The History of Marshall County, Iowa, containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, &c., a biographical directory of citizens, war record of its volunteers in the late rebellion, general and local statistics, portraits of early settlers and prominent men, history of the Northwest, history of Iowa, map of Marshall County, constitution of the United States, miscellaneous matters, etc . gricultural interests. ? Delaware butter commands the highest price in Eastern markets. Man-chester has become the grpat butter market of Iowa, rivaling that of any otherState in the Northwest, and immens
The History of Marshall County, Iowa, containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, &c., a biographical directory of citizens, war record of its volunteers in the late rebellion, general and local statistics, portraits of early settlers and prominent men, history of the Northwest, history of Iowa, map of Marshall County, constitution of the United States, miscellaneous matters, etc . gricultural interests. ? Delaware butter commands the highest price in Eastern markets. Man-chester has become the grpat butter market of Iowa, rivaling that of any otherState in the Northwest, and immense quantities of the dairy products of thecounty are shipped every week. •In 1858 or 1859, George Acres and Watson Childs, of Delaware Town-ship, began the manufacture of cheese, and, in 1862, Mr. Acres was working upthe milk of about thirty cows. In a public address, deliveredlastWinter. before the Dairymens Association,Mr. Childs stated that he was obliged to peddle out his cheese for two or threeyears, when he first commenced, and used to realize 8 or 10 cents a pound,mainly in trade. Asa C. Bowen, who began cheese making in 1858, just south of the countyline, says that while in the mercantile business in Hopkinton, in 1856, hebrought butter to that town from Albany, selling it at 33|- cents a pound, andA. R. Loomis brought butter to Manchester from Marengo, 111., about the same.
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