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Collection: 00063 - Theodore G. Mattson Photograph Collection
Folder: 0001
Item: 00011
Title: Hand separator turned by sheep power
Date: Circa 1900
Inscription/Marks: On the front, typed below the image: The hand separator turned by sheep power", and written by hand in the margins: P.M. Mattson of New Rockford had one like this...power machine like this used in 1890 till 1906. Donated by Theo Mattson Little Falls Minn to N. Dak Museum. On the back: col.63-11.
Summary: A sheep stands on a treadmill attached to a cream separator.||Before electricity was available on North Dakota farms, farmers found other ways of managing their energy needs. Dogs, sheep, or goats could power a treadmill that operated small equipment. Small animals could only produce a small amount of power. On this farm, a sheep walks a treadmill to turn a cream separator. If the sheep refused to walk, the separator would have to be turned by hand crank.
Red ID: PH_I_144759 Image ID: 105792 Image Notes: 00063-00011

Collection: 00063 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: Theodore G. Mattson Photograph Collection
Date: 1890-1950

Summary: Images of Sanish (N.D.) before inundation by the Garrison Dam, Fort McKeen, the North Dakota Capitol Grounds, the Menoken Indian Village, and agricultural scenes, including several images of the Dalrymple farm Cass County (N.D.).

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