African American farmers--Kentucky; Farms--Kentucky; Land use, Rural--Kentucky
The decline of black farmers and black-owned farmlands is an ever worsening problem. Though their numbers neared one million at the start of the 20th century, the most recent account of black farmers states that there are only 30599 left in America...
Horse farmers make yearly decisions concerning the management of feeding horses. These decisions are affected by the cost to grow hay, the cost to buy hay, the cost associated with selling hay, the expected crop yield under various weather...
This dissertation examines popular periodicals in the late 19th- and early 20th-century America as pivotal artifacts in the history of literacy education. It first reviews current histories of literacy, writing instruction, and magazines at the...
This thesis is an examination of the viability of a low pH hydrogen peroxide scrubbing process for removing H 2 S acid gas present in typical biogas streams generated from dairy farm anaerobic digesters. Biogas ranges in composition based on the...
A potential source of fine grained suspended sediments in a stream system is the
upper hillslopes of the drainage. Quantifying the sediment produced and transported to a
stream from these hillslopes is challenging because of the complex nature of...
Kate Matthews nephews, Charles and Matthews "Mackie" Fletcher, at home at Glen Ethel Farm near Indianapolis, Indiana in 1895. Handwritten on verso: "Photo. Kate Matthews, At "'Glen Ethel'." Title supplied by cataloger.
Owned by Warren Wright, the Calumet Farm in Lexington, Kentucky. Fenced rectangular manmade lake and farmland cut by curving roads. White farm buildings in distance at left.
Buildings; Health care facilities; Hospitals; Drug abuse
Narcotic Farm, Lexington, Kentucky, low altitude aerial view. Low, expansive, mazelike structure with interior courtyards. A third of the farm has a concrete floor. There is also a grass courtyard with a circular path in center and straight paths...
Health care facilities; Hospitals; Employees; Drug abuse
Staff members, Narcotic Farm, Lexington, Kentucky. Caption on back: "Dr. Lawrence Kolb. [ ] assistant surgeon, W. F. Ossenfort, member Lexington narcotic farm staff." Three men in double breasted uniforms with uniform hats. Behind them is...
Large Colonial farm house at Castleton Farm on the Iron Works Pike in Fayette County, Kentucky, viewed from the side and back of the house. The side entrance has columns and griffins. Owned by James R. Keene of New York from 1901-1913, the farm was...
Stud barn, Calumet Farm, Lexington, Kentucky. Light brick building with curving roof tiles. Windowed steeple and two dormers. Domed window under roof. Car parked in curved drive.
Training barn, Calumet Farm, Lexington, Kentucky. Hallway with stable doors at right, which have bars across the top halves. Brooms, baskets, small tables, a triangle of wood, and (faintly visible in the sun) a man in a white shirt line the wall of...
Road leading to entrance of Dixiana Farm near Lexington, Kentucky. A car drives away along a sloping country road flanked by white split rail fences and bare trees. A small farm building is visible in the distance at left and a larger one in the...
View of farm with track in background at C. V. Whitney Farm, Lexington, Kentucky. A dark four-board fence is in the foreground and several low white fences are visible across the fields at different distances.
Entrance of Xalapa Farm in Lexington, Kentucky. The farm was owned by Mrs. E. F. Givens. High stone fence and large, squared stone pillar end at the road at an open wood gate with boards overcrossed with four "X's." A dark three-board...
Entrance of Xalapa Farm in Lexington, Kentucky. The farm was owned by Mrs. E. F. Givens. Close-up of delicate iron gate with heart patterns and sunrayed dome atop, lined at sides and above with stone, which angles down. Fir trees edge the stone...
Entrance of Xalapa Farm in Lexington, Kentucky. The farm was owned by Mrs. E. F. Givens. Iron gate of thin bars with sunrayed dome atop, lined heavily at sides and above with stone, which slopes down. Ivy grows on the walls.
Buildings; Health care facilities; Hospitals; Drug abuse
Narcotic Farm, Lexington, Kentucky, aerial view. Low, expansive, mazelike structure with interior courtyards, located on a barren landscape crisscrossed with roads. The Narcotic Farm was built as a drug treatment facility.
Buildings; Health care facilities; Hospitals; Drug abuse
Courtyard, Narcotic Farm, Lexington, Kentucky. Between two brick walls, there is a grass courtyard with a rectangular path near its edge. The courtyard's far wall, a lower wall with domed cutouts, separates it from another grass courtyard. The...
