SEGMENT: LIVESTOCK & AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES
Bert Aikman>UIS Collection A's>UIS Collection, Segment 19
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- LIVESTOCK
- Discussion of plowing with mules to save corn at end of rows, use of curb-bit, & intelligence of mules. Mentions Jenny mule & difficulty of holding mules back while plowing. Mules turned around at end of rows better than horses. Story of plowing accident caused by fly on mule's belly while working for George Morrell, return of mules, & repair of cultivator. (addenda item# 55, see Aikman 5, Clip# 776)
- AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES
- Hundreds of people taking train to State Fair in Springfield. Mention of farmers showing produce & livestock. Story of mule-pulling competition that did not allow cussing, so mules did not work as hard. Mentions diversification of exhibits at fair. (addenda item# 56, see Aikman 5, Clip# 776)
