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Lumbering and cattle raising were the chief industries until James E. Berry helped establish a drainage system to make rice a major crop.
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Lumbering was the predominant industry in the St. Croix River Valley in the second half of the 19th century, and for many years logs were sent down the St. Croix, collected at the St. Croix Boom Site two miles upstream of Stillwater, and processed in Stillwater's many sawmills.
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Lumbering and tourism support Ignace's economy, today, and one attraction is the 3-storey log White Otter Castle, located on White Otter Lake, and built by James Alexander McOuat between 1903 and 1914.
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Referencing W. E. Lamm's small booklet, " Lumbering In Klamath ," there was a sawmill built at Sprague River in 1930 called Crater Lake Lumber & Box Company.
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Lumbering, once an important industry, has been much restricted since the establishment of the State Park in 1892.
Lumbering and the logging industry has played a vital role in Smethport ’ s economy for Smethport ’ s entire history.
Lumbering was the only industry of this area, with the exception of a small mining operation run by William Pentecost, which supplied only sufficient coal to neighboring farmers for winter fuel.
Originally called Little Falls in the 1870s, the community was established by the Union Lumbering Company along the Chippewa River and came to be known as Holcombe years later.
Lumbering trailed off at the turn of the 20th century, but the town has continued to take advantage of its position along those bodies of water with a major paper mill ( Kimberly Clark ), and other plants such as: Marinette Marine, a shipyard owned by the Italian firm, Fincantieri ; Ansul / Tyco, a manufacturer of fire protection systems ; ThyssenKrupp Waupaca Foundry and Karl Schmidt Unisia, Inc., cast and machined automotive parts ; and Silvan Industries, a manufacturer of pressure vessels and part of the Samuel Pressure Vessel Group.
cattle and raising
In between lies Strathmore, a derivation of the Gaelic for the Great Valley, which is a fertile agricultural area noted for the growing of potatoes, soft fruit and the raising of Angus cattle.
The economics of breeding and raising Belgian Blue cattle are inconclusive because of complications experienced during parturition and metabolic demand for increased concentrated feeds.
Typical subjects include mining, raising and droving cattle, sheep shearing, wanderings, war stories, the 1891 Australian shearers ' strike, class conflicts between the landless working class and the squatters ( landowners ), and outlaws such as Ned Kelly, as well as love interests and more modern fare such as trucking.
" The primary activity of the ranch was raising cattle for meat and hides, but hunting and farming were also pursued.
Many farmers in the region combine subsistence agriculture with the raising of cattle, sheep, goats, and poultry.
During much of the 19th century, the Honduran economy languished ; traditional cattle raising and subsistence agriculture produced no suitable major export.
Between 10, 000 and 8000 BCE, northeast Africa was cultivating wheat and barley and raising sheep and cattle from southwest Asia.
The empire's leaders, however, remained at Ngazargamu because its lands were more productive agriculturally and better suited to the raising of cattle.
Turkmenistan is largely desert country with nomadic cattle raising, intensive agriculture in irrigated oases, and huge gas and oil resources.
This is known as mixed farming, or the practice of crop cultivation with the incorporation of raising cattle, sheep and / or goats by the same economic entity, is increasingly common.
Concerning potential risks to public health, examples of cases in which the precautionary principle has been advocated ( but not always accepted ) are: the commercialization of genetically modified foods, the use of growth hormones in cattle raising, measures to prevent the " mad cow " disease, health claims linked to phthalates in PVC toys, among many others.
Another theory suggests that the town's name has a Slavic origin, pointing to the Proto-Slavic word byk, meaning " ox " or " bull ", the region being very suitable for raising cattle ; the term, rendered into Romanian alphabet as bâc, was probably the origin of Bâcău.
There, he and Benevides oversaw the raising of copra ( coconut meat ) and cattle, as well as orchids.
Their deep Transverse Valleys provide broad areas for cattle raising and, most important, fruit growing, an activity that has developed greatly since the mid-1970s.
The pastures in the northernmost section, around Osorno, are well suited for raising cattle ; milk, cheese, and butter are important products of that area.
There is some agriculture in Uintah County, primarily focusing on raising cattle and sheep, and cultivating alfalfa.
Tea from the highlands in the Kericho district enjoy a world wide reputation, but horticulture is an important part of the district's economy and cattle raising is also practised to a large extent.
Pioneer families like the Booths, the Coachmans, and the McMullens established homesteads in the area in the years following, planting more citrus groves and raising cattle.
Other primary sectors of the economy include forest products, cattle raising and apiculture, all of which have become less and less important since the opening of ski resorts.
Its inhabitants survived by subsistence agriculture, cattle raising, and maritime contraband with foreigners.
He spent time there when not making films, engaging in, among other things, the raising of prize-winning Aberdeen Angus cattle.
Farming is dominated by the growing of wheat, oats and potatoes, dominates, with the raising of goats and cattle.
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