Cows are separated in fenced corrals in the foreground of this 6-1/2" x 4" black and white plate. A man at the back of the far corral appears to be herding the cattle toward some buildings.
Excerpted from: "Thirteenth Biennial Reports of the Superintendent of the Asylum for the Insane of Nebraska" In First Biennial Report of the Board of Commissioners of State Institutions to the Governor and Legislature of the State of Nebraska for the Biennium Ending November 30, 1914 (Lincoln: Nebraska Board of Commissioners of State Institutions, 1914), plate between pp. 216-217
Historical Notes
Many state institutions had farms to supply their populations with food. In 1913, 68,535 gallons of milk and 252 pounds of butter were consumed at this institution, and, in 1914, 59,048 gallons of milk and 260 pounds of butter. Today this institution exists as the Hastings Regional Center. Further statistics and information can be found in the report.
