farmer." Hybrid seed corn (price $20 arnbushel) drove out open pollinationrnstrains ($3 a bushel), as standardizationrnbecame the buzzword. At the urging ofrnExtension Agents and bankers, mostrnUnion County farmers either modernizedrnand expanded, or shut down.rnThe social effects were vast. Amongrnwomen, some of the wealthier farmrnwives made the transition to full . . .
January 1975July 26, 2022By The Archive
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