Races, Jews: United States. New Jersey. Woodbine. Baron de Hirsch Agricultural and Industrial School: Woodbine Settlement 1891 - 1904: Exhibit VI: Dairy Department. Baron de Hirsch Agricultural and Industrial School, Woodbine, N.J. Score Card for Dairy Cows. 19-Jan-04

Editor: Here we have a dairy cow score card from 1904, made by R.M. Washburn. It seems like a very detailed assessment. What strikes you about this unusual piece? Curator: This score card is fascinating as a document of agricultural labor. Consider the materials: paper, ink, and the very act of handwriting. It reveals the intricate system of evaluating livestock as commodities, almost like an early form of data collection shaping our understanding of food production and consumption. Editor: So, it's less about the cow itself, and more about the system it represents? Curator: Exactly. It makes you question the boundaries between art, craft, labor and our relationship with the natural world. What did you take away from it? Editor: I now see it as a reflection of early 20th-century industrialization, even on the farm.