Meadowbrook Farms
Scope and Content
A number of these materials document the marketing aspects of a local dairy during the middle of the twentieth century. Fifteen "Meadowbrook Short Sheet" publications are examples of short 5.5"x8.5" ads placed with the fresh milk when it was delivered directly to local Waco homes. These short sheets provide important information about how the milk was produced, tested, and processed as well as the health benefits of drinking a quart of milk a day.
Six penny postcards contain similar ads which were mailed to residents not already on the home delivery route.
One letter dated January 31, 1945, encourages Mr. A. F. Adcock in Eddy, Texas, to enlist new members for the Farm Bureau. Homer Warren served as president of the local Waco Farm Bureau in the mid 1940s.
The last item is a two-page resolution with comments requesting McLennan County Commissioners authorize the use of county road building equipment to assist farmers in constructing terraces on local farms to prevent erosion.