Agriculture > Ecological & Economical Farm Management

FORWARD In accordance with historians and family members, people, places, and things that are important to James Mapes Pool are included in this last revised addition, to include but not limited to, biographical photos of families that, in successive generations, have been documented and identified with the development of a nation called the United States of America. The Book includes early historical settlements of Pool, Mapes', and Mӧbs families who originally immigrated from Germany and Bohemia, to include the Dutch American Pool Family from Holland, and the Netherlands, along with the Bosgra, Eason, other members of James’ family from Bergum, Tietjerksteradeel, Hollan ...

What was it like growing up, in the 50's, 60's and 70's, on a small farm in Indiana? In this collection of memories Chuck Huseman describes the joys and difficulties that he encountered. The Huseman family began raising Angus cattle in 1910 on a small farm in Northwest Indiana. The generations that followed were all tied to the farm, and to the cattle, in ways that some family members found hard to realize. As time went on, the family grew and many moved away from the farm. One descendant stayed put to continue the tradition of Homestead Farm and the great Angus cattle. The story of his family, through the years, is one of facing many changes in agriculture, the economy, the populati ...