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Clinton County Agriculture History and Early Extension Work
County farming institutes and seed corn trains marked Iowa’s early extension work. M L Mosher notes Lost Nation stop at 10:30 am Feb 20 1905 with about 150 farmers. 450 attended Delmar Welton Elwood lectures. two weeks later 600 more at Charlotte Bryant Clinton Grand Mound. About 1200 heard at eight stops. 1912 first county agent hired. 1914 Smith Lever Act created Extension Service. Clinton County, aided by Iowa State College and experiments, became a top agricultural county. The 1907 World Champion Pascal ear and hybrid seed corn from 1934 boosted yields. 100-Bushel Club formed 1941. Census 1875 shows spring wheat prominence. Clinton ranked 14th in corn in 1875 and 7th in 1902.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. L. Mosher
Clinton County
Iowa
Lost Nation
Delmar
Welton
Elwood
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Charlotte, Bryant, Clinton and Grand Mound
Chicago & Northwestern
Federal Extension Service
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Iowa State College, Experiment Station
Extension Service
D. L. Pascal
DeWitt
Joe Robinson
Iowa Crop Improvement Association
Chicago
George Pascal
Orange Township
Mosher
A. U H. Studemann
Bruce Wilson
Andover
Charles Harrington