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Mammoth Spring Milling Company Advertisement
Mammoth Spring Milling Company Advertisement
Farming in Arkansas
This is is an advertisement for the Mammoth Spring Milling Company. The milling company has labels on all of the buildings as well as peak load numbers in order to entice farmers to bring their crops for processing.
Mammoth Spring Milling Company
Mammoth Spring Milling Company
Farming in Arkansas
This is a photograph of the Mammoth Spring Milling Company's main building. Unidentified employees stand by railroad boxcars which would be loaded with processed grains.
Raw Cotton To A Cotton Gin
Farming in Arkansas
This is a black and white photograph of horse or mule drawn carts carrying raw cotton to a cotton gin for processing.
Cotton Gin
Farming in Arkansas
Black and white photograph of three unidentified men standing in a cotton gin with bales of cotton. This gin was opened by John Michaels in the early 1920s and operated successfully until it burned in 1941.
Barn, Windmill, And Silo
Farming in Arkansas
Color image of a grain silo standing tall next to a red barn and windmill.
Log Barn Interior
Farming in Arkansas
A color interior shot of an unidentified log barn with an old wagon, no longer in use.
Hipped Roof Red Barn
Farming in Arkansas
Color photograph of an old unidentified red barn with a hipped roof and original fencing around the barnyard.
Three Barns And An Oak
Farming in Arkansas
Photograph of three red barns sitting by an impressive oak tree down a dirt road.
Fodder Shocks
Farming in Arkansas
Color photograph of hay turned into fodder shocks for harvesting at the Jennings farm. A metal barn stands in the background filled with hay that has already been harvested.
Watering Tub By The Old Barn
Farming in Arkansas
Color photograph of an old bathtub being repurposed as a watering trough in front of an old wooden barn.
Mr. Dehls' Hay Feeder
Farming in Arkansas
Photograph of a hand-built hay feeder outside of Mr. Dehls' barn.
Mr. Dehls' Hay Barn
Farming in Arkansas
Photograph of a ladder leading up to a large, stocked hayloft in Mr. Dehls' barn.
Drainage Ditch Workers
Farming in Arkansas
Black and white photograph of unidentified workers improving a drainage ditch near the crossroads of Johnson and Burke in Jonesboro with Riceland Rice Mill in the background. A crane holds up a concrete culvert. Drainage ditches are critical to keeping farmland from reverting to swamp land.
Cottonseed Cake Press, Cottonseed Oil Mill In Rose City
Cottonseed Cake Press, Cottonseed Oil Mill In Rose City
Farming in Arkansas
This is a black and white photograph of two unidentified African American men working at a cottonseed cake press in the Rose City Cotton Oil Mill.
Cotton Gin Near Natural Steps
Farming in Arkansas
This is a black and white photograph of a cotton gin near Natural Steps in Pulaski County.
Musick Deed
Farming in Arkansas
John Hadly sold his grist mill on Spring Creek off the White River along with all of his hogs to Asa Musick in 1814 for $300. This deed was the first one recorded in Lawrence County, which was formed in 1815. This was a high price for the time period, which indicates that it was a valuable property and that farmers were active in the area.