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Download or read book Railroads and Farming written by Frank Andrews and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-09 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Railroads and Farming: Some Influences Affecting the Progress of Agriculture The most prominent of all classes of occupations which have aided agriculture is that of transportation. The railroad companies are now making, and for a number of years have made, special efforts, apart from their strictly transportation business, to promote agri culture. There have been at least two strong motives for the rail road companies to do this. One motive has been andis the large percentage of the revenue which is due to the farm. During the year ending June 30, 1910, the revenue from four classes of farm products, grain, hay, cotton, and live stock, amounted to on those roads for which reports on this subject were made to the Interstate Commerce Commission; they operated more than one half the mileage of the United States, and carried about one-half of the total tonnage. With the data for these companies as a basis, it is estimated that 10 per cent of the total freight revenue of the railroads of the United States was derived from carrying grain, hay, cotton, and live stock. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Download or read book Profiting from the Plains written by Claire M. Strom and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2011-10-17 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Profiting from the Plains looks at two inextricably linked historical movements in the United States: the westward expansion of the great Northern Railway and the agricultural development of the northern plains. Claire Strom explores the persistent, idiosyncratic attempts by the Great Northern to boost agricultural production along its rail routes from St. Paul to Seattle between 1878 and 1917. Lacking a federal land grant, the Great Northern could not make money through land sales like other railways. It had to rely on haulage to make a profit, and the greatest potential for increasing haulage lay in farming. The energetic and charismatic owner of the Great Northern Railway, James J. Hill, spearheaded most of the initiatives undertaken by his corporation to boost agricultural production. He tried, often unsuccessfully, to persuade farmers of the profitability of his methods, which were largely based on his personal farming experience. When Hill�s initial efforts to increase haulage failed, he shifted his focus to working with outside agencies and institutions, often providing them with the funding to pursue projects he hoped would profit his railroad. At the time, state and federal agencies were also promoting agricultural development through irrigation, conservation, and dryland farming, but their agendas often clashed with those of the Great Northern Railway. Because Hill failed to grasp the extent to which politicians� goals differed from those of the railroad, his use of federal expertise to promote agricultural change often backfired. But despite these obstacles, the railroad magnate ironically remained among the last defenders of the small-scale farmer modeled on Jeffersonian idealism. This fascinating story of railroad politics and development ties into themes of corporate and federal sponsorship, which are increasingly recognized as fundamental to western history. As the first scholarly examination of James J. Hill�s agricultural enterprises, Profiting from the Plains makes an important contribution to the biography of the popular and controversial Hill, as well as to western and environmental history.

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