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Title
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Thomas County, July 3-11, July 27-30, 1911
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Date
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July 3-11, July 27-30, 1911
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Creator
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Frank Shoemaker
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Description
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Narratives
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Identifier
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321301-1911-0131.jpg
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Transcription
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2 Forest Reserve Station, from east side of the land is assured. I feel very friendly towards the Halsey problem, and hope the government will not quit its efforts until a long and convincing fight has been made. The experimentation at Halsey seems to be well handled, which makes it rather difficult to understand why, with plenty of men available and good land and implements and water in abundance, there is no serious effort to supply the table with vegetables. One cow is kept to furnish the superintendent with milk and cream; the men use condensed milk, bought in small quantities and the supply frequently exhausted. A few hens are kept, sworn to lay for the superintendent only; the men have, when they have anything in that line, not hens’ eggs, but “ranch eggs” from “up town,” which are an entirely distinct class of ova. Butter is generally supplied, but during our visit it was at several times lacking for several meals in succession, and when it did appear it was semi-liquid, there being no ice. Fresh meat is a rarity. Canned vegetables, cured meat – ham or bacon or dried beef – and canned fruit, were the features of nearly every meal, and became distinctly monotonous even during our short visit. Of course, it is food, and perhaps one should not quarrel with his victuals, but it really seems as though a little peevishness might in
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Rights
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