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West Central Iowa | guys..... what used to be in Sioux City ?
thats part of the reason why there's so much or was so much livestock at the time ....
Huge stockyards, with packing plants that had alleyways under the streets to drive livestock. you had Sioux Falls to the West, Omaha to the South, and the twin cities to the North.
not to mention that a lot of the families up there or in Western Iowa had several kids. I had classmates that were part of 13 or 15 litter families. meaning mom and dad stayed warm every winter.... lots of them or us dairied until it wasn't feasible or kids moved off farm. always fed cattle, and hogs, sheep. grain marketing plan? it all walked off the farm.
raising a family was cheap back then. | |
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Nw Iowa livestock?
