Overview of the Collection
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Repository Name:
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Washington State University Libraries
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Holland and Terrell Libraries
Pullman, WA 99164-5610 USA
(509) 335-6691
http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/holland/masc/masc.htm
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Collection Number:
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Archives 224
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Title:
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Agricultural Economic Survey and Studies
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Dates:
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1912-1965 (inclusive)
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Quantity:
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48 linear feet
41 containers
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Summary:
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Includes records, responses, questionnaires, surveys, farmers' notes and production studies.
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Historical Note
A variety of agricultural studies of an economic nature have been conducted at Washington State University over a lengthy period that precedes the creation of a Department of Agricultural Economics about 1925.
Over the years, these efforts encompassed various studies, particularly those associated with the evaluation of federal reclamation projects and undertaken in conjunction with various agencies under the USDA, including the Bureau of Agricultural Economics, the Farm Security Administration, the Cooperative Extension Services, and the Agricultural Experiment Stations, and the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation. Another group of surveys pertained to part-time farming taken by the Federal Works Administration during the era of the Great Depression in 1933 and 1934; these surveys included comments and remarks concerning all family members including women and children. Further project involved various agricultural associations, gathering information on production and marketing matters. The Dairy Association, for example, was involved with a comprehensive and informative study.
precedes the creation of a Department of Agricultural Economics about 1925.
Content Description
Farmers themselves interspersed notes throughout the records, with a particularly good set in the 1949 irrigation surveys, where the backs of survey sheets include notes on farmer attitudes. Some of the orchards surveys include information concerning amounts of pesticides sprayed on the fruit, with especially good data in the Grower Records from Chelan County, 1947-1965. The dairy series contains original records of 1950 production studies from the Seattle milkshed. The agricultural associations series contains a rich body of materials that synthesize data and ideas concerning production of crops grown throughout Washington.
Arrangement
The records were arranged largely according to types of studies, although the subject order within these contexts varies according the order in which the records were received. Series are organized around irrigation, orchards, types of fruit,marketing, soils, production costs, land prices, and real estate transfers. Many of the surveys are labeled confidential inasmuch as they gather detailed information concerning capital investment, operating expenses, and net income. One good example that includes a "hired labor" category is a survey of irrigated land regarding operations and settler progress in the Columbia Basin during the 1950s.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information Records, responses, questionnaires and other surveys of agricultural management and economics were transferred to the Washington State University Libraries in 1977 by Dick Roberts of the Agricultural Economics Department. (Accession UA77-32).
Processing Note The records were retained as unprocessed, but accessible, until 1996 when they were surveyed and arranged. At that time, approximately 20 per cent of the materials were discarded as being of little documentary value.
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Access The Collection is open for research use.
Subjects
| Washington State University. Dept. of Agricultural Economics--Archives (creator) |
| Washington State University. Dept. of Agricultural Economics--Records and correspondence |
| Agricultural colleges--Washington (State)--Administration--Archives |
| Agricultural surveys--Washington (State) |
| Agriculture--Economic aspects--Washington (State) |
| Agriculture--Washington (State)--Research--Archives |
| Agriculture--Washington (State)--Societies, etc. |
| Farm management--Records and correspondence |
| Fruit-culture--Washington (State)--Archives |
| Other Creators : |
| State College of Washington. Dept. of Agricultural Economics--Archives |
Detailed Description of the Collection
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General
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Container(s)
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Description
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Crop Research, Washington , 1929
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Washington State Farm Machinery & Labor Survey , 1943
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An Economic Study of Farming in Thurston County, USDA/WSC , 1940
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Thurston County, (Stanley W. Schwartze) , 1939-1940
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Thurston County, (Stanley W. Schwartze) , 1939-1940
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Western Washington Farm Organization and Valuation Study , 1939
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Survey of Farm Operations & Family Living of Recent Settlers in Western Washington , 1939
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Survey of Farm Operations & Family Living of Recent Settlers in Western Washington , 1939
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Farm Capital and Credit Study, Yakima Region , 1948
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Farm Capital and Credit Study, Yakima Region , 1948
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Spokane County Study , 1939
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Chelan County, WSC , 1926
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Chelan County, WSC , 1926
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Survey of Part-Time Farming, Federal Civil Works Administration , 1934
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Container(s)
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Description
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Lewis County
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Thurston County
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Douglas County
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Spokane County
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Chelan County
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Walla Walla County
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Clallam County
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Mason County
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Cowlitz County
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Pierce County
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Miscellaneous Washington Counties , n.d.
