Minnesota's Greatest Generation

Starving cow and horse brought to the State Capitol by farmers

Desperate times call for desperate measures. In 1935 farmers demanding relief from the government brought this starving cow and horse to the State Capitol to show lawmakers how hard life had become for rural families.

Creator: George E. Luxton
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society
Date: 1935
Identifer: location SA5.2 p10

Starving cow and horse brought to the State Capitol by farmers