This scrapbook, entitled, "Life on our Farm...1937", includes photographs, narrative text written by Helen Boney and newspaper clippings documenting a year on the Boney Family farm, 1937, located near Teachey in Duplin County, North Carolina. The scrapbook documents various farm activities including pig raising, crop planting, and ...
MoreThis scrapbook, entitled, "Life on our Farm...1937", includes photographs, narrative text written by Helen Boney and newspaper clippings documenting a year on the Boney Family farm, 1937, located near Teachey in Duplin County, North Carolina. The scrapbook documents various farm activities including pig raising, crop planting, and production of related goods such as lard. The scrapbook also contains photographs relating to home demonstrations held on the farm including a tile work demonstration. The Boney family were long-time participants of the yearly Farm Home Week in Duplin County, North Carolina, and were active in cooperative extension and home demonstration work. In 1937 Mrs. Boney served as president of the State Home Demonstration Federation of North Carolina and in 1938, Mr. Boney was elected president of the Farmers' Convention. The Boney family was actively involved in rural issues such as electrification and rural road improvement.
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