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Family farms were a dominant feature of rural life for much of American history. Down to the early 20th century, farmers had a priority of establishing their children in farming. After 1920 new technology caused revolution, as horses and mules and hired hands were replaced by powerful machines.
Living History Farms was the site of Pope John Paul II's ecumenical service, Mass, and homily to an audience of around 340,000 on October 4, 1979. [1] During his homily, the Pope spoke about the importance of farming and linked the people who worked the land with the sustenance of the people of the country.
A Culinary History of Iowa: Sweet Corn, Pork Tenderloins, Maid-Rites & More (Arcadia, 2018) Moe, Edward O., and Carl Cleveland Taylor. Culture of a contemporary rural community: Irwin, Iowa (US Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, 1942) online history and status in 1940 of Irwin, Iowa, a small town in Shelby County.
Agricultural History 57.1 (1983): 1–13. uses Iowa census and sales data; Friedberger, Mark. Shake-Out: Iowa Farm Families in the 1980s (1989) Fry, John J. " 'Good Farming-Clear Thinking-Right Living': Midwestern Farm Newspapers, Social Reform, and Rural Readers in the Early Twentieth Century." Agricultural History (2004): 34–49.
Pages in category "Farms on the National Register of Historic Places in Iowa" The following 55 pages are in this category, out of 55 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Overall, Iowa has 86,911 farms, 3,744 fewer in 2022 that 20 years earlier, the data show. That’s despite the census' finding that Iowa added about 800 farms in the five years from 2017 to 2022.
The farm was originally 600 acres (240 ha) and grew to be 1,300 acres (530 ha). [2] The portion of the farm in this historic district has been reduced to 350 acres (140 ha). It includes the original brick farmhouse and barn. Martin Flynn bought the land in 1867. Flynn was a livestock judge, cattle breeder, businessman, and railroad contractor.
The Routledge History of Rural America (2018) Schapsmeier, Edward L; and Frederick H. Schapsmeier. Encyclopedia of American agricultural history (1975) online; Schmidt, Louis Bernard, and Earle Dudley Ross, eds. Readings in the economic history of American agriculture (Macmillan, 1925) excerpts from scholarly studies, colonial era to 1920s. online.