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University Group 14
County Agricultural Planning Projects Records, 1936-1948
4.5 c.f. + map case
The records of the Department of Agricultural Economics were received by the University of Idaho Library sometime prior to 1979. Emmy Lou Forster began the original arrangement in the summer of 1986; Judith Nielsen completed it in December.
The critical situation faced by the agriculture industry in the 1920s and 1930s brought into existence many new problems and made existing problems more serious. Many of these problems required group action and several new governmental agencies were established to work toward the solution of these problems. The creation of these agencies was an expression of the national appreciation of the need for a prosperous and stable agriculture. However, the rapid expansion of governmental activity through many relatively independent agencies, all tending to deal directly with the individual farmer, resulted in a certain amount of confusion and thus there was a need for coordinating the activities of these agencies.
The United States Department of Agriculture set up a nation-wide program designed to enlist the aid of local farmers in planning public programs for agriculture and providing for continuing coordination of agricultural activities. The Bureau of Agricultural Economics directed the central organization in Washington, D.C., and each state had a state committee consisting of representative farm men and women and the state directors of agencies working on agricultural programs. Agencies represented included the Extension Service, Forest Service, State Land Department, Soil Conservation Service, and Farm Security Administration. In Idaho the University of Idaho Extension and Agricultural Experiment Station worked with the Idaho Land Use Planning Section in assisting the other groups. Thus, the machinery existed for enabling farmers to cooperatively develop plans and action to solve their problems locally. The program was also set up so that, where necessary, problems could be attacked on a statewide or even a nation-wide basis. Much of the data in the Idaho programs was gathered using personnel hired under the Works Progress Administration and Idaho Emergency Relief Administration.
While the records of the County Agricultural Planning Projects span the years 1936 to 1948, many of the statistics gathered go back to the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.
The records include correspondence, mimeographed bulletins and reports, statistical material including charts and maps.
The material in this archival group was in labeled folders when received. Upon examination of the papers it was discovered that with only minor rearrangement the group could be divided into three series, each series being a different planning function. The original folder headings were retained.
The first series concerns agricultural planning and includes such items as data for land classification in most of Idaho's counties, and statistics on fruit, grain, vegetables, livestock, and poultry.
The second series deals with land use planning and contains many publications on the subject as well as census material, statistics on pastures for most counties in Idaho and also data from county relief programs.
The third series is concerned with resettlement planning and contains correspondence with the Federal Resettlement Administration, and mimeographed reports. These items were in numbered folders; the numbers were retained and are noted in parentheses after the folder description in the following inventory.
The final series is contained in a 10-drawer wooden map case which is physically separated from the rest of the archival group. It includes rolled maps, agricultural production graphs and charts, and other statistical data. Although the material is summarized in the following inventory a complete list of material is available in the Special Collections Department. Most items are not dated; the dates in the inventory reflect only the dated material.
Through a process of refoldering the material in this archival group and eliminating duplicate material the bulk was reduced by 2.5 c.f.
