Category: History - American
Holden Harrison, 1935 6 Harrison dairy barn, 1936 6 McNair Guernsey bull, 1918 7 Interior Harrison dairy barn 7 Spring plowing on McNair farm 12 Shock of wheat, Ellmore farm, 1925 15 Mechanical hay loader, 1935 15 Small orchard apiary, 1925 17 Inventory of 1920 farmer 20 Plan...
Holden Harrison, 1935 6 Harrison dairy barn, 1936 6 McNair Guernsey bull, 1918 7 Interior Harrison dairy barn 7 Spring plowing on McNair farm 12 Shock of wheat, Ellmore farm, 19...
2. PART ITradition and personal experience colored the 20th century farmer's reactions. He was accustomed to a world in which his occupation and social status were assured, and childhood...
3. PART I--NOTES[5] Interview with Joseph Beard by Elizabeth Pryor, Fairfax, Virginia, January 23, 1979; notes from interview with Margaret Mary Lee by Nan Netherton, Herndon, Virginia, March 2...
4. PART IIIn its seasonal cycle of activity, the close and interdependent family relationships, and the singular self-motivation of the farmer, the early 20th century farm carried on many...
5. PART II--NOTES[100] Barger and Lansberg, _American Agriculture, 1899-1939_, 221; Richard Peck was among those in the Floris vicinity who believed that the early machines "ruined" a good cow;...
6. PART IIISpecialization, whether in truck farming, dairying or poultry raising, streamlined the farmer's work and gave him an in-depth body of knowledge in a particular field. This exper...
7. PART III--NOTES[167] "Dairymen to Meet," _Fairfax Herald_, August 30, 1935; "Floris Producers Active," _Herndon News-Observer_, January 22, 1925; Derr Report, 1927; for an outstanding example...
8. PART IVOne of the most important changes to influence farming in the years between the two world wars was the new interest the government took in agriculture and its problems. For many...
9. PART IV--NOTES[217] Derr Report, 1936, 4. The Potato Act, which would in fact have been disasterous for small farmers, was actually before any crop was harvested. However, its effect was stil...
10. PART VBeyond the family, with its special working relationship, the neighborhood community was the chief social unit for the farmer. It made available services the family could not pr...
11. PART V--NOTES[233] Louise Ryder, "Some Thoughts about Frying Pan Baptist Church," unpublished monograph, June, 1972; and "How Frying Pan Park Got Its Name," _Fairfax Herald_, n.d. (clipping)...
12. PART VIThe population boom of the post-World War II period (with the consequent demand for land), the huge jump in land taxes, and competition from larger, more efficient farms, spelle...
13. PART VI--NOTES[294] Additional land was acquired as follows: .9726 acre on condemnation award from Floyd Lee, July 5, 1962 (cost $1,250); 38 acres bought from Floyd Kidwell, June 26, 1965 (co...