# MASTER FARMER, THE

MASTER FARMER, THE Produced: 1929 Description Secretary of Agriculture William M. Jardine presents gold medals to 37 Oklahoma "master farmers." Shows farming, business, and personal practices followed by these 37 men, encouraging others to follow their example. Reel 1 includes views of the 1893 land rush into Oklahoma showing early settlers staking out their claims. Wheat is harvested by hand and by combine. Good farming practices followed include rotation, terracing, and deep plowing. Farm families enjoy themselves at work and at play. Reel 2 describes why it is necessary for a farmer to be a good businessman. Emphasizes the importance of cooperative cotton and grain elevators. A farm association holds a meeting. https://catalog.archives.gov/id/7296

- Kind: Educational
- Year: 1929
- By: National Archives
- Genres: Education
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/33-338-r2)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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