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Title
Chicago Stock Yards
Description
Cattle are stored in pens at the Chicago stock yards.
Interpretation
In the late 1800s, some farmers worried that the rich soil in McLean County had become depleted. To compensate, they imported manure by rail from the Chicago stock yards to fertilize cornfields.
Inscription
Chicago stock yards. Carloads of manure from shipped from Chicago fertilized McLean County corn. (Harper's Weekly)
Lesson Plans / Themes
  • American Communities in History  
  • Communities and Geography  
  • How We Learn About Communities  
Learning Standards
  • 18 Social systems  
  • 16 History  
  • 15 Economics  
Author or Creator
McLean County Historical Society, Bloomington, Ill.  
Other Contributors
Walters, William D, Jr., 1942-  
Source
  • ISBN 0-943788-15-3 (1997)  
  • The Heart of the Cornbelt: An Illustrated History of Corn Farming in McLean County,' by William D. Walters Jr.  
Subject / Keywords
  • Fertilizers  
  • Stockyards  
  • McLean County (Ill.)  
Temporal Coverage
1868
Collection Publisher
McLean County Museum of History
Rights
Copyright Not Evaluated
Resource Identifier
  • IL MCLEAN AGR WAL - Figure 4:12, p. 49
  • mch0269
Date Created
7-18-00
Collection Title
Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)
Collection
Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)
TitleChicago Stock Yards
DescriptionCattle are stored in pens at the Chicago stock yards.
InterpretationIn the late 1800s, some farmers worried that the rich soil in McLean County had become depleted. To compensate, they imported manure by rail from the Chicago stock yards to fertilize cornfields.
InscriptionChicago stock yards. Carloads of manure from shipped from Chicago fertilized McLean County corn. (Harper's Weekly)
Lesson Plans / Themes
  • American Communities in History  
  • Communities and Geography  
  • How We Learn About Communities  
Learning Standards
  • 18 Social systems  
  • 16 History  
  • 15 Economics  
Author or CreatorMcLean County Historical Society, Bloomington, Ill.  
Other ContributorsWalters, William D, Jr., 1942-  
Source
  • ISBN 0-943788-15-3 (1997)  
  • The Heart of the Cornbelt: An Illustrated History of Corn Farming in McLean County,' by William D. Walters Jr.  
Subject / Keywords
  • Fertilizers  
  • Stockyards  
  • McLean County (Ill.)  
Temporal Coverage1868
Collection PublisherMcLean County Museum of History
RightsCopyright Not Evaluated
Resource Identifier
  • IL MCLEAN AGR WAL - Figure 4:12, p. 49
  • mch0269
Date Created7-18-00
Collection TitleTeaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)
CollectionTeaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)

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