Contents
Collection Overview
Administrative Information
Scope and Contents of the Collection
Search Terms
Tobacco and Onion Surveys
1910-1911
Farm Management Surveys
Farm Management Surveys
Business Surveys - Connecticut Valley Farms
1929
Dairy Farm Business Surveys - Business Analysis and Cost of Milk Production
1933-1934
Land Use Planning Survey
1938
Livestock Disease Survey
1940-1941
Cost of Milk Production and Farm Management Study
1943-1944
Poultry Survey
1950-1951
Statistical Summaries: Agricultural Atlas, 1940-1955 ; Agricultural, Economic, and Social Data (1765-1961); Agricultural Conservation Programs (1944-1956)
1940s-1960s
Aerial Photographs
1952, 1965
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Massachusetts Agricultural Surveys Collection, 1910-1965
Finding Aid
Finding aid prepared by Mike Milewski.
Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
2004
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Creator:
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University of Massachusetts Amherst |
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Title:
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Massachusetts Agricultural Surveys Collection |
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Dates:
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1910-1965 |
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Abstract:
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Departments of the Massachusetts Agricultural College, Massachusetts State College, and University of Massachusetts Amherst collaborated with various other college departments and agencies of the state and federal governments to produce these surveys. Collection includes surveys (encompassing a number of agricultural study areas such as land use, business and farm management, dairy farm and cost of milk production, tobacco and onion production, and poultry and livestock disease), as well as supplemental statistical information and aerial photographs. |
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Extent:
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25 boxes(18 linear ft.) |
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Language:
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English. |
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Identification:
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MS 261 |
Acquired from: Dr. John Foster
Processed by Mike Milewski, 1989.
Preferred Citation
Cite as: Massachusetts Agricultural Surveys Collection (MS 261). Special Collections and University Archives, W.E.B. Du Bois Library, University of Massachusetts Amherst.
The collection is open for research. Individual names contained in the field surveys should be used with discretion.
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Studies were conducted by departments of the Massachusetts Agricultural College, Massachusetts State College, and the University of Massachusetts Amherst campus in conjunction with various other college departments and agencies of the state and federal governments. The surveys encompass a number of agricultural study areas such as land use, business and farm management, dairy farm and cost of milk production, tobacco and onion production, and poultry and livestock disease surveys. Supplemental statistical information and aerial photographs are also included.
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Tobacco and Onion Surveys
1910-1911
Hampshire County and individual towns.
Farm Management Surveys
Conducted by U.S.D.A. Bureau of Plant Industry and Office of the Secretary
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Barnstable Co.
1919
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Essex Co. (Newburyport and Rowley)
1914-1916, 1921
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Franklin Co.
1915-1916
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Plymouth Co.
1915-1916, 1921
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Bolton, Berlin, and Stowe
1913, 1915
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Littleton
1920-1923
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Sheffield
1920-1923
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Shelburne
1921-1922
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Sterling and Pratt Junction
1913-1917
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Farm Management Surveys
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Barnstable County--Falmouth
1921
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Berkshire County--Hancock
1923
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Berkshire County--Sheffield
1920-1921, 1923
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Essex County--Andover
1921
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Franklin County--Heath
1922-1924
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Franklin County--Shelburne
1921-1923
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Hampden County--Granville
1922
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Hampshire County--Granby
1923
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Middlesex County--Boxboro
1920-1923
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Middlesex County--Littleton
1920-1923
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Plymouth County--Middleboro
1921
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Miscellaneous, uncompleted
1921
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Business Surveys - Connecticut Valley Farms
1929
Towns: Amherst, South Deerfield, Sunderland.
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Surveys #300-345 and non-used
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Dairy Farm Business Surveys - Business Analysis and Cost of Milk Production
1933-1934
conducted by: Dept. of Farm Management, Mass. State College.
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Detailed Survey Record
included in the survey is detailed information on crops, animals, trucking, and wood production, etc., for various counties throughout the Commonwealth.
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Land Use Planning Survey
1938
Conducted by: Mass. State College, Harvard University, and U.S.D.A..
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Charlton and Grafton
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Mendon, North Brookfield, Northboro, Petersham, Sutton, Winchendon
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Livestock Disease Survey
1940-1941
Cost of Milk Production and Farm Management Study
1943-1944
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Survey Record of Dairy Farm Businesses
Conducted by: M.S.C. Extension Service, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture and The Mass. Milk Control Board Cooperating.
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Poultry Survey
1950-1951
Statistical Summaries: Agricultural Atlas, 1940-1955 ; Agricultural, Economic, and Social Data (1765-1961); Agricultural Conservation Programs (1944-1956)
1940s-1960s
Aerial Photographs
1952, 1965
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Base map, negatives and unidentified
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