Contents
Agriculture and Rural Life-A Special Section
The Historiography of American Agriculture
R. Douglas Hurt
The Farm in American History
James H. Shideler
Two Centuries of Soil Conservation
Douglas Helms
Modem American Agricultural Leaders: Four from Iowa
Thomas B. Colbert
America's First Government Documentary Films as Teaching Tools
Kenneth E. Hendrickson
Departments and Columns
FROM THE EDITOR
DIALOGUE
An Artifact from the 19th Century Schoolhouse: The McGuffy Reader
David E. Vocke
ON TEACHING
Photographs as Historical Documents
Rodney F. Allen and Randall G. Felton
LESSON PLANS
A Tractor or an Automobile? A 1920s Farm Family Faces a Decision
Joel P. Kunze
The Tenancy System: The Forgotten Farmer
George W. Chilcoat
Those Waterless, Sandy Valleys: Petition of the Moqui Women
Jean West and Wynell Burroughs Schamel
PROFILE
John Hanson: First President of the United States
Art Richardson
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
Agriculture and Rural Life: An ERIC/ChESS Sample
Vickie J. Schlene
REVIEWS
HISTORY HEADLINES
ON THE COVER
Walking plow, courtesy of Deere & Company
