Interview with Alma Carlson, George Sidwell, Max McCall, and Carl Carlson

An interview with Alma Carlson followed by an interview with George Sidwell, Max McCall, and Carl Carlson regarding their experiences as county agents. 00:02:05 - Coming to the United States from Sweden 00:02:40 - Chicago fire of 1871 00:05:41 - Moving to Kansas 00:11:24 - Life in the dugout 00:14:50 - Building the frame house 00:16:16 - Life as a Swedish immigrant 00:17:37 - Song, a Swedish verse (Swedish language) 00:18:47 - Song, What a Friend We Have In Jesus (Swedish language) 00:19:03 - Learning English 00:22:50 - Life as a shut-in 00:25:26 - George Sidwell, Max McCall, and Carl Carlson introduction 00:26:15 - George Sidwell, experience as a county agent in Leoti, KS in 1918 00:29:46 - Experience as a county agent in Ness County, KS 00:32:00 - Max McCall, experience as a county agent in Clark County, KS in 1921 00:35:12 - Carl Carlson, experience recruiting labor during a labor shortage and cultural tensions between African Americans and Volga-Germans 00:38:18 - Vaccinating livestock 00:39:54 - Gaining the trust of the Volga-German community in Rush County, KS 00:42:57 - McCall, experiences with prairie dogs and fires in Clark County, KS 00:45:20 - Sidwell, poultry culling 00:46:46 - Gaining the trust of farmers 00:49:07 - George Sibler\u27s Model-T roadster 00:50:22 - Working long hours as a county agent 00:51:51 - Mixing poison for prairie dogs and grasshoppers 00:54:26 - History of the Farm Bureau in Kansas 00:56:25 - McCall, life after working as a county agent 00:57:02 - Sidwell, life after working as a county agent 00:58:36 - Carlson, women in extension workhttps://scholars.fhsu.edu/sackett/1040/thumbnail.jp