Keywords: Shelby County, Iowa.... Detailed description, "Chickens are kept", says one farmer, "because they ea . . . - NARA - 522472.jpg Chickens are kept says one farmer because they eat feed that would be wasted otherwise A few do sell eggs to market but returns are small and are usually earmarked for household expenditures Australorps and Leghorns are popular breeds -- particularly the former which is a large strong bird and a good layer General notes 522472 Local identifier 83-G-44303 Department of Agriculture Bureau of Agricultural Economics Division of Economic Information ca 1922 - ca 1953 Rusinow Irving Photographer 5307166 <br /> Still Picture Records Section Special Media Archives Services Division NWCS-S National Archives at College Park 8601 Adelphi Road College Park MD 20740-6001 1941 05 02 - _ Chickens_are_kept _says_one_farmer _ because_they_ea_ _ _ _-_NARA_-_522472 jpg jpg </gallery> NARA-cooperation PD-USGov Irving Rusinow Shelby County Iowa |