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"Alfalfa Makes the Best Hillside Hay Crop"
Dublin Core
Title
"Alfalfa Makes the Best Hillside Hay Crop"
Subject
Alfalfa
Soil conservation
Soil stabilization
Description
This is a published photograph on the cover of the September, 1945 Farmers Federation News showing Robena Ramsey standing in a field of alfalfa . The caption on page 4 reads, "Photo on the cover shows Miss Robena Ramsey, 17, in her father's alfalfa at their home on Big Laurel, Madison county. Her father is Luther Ramsey. Robena, who is one of the Madison county candidates for tobacco queen this year, helps with all the farm work."
Source
James G.K. McClure, Jr. Collection, Southern Appalachian Archives, Mars Hill University
Publisher
Southern Appalachian Archives, Liston B. Ramsey Center for Appalachian Studies, Mars Hill University
Date
1945-09
Contributor
Farmers Federation
Rights
This image may be viewed, downloaded, and printed for personal and educational use, but any commercial use is prohibited without permission from the Southern Appalachian Archives, Mars Hill University. Questions may be directed to the Archivist at (828) 689-1262 or archives@mhu.edu.
Relation
Farmers Federation News, September 1945, cover
Coverage
Big Laurel, Madison County, North Carolina
Files
Collection
Citation
“"Alfalfa Makes the Best Hillside Hay Crop",” Southern Appalachian Archives Mars Hill University, accessed October 23, 2026, https://southernappalachianarchives.org/items/show/735.