[Canning and preserving of foods pamphlets] 1900-1940.

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[Canning and preserving of foods pamphlets] 1900-1940.

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Collection of pamphlets published by the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University, and, by the Dept. of Home Economics, New York State College of Agriculture prepared for the New York State Fair Commission.

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Cornell University Library

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New York (State). State Fair Commission

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New York State College of Agriculture.

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The first Farmers' Week at the New York State College of Agriculture was held in 1908. Originally held in the month of February, the program included lectures, demonstrations, competitions and contests, roundtable discussions, conferences, laboratory practice courses, entertainments, and conventions. With the creation of the New York State College of Home Economics, a Home Maker's Conference was added in 1926, and in 1928, the event was retitled Farm and Home Week. The event was part of the exte...

New York State College of Home Economics

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Home Economics began as part of the Extension Service in 1900 with the arrival of Martha Van Rensselaer and the establishment of the Farmers' Wives Reading Course. In 1903-1904 Martha Van Rensselaer and Anna Botsford Comstock taught three courses within the College of Agriculture at Cornell University, relating to home and family life. In 1907 the Department of Home Economics was established at Cornell, with Martha Van Rensselaer and Flora Rose as its first instructors. In 1911 the two women bec...