Containers I. Agricultural Planning, 1860-1945 1-3 & o.s. A. General Files, 1929-1945 B. Basic Data for Land Classification, 1936-1943 C. Tenancy, Idaho, 1940-1941 D. Crops, 1900-1933 E. Animals, 1890-1927 F. Statistics, 1860-1934 G. Type of Farm, 1919-1937 H. Financial Material, 1934-1938 II. Land Use Planning, 1909-1941 3-4 III. Resettlement Planning, 1934-1948 4 IV. Maps and Agricultural Statistics, 1867-1945 5 (map case) V. Oversize
Box Folder Description Items
1 1 County Agricultural Planning Bulletins 1-4, 1936 10 2 County Agricultural Planning Committee Meetings, 1938-1939 11 3 County Agricultural Planning "Land Use Notes", 1940 2 4 County Agricultural Planning Program, 1937-1938 29 5 County Agricultural Planning Committee Recommendations, 1936 1 6 County Directory, Irrigated & Dry Land Budget, 1929-1930 1 7 County Land Use Planning Committee Members, 1938-1941 9 8 County Planning Series 9-15, 1941 7 9 County Planning, 1936-1942 24 10 General Census material, 1941-1945 4 11 Defense Program, Leadership Training, Mapping, Meetings, 1940-1941 9 12 Narrative Report and Supplementary Material, 1936 10 13 Policy, 1940-1941, Postwar Planning Reports, 1944 14 14 Problems, Production Capacity Study, 1943 4 15 "Public Agencies, Their Function and Policy", 1941 1 16 Reports (Work File), 1940-1941 4 17 Roads, 1941-1942 7 18 Rural Land Use Problem Areas, 1935, Soil Conservation Districts, 1940 4 19 State Committee Minutes, September 1938 - February 1941 10 20 State Committee Minutes, April 1941 - March 1942 5 21 Summary of Answers to Subcommittee Questionnaire on Control of Underground Water Development, 1941 1 22 Techniques, 1939, Technical Subcommittee, 1942 8 23 War Production Goals, 1942, Wartime Farm Production Adjustment, 1941 3
24 Adams, Bannock, Bear Lake, 1936-1938 5 25 Benewah, Bingham, 1938-1940 6 26 Blaine, Boise, 1937-1938 4 27 Bonneville, Boundary, Butte, 1937-1939 6 28 Camas, Canyon, Caribou, Cassia, 1937-1938 5 29 Clearwater, Elmore, Franklin, 1938-1940 45 30 Fremont, Gem, 1936-1941 50 31 Gooding, Idaho, 1937-1942 35 32 Jefferson, Jerome, 1937-1941 42 2 33 Kootenai, 1938-1941 40 34 Latah, Lemhi, 1937-1942 14 35 Lewis, Lincoln, Madison, 1938-1941 52 36 Minidoka, Nez Perce, 1937-1941 8 37 Oneida, 1940-1943 84 38 Owyhee, Payette, 1938-1941 34 39 Power, Shoshone, 1940-1941 21 40 Teton, 1938-1942 23 41 Twin Falls, Valley, 1938-1942 7 42 Washington, 1937-1941 33
43 Family Type Farms, Minimum Costs, all states, 1940 47 44 Family Type Farms, Summary, Idaho, 1941 2 45 Secondary Data, Idaho, n.d. 9
46 General, 1920-1925 17 47 Canning Industry, 1917-1925 6 48 Apples, Apricots, 1900-1925 42 49 Cherries, Grapes, 1900-1925 19 50 Peaches, Pears, 1900-1925 38 51 Prunes, Small Fruit, 1900-1925 36
52 Barley, 1900-1925 22 53 Oats, 1900-1925 22 54 Wheat, Latah County, 1933 1
55 Beans, 1906-1926 5 56 Cabbage, 1920-1925 7 57 Peas, 1909-1925 11
58 Distribution by County, 1923-1932 88 59 Number and percent by type of farm, n.d. 8
2 60 Correspondence, 1927 11 61 Outlook and trends, 1925-1927 10 62 Receipts of Eggs, 1920-1927 12 63 Sales and Production Data, 1890-1927 168
64 General, 1879-1926 21 65 Annual Crop and Livestock, 1882-1926 8 66 Monthly Crop and Livestock, 1926-1929 15 67 Federal Census and County Statistics, 1889-1912 6 68 Prices to Producers, 1906-1926 46
