Photograph
Boy with Mule and Plow
| Three-quarter rear view from right of a boy with a mule and walking plow near a tree stump in a field. |
| Image ID: | 75156 |
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| Creation Date: | circa 1915 |
| Creator Name: | International Harvester Company |
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| State: | Alabama |
| Collection Name: | International Harvester Company, Agricultural Extension Department photograph albums, 1902-1935 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | MCC MSS 13Z, Album 38, Box 21, Folder 2 |
| Original Dimensions: | 8.5 x 6.5 inches |
| The original typewritten caption reads, "A very common sight in Alabama. A boy, a mule hitched to a plow and a stump to plow around. The mules do not like those stumps for the hanging up of the plow on the roots is hard on the shoulders, so the mules anticipate the event by stopping before the accident happens, sometimes making several hesitations before the plow has reached the stump. If by skillful guidance the plow goes around the stump it is not far until another one is approached and the loss in time and energy plowing such land compared to clear land is very large, but it is almost impossible to get the natives to see it that way. They never get what would be called a fair day's wage for their farming work and have ceased to consider that they are farming for a salary. With most of them it is in the hopes of making enough to cancel the credit at the store so they can start right in on next season's credit." Photograph taken for International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department. Folder: Soils |
| Agricultural implements |
| Agricultural machinery |
| Field crops |
| Fields (Agriculture) |
| Plowing |
| Mules |
| Trees |
| Hats |
| Work clothes |
| Farms |
| Children |
| Outdoor photography |
| Farmers |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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