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Custodial History

This collection was formerly identified as Mss. Acc. 2011.540.

Preferred Citation

Fred Beers Diary, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary

Scope and Contents

Diary of Fred Beers, a county farm agent from Martin, South Dakota. Includes information about the weather, meetings which he attends, and his daily duties as a farm agent. The volume is entitled "DeLaval Diary for county agents, extension workers, vocational teachers, and cow testers." At the end of the volume there are weights and measures, how to measure the volume of a hay stack, how to mix concrete, how to mix lye, the benefits of skim milk for humans and farm animals, common diseases of cattle, and other farm related information.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Farm life
• Farm life--South Dakota--History--20th century
• Farmers
• South Dakota--History--20th century