[Papers]. 1911-1919.

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[Papers]. 1911-1919.

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Contains many pamphlets, 1911-1919, from the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture and other sources about raising sheep. Also contains a pamphlet written by Lockwood and entitled: Registered Cheviot Sheep: Why Breed Cheviot Sheep? Includes a printed poster from W.B. Kendall warning that he authorizes any person to shoot dogs chasing or attacking sheep, a bar of lanolin soap made at Arrowhead Farm, and a history of Dimon Lockwood written by his daughter, Nancy L. Owen, in 1989.

1 box ; 13 x 34 x 47 cm.

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Massachusetts Sheep Breeders' Association.

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United States. Department of Agriculture

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The United States Department of Agriculture was established in 1862 by President Abraham Lincoln and was elevated to a Cabinet level organization by President Grover Cleveland in 1889. The Department of Agriculture assists farmers and producers of food as well as creating policies and programs related to food distribution and nutrition information. The United States Department of Agriculture controls a number of regional offices through out the continential United States and its territories....

Essex County Farming Association.

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Essex County Sheep Breeders' Association.

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Massachusetts. Dept. of Agriculture.

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Owen, Nancy Lee

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Essex County Agricultural School.

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American Shropshire Association of Massachusetts.

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Lockwood, Dimon, 1888-1970.

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Lockwood was a farmer and educator in the Boxford/Topsfield, Mass. area and owned Arrowhead Farm where he raised Shropshire sheep, poultry and various crops. Through his association with Wilfred Wheeler, secretary and then commissioner of the Mass. Dept. of Agriculture, Lockwood was called upon to answer questions about sheep husbandry and to offer his opinions about the needs of local sheep farmers. The idea for an Agent for Sheep Husbandry also arose from the association of the two men and Loc...