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Buel Institute Pioneered Farm Progress In Putnam County
H K Smith recalls the 1840s farmer institutes and the Buel Institute origins in La Salle and Putnam counties. He notes early meetings, fairs, and essays that spurred agricultural education, livestock improvement, and the push for a national system of industrial colleges, praising pioneer farmers and local organizers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putnam County
Illinois River
Big Sandy
Thoro Young
Putanam
Farmers’ Institute
Farm Ridge Township
la Salle County
Quartery EE Baldwin
Buel Institute
Wingrooms
Polar Republic
Granville
Lowell
Hennepin
State Horticultural Society
Emiley Shepherd
Waa
Illinois
Free School
Washington
Putnam
Congress
United States
Agricultural Education Ag
Globe
State Agricultural Society
B. Turner
Jacksonville
Buol Institute
Mt Palatine
Ralph Ware
Oaks Turner
John Hise
Sidney Pulsifer
Lewis Weston
W .A. Pennell
Jno. Grable
Wm Refidick
M. Osman
Elder Powell
Wm Gilmer
L L Bullock
W Durley
J Laughlin
State Board of Agriculture
Grsoville
Tonka
Lostant
Wonona
Clear Creek
Elmer Baldwin
Ripay
H. K. Smith
L. L. Bullock
Wm Grodm
Tonica
Bailey’s Grove
Vermil- Man
Turner
Atkin
Fulton
Peru
Putnam County Association
Buel
New York
Albany
Schenectady
Desert
Evuen Baldwin