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Title: Administrative Rulings Relating to Corn-Hog Reduction Contracts
Description: U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Adjustment Administration Corn-Hog Section rulings on corn-hog reduction contracts. Form C.H. 20, dated December 19, 1933. Printed by the U.S. Government Printing office, document number 16-1629.
Date Created: 1934
PID: grinnell:30056

Title: Arthur McDowell Interview, Voices from the Past
Description: One of nine children, Art was born south of Grinnell on June 22, 1902. After graduating from high school and working for three years at the Farmer's Elevator, he began his career in insurance. Upon retirement, he was Secretary-Treasurer of the Poweshiek County Mutual Insurance Company. He and his wife, Mildred, married in 1930, had a son and daughter.
Date Created: 1992
PID: grinnell:23310

Title: Augusta Pederson Interview, Voices from the Past
Description: Since her birth on October 29, 1904, Augusta has lived in or near Grinnell. After her marriage to Leonard Pederson, she was his partner in farming, active in Grange and church work, and a busy homemaker and mother. She was an accomplished cook, baker, and quilter. She and her husband had three children.
Date Created: 1992
PID: grinnell:23313

Title: Chevrolet Order from Hagen Bros
Description: Order form from Hagen Bros, Grinnell, Iowa, for one Chevrolet sport sedan, dark green, to be delivered as soon as possible to Raymond Pilgrim, of Grinnell, Iowa. The salesman was C.L. Pilgrim, Raymond's brother. Dated March 31, 1934 with a total price of $774.10.
Date Created: 1934
PID: grinnell:30022

Title: Corn-Hog Reduction Contract for Raymond PIlgrim
Description: Corn-Hog reduction contract between Raymond S. Pilgrim and the U.S. Department of Agriculture in which the producer (Pilgrim) agrees to reduce acreage planted to field corn and reduce the number of hog litters farrowed in return for payment by the government. Contract includes figures on usage of acres and hog production for 1932 and 1933. Includes envelope with return address of Poweshiek County Corn-Hog Control Association, Brooklyn, Iowa.
Date Created: 1934
PID: grinnell:30049

Title: Danny Kay
Description: Photograph of a horse named Danny Kay who was described as a beautiful horse who suffered much, but was very smart and very good.
Date Created: 1930
PID: grinnell:3340

Title: Elizabeth Schultz Interview, American Beliefs and Cultural Values
Description: Elizabeth Pfund was born in Jewell, Iowa. She came to Poweshiek County in 1927 as a rural school teacher. She married Ervin Schultz on Nov. 27, 1929. They raised their two children on the family farm in Malcom Township where she lived for over 65 years. She was active in 4-H, the Farm Bureau, and she served as a Sunday school teacher and in other positions at Trinity Lutheran Church. Interview conducted as part of American Beliefs and Cultural Values, an American Studies class taught by Hanna Griff at Grinnell College in 1993.
Date Created: 1993
PID: grinnell:26710

Title: Grant Township Farm Bureau Calendar of Events 1951
Description: Grant Township, Poweshiek County, Iowa, Farm Bureau calendar for the year 1951 including list of officers, dates of events, and list of members.
Date Created: 1951
PID: grinnell:30019

Title: Grant Township Farm Bureau Membership List 1949
Description: List of members of the Grant Township Farm Bureau, Poweshiek County, Iowa, in 1949
Date Created: 1949
PID: grinnell:30020

Title: Grant Township Farm Bureau Minutes, 1925-1930
Description: Minutes of the monthly meeting of the Grant Township (Poweshiek, County, Iowa ) Farm Bureau.
Date Created: 1925
PID: grinnell:30032