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Supplemental Instructions & Data Compilations
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Survey of Farm Operations & Settlement Experience, Vale-Owyhee Projects, USDA , 1944
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Farm Operation & Family Living, Vale-Owyhee Projects , 1938
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Irrigation
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Container(s)
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Description
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Summary of Operations, Settler Progress, Columbia Basin , 1954-1957
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Summary of Operations, Settler Progress, Columbia Basin , 1954-1957
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Summary of Operations, Settler Progress, Columbia Basin , 1954-1957
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Settler Progress Study, Columbia Basin , 1954
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Summary of Operations, Settler Progress, Columbia Basin , 1956
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Settler Progress Study, Columbia Basin , 1956
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Central Washington , 1938
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Miscellaneous Districts , 1949
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Selah , 1949
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Grandview , 1949
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Kennewick Highlands , 1949
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Mabton , 1949
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Granger & Emerald , 1949
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Sunnyside Area , 1949
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Toppenish & Wapato , 1949
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Selah Heights , 1949
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Moses Lake , 1949
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Kittitas Area , 1949
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Badger Pocket , 1949
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Foster Creek Study , 1948
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Crop Yield Report, Yakima Project , 1913-1937
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Columbia Basin , 1948-1953
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Results, Comparison of Sprinkler & Surface Irrigation Methods, Columbia Basin , 1954
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Census Data, Water User Census, Bureau of Reclamation , 1956
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Electrification, Washington , 1949
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Wheat-Fallow
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Container(s)
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Description
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Farm Expenses and Related Data, Oregon , 1962
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Farm Expenses and Related Data, Oregon , 1962
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Farm Expenses and Related Data, Washington , 1962
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Wheat-Pea
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Container(s)
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Description
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Expenditures, Machines, & Related Data, Whitman, Latah, Spokane & Nez Perce Counties , 1958-1959
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Farm Expenses & Related Data, Whitman, Latah, Spokane & Nez Perce Counties , 1958-1959
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Wheat Disticts , 1936
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Container(s)
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Description
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Pomeroy
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Kahlotus
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Neppel-Odessa
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Wilbur
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Tekoa
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Endicott
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Miscellaneous, Incomplete Records Omitted From Study
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Wheat-Summer Fallow
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Container(s)
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Description
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Farm Business, USDA/Ed Hurd , 1942-1943
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Grain
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Container(s)
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Description
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Whitman & Spokane Counties , 1938
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Grain Growers Associations
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Container(s)
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Description
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Financial Records , 1932
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Financial Records , 1932
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North Pacific, Miscellaneous , 1932-1946
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Wheat Statistics , 1923-1935
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Land Use, Pierce County Plats , 1934
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Container(s)
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Description
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Value of Improved Land
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Acres of Assessed Timber Land
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Acres of Improved Land
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Ownership Conflicts
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Subdivision Values
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Valuation of Timber
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Value of Unimproved Land
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Official Area Plats
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N.F. Area Plats
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Portland Ownership Plats
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Delinquency Maps
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Ownership
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Farm Machinery & Labor Survey, Washington State, Forms , 1943
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Farm Machinery & Labor Survey, Washington State, Data , 1943
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Orchards
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Container(s)
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Description
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Okanogan County , 1959
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Okanogan County , 1954-1958
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Douglas County , 1959
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Miscellaneous Counties , 1954-1965
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Chelan County , 1959
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Yakima County , 1954-1955
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Yakima County , 1927
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Orchard Practices & Costs of Producing Apples in Washington , 1953
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Container(s)
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Description
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Yakima County
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Douglas County
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Okanogan County
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Chelan County
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Comment, Papers Delivered at Fruit Marketing Institute, WSC , 1939
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Census Report, Agriculture, Washington , 1935
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Orchards
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Container(s)
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Description
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Orchard Practices & Costs of Producing Fruit in Washington , 1960
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Chelan County, Grower Records
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Container(s)
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Description
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1947-1948
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1949-1950
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1951-1952
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1953-1954
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1955-1956
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1957-1958
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1959-1960
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1961-1963
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1964-1965
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Soft Fruit, Production Costs , 1943
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Fruit Practices Study, Greater Wenatchee Area , 1949
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Cost of Production Study, Washington Apples , 1944
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Washington Apple Production Cost Survey , 1945-1946
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Orchard Practices & Costs of Producing Apples in Washington , 1956
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Central Washington Apple Production Costs , 1954
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Orchard Practices & Costs of Producting Apples in Washington , 1953
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Apple & Soft Fruit, Cost of Production 1954-1958 (C.H. Zuroske)
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Berry Schedules
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Container(s)
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Description
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Pierce County , 1934-1935
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Pend Oreille County , 1936
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Whitman County , 1936
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Grant County , 1936
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Lewis County , 1936
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Kitsap County , 1936
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Skamania County , 1936
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Skagit County , 1936
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Klickitat County , 1936
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Snohomish County , 1936
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Clark County , 1936
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Thurston County , 1936
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Spokane County , 1936
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King County , 1936
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Benton County , 1936
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Lincoln County , 1936
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Ferry County , 1936
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Mason County , 1936
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Stevens County , 1936
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Whatcom County , 1936
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Cowlitz County , 1936
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Walla Walla & Okanogan Counties , 1936
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Douglas, Chelan, & Kittitas Counties , 1936
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Franklin & Island Counties , 1936
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Asotin & Yakima Counties , 1936
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Alfalfa Hay
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Container(s)
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Field Practices & Costs of Producing Alfalfa Hay in Washington , 1954
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Potatoes
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Container(s)
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Description
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