Dairy herd, new barns and silos, Nebraska Institution for Feeble-Minded Youth
Description
Dairy cattle roam in front of four large barns in this 6-1/2" x 4" black and white plate. The barn on the left is under construction with scaffolding on the two visible sides. A brick silo stands at the far left.
Contributors
Nebraska. Board of Commissioners of State Institutions
Excerpted from: "Sixteenth Biennial Reports of the Superintendent of the Nebraska Institution for Feeble-Minded Youth" In the Second 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, 1916 (Lincoln: Nebraska Board of Commissioners of State Institutions, 1914), plate between pp. 142-143.
Historical Notes
These buildings were erected in 1916 east of Beatrice. The dairy herd increased from 30 head in 1915 to 37 head in 1916. The herd produced 13,794 gallons of milk in 1915, 16,116 gallons in 1916, and a total of 47 heifers and calves in 1915-1916. The institution also raised other livestock and produced fruits and vegetables to feed the patients.
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