The Kansas Master Farmer organization and Master Farm Homemaker Guild (MFH) were formed in the late 1920s to give public recognition for excellence in farming, homemaking, farm living, and rural citizenship. With the help of the editor and the Extension Department of the land grant colleges, twenty-two states started honoring two to five women from each state. Several state programs dissolved during the Great Depression. In 1940 the Farmer's Wife magazine closed. Senator Arthur Capper then consented to sponsor the group until his death. The Master Farmers and the Guild functioned separately until 1952. In 1953, Kansas State University in Manhattan, through the Cooperative Extension Service, assumed responsibility for handling the details of selecting Master Farm couples and setting up the recognition banquet. In 1957, the program became sponsored by the Kansas Chamber of Commerce and Industry, in cooperation with the Kansas State Research and Extension. In 2003, Kansas Farmer Magazine became the co-sponsor with K-State Research and Extension.
From the description of Kansas Master Farm Homemaker Guild records, 1928-2003. (Kansas State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 708624798