69 General and Miscellaneous, 1890-1924 13 70 Cache Valley, 1925-1926 25 71 Fort Hall Project, 1925-1926, Minidoka Project, 1916-1925 10 72 North Idaho, 1900-1924, Oakley, Salmon River, Big Wood River, 1911-1925, Twin Falls Project, 1910-1924 31
3 73 Drought Relief Committee - Idaho, 1931-1934 4 74 Forest Service Survey Data, 1934 5 75 Idaho Agricultural Land and Valuation, 1927 1 76 Livestock by State, 1919-1921 13 77 Livestock Surveys, 1925-1927 8 78 Miscellaneous, 1860-1927, Preliminary Census, 1920-1926 10
79 Irrigation, 1919-1929 4 80 Kootenai County, Area, 1936-1937 16 81 Kootenai County, Area II, 1936-1937 17 82 Kootenai County, L.C. 8, 1934-1935 25 83 Idaho County, Area I, 1936-1937 20 84 Acreage by areas of 13 counties in CAP Program, n.d., Spokane River Watershed Data, 1920-1935 75
85 County Finance, 1937 5 O.S. 86 County Public Finance Data, 10 Northern Counties, 1937 9 87 Public Works Inventory, 1934 1 O.S. 88 Study of Taxing Units in Idaho, 1938 2
3 89 Census, Federal Farm, 1935 6 90 Census, 15th U.S., Idaho Sections, 1930 10 91 Census Data, Idaho, Fremont County, 1935 3 92 Census, Land Use, 1909-1930 19 93 Disposal of County Owned Lands 9 94 Drainage District Loan Applications to Reconstruction Finance Corp. (District 2, Ada and Canyon County; District 3, Franklin County; District 6, Benewah County), 1933 3 95 Drainage District Loan Application, Kootenai Valley (Boundary County), 1933 1 96 Farm Leases, Common Provisions of, 1937 1 97 Farm Management Conference, 1932, Farm Management Quiz, 1937 3 98 Farm Management of Information (Bench Area of Gem County, Idaho Falls Area, Minidoka County, Minidoka Project), 1931-1938 4 99 Farm Prices, Index Numbers of Idaho, 1941 1 100 Governmental Finance and Organization, 1938 4 101 Grazing Permits--Problem area counties, n.d. 19 102 Idaho Land Use Subcommittee, 1939 7 103 Informational hand book prepared in response to numerous inquiries for statistical and other data relating directly or indirectly to the activities of federal agencies, 1940 1 104 International Trade Agreement'- "Topsy-turvydom" by Walter Lippmann, 1936 1 105 "Inventory of Basic Data Relative to Land Use Planning", November 1936 1 106 "Inventory of Basic Data..." 1936 1 107 "Inventory of Basic Data..." 1938 3 108 Itinerant Land Use Planning Conference, 1939 16 109 Land Use Planning Legislation, 1937-1939 10 110 Land Utilization, Programs and Projects, 1936-1939 111 111 Management of State Lands, A Preliminary Report, 1940 1
112 Ada, Adams, Bannock, Bear Lake 21 113 Benewah, Bingham, Blaine, Boise 21 114 Bonneville, Bonner, Boundary, Butte 24 115 Camas, Canyon, Caribou, Cassia 18 116 Clark, Clearwater, Custer, Elmore 18 117 Franklin, Fremont, Gem, Gooding 23 118 Idaho, Jefferson, Jerome, Kootenai 24 119 Latah, Lemhi, Lewis, Lincoln 22 3 120 Madison, Minidoka, Nez Perce, Oneida 20 121 Owyhee, Payette, Power, Shoshone 19 122 Teton, Twin Falls, Valley, Washington 21 123 Planning Board Reports, 1936 3 124 Population Trends and Regional Land Programs, 1937 1 125 Programs in Land Use Planning 3 126 Public Works Inventories (Idaho State Planning Board Questionnaires), 1934 101
