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Text
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Paper contract, 10 x 16 in.
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Title
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1849 lease for Ellis Farm (Wadsworth property), Geneseo, N.Y., showing wheat rent
Description
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Original contract between Daniel Fitzhugh, as agent for William Wolcott Wadsworth of Geneseo, N.Y. and lesees Thomas Tyler, Benjamin Tyler, and Zachariah Roberson, all of Geneseo. Article 2 of the lease (enlarged snippet view )pertains to rent, both in cash and in wheat, and the back of the document lists specific details concerning crops, acreage, and rent amounts per field.
Creator
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Wadsworth, William W. (1810-1852)
Date
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1849-04-01
Source
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Wadsworth Family Papers, Box C3
Milne Library Special Collections, SUNY Geneseo
Format
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Type
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Text
GENESEE VALLEY
wadsworth
Wheat
Wheat rent
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Printed engravings
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Contributor
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Cooper, Ken
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jpeg, 474 KB
Title
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Wheat Heads and Hessian Fly
Date
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1880
Description
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During the first half of the 1800s, a boom in wheat powered growth in the Genesee Valley--especially after construction of the Erie Canal enabled its shipping as a worldwide commodity. This item combines two engravings to better visualize the rise and fall of "Big Wheat" in the Genesee. The first image shows different types of wheat heads. Among the most commonly grown in the area was Genesee Red Chaff (discontinued due to its susceptibility to rust and fly larvae), White Flint, and Harmon's Improved White Flint. The second image shows what was called the "Hessian fly," due to its supposed importation by way of German mercenary troops during the 1770s. This xenophobic theory has been discredited. The Hessian fly is a midge whose larvae feed on the sap of grains like wheat and barley (which is why it also was called the Barley fly). Its effect on Western New York wheat farmers was disastrous, especially in combination with the competition from new, larger farms in the upper Midwest.
Source
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F.W. O'Neill and H.L. Williams, The American Farmer's Hand-Book (New York: R.Worthington, 1880): 70, 643 <br /><br /><a href="https://archive.org/details/americanfarmersh00onei/page/n5/mode/2up" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Courtesy of Internet Archive</a>
Type
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Still image
Publisher
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E. Worthington
Harmon
Hessian fly
midge
Wheat
White Flint