Femco Farm No. 2

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Femco Farm No. 2
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Femco Farm Number 2operated by Gerald Krump in 1990
Femco Farm Number 2
operated by Gerald Krump in 1990
Nearest city: Kent, Minnesota
Coordinates: 46°27′26.75″N 96°39′33.68″W / 46.4574306, -96.6593556Coordinates: 46°27′26.75″N 96°39′33.68″W / 46.4574306, -96.6593556
Built/Founded: 1922
Added to NRHP: July 17, 1980
NRHP Reference#: 80002184[1]
MPS: Wilkin County MRA
Governing body: Private

Femco Farm named for F. E. Murphy, president and publisher of the Minneapolis Tribune was actually six farms owned by Murphy in Wilkin County in the U.S. state of Minnesota. He used these farms, totaling 5000-6000 acres, to demonstrate breeding techniques and diversified farming in the 1920s and 1930s. He raised McKarrow Shropshire sheep, Holstein cows, white Orphington chickens, Duroc Jersey hogs, and Percheron horses and grew oats, barley, corn, alfalfa, sweet clover, rye and flax, in the belief that diversification would help farmers prosper. He bred a Holstein, Lady Pride, who was showcased at the 1932 State Fair. At the time she produced more butter than any other cow, yielding 35,626 pounds of milk and 1,483 pounds of butter in one year; at the time, the average cow yielded 4000 pounds of milk and 170 pounds of butter. He claimed that the yields his animals achieved could be reproduced by typical farmers using his techniques.[2][3][4][5]

[edit] References

  1. ^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).
  2. ^ Nord, Mary Ann (2003). The National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota. Minnesota Historical Society. ISBN 0-87351-448-3. 
  3. ^ Laken, Neoma A.. Wilkin County Minnesota History. Wilkin County. Retrieved on 2007-11-12.
  4. ^ Marling, Karal Ann (1990). Blue Ribbon - A Social and Pictorial History of the Minnesota State Fair. Minnesota Historical Society, 328. ISBN 978-0873512527. 
  5. ^ Manfred, Frederick (1985). The WPA Guide to Minnesota. Minnesota Historical Society, 539. ISBN 978-0873511858. 
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