Massachusetts Agricultural Surveys Collection, 1910-1965 Finding Aid : Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries

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As a land grant institution, the Massachusetts Agricultural College developed a range of initiatives over the years to apply the research expertise of its faculty to the improvement of the state's agriculture. During the presidencies of Henry Hill Goodell (1886-1905) and Kenyon Butterfield (1906-1924), in particular, the College's Experiment Stations and Extension Service flourished, sponsoring basic research in livestock and poultry management and the state's major crops, and offering education and consultation for Massachusetts farmers.

Organized by the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at Massachusetts Agricultural College (and its successors Massachusetts State College and UMass Amherst) and carried out in conjunction with other college departments and state and federal agencies, the surveys comprising this collection examined critical sectors in the agricultural economy of the state, with attention to factors such as land use, business and farm management, dairy farming and cost of milk production, tobacco and onion production, and poultry and livestock disease.

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Organized by the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at Massachusetts Agricultural College (and its successors Massachusetts State College and UMass Amherst) and carried out in conjunction with other college departments and state and federal agencies, the surveys comprising this collection examined critical sectors in the agricultural economy of the state. The surveys examined factors such as land use, business and farm management, dairy farming and cost of milk production, tobacco and onion production, and poultry and livestock disease. The collection includes some supplemental statistical information and aerial photographs.

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Tobacco and Onion Surveys

1910-1911

Box 1

Hampshire County and individual towns.

Towns

Amherst

Box 1

Deerfield

Box 1

Hadley

Box 1

Hatfield

Box 1

South Deerfield

Box 1

Southwick

Box 1

Sunderland

Box 1

Westfield

Box 1

Farm Management Surveys

Conducted by USDA Bureau of Plant Industry and Office of the Secretary

Counties

Barnstable Co.

1919

Box 1

Bristol Co.

1915-1917

Box 1

Essex Co. (Newburyport and Rowley)

1914-1916, 1921

Box 1

Franklin Co.

1915-1916

Box 2

Hampden Co.

1915

Box 2

Hampshire Co.

1915

Box 2

Norfolk Co.

1916-1917

Box 2

Plymouth Co.

1915-1916, 1921

Box 2

Towns

Acushnet

1921

Box 3

Bolton, Berlin, and Stowe

1913, 1915

Box 1

Boxboro

1920-1923

Box 3

Easton

1915

Box 1

Falmouth

1921

Box 3

Granville

1920-1921

Box 3

Hancock

1923

Box 3

Heath

1922-1923

Box 3

Littleton

1920-1923

Box 4

Marlboro

1916-1917

Box 2

Petersham

1913, 1915

Box 2

Sheffield

1920-1923

Box 4/5

Shelburne

1921-1922

Box 5

Sterling and Pratt Junction

1913-1917

Box 2

Farm Management Surveys

Barnstable County--Falmouth

1921

Box 6

Berkshire County--Hancock

1923

Box 6

Berkshire County--Sheffield

1920-1921, 1923

Box 6

Essex County--Andover

1921

Box 6

Franklin County--Heath

1922-1924

Box 6

Franklin County--Shelburne

1921-1923

Box 6

Hampden County--Granville

1922

Box 7

Hampshire County--Granby

1923

Box 7

Middlesex County--Boxboro

1920-1923

Box 7

Middlesex County--Littleton

1920-1923

Box 7

Plymouth County--Middleboro

1921

Box 7

Miscellaneous, uncompleted

1921

Box 7

Business Surveys - Connecticut Valley Farms

1929

Towns: Amherst, South Deerfield, Sunderland.

Surveys # 1-149

Box 8

Surveys #150-299

Box 9

Surveys #300-345 and non-used

Box 10

Dairy Farm Business Surveys - Business Analysis and Cost of Milk Production

1933-1934

conducted by: Dept. of Farm Management, Mass. State College.

Dairy Survey List

Box 11

Summary Cards

Box 11

Detailed Survey Record

Box 12

included in the survey is detailed information on crops, animals, trucking, and wood production, etc., for various counties throughout the Commonwealth.

Land Use Planning Survey

1938

Conducted by: Mass. State College, Harvard University, and USDA.

Towns

Charlton and Grafton

Box 13

Mendon, North Brookfield, Northboro, Petersham, Sutton, Winchendon

Box 14

Livestock Disease Survey

1940-1941

Counties

Barnstable

Box 15

Berkshire

Box 15

Bristol

Box 15

Dukes

Box 15

Essex

Box 16

Franklin

Box 16

Hampden

Box 16

Hampshire

Box 17

Middlesex

Box 17

Nantucket

Box 17

Norfolk

Box 17/18

Plymouth

Box 18

Suffolk

Box 18

Worcester

Box 18/19

Cost of Milk Production and Farm Management Study

1943-1944

Survey Record of Dairy Farm Businesses

Conducted by: M.S.C. Extension Service, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture and The Mass. Milk Control Board Cooperating.

Counties

Barnstable

Box 20

Berkshire

Box 20

Bristol

Box 20

Essex

Box 20

Franklin

Box 20

Hampden

Box 20

Hampshire

Box 21

Middlesex

Box 21

Norfolk

Box 21

Plymouth

Box 21

Worcester

Box 21

Poultry Survey

1950-1951

Box 22

Statistical Summaries: Agricultural Atlas, 1940-1955 ; Agricultural, Economic, and Social Data (1765-1961); Agricultural Conservation Programs (1944-1956)

1940s-1960s

Box 23

Aerial Photographs

1952, 1965

Towns

Agawam

Box 24

Chicopee

Box 24

East Hampton

Box 24

East Longmeadow

Box 24

Granby

Box 24

Hadley

Box 24

Hampden

Box 24

Holyoke

Box 24

Longmeadow

Box 24

Ludlow

Box 24

Munson

Box 24

Northampton

Box 24

Palmer

Box 24

South Hadley

Box 24

Southwick

Box 24

Springfield

Box 24

Warren

Box 24

West Springfield

Box 24

Wilbraham

Box 24

Base map, negatives and unidentified

Box 25

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