Research


Scope and Content Note

Clippings and correspondence in this scrapbook relate broadly to operations of the Food Commission statewide. Newspaper clippings pertain to local relations with the state; farm bureau labor rallies; disposition of poultry stock and eggs; labor shortages and state aid proposals; plans to "conscript" boys and girls in farm labor; personnel changes and appointments to the commission and agriculture departments; publishing prices to prevent profiteering; publicity reports of events and programs, such as formation of "tractor schools"; and conservation efforts, such as the push to use more milk as a substitute for meat and other foods.

Topics of circulars and correspondence include organization of and visits to local committee subsidiaries; expense renderings; needs and plans to provide farm work employment; and reports of local events and demonstrations (such as the use of farm tractors to increase production, planting of home "war gardens", establishment of boys and girls "pig clubs", and work of the New York State Boys' Working Reserve).