RED WING STATE TRAINING SCHOOL:

An Inventory of Its Farm Records at the Minnesota Historical Society

Government Records

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Creator: Minnesota State Training School for Boys.
Title:Farm Records.
Dates:1912-1958.
Language:Materials in English.
Abstract:Records documenting the institution's farm, which began operation in 1891 and closed in the mid-1960s. Included are monthly reports (1912-1928, 1943-1958), annual inventories (1917-1947), and herd record books (1927-1946).
Quantity:1.1 cubic feet (1 box and 1 partial half-height oversize box).
Location: See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

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Roughly chronological.


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Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota State Training School for Boys. Farm Records. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession numbers: 997-11; 2005-16

Processing Information:

Processed by: Processing Staff; Rich Arpi, September 2004

Catalog ID number: 990017044870104294


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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Location
111.K.10.6FFarm credits monthly reports, 1912-1922.
Farm monthly reports, 1914-1928, 1943-1958. 19 folders:
August 1914–February 1928. 3 folders.
1943–October 1958. 16 folders.
Farm inventories as of January 1st, 1917-1947. 2 folders.
Herd record books, 1939-1946. 5 volumes in folders:
Missing November 1942–November 1944. Records kept by individual cow on a monthly testing basis. Data collected included number, name, breed, age, sire and dam, and for each testing period, number of days milked, number of times milked per day, pounds of milk and butterfat, feed and roughage, pasture time, and value of product.
November 1939-November 1940.
November 1940-November 1941.
November 1941-November 1942.
November 1944-November 1945.
November 1945-November 1946.
Statement of Industrial Departments Delivered to Steward, 1951-1957.
[0.1 cubic feet legal, empty]
Location
108.J.10.5B-2Herd record book, 1927-1946. 1 oversize volume.
Record kept by individual cow over the entire period at the school; includes information on milk and butter fat production and progeny.

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This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics:
Dairy cattle -- Minnesota.
Dairy farming -- Minnesota.
Juvenile corrections -- Minnesota.
Juvenile delinquents -- Institutional care -- Minnesota.
Juvenile detention homes -- Minnesota -- Accounting.
Milk yield -- Minnesota.
Schools -- Minnesota.
State farms -- Minnesota -- Accounting.
State farms -- Minnesota -- Inventories.
State farms -- Minnesota -- Management.
Organizations:
Minnesota. State Reform School.
Places:
Red Wing (Minn.)
Document Types:
Inventories.

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