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Author: State Library of Massachusetts
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Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 264
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Author: State Library of Massachusetts
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Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 264
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Category : Agricultural experiment stations
Languages : en
Pages : 108
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Author: United States. Agricultural Research Service
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Category : Agricultural experiment stations
Languages : en
Pages : 1296
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Author: United States. Department of Agriculture. Library
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Languages : en
Pages : 1104
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Author: United States. Department of Agriculture. Library
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Languages : en
Pages : 492
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Languages : en
Pages : 566
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 1066
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 1440
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Author: Charles Sumner Plumb
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 328
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Includes section "Recent literature."
Author: Claire M. Strom
Publisher: University of Washington Press
ISBN: 0295802111
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 240
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Profiting from the Plains looks at two inextricably linked historical movements in the United States: the westward expansion of the great Northern Railway and the agricultural development of the northern plains. Claire Strom explores the persistent, idiosyncratic attempts by the Great Northern to boost agricultural production along its rail routes from St. Paul to Seattle between 1878 and 1917. Lacking a federal land grant, the Great Northern could not make money through land sales like other railways. It had to rely on haulage to make a profit, and the greatest potential for increasing haulage lay in farming. The energetic and charismatic owner of the Great Northern Railway, James J. Hill, spearheaded most of the initiatives undertaken by his corporation to boost agricultural production. He tried, often unsuccessfully, to persuade farmers of the profitability of his methods, which were largely based on his personal farming experience. When Hill�s initial efforts to increase haulage failed, he shifted his focus to working with outside agencies and institutions, often providing them with the funding to pursue projects he hoped would profit his railroad. At the time, state and federal agencies were also promoting agricultural development through irrigation, conservation, and dryland farming, but their agendas often clashed with those of the Great Northern Railway. Because Hill failed to grasp the extent to which politicians� goals differed from those of the railroad, his use of federal expertise to promote agricultural change often backfired. But despite these obstacles, the railroad magnate ironically remained among the last defenders of the small-scale farmer modeled on Jeffersonian idealism. This fascinating story of railroad politics and development ties into themes of corporate and federal sponsorship, which are increasingly recognized as fundamental to western history. As the first scholarly examination of James J. Hill�s agricultural enterprises, Profiting from the Plains makes an important contribution to the biography of the popular and controversial Hill, as well as to western and environmental history.
