Ralph Hemminger oral history, 1967-1968.

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Ralph Hemminger oral history, 1967-1968.

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In this interview, Mr. Hemminger discusses his experiences growing sugar beets for the Empire State Sugar Company. Topics include: the cultural practices he adopted; his sources of information about beet production, including discrepancies between recommendations made by the New York State College of Agriculture and by Empire Sugar; integrating sugar beets into his other farm enterprises; and his assessment that sugar beets improved the prices offered by companies contracting for competing crops.

2 tape recordings.

Cornell University Library

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Cornell University Library

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Bateman, Theodore,

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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 ...

Hemminger, Ralph.

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Ralph Hemminger is a farmer and was a director of the Finger Lakes Sugar Beet Growers Association. From the description of Ralph Hemminger oral history, 1967-1968. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63934460 ...

Finger Lakes Sugar Beet Growers Association.

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Empire State Sugar Company.

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