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B. C. Mellencamp (1932 Beaver Island county agent)

Also B. C. Mellencamp · B. C. Mellen-camp

Draft — sources verified, prose evolving

TypePerson
ErasModern era

Summary

B. C. Mellencamp was identified in a September 1932 report as the county agricultural agent who accompanied P. J. Rood on Beaver Island soils work. The article’s byline also attributes the report to Mellencamp.[^soil1932] A June 1941 conference announcement is signed by the same initials and surname under the same county-agent role and names him in connection with the second County Agents Summer Conference at Beaver Island.1 The July 1937 bull-club report is likewise signed by B. C. Mellencamp as County Agricultural Agent and describes a Beaver Island visit to four bull-association animals.2

Evidence and limits

The sources supply initials, surname, county-agent role, and two Beaver Island episodes nine years apart. The matching attestation is treated as likely continuity, not as a complete civil identity bridge. The record still does not provide a full given name, age, residence, or the county-extension records behind the planned trials and conference.

Open questions

  • What did “B. C.” stand for, and what county or college records identify Mellencamp?
  • Did the agent publish results from the five alfalfa experiments?
  • Did the 1941 conference produce proceedings or an extension report?
  • What records identify the four Beaver Island bull associations and document the planned sire exchange?

See also

Footnotes

  1. Charlevoix County Herald, June 20, 1941, “County Agents Summer Conference At St. James, Beaver Island.” ↩

  2. Charlevoix County Herald, July 30, 1937, “Beaver Island Bull Clubs Visited Last Week.” ↩

Sources

  1. Charlevoix County Herald, September 2, 1932, “FIVE FERTILIZER EXPERIMENTS STARTED ON BEAVER ISLAND.”
    Identifies B. C. Mellencamp as County Agricultural Agent accompanying Rood; the article’s byline is B. C. MELLENCAMP.
    charlevoix · Charlevoix_County_Herald_1932-09-02
  2. Charlevoix County Herald, July 30, 1937, “Beaver Island Bull Clubs Visited Last Week.”
    Signs the report as B. C. Mellencamp, County Agricultural Agent, and describes the July 21–22 visit to four bull-association animals. Matching initials, surname, and county-agent role make this likely continuity with the episode-qualified record; no independent civil identity bridge is asserted.
    charlevoix · Charlevoix_County_Herald_1937-07-30
  3. Charlevoix County Herald, June 20, 1941, “County Agents Summer Conference At St. James, Beaver Island.”
    Signed by B. C. Mellencamp as County Agricultural Agent and announces the second County Agents Summer Conference at Beaver Island. The matching initials, surname, and county-agent role make this a likely continuation of the episode-qualified record, but no independent civil identity bridge is asserted.
    charlevoix · Charlevoix_County_Herald_1941-06-20