Milk trade and hay questions in rural Chicago era article
A Chicago Evening Post writer notes the vast scale of the city milk trade, detailing 50 million gallons annually from 3,200 dairy farmers, 1,150 dealers, and 8,380 wagons, with peak shipments in June and July and rail revenue near $1 million. It also discusses hay salting debates, sheep care during blizzards, and a farmer asking if feeding turnips to milking cows affects milk quality.
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Chicago Evening Post
Chicago
Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul
Hyatt
Milk Traffic and Hay Handling in Agricultural Practices
A historical discussion describes Chicago milk shipments from a 250 mile district with refrigerated railcars. It notes the Chicago and North Western as a pioneer line carrying most milk to Chicago, plus hay management practices to prevent mold and spontaneous combustion, stressing proper spreading and trampling in mows and cautions about hay heaps and air circulation.
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New York
Chicago & Northwestern
Pioneer Line
Chicago
Era Illinois
Wis
Iowa
Carleton
Armer
Amid War Tales From Chickamauga to Yankee Doodle
A compendium of Civil War reminiscences recounts Sherman and Grant’s dispatch missions from a tugboat on hidden rivers, Minty’s last to leave Rossville, and Little’s cavalry pursuit. It recalls French Russian pacts, a Crimea tale of a French and Russian sergeant shaking hands, Minty’s brigade actions, and veteran verse on mustered in and out.
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Geant
Wilemington
Ocean
I. M. Payers
McClur
Sherman
Carolinas
General Grant
Richmond
President Lincoln
Washingto
Virginia
Grant
City Point
Ord
Chickamauga
Minty
Rossville
Chattanooga
Reuben F. Little
U.S. Inf
4Th
U. S. Cav
Little
James Larson
National Tribune
Astory
France
Sebastopol
Louis Elson
Elson
Lexington
Cornwallis
Harper's Magazine
Leading Remedy Stomach Ditter Seen In Advert 1900s
A vintage notice touts a medical stomach remedy as a leading treatment. It claims the product helps appetite and supports digestion when illness and poor eating hinder recovery, urging readers to obtain a bottle.
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