Dewey Stewart oral history, 1969.

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Dewey Stewart oral history, 1969.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63934457

In this interview, Dewey Stewart shares his observations of the New York State sugar beet industry. Topics include: his recommendation of Charles Lavis to be a consultant for the Redevelopment Area Organization of Cayuga County, N.Y.; his impressions of the 1962 sugar beet field trials in New York; the relationship between the USDA, the New York State College of Agriculture, PepsiCo, Inc., and the Redevelopment Area Organization, including the administration by the USDA's Agricultural Research Serivce of Area Redevelopment Administration funds for field trials conducted by the New York State College of Agriculture; the feed value of sugar beet by-products, including the effect of pesticides on and the interest of Beacon Feeds in these by-products; and his impressions of Colly Parrish and James B. Smith.

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Cornell University Library

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Cornell University Library

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Parrish, Colly.

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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 ...

Redevelopment Area Organization of Cayuga County (N.Y.)

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United States. Dept. of Agriculture. Division of Sugar Beet Investigations.

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Smith, James Burrell (British landscapist, 1822-1897)

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James B. Smith was the Cayuga County agricultural extension agent. In 1968, he left Extension to work for the Empire State Sugar Company in their agricultural department. From the description of James B. Smith oral history, 1968. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63934463 James B. Smith lived in Burke County, Georgia. From the description of James B. Smith land grant, plat, and deed, 1832-1833. (Georgia Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 137...

Stewart, Dewey.

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Dewey Stewart was a sugar beet expert with the USDA Division of Sugar Beet Investigations. From the description of Dewey Stewart oral history, 1969. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63934457 ...

PepsiCo, inc.

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Lavis, Charles.

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United States. Dept. of Agriculture. Agricultural Research Service.

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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...

Beacon Feeds.

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United States. Area Redevelopment Administration

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