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Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Agrico Farmer's Account Book, 1939-1941, Ms2023-085, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.
The Agrico Farmer's Account Book was purchased by Special Collections and University Archives in December 2015.
The processing, arrangement, and description of the Agrico Famer's Account Book was completed in August 2023.
Founded in 1899, the American Agricultural Chemical Company (AACC) was North America's largest fertilizer manufacturer, which sold the Agrico Fertilizer brand. In 1963, AACC was purchased by the Continental Oil Company (Conoco), and three years later AACC merged with another division of Conoco to become the Agrico Chemical Company (ACC). In 1972, the Williams Companies of Tulsa, Oklahoma, purchased ACC, but began to sell its assets in the 1980s, splitting the American and Canadian divisions. The Canadian division is now Agrico Canada L.P., part of La Coop fédérée of Québec since 2011.
External source:
"Our Roots," Agico Canada L.P., https://www.agricocanada.com/about-us/our-roots/, September 6, 2023.
The Agrico Farmer's Account Book contains handwritten notes throughout from an unidentified farmer. The entries include documentation of cattle birth and sales. The book was published by the American Agricultural Chemical Company to advertise Agrico fertilizer in 1939, but the farmer used the book at least into 1941.
The guide to the Agrico Farmer's Account Book by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (