Reuniting Finley and Bohlman
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Turkeys check grasshopper pests

Creator
Date
  • 1930/1939
Description
  • Manuscript recounting when County Agent Henderson came up with the idea of using turkeys as a solution to the overpopulation of grasshoppers in the county. The insects were destroying vegetation at an alarming rate. Then when the turkeys are no longer needed, they are sold off as poultry.
Subject
Work Type
Location
Identifier
  • mssfinley_series01_box02_folder04_41
Repository
Local Collection Name
Is Part Of
  • Series 1: Manuscripts; Box 2, folder 6: Manuscripts: Typescripts, circa 1930s
Institution
Submission Date
  • 06/26/2017
Modified
  • 10/10/2022
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Chicago

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Data Sources
Footer Number Term External URI
1 Finley, William L. (William Lovell), 1876-1953 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84017617
2 Grasshoppers http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85000649
3 Turkeys http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85138859
4 typescripts http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300028577
5 manuscripts (documents) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300028569
6 Klamath County >> Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5735237/
7 Oregon State University. Libraries http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n00020491
8 William L. Finley Papers, 1899-1946 (MSS Finley) http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/localCollectionName/mss_finley
9 Oregon State University http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80017721

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