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Negro county agricultural agent helping a farmer to select fattening hogs; Negro farmers desire helpful information on specific things that can be put into immediate use with noticeable results; In this respect, demonstration activities have rendered a valuable service in meeting their needs

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Decade of Negro extension work, 1914-1924.

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division. The New York Public Library

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The New York Public Library

Keywords

  1. African American Farmers
  2. African Americans
  3. Agricultural Extension Work
  4. Swine

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