Reap Turkey Harvest in Southwestern Minnesota Emerges as Region’s Turkey Capital
A Rural Gravure feature notes Cottonwood County rapid growth of turkey farming due to farmer hatchery and packinghouse cooperation. Credit from large operations aids poults and feed. training improves care. Turkeys shift from luxury to more common meat as mortality drops and production rises. Home flocks grow while large-scale farming expands. Readers may request pamphlets from Rural Gravure.
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Minnesota
Midwest
Cottonwood County
Turkey
Thirty Year Old Pony Drives Milk Route at Wisconsin Farm
A thirty year old black pony on the Munns Brothers farm near Fennimore Wisconsin still handles the twice daily task of hauling milk cans from barn to house. Owned by the Munns for over twenty years the pony has been ridden and driven by each of the four Munns boys. Bobby Brechler a neighbor boy stands with Ruby in the photo.
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Munns Brothers
Fennimore
Wisconsin
Munns
Ruby
Bobby Brechler
Worthington Turkey Day Festival Leaders Honored
In Worthington Minnesota the Turkey Day Festival success credited to H O Kragness mayor J H Lee and W Hollaren along with Jack C Boote and Bob King and a Boote's Hatcheries executive as pictured.
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Worthington
Minnesota
H.O. Kragness
Boote’s Hatcheries
Bob King
Civic and Commerce Association
J. H. Lee
W. Hollaren
Nobles County
Jack C. Boote
Boote’s Hatcheries and Produce Co
King Gobble
King Turkey
Victor Hackborth
Cy Amundson
Worthington High School
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