Macon County IL Archives News.....FARMER'S THRIFTY HOUSEWIFE May 8, 1906 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: jean conover blaney thomas_blaney@comcast.net December 21, 2012, 5:54 pm Decatur Herald (Decatur,IL), 8 May 1906, Tuesday, Pg 6 May 8, 1906 FARMERS THRIFTY HOUSEWIFE Mrs. Clara VEECH, of Oakley, successful Butter Maker Mrs. Clara VEECH of Oakley is a very busy woman. Outside of doing all her housework, she made and sold 1120 pounds of butter in one year for which she realized $238.52. That amount of butter was sold from four cows after the family had reserved plenty of milk for their own use. One cow teated 13 pounds of butter in one week. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/macon/newspapers/farmerst283gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ilfiles/ File size: 1.0 Kb