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1890
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1890
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1890
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1890
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1890
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{"value"=>"Ellerslie, Rhinecliff, NY"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Ellerslie, the picturesque modern farm.</p> <p>Eller was the name of Morton's country home in the Hudson Valley north of New York City. It was purchased in 1877 from William Kelley, so that Morton might indulge to the utmost in his fondness for cattle and crops, meadows and waving corn, green, flowery slopes and shady woodlands. One report stated it surpassed all other estates along the Hudson line in point of desirable location, natural beauty and picturesque surroundings. It consisted of roughly 1,000 acres fronting the Hudson river, south of the old township of Rhinecliff. Morton raised award-winning Guernsey cows. The farm at Ellerslie was managed by H. M. Cottrell, a graduate of Kansas Agricultural College, additional men served to manage the dairy, crops, herds and poultry. Most livestock and crops were abandoned overtime, and in the 1880s Ellerslie progressed to become the greatest Guernsey cattle farm in the world. Cottrell oversaw the construction of the barn, which at the time was one of the most costly undertaken in the United States. It included over 150 stalls, three 500 ton silos, and a modern laboratory. Additionally, it included ventilation system that allowed for experiments with non-grazing cows. Morton's farm maintained 180 cows and bulls of a stock imported in 1887 from Island of Guernsey. As the model farm for the modern era, the Vice-President was able to represent himself as a farmer who personal investments helped lead to innovative techniques in dairy productions. One of these was the retention of milk giving cows in stalls night and day for months at a time. Cottrell and Morton's farm saw cows turned into artificial machines, fed with food and water and kept in a state of quiescence for the purpose of producing the highest yield of the richest milk. Five of Morton's Guernseys were shown at the Chicago's World's Fair as the stock of the future. Amongst the mechanical contrivances and analytical instruments, Cottrell invented new ways of to produce butter and cream. The poultry department sent to market 500 artificially incubated chickens each week. Ellerslie milk was famous in New York City, with a shipment arriving each day as late 1904. It was sent to both charitable hospitals and the finer hotels.</p>"}
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