4 127 Bear Lake 68 128 Benewah 121 129 Bonner 74 130 Boundary 73 131 Canyon 12 132 Caribou 47 133 Cassia 18 134 Clearwater 38 135 Idaho 47 136 Kootenai 66 137 Lewis 22 138 Nez Perce 67 139 Oneida 58 140 Power 15 141 Shoshone 51 142 County Summaries by Division (Animal s.p., Cash Grain, Crop s.p., Dairy, Fruit, General Firms, Percent of Farms by Size, Stock R., Self s) 259 143 Revenue: "The Source and Uses of State and County Revenue in Idaho", by Paul A. Eke and Ezra T. Benson, 1936 1 144 Rural Cultural Regions in the United States (map), 1940 1 145 Rural Lands: "Federal Rural Lands", USDA, 1947 1 146 State Planning Board, 1st Biennial Report, 1936 1 147 State Planning Board. Tax Talks, 1937-1938 26 148 State Soil Conservation Districts law, USDA, 1936 1 149 "The Tariff on Sugar", by Lippert S. Ellis, 1933 1 150 USDA Administrative Orders and Field Memoranda, 1930-1940 40 151 "Water Facilities Subarea Plan... Opaline-Squaw Creek Basin, Idaho", USDA Water Utilization Section, 1940 1 152 Water Resources, Idaho Report to NRB, 1934 5 153 Zoning, Rural, 1938 5
154 Land Settlement: Pacific Northwest Reclamation and Settlement needs, 1937-1938 2 155 Resettlement Possibilities in Northern Idaho, 1937 2 4 156 Historical Information (Bibliographies) (101a), n.d. 7 157 Necessity of Planning, "Sociological Problems Involved in Land Use Planning" (101b), 1934-1937 10 158 Legislation (103), 1935-1940 30 159 Pacific Northwest Regional Planning Commission (349b) 1937 5 160 Land Promotional Activities (402d), 1937 43 161 Migration Movements: Data and Programs (601a), 1935-1938 61 162 Land Migration: Settlement Opportunities (601c), 1939 6 163 Current and recent rural occupancy (602a), 1936-1937 61 164 Resettlement Projects: Correspondence (603a), 1934-1938 168 165 Resettlement Projects: Data (603b), 1934-1948 66 166 Submarginal Land Projects, Correspondence (603d), 1934-1938, Oneida Project, 1937-1938 85 167 Submarginal Land Projects (603d), Other states, n.d., Clark County Data, 1935-1938 14 168 Action Programs (706k), 1936-1937 4 169 Land Use Adjustment (9031, 1936-1940 7 170 Planning Commissions (1202c), 1935-1937, Fish and Game Preservation Data (1205b), 1934-1935 6
5 1 Idaho Agricultural Statistical Data (Graphs) and Maps, 1900-1945
2 Ada, 1928-1935 9 Adams, 1930-1936 7 Bannock, 1929-1934 8 Bear Lake, 1930-1937 9 Benewah, 1933-1937 14 Bingham, 1930-1934 9 Blaine, 1930-1936 11 Boise, 1935-1936 13 Bonner, 1933-1936 10 Bonneville, 1932-1934 8 Boundary, 1930-1937 11 3 Butte, 1930-1935 11 Camas, 1930-1935 8 Canyon, 1930-1935 10 Caribou, 1928-1937 10 Cassia, 1929-1934 12 Clark, 1933-1934 7 Clearwater, 1930-1936 13 Custer, 1933-1934 24 Elmore, 1930-1936 14 Franklin, 1929-1934 8 Fremont, 1929-1934 9 4 Gem, 1930-1936 9 Gooding, 1930-1936 7 Idaho, 1929-1936 39 Jefferson, 1930-1934 8 Jerome, 1930-1936 11 Kootenai, 1929-1936 16 Latah, 1929-1940 26 Lemhi, 1933-1936 23 5 Lewis, 1929-1940 11 Lincoln, 1930-1936 8 Madison, 1929-1935 8 Minidoka, 1929-1935 11 Nez Perce, 1933-1940 11 Oneida, 1929-1937 10 Owyhee, 1930-1936 23 Payette, 1930-1936 13 Power, 1929-1934 9 Shoshone, 1935-1936 12 6 Teton, 1929-1934 7 Twin Falls, 1922-1937 16 Valley, 1935-1936 11 Washington, 1930-1938 10 Minidoka Irrigation Project, 1929 12 Out of State, 1880-1935 17 7 Idaho Agricultural Financing and Settlement Areas, 1930-1935 13 8 National Forests in Idaho, 1928-1934 34 9 U.S. Agricultural Statistics, 1867-1945 56 10 State of Idaho, 20 minute quadrangles, n.d. 83 Other Chart Projects, n.d. 16
Farm labor journals (4) include day-to-day operations of the farm. 1900-1914
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