Pigs
Farming in the Great Corn Belt
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1853 to 1899: Feeding and Breeding Livestock
As McLean County farms grew in size, so too did the farmers' ability to raise livestock fo...
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1900 to 1945: Livestock
From 1900 until the end of WWII, McLean County farmers continued to raise a diverse variety of ...
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1946 to 2000: Larger Farms
After World War II the number of farms and farmers in McLean County slowly decreased. At the sa...
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1946 to 2000: Livestock Consolidation
After WWII profits for those raising livestock began to decrease. As a result, so too did the n...
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Marketing Crops and Livestock
The methods used to transport McLean County farmers’ crops and livestock, as well as the distan...
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Research
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Post Amerikan
Held by the MCMH and digitized by Eastern Illinois University. The Post Amerikan began publicat...
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