1918

King And Anderson Plantation Ledger 14, King And Anderson Plantation

Deeply Rooted

This item has been aggregated as part of the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL)'s "Deeply Rooted: The Agricultural & Rural History of the American South" project.


Receipt From J. E. Womack For J. A. Alexander, 6 July 1906, Henry Marx And Sons Jul 1906

Receipt From J. E. Womack For J. A. Alexander, 6 July 1906, Henry Marx And Sons

Deeply Rooted

Invoice from Henry Marx and Sons. This item has been aggregated as part of the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL)'s "Deeply Rooted: The Agricultural & Rural History of the American South" project.


Sunflower And Eastern Railway Company Ledger 2, Sunflower And Eastern Railway Company Jan 1905

Sunflower And Eastern Railway Company Ledger 2, Sunflower And Eastern Railway Company

Deeply Rooted

This item has been aggregated as part of the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL)'s "Deeply Rooted: The Agricultural & Rural History of the American South" project.


Sunflower And Eastern Railway Company Ledger 1, Sunflower And Eastern Railway Company Jan 1905

Sunflower And Eastern Railway Company Ledger 1, Sunflower And Eastern Railway Company

Deeply Rooted

This item has been aggregated as part of the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL)'s "Deeply Rooted: The Agricultural & Rural History of the American South" project.


Receipt From Henry Marx And Sons, 19 November 1902, Henry Marx And Sons Nov 1902

Receipt From Henry Marx And Sons, 19 November 1902, Henry Marx And Sons

Deeply Rooted

Invoice from Henry Marx and Sons. This item has been aggregated as part of the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL)'s "Deeply Rooted: The Agricultural & Rural History of the American South" project.


Receipt From Till Brothers For B. H. Wade, 24 March 1902, Henry Marx And Sons Mar 1902

Receipt From Till Brothers For B. H. Wade, 24 March 1902, Henry Marx And Sons

Deeply Rooted

Invoice from Henry Marx and Sons. This item has been aggregated as part of the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL)'s "Deeply Rooted: The Agricultural & Rural History of the American South" project.


Merchant's Deed Of Trust, 27 February 1902, Prospect Hill Plantation Feb 1902

Merchant's Deed Of Trust, 27 February 1902, Prospect Hill Plantation

Deeply Rooted

Contract between B.H. Wade and Alex Brown. This item has been aggregated as part of the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL)'s "Deeply Rooted: The Agricultural & Rural History of the American South" project.


Receipt From Henry Marx And Sons, 29 November 1901, Henry Marx And Sons Nov 1901

Receipt From Henry Marx And Sons, 29 November 1901, Henry Marx And Sons

Deeply Rooted

Invoice from Henry Marx and Sons. This item has been aggregated as part of the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL)'s "Deeply Rooted: The Agricultural & Rural History of the American South" project.


Receipt From Henry Marx And Sons, 16 October 1901, Henry Marx And Sons Oct 1901

Receipt From Henry Marx And Sons, 16 October 1901, Henry Marx And Sons

Deeply Rooted

Invoice from Henry Marx and Sons. This item has been aggregated as part of the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL)'s "Deeply Rooted: The Agricultural & Rural History of the American South" project.


Receipt For Three Dollars, 28 May 1901, Henry Marx And Sons May 1901

Receipt For Three Dollars, 28 May 1901, Henry Marx And Sons

Deeply Rooted

Invoice from Henry Marx and Sons. This item has been aggregated as part of the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL)'s "Deeply Rooted: The Agricultural & Rural History of the American South" project.


Merchant's Deed Of Trust, 1 March 1901, Prospect Hill Plantation Mar 1901

Merchant's Deed Of Trust, 1 March 1901, Prospect Hill Plantation

Deeply Rooted

Contract between B.H. Wade and Alex Brown. This item has been aggregated as part of the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL)'s "Deeply Rooted: The Agricultural & Rural History of the American South" project.