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In the early days the farmers of Otter Creek and vicinity used oxen, as well as horses to farm with and cut their grain with a cradle until the binder came into use. During the winter trees were felled and sawed, by hand, into the summer’s supply of wood and logs were cut and sawed, at the saw-mill, to build barns and stables and other buildings, even their houses.Hogs were slaughtered on the farms during the winter season and hauled by team and wagon to Dubuque or Galena, 111., where the best market for dressed pork was obtained. Sheep raising was quite an industry. The wool was carded at the mills, after which it was spun by the women in their homes. Nearly every woman having her own spinning wheel. It was then woven into cloth at the mills, alter which the ladies converted it into suits for the men or gowns for themselves. Some of the wool was also woven into blankets at the mills.
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Maquoketa Jackson Sentinel
Maquoketa, Iowa, US
Sat, Jan 01, 1938
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