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The Doctor has twice been Mayor of Rock Port, and Alderman several times, and is a director of the Rock Port Canning Co. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias lodge at Rock Port and is Past Chancellor; is also a member of the Masonic lodge, Blue lodge, Council and Chapter. In the Chapter he holds the offices of Royal Arch Chaplain and High Priest; in the Council that of Vice Excellent Master.
In politics he is Democratic, and was prominently put forward by his friends, in 1902, for the office of Representative of Atchison county.
The Doctor is a veteran of the Civil war, having served in the Union army, in Co. A of the 2nd Ohio Cavalry.
He has been twice married-first to May Johnson, at Akron, Ohio, on June, 1861; his second mar- riage was with Margaret May Beatty, on July 4, 1876. She is a daughter of Martin and Lucy Beatty and was born Sept. 6, 1852. By the first marriage five children were born, two of whom are living namely: Cizella C. and Carver W. Those deceased are Joseph, Jacob and Irene. By the second mar. riage four children were born, one of whom is living. Woodson A., born June 2nd, 1880, died Feb. 14th, 1903; O. M. C., born Sept. 4, 1881; Wash. died at the age of eighteen months; Lorene at the age of eleven months. Woodson A. was a graduate from Ensworth Medical College, at St. Joseph, Mo., and was practicing his profession in Rock Port at the time he was called beyond. O. M. C. is a graduate of the above named college as well as the Rock Port High School and is practicing medicine, successfully, in in Rock Port.
Dr. G. W. E. Chamberiain is one of the enterprising citizens of Rock Port and has done much for the upbuilding of the town. His family residence is 52x57 feet in size and of 1% stories and contains twelve rooms. The house is supplied with modern conveniences and is elegantly furnished. Near his residence he has an elegant brick office structure, in size 14x40 feet. The office is well arranged for the purpose for which it was intended and therein the Doctor has the latest appliances and instru_ ments used in his profession. On Main street of Rock Port he owns two two-story brick business houses, 40x60 feet in size, and a brick business room 20x90 feet in size; on Rock street he owns a brick livery barn, 42x100 feet in size; also Hotel Chamberlain, in size 70x80 feet, of two stories and containing thirty-one rooms; also two six-room cottages, two five-room cottages, one ten-room cottage, two seven-room cottages and one three-room cottage.
Dr. Chamberlain no doubt inherits much of his untiring activity. His father is active at the age of 94 years; his mother died in her S3rd.
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DR. AND MRS. G. W. E. CHAMBERLAIN
THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE, CHAMBERLAIN BLOCK AND HOTEL CHAMBERLAIN
J. U. CROSEN.
TOHN ULYSSES CROSEN. Superintendent of the public schools of Rock Port, Mo., is an Ohioan. He was born near Hillsboro, Ohio, and was the second in a family of six children. His parents were Richard and Sarah Lynn Crosen, Virginians, of Scotch-Irish descent.
Prof. Crosen's boyhood was passed on his father's farm. His early education was received in the distriet schools of his home neighborhood, after which he attended the Northern Indiana Normal, at. Valparaiso, Ind., and finished the course at that place. Desiring to still further his education, he at- tended the National Normal University at Lebanon, Ohio.
Prof. Crosen began teaching in the country schools of his native county, in the fall of 1885, and has been engaged in educational work continuously since. He taught for seven years in the public schools of Ohio, during which time he conducted the teachers' institute, being President of the same two years.
He came to Missouri in the fall of 1892, and in order to put himself in touch with the educational movement of Missouri, he fattended the State Normal at Warrensburg. Mo. After completing the course at Warrensburg he accepted the position of Superintendent of the public schools at Maitland, Holt county, Missouri, which place he successfully occupied for eight years. He was elected School Commissioner of Holt county, Missouri, in 1899, and so efficient was his work in this office that he was re-elected to the same office, by a large majority, in 1901. While he was a resident of Holt county he was institute instructor and conductor for five years, filling this position to the satisfaction of all concerned. He resigned his position and office in the fall of 1901 and accepted the Superintendency of the Rock Port public schools, which position he has successfully filled for the past four years. He holds a state certificate for life, issued by Jolin R. Kirk, former State Superintendent of Schools.
