A large garden, wild game (pheasants) and domestic animals were the source of food.
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Photograph of women homesteaders working in their gardens in the late 1800’s.
by HUMBKE-CONRADI-CALLIES-GEORGE-FONTAINE-HARRIS Family Histories 1879 to Present
Follows the family and descendants of Ernst Dietrich Christian HUMBKE (b. 1845 Germany d. 1899 Iowa, USA) and Marie Louise (SCHNEPEL) HUMBKE (b.1843 Germany d. 1930 Alberta, Canada)