Mutton Making by the Thousand Head Flocks
The article details large scale lamb fattening in western ranges and Nebraska. It covers band sizes up to 2000 head, Merino influence, parasite issues with native lambs, and the logistics of feeding schedules, manuring, and market sorting in Chicago fed by western range lambs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darby Sadie Annes
Obi
Collins
Col
Nebraska
Canada
Wyoming
Idaho
Montana
Chicago
Wing Bros
Buffalo
Omaha
Canada idea fuels American farming debate across states
An analysis of the Go-to-Canada campaign contrasts Canadian lands with American farming, noting how U S authorities worry about migration to Manitoba and Alberta. It details lamb feeding, costs, and profits from Wing Bros. operations, and argues for a U S rebuttal through interior department land policies while warning that Canadian lure remains strong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Chicago
Clifford Sifton
Department of the Interior
Ottawa
United States
Great Land Companies
Illinois
Iowa
Nebraska
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Great Wheat Plains
Chicago Tribune
The
Tribune
Coliseum
Southern Pacific
Washington
Northwest
Uncle Sam
British Northwest
American Cartoonists Earn High Pay and Influence
The article surveys American political cartoonists led by Homer Davenport and C R Macauley, noting weekly rates from about 40 to 125 dollars and top earners like James Montgomery Flagg and Charles Macauley. It cites Davenport's $1000 weekly during campaigns and Macauley’s rapid, valued work for the New York World.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merica
England
America
Homer Davenport
Roosevelt
Davenport
C. R. Macauley
New York ‘ World
John Tenniel
Macauley
Alphonse
Gaston
James Montgomery Flagg
George du Maurier
Gibson
Christy
Fisher
Sargent
McCutcheon
Chicago ‘‘Tribune
Tribune
West
Chicago
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