Agricultural economics and farm management survey and course records, 1906-1983.
Collection Number: 21-10-2261

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Agricultural economics and farm management survey and course records, 1906-1983.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
21-10-2261
Abstract:
Survey records of various New York State counties. Additional cost account records for New York State farms(on microfilm); individual farm summaries and inventories; and procedures manuals and teaching materials on cost accounting.
Creator:
New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Department of Agricultural Economics
Quanitities:
40.6 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Survey records include Livingston County survey, 1918, 1928, 1938; NYS milk retailing survey, 1983; milk producer-distribution survey records, 1938; marginal farm land survey records, Chenango County, 1925 and Chautauqua County, 1925; pasture surveys, Cortland, Delaware, St. Lawrence, Orange, Steuben, Tioga, Erie, Seneca, and Lewis Counties, 1935; market pea production survey, Madison/Erie Counties, 1925; Ithaca dealer survey, 1940; farm account records, Seneca County, 1931-1933; milk dealer survey records, New York City, 1933; cabbage survey records, Onondaga County, 1938-1939 and 1940; and labor income survey records, Wayne County, 1940. Participating individuals included George W. Warren, Earl Mulford Hughes, K.C. Livermore, G.P. Scofield, E.C. Young, and Stanley W. Warren. Additional cost account records for New York State farms, 1914-1983 (on microfilm, 1936-1983); individual farm summaries and inventories; and procedures manuals and teaching materials on cost accounting.
Also, cost account tabulations, 1979-1983 (5 v.); list of cost accounts, 1913-1983 (3 v.); Carl Ladd's 1913 record book (1 v.); volume relating to extension work in Livingston County by S.W. Warren, 1929-1931; Paul Williamson, cost account analyses and instruction, 1925-1938 (4 v.); binder listing cost account cooperators, 1913-1983; binder of enterprise cost account tabulations; and binder of labor income tabulations.
Includes course material, exams, and lecture notes for various courses in the Dept. of Agricultural Economics, including Farm Management, Marketing, and Economics and Business History.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Cite As:

New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Dept. of Agricultural Economics. Agricultural economics and farm management survey records, #21-10-2261. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
Restrictions on Use:

Individuals named in the records may not be published or otherwise released in such form that any individual mentioned in the records can be identified until 80 years after the record was created.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Hughes, Earl Mulford, 1907-
Warren, George F. (George Frederick), 1874-1938.
Livermore, K. C. (Kenneth Carter), 1886-
Scofield, G. P. (Gad Parker.)
Young, E. C.
Warren, S. W. (Stanley Whitson), 1907-
Cornell University -- : Curricula.
New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences -- : Curricula.
Subjects:
Land economics.
Agriculture -- New York (State) -- Ithaca.
Agriculture -- New York (State) -- Wayne County.
Agriculture -- New York (State) -- Tioga County.
Agriculture -- New York (State) -- St. Lawrence County.
Agriculture -- New York (State) -- Seneca County.
Agriculture -- New York (State) -- Orange County.
Agriculture -- New York (State) -- Madison County.
Agriculture -- New York (State) -- Livingston County.
Agriculture -- New York (State) -- Lewis County.
Agriculture -- New York (State) -- Erie County.
Agriculture -- New York (State) -- Delaware County.
Agriculture -- New York (State) -- Cortland County.
Agriculture -- New York (State) -- Chautauqua County.
Agriculture -- New York (State) -- Chenango County.
Cabbage -- Marketing.
Vegetables -- Marketing.
Milk yield.
Milk trade.
Land use -- Economic aspects.
Agricultural economics -- Study and teaching.
Farm management.
Agriculture -- Economic aspects.
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Scope and Contents
All the material in the collection may not be covered by this guide.