Nathan R. Herendeen oral history, 1968.

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Nathan R. Herendeen oral history, 1968.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63934446

In this interview, Nathan R. Herendeen discusses his experiences with the Empire State Sugar Company. Topics include: separate sugar beet field experiments conducted by the New York State College of Agriculture and the Empire State Sugar Company; his assessment of the qualifications and competence of the Empire field staff and the farmers who produced the first commercial crop of sugar beets; Agway's assistance in getting farmers to sign contracts with the refinery; problems encountered during the first growing season with obtaining machinery and reliable production recommendations; PepsiCo's machinery lease plan; and his impressions of the reasons why many fieldmen left Empire State Sugar Company between 1966-1967. Also included are his impressions of Mark Barrett.

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Cornell University Library

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Cornell University Library

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Herendeen, Nathan R.

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Nathan R. Herendeen was a fieldman for the Empire State Sugar Company, a division of PepsiCo, which processed the sugar beets grown in N.Y. From the description of Nathan R. Herendeen oral history, 1968. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63934446 ...

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...

Barrett, Mark E.

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Colman, Gould P. (Gould Patchin), 1926-

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Archivist, historian. Cornell University Class of 1951, Ph.D., 1962. From the description of Gould Colman papers, 1954-1996. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64072786 ...

Empire State Sugar Company.

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PepsiCo, inc.

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Bateman, Theordore,

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