Leslie Mike Dairy Farm records, 1935-1954.

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Leslie Mike Dairy Farm records, 1935-1954.

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Chiefly business record books and ledgers (1935-1954), containing financial information regarding daily cash payments for activities such as deliveries and farm labor and to various organizations and businesses. The 1935-1941 business record book lists the amount of milk and cream sold by the dairy to schools, restaurants, and stores. Miscellaneous materials grouping includes a clipping of the marriage announcement (1935) of Elizabeth Hawke Ratliff and Bruce R. Tuttle, one copy of Farm Service News newsletter (Apr. 1940), letter and envelope from Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company (1943); documents relating to the dairy including letter from Leslie Mike announcing the sale of his retail milk business to Grandview Dairy of Baptistown, N.J., due to the poor health of his wife; and spiral bound herd record book issued by the Dairy Herd Improvement Association and filled out for 1948 including statistics on the milk production of individual cows, tables of grain feeding recommendations, and tips for improving breeding performance. Photographic materials include group shot of an outdoor girls' club that includes Emma Marion Mike, daughter of Leslie Mike; photograph of New Jersey All-State High School Chorus and Symphony Orchestra at the Atlantic City convention hall, likely including Emma Mike; and 16 unlabeled negatives (6 strips) depicting an unknown man seated in the interior of a house, probably located in Pittstown.

3 linear ft. (3 containers)

Hunterdon County Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7961352

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Mike, Leslie, 1892-1972

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Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company

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New Jersey All-State High School Chorus and Symphony Orchestra

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Tuttle, Elizabeth Hawke Ratliff

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Leslie Mike Dairy Farm (Flemington, N.J.)

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Leslie Mike Dairy Farm operated on 59 North Main St., Flemington, N.J., from at least 1935 until 1948. According to records in this collection, the dairy sold milk, heavy cream, cottage cheese, chocolate milk, buttermilk, and sour cream. In 1948, the herd numbered 40 cows and included Guernsey, Holstein, Brown Swiss, and various crosses of these breeds. In ca. 1948 the retail milk business of the dairy was sold to the Grandview Dairy of Baptistown, N.J. From the description of Leslie...

Mike, Emma Marion

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Tuttle, Bruce R.

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Dairy Herd Improvement Association

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Grandview Dairy (Baptistown, N.J.)

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