As a teacher Professor Crosen thoroughly understands his business. He is a close student, an ex- cellent school organizer and a strict disciplinarian, but at the same time very popular with his pupils and teachers, for he believes in ruling, not by brute force but by kindness and by bringing out the better qualities of the child's nature, thus building up a character that will develop into a noble, well rounded man or woman. He has raised the standard of every school in which he has worked, and left them in flourishing condition. Some of the leading teachers of Holt and Atchison counties were launched into the profession under his tuition.
Prof. Crosen was united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth S. Mitchell. Aug. 28, 1895, at Mound City, Mo., at which place she had resided with her mother since the death of her father, in 1891, at Hillsboro, Ohio. Mrs. Crosen is the daughter of James W. and Mary Glenn Mitchell, of Hillsboro, Ohio. Her father was a native of Ohio, her mother of Virginia-of Scotch-Irish descent. Mr. and Mrs. Crosen have two children-Guy Lynn, born Oct. 21, 1896, and Robert Glenn, born March 12, 1900. They are members of the Presbyterian church at Rock Port, Mo., of which church Prof. Crosen is also an Elder. Prof. Crosen is a Mason, Knight of Pythias and a Woodman of the World. He owns the neat cottage in which he now lives, on Nebraska street.
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L. A. CRABTREE.
T THE subject of this sketch, Levi Alexander Crabtree, was born in Greene county, East Tennessee, Nov. 3, 1868, the son of Alexander and Josephine Crabtree. He was reared on a farm and went to school in his native state, among other institutions attend- ing Clear Springs Academy. In his twenty-first year he came to Atchison county, Mis- souri, and while not attending the Normal School at Stanberry. Mo., he was occupied at farming.
On Jan. 5, 1893, he was united in marriage with Miss Hattie Elizabeth Low, daughter of James and Louisa Low, pioneers of Atchison county. She was born at the Low home- stead, in Polk township, on Nov. 30, 1873. Wr. and Mrs. Crabtree have four children, namely: Edith Josephine, born Oct. 4, 1893; Arthur Lee, born July 4, 1895; Esther Marie, born Jan. 22, 1898; Merl Low, born May 12, 1900.
Mr. and Mrs. Crabtree are members of the Centennial congregation of the M. E. church. Mr. Crabtree is a member of the K. of P., W. O. W., Masonic and I. O. O. F. lodges. In politics he is a Republican.
Mr. Crabtree's farm comprises 200 acres of fine land in section 26, township 66, range 41, six and a half miles northeast of Rock Port. It is one of the best improved farms in the county, The residence is a handsome and modern structure of the following dimensions: 36x40 feet, two stories, and 12x14 feet, one story. The barn, in size, is 40x60 feet, with 18-foot posts. There are also all necessary outbuildings and a tenant house. The accom- panying view shows that the premises are unusually well appointed.
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JENNIE K. CAMPBELL.
T "HE accompanying view is a picture of "Five Maples," the home of Mrs. Jennie K. Campbell, at Langdon, Mo. This mansion is a two-story brick structure, in size 35x42 feet and 20x20 feet, and contains thirteen rooms. The ceilings are twelve feet from the floor in both stories, and there arefour hallways. Withal it is a magnificent structure, and is said to have cost $20,000. The other improvements on the farm cost $8,000, and consist of barn, six dwellings, blacksmith shop and store building. The farm comprises 525 acres. The estate, however, comprises 630 acres and Mrs. Campbell is also interested in other land. She also occasionally loans money on Atchison county farm land.
Mrs. Campbell was born in Atchison county, Missouri, on Jan. 26, 1852, the daughter of James and Elizabeth Hunter, and is fifth in a family of eight children. On Oct. 28, 1873, she was married to John D. Campbell, son of Adam P. and Susan Campbell and a native of Tennessee. Mr. Campbell was a self-made man and one of the leading attorneys of North- west Missouri. He located in Rock Port without means and at the time of his death, on Dec. 11th, 1891, had acquired a fortune in his successful law practice. To Mr. and Mrs. Campbell were born seven children-three living and four dead. The living are John Elmer, born May 18, 1879; Elsie, wife of E. L. Thomas, born Sept. 21, 1881; James A., born Sept. 11, 1885. Elmer was educated in the Institute for the Blind, at St. Louis; Elsie in the Rock Port schools and at Hardin Female College, Mexico, Mo .; James A. at Christian Brothers' College, St. Joseph, Mo.
