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Johnny Ramseyer and His Pig

Life Magazine Illustration of McLean County Hogs

J.J. Ham House and Barn

Champaign County Livestock Marketing Yards, Champaign, Illinois

Twelve-horse Hitch

Feeding the Chickens

Stubblefield Horse

Cattle Crossing Broken Fence

Cattle wash at Champaign County Fair, 1978

Johnny Ramseyer and His Pig
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Johnny Ramseyer poses with his pig "Columbia" in the split rail pen.
Life Magazine Illustration of McLean County Hogs
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)The caption from this Life Magazine photo of McLean County hogs reads, "Fat-sated hogs on Illinois farm wallow in thick carpet of shelled corn. Farmers prefer to waste corn on livestock rather than sell at ceiling prices.
J.J. Ham House and Barn
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)An 1887 view of J.J. Ham's 1873 home south of Hudson.
Champaign County Livestock Marketing Yards, Champaign, Illinois
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Champaign county Livestock Marketing Yards, 610 Gravel Road, Urbana.
Twelve-horse Hitch
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This photo shows a 12-horse hitch being used to plow a field in McLean County, Illinois.
Feeding the Chickens
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Two young boys feed the chickens in rural McLean County, Illinois. Farmers in the area might also have raised hogs, cattle or sheep and grown grain.
Stubblefield Horse
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)A Percheron horse stands in the foreground of the Stubblefield Stables. A lot of farm work was carried out with the help of Percheron or Norman horses, which were bred and sold in Normal, Illinois.
Cattle Crossing Broken Fence
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)This drawing shows how cattle and other livestock would wander beyond farms if proper fencing was not installed.
Cattle wash at Champaign County Fair, 1978
Image | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community)Cattle wash at Champaign County Fair, 1978

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Johnny Ramseyer and His Pig

Life Magazine Illustration of McLean County Hogs

J.J. Ham House and Barn

Champaign County Livestock Marketing Yards, Champaign, Illinois

Twelve-horse Hitch

Feeding the Chickens

Stubblefield Horse

Cattle Crossing Broken Fence

Cattle wash at Champaign County Fair, 1978

Johnny Ramseyer and His Pig

Life Magazine Illustration of McLean County Hogs

J.J. Ham House and Barn

Champaign County Livestock Marketing Yards, Champaign, Illinois

Twelve-horse Hitch

Feeding the Chickens

Stubblefield Horse

Cattle Crossing Broken Fence

Cattle wash at Champaign County Fair, 1978