Mrs. Campbell is a charter member of the Eastern Star lodge at Rock Port.
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J. Z. CROSS.
TOHN Z. CROSS was born in Des Moines county, Iowa, June 10th, 1862, the son of J. A. and Susan Ann Cross. He came with his parents from Iowa to Atchison county, Mis- souri, in 1882, and here he has since resided, with the exception of one year in Nebraska. At the age of twenty-one years he began farming on his own account. He now owns and lives upon one of the best improved farms in the county, consisting of 240 acres, in section 2, township 66, range 39, four miles northeast of Westboro. The residence is a modern structure of the following dimensions: 32x32 feet, two stories, and 12x16 feet, one story. The barn, in size, is 36x40 feet, with 16-foot posts. There is also a smoke house, cribs, sheds, scales, orchard, tenant house, etc. Mr. Cross markets about 100 head of fat cattle and about 75 or 80 head of fat hogs annually.
On March 5, 1889, Mr. Cross was united in marriage with Miss Sarah McGinnis, daugh- ter of Samuel and Martha McGinnis. She died Sept. 25, 1895. On Nov. 28, 1900, he was united in marriage with Emily Bolick, daughter of Amos and Margaret Bolick. She was born in Des Moines county, Iowa, Dec. 10, 1865. By the first marriage two children were born-Samuel J., born Sept. 20, 1891, and Martha E., born April 20, 1895. By the second marriage there are three children-Jonathan, born Nov. 26, 1901; Dorotha Susan, born March 15, 1903; Amos Arthur, born April 7, 1904.
Mr. Cross is a member of the I. O. O. F. lodge at Westboro, of which he is Vice Grand In politics he is Democratic.
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W. S. D'ARMOND.
T THE subject hereof, Winfield Scott DeArmond, farmer, was born in Ringgold county, Iowa, Oct. 9, 1862, the son of William and Adaline DeArmond, and the seventh child in a family of twelve. In his fifth year his parents located in Atchison county, Missouri, and here he has since resided. In his twentieth year he began farming for himself. He owns and lives upon a farm of 100 acres, in section 19, township 64, range 39, three and one-half miles northeast of Fairfax. The residence is a cottage of the following dimensions: 16x28 feet, 12x16 feet and 12x16 feet, one story. The barn, in size, is 24x36 feet, with 16-foot posts. Also a summer kitchen, cribs, granary, tool-shed, etc.
Mr. DeArmond and Miss Nancy Jane Maddox were united in marriage on Oct. 21, 1883. She is a daughter of Wilson and Ann Maddox, and was born in Adams county, Ohio, on Feb. 9, 1866. Mr. and Mrs. DeArmond have two children-Charles Frederick, born Aug. 15, 1884, and Adaline Gertrude, born June 19, 1888.
Mr. and Mrs. DeArmond are members of the M. E. church, Fairfax circuit, and Mr. DeArmond is a Trustee of that organization. He was formerly Superintendent of the Sunday School. Their son has attended college at Cameron, Missouri, and both son and daughter have attended Fairfax high school.
Mr. DeArmond is Republican in politics.
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D. C. DRAGOO.
T THE subject of this sketch, Daniel C. Dragoo, was born in Brown county, Ohio, on April 18, 1844, the son of Franklin and Susan Dragoo. He was raised on a farm. In 1869 he located in Atchison county, Missouri. Here he has owned several different farms. His present home, however, consists of fifty-two acres, adjoining the town of Rock Port, upon which are the following improvements: A residence, in size 36x36 feet and 18x36 feet, two stories and comprising twelve rooms; barn, in size 38x48 feet, with 16-foot posts; wood-house and chicken-house combined, 12x100 feet; hog shed, 12x80 feet; 12 acres in orchard, one acre in vineyard and other improvements.
On Oct. 28, 1869, Mr. Dragoo was married to Sarah Covert. She was born on June 22, 1850. Of this union six children were born, five of whom are living, namely: Leniel, born in 1870; Flora, wife of Wm. N. Martin, born in May, 1872; May, wife of John Martin, born Oct. 23, 1877; Frank, born in 1879; Irene, born in 1884; Grace, born in 1881, died in 1885. Mrs. Dragoo died in September, 1887. Leniel and Flora are graduates of Lagrande College.
On March 1, 1892, Mr. Dragoo was married to Mrs. Mary Williams, widow of James A. Williams. Her maiden name was Reynolds, and she is a native of Andrew county, Missouri.
Mr. Dragoo is a member of the Christian church at Langdon and an Elder of the organ- ization. He is a member of the A. O. U. W. lodge at Rock Port. Politically he is a Repub- lican.
In the civil war Mr. Dragoo fought for the Union, in Co. F, 70th Ohio, enlisting in October, 1861. He was mustered out Aug. 15, 1865, having participated in several im- portant battles, among them being Shiloh, Corinth, Vicksburg; Jackson, Miss., and Mission Ridge; was in the long siege from Chattanooga to Atlanta, and marched with Sherman to the sea; sailed from Atlanta, Ga., to Buford Island and participated in a battle. After- ward marched to the Carolinas and was there in the battle which caused the evacuation of Charleston. He was wounded in the battle of Buzzard Roost. The last battle in which he participated was at Ringgold, N. C., at the time General Lee surrendered.
He is a member of General Greenland G. A. R. Post at Downs, Kans., at which place he located in 1873. He returned to Atchison county in 1884, where he has since lived.
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JOSEPH DURFEE.
JOSEPH DURFEE, banker, Rock Port, Mo., was born in Rock Port, Mo., Sept. 16, 1870. His parents were Aaron B. and Sallie Durfee and he is fourth in a family of eight children. Mr. Durfee has passed his whole life in Rock Port; grew to manhood here and was educated in the Rock Port public and high schools. At the age of sixteen 'he en- tered the Citizens' Bank of Atchison County as book-keeper, his father being President of the bank. Upon the death of his father he became one of the largest stock-holders in the bank, as well as a director. For several years he was Assistant Cashier, and at the begin- ning of the bank's business year of 1903 he was elected Cashier.
Mr. Durfee is a member of the Presbyterian church at Rock Port and holds the office of Deacon in that organization. Fraternally, he is a member of the I. O. O. F. and K. of P. lodges of Rock Port. Politically, he is a Republican. He is a member of the Executive Board of the Rock Port Lecture Congress and in 1905 was elected Mayor of the town of Rock Port, without opposition.
Mr. Durfee and Miss Leone Oliver were united in marriage on June 9, 1892. Mrs. Dur- fee is a daughter of Thos. H. and Eliza Oliver, of Rock Port, and was born in Atchison county, Missouri, on Dec. 2nd, 1874. Nearly her whole life has been passed in Rock Port. She is graduate from the Rock Port High School. She also attended Hardin College, at Mexico, Mo.
To Mr. and Mrs. Durfee were born two children. Otis was born April 9, 1893, and died April 29, 1900; Joseph Eugene was born Sept. 11, 1894.
Mr. Durfee has an elegant home in Rock Port. The residence is of two stories, and in size is 30x30 feet. There is also a barn, arch cellar and all necessary outbuildings.
Mr. Durfee owns 160 acres of land in Colorado and 320 acres in Wyoming. He is also a member of the Buckham Building Company, which owns business property on Main street of Rock Port.
Mr. Durfee's father, Col. A. B. Durfee, was one of the pioneer attorneys of Rock Port, and he was identified with all the important developments of the town. Although he came here poor, by admirable foresight and business methods he acquired a fortune. He was indeed a financier. Col. Durfee was also one of the pioneer bankers of the county. The banking house of Durfee, McKillop & Wyatt was the first in Atchison county. He died on June 11th, 1891. Sallie (Todd) Durfee, the mother of the subject of this sketch, died in February, 1881.
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C. D. D'ARMOND.
T HE subject of this sketch, Charles D. DeArmond, son of William and Adaline (Carson) DeArmond, was born in Ringgold county, Iowa, on April 20, 1861, and is sixth in a family of eleven children. In the seventh year of his age his parents moved to Atchison county, Missouri, and here he has resided with the exception of four years in the West. Hle now owns and lives upon a farm of 200 acres, in sections 31 and 32, township 64, range 39, four and three- fourths miles southeast of Fairfax. The residence is of the following dimensions: 14x28 feet, 1% stories, and 14x24 feet, one story. There is also a substan- tial barn, granary, cribs, sheds and orchard. Mr. DeArmond markets his grain or feeds it to stock of his own raising. He markets 90 to 100 head of fat hogs annually.
On Oct. 11, 1883, Mr. DeArmond was united in marriage with Miss Clara Robinson, daughter of Hamilton and Caroline (Crandel) Robinson and the oldest child in a family of nine. She was born in the state of Illinois on Nov. 19, 1866. Five children were born to Mr. and Mrs. DeArmond, four of whom are living, namely: Opal A., born July 2, 1886; Ethel B., born June 7, 1891; Wm. H., born Oct. 11, 1893; Grace G., born Jan. 18, 1899; Zelphia, born Sept. 23, 1896, died July 18, 1898. Their daughter Opal is being educated in the Fairfax high school.
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ELIZA . ANN ELY.
T THE subject of this sketch, Eliza Ann Ely, was born in Greenup county, Kentucky, Nov. 10, 1823. Her parents were Jeremiah and Nancy Farmer and she is the tenth child in a family of fourteen. With her family she emigrated to Platte county, Missouri, and on January 12, 1841, she was married to Thomas Ely. He was a native of Lee county, West Virginia; was born Jan. 22, 1807, and died Sept. 28, 1885. He was raised on a farm and was with his parents until in his 24th year. He continued in the occupation of a farmer with the exception of several years in Florida and Tennessee with a surveying party.
In the year 1844 Mr. and Mrs. Ely emigrated from Platte county to Atchison county and entered 160 acres of land.
Mrs. Ely and her son, W. D., live on the old homestead. The old-fashioned house on this place is of one and one-half stories, in size 24x40 feet, and was built in 1865. There is also a large barn, other outbuildings and an orchard large enough for family use. Her son conducts the farm, and also feeds stock.
To Mr. and Mrs. Ely were born twelve children, eight of whom are living, namely: Robert, born Feb. 22, 1842; John R., born Nov. 2, 1843; Alexander Newton, born May 19, 1846; Jeremiah, born Sept. 15, 1848; Benjamin F., born Jan. 12, 1855; Thomas Richard Rupe, born Jan. 9, 1859; William D., born Jan. 19, 1861. Charles C., born March 20, 1853, died Sept. 18, 1891; Minnesota, born Dec. 9, 1850, died Sept. 5, 1859; Mary Theresa, born Jan. 18, 1857, died Nov. 7, 1865; Ida Arizona, born Jan. 12, 1863, died July 22, 1872.
Mrs. Ely is a member of the English Grove Presbyterian church, as was also her hus- band. In politics Mr. Ely was a Democrat, and by that party he was elected a member of the County Court.
Their son, T. R. R., attended college at Fulton, Mo .; also the State University of Missouri, from the law department of which institution he graduated in 1881. He is practicing law in Dunklin county, Missouri, and has held the offices of Prosecuting Attor- ney and Representative of that county. In 1904 he was elected Senator of the district in which he lives.
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C. C. DRAGOO.
C IRISTOPHER C. DRAGOO, farmer, was born in Brown county, Ohio, Oct. 28, 1840, the son of Milton and Mary Dragoo, and is the fifth child in a family of twelve.
He was raised on his father's farm and in his 21st year started for himself. He located in Atchison county in 1863, on the Missouri bottom, south of Rock Port. At the time of taking this sketch he owned and lived upon a splendid farm of 160 acres in section 2, township 64, range 40, mid-way between Tarkio and Fairfax. On this farm is a house 28x42 it., 11% stories; barn, 40x42 ft., with 22 ft. posts, and shed on one side 12x40 ft .; blacksmith shop, cribs, sheds, scales, orchard of 200 trees, small vineyard, etc. Also a brooder, 7x7 ft. in size, in which Mrs. Dragoo hatches about 600 chickens annually. Mr. Dragoo markets annually about two car loads of cattle and 100 head of hogs.
Mr. Dragoo and Miss Sarah Needles, daughter of Elijah S. and Sarah Needles, were united in marriage on Feb. 23, 1865. Mrs. Dragoo was born in Atchison county on Sept. 7, 1846, and is the fourth child in a family of eleven.
To Mr. and Mrs. Dragoo were born eleven children, six of whom are living, namely: Edward S., born Jan. 12, 1866; Una, wife of G. N. Cies, born Nov. 21, 1867; Etna M., born Sept. 17, 1873; Daniel Coy, born Oct. 30, 1878; Earl C., born Oct. 4, 1885; Orin B., born April 19, 1888; Emmet, born Oct. 13, 1872, died Sept. 3, 1873; Elliott, born Nov. 14, 1875, died Feb. 12, 1876; Grace, born June 7, 1883, died Nov. 12, 1899; John F., born Dec. 15, 1869, died Oct. 9, 1900.
Edward attended Tarkio College; also graduated from Spaulding College, Kansas City, and taught in Palner College, Le Grande, Ia. Coy graduated from the commercial depart- ment of Tarkio College. Earl graduated from the district school, known as Oak Grove. Mrs. Dragoo attended the Rock Port schools when she was a young lady.
Mr. and Mrs. Dragoo were members of the Tarkio Valley Christian Church and Mr. Dragoo held the office of Deacon in same. Mr. Dragoo has acted prominently in the People's party and has served on both county and township committees of that party. He was also a veteran of the civil war; enlisted on Dec. 3, 1861, and was mustered out Sept. 5, 1862. He was with Co. F., 70th Ohio Volunteers, in Sherman's brigade; was a member of the G. A. R. post at Tarkio while it was in existence.
Mrs. Dragoo's parents were pioneers of the county and her father served one term in the capacity of County Judge. He died on April 4, 1889. Her mother died Feb. 27, 1886.
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HENRY ENOCH.
THE subject of this sketch, Henry Enoch, was born in Atchison county, Missouri, on Nov. 7th, 1865, the son of Henry and Mary Enoch, and is the younger of two children. His mother died when he was five years old and he lived at the home of his uncle, Joseph Minter, about eighteen months. He then went to live with his father, on the farm, for a while, after which he made his home, for a num- ber of years, with his uncle, Joshua Hunt, at Sharp's Grove. In his eleventh year he came to Rock Port to make his home with his father and attend school. Later he engaged in partnership with his father, in the livery business in Rock Port, the name of the firm being H. Enoch & Son; was in that business about one year; then farmed one year and returned to the livery business. After another year in that business they tore down the livery barn and erected brick store buildings. In one of these buildings the subject of this sketch conducted a grocery and bakery about three years. After disposing of his stock of merchandise he moved to his fine farm, one mile west of the corporate limits of Rock Port, consisting of 236 acres, in sections 28, 29 and 32, township 65, range 41. This farm is well improved for a comfortable country home. The house, in size, is 14x34 feet and 14x26 feet, one story; kitchen and arch cellar, 10x14 feet; barn, in size, 20x36 feet, with 12-foot posts; smoke house, 14x24 feet in size, and other outbuildings. At the time of taking this sketch he also owned an elegant residence in the town of Rock Port, the size of which is 30x32 feet, with two stories. On the same premises is a barn 24x30 feet in size, and neat outbuildings. Mr. Enoch and his father have also owned several business houses and residences in Rock Port. Mr. Enoch fed most of the grain raised on his farm to cattle of his own raising. He made a specialty of pure-bred Short-horn cattle. He also marketed about sixty head of hogs